Hi there,
A friend of mine just recently gave me a little cactus as a gift. As my fren told me, i just need to water it 2 or 3 times a week, place it where there's sunlight, and that's it.

I just wanna know if anyone has a cactus, and the ways to take care of it. Coz my cactus has a beautiful flower on it. Share with me about it!

So if i want to put into a bigger pot, what kind of soil i need use for it? I heard that the soil has to be a mixture of certain soils.

How do i know if a cactus is dying? What does it look like when its dying?

Really curious.

Well, since i got this cactus, i've been always going to my garden and have a look at it everyday. I feel like i have a responsibility for this cactus.

Weird, huh?

Hmm....looks like not many are interested in this thread.


This post has been edited by Marcus: Oct 19 2005, 05:41 PM

Well, my cactus is probably from camerons coz my fren bought it from there.
What's the difference between WET and DRY cactuses?

Hey, yeah. How do i breed them?....Curious.

Hahaha.....that's so funny! Well, it's interesting to know that goats can eat cactus. Fortunately, my place doesn't have any goats at all.

I noticed that when the weather is rainy (no sun), the flower attached to my cactus seems to close immediately. But since today's weather was sunny, the flower seems to openly blossomed. It's as if the cactus has its own feelings or something. Really beautiful to see the flower blossomly open.

Hey, guys. I just went to the flower nursery shop near my place. They told me that i needed some soils (light brown in colour) for cactus, which is good enough as they said. According to them, i can't just use normal soil coz it absorbs more water and will cause the cactus to rot.

Hope this info helps!

This post has been edited by Marcus: Oct 24 2005, 02:35 PM

Well, u don't have to water it everyday, but at least every 2 to 3 days. Sometimes, u can water it once a week.

So, u also got the same cactus from cameron ah? Well, it's been 1 month since i got it from there. I'm planning to put it into a bigger pot soon. The soil you can get it from the flower shop. Ask them, and they would recommend a light-brown soil for the cactus. It only cost me RM 1.50. However, it's best not to use peat soils as it absorbs water which is bad for the cactus.

Hope this helps.

Hmm....i guess it's ok kua. But u must put ur cactus under the sunlight.

Honestly, i've never heard anything about this before. Well, i don't dare to try it but all i know is that you can put a certain fertilizers on the cactus' soil and then plant the cactus in it. This way, the cactus will also grow faster.

As far as i know, everytime when you put a cactus into bigger pot, it will definitely grow compared to leaving it in the same pot when u first bought it. It's ok if you dowan to transfer the cactus into a bigger pot coz it wouldn't die off, but it also wouldn't grow.

Hope this helps!

No worries there. Just put it back into the pot if possible.

This happen to me once, and my cactus still looks fine since it still small la.

It's been more than a month, and my cactus seems to be growing abit bigger.

Wow!....Since 1998? That's a long time, dude. I figure it's time for you to transfer ur cactus into a bigger pot with better soils.

Tell me, where and how do u get those seeds?



This post has been edited by Marcus: Nov 22 2005, 11:08 PM

Oh..really? That's something new.

Wow. I learned a new thing about cactus these days.

Fabulous!

What happen la? Got eaten by some ants or something??

It's up to you really. Honestly, i'm not too sure what plant is taht you're having. Lolz. It all depends on the plant itself.

I've just googled about ur plant, and here's the website. http://www.dracaena.com/Massangeana.asp




This post has been edited by Marcus: Feb 11 2006, 08:41 AM