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I was really afraid of having made a mess by watering them as soon as they were buried, and instead maybe they were waiting for more water, in addition to the lower temperatures. Today digging a little I found these tiny leaves! And it seems that in the center there is already the barely visible inflorescence.

Do I hope to pollinate them and get seeds? How long does the flower last before withering? Do you have any advice for me?

At the fair on Sunday I did some almost crazy shopping for me. I decided to repot most of them because, even if I know they are good growers, they grow in greenhouses and for faster growth for sale, and the grain size they use is not the right one for my conditions.

As soon as I got home, I proceeded to give Previcur to all of them. I let them dry until today, and I found surprises in the tiny pots, some good, some bad.

The first two photos are the ones i bought bare roots: quite ok, expecially the astrophytums! I hope i’ll keep them alive, i’m a bit worried😬. In the second photo, two lil bros, with tiny legs, but really ok too. Punas in the third revealed long legs, but for this first year i decided to keep them in little pots to let them train them more muscular💪🏻. The same for pediocactus: good amount of roots, but thin. And the arios: very tiny pots for them, i hope i’ll be able to let them go deeper with it’s roots, i regret not buying the bare roots ones i saw.
And then, what i found in the pots: i think i would kill all of them if i didn’t repot, suffocating sand for all, and too tiny pots. Indeed, the only one i repotted in the same pot was the gymno trio: barely roots for them. They seem ok, but we’ll see next spring, crossing fingers🤞🏻
The mix for all is 2/5 pumice, 2/5 lava, 1/5 akadama, sifted at first, but i saved the “sand part” that i addictioned with leonardite, and then added a little bit around the roots. The grit is quite big, but not too much.

Cross fingers for all of them, it will be a long cold season.🤞🏻😬

For now. My two tiny Massonia Tenella bulbs. According to the grower they have been blooming for 4-5 years, it seems incredible to me since I usually handle tulip bulbs😂

It’s my first time, I hope to be a good mom for them...🤞🏻

In the first photo they came for €10 (all 5, yes), the second photo is a part of a more substantial purchase. In the third photo a 2-year-old Welwitschia mirabilis🥹.

Some incredible specimens of plants commonly found in southwestern US landscaping, wrapped in an exceptionally designed cliffside landscape.

Maybe you can guess that I really like turbinicarpus, but they’re not the only ones!

Europeans out there: don’t leave me alone here, post!😁

The “Festa del Cactus” is approaching in Bologna!! September 18-19-20.

The most important Italian fair event on cacti and rare succulents that attracts the best nurseries in Europe! Take a look at the list of exhibitors, and save some money to participate in the event!😁

Here is the link, the theme of the year will be Caudex:

https://www.festadelcactus.it/en/

So many seeds coming(Turbinicarpus lophophoroides)

So, I’ve got this basil from a small packet of “Genovese”. It’s brothers were actually sweet basil, but him… you can see it, not genovese at all, i don’t know the exact variety. But i love it of sincere love, it gave me dozens of portions of pesto, and i want him to survive.
It started lignifying very early, and at the base it’s about 3cm in diameter, i’ve never seen this before in basil, and i don’t know what to do before winter.
I think i should prune it, but when and how much? This is my main question.

Zone 8-9

Sorry for the photos, i know that they are not so good… in a slightly dryer environment they developed a bit less, but it seems they did it strongly. Rot blocked a bit(let’s see in the future), and today they received the first light fertilization.
We can see a few nice white spots on them🥹

It’s very small, and slow growing. Ideas?

I think it was given to me in 2017, really very old, from a private collection. The soil was already extremely compact then, I really didn’t have the courage to repot it, but the time has really come, since this year it hasn’t bloomed for the first time.

I need advice from experienced growers of large and old plants.🥲🫶🏻

Tomorrow will be the day.