I haven't grown turk's cap but have been growing garden variety tiger lily bulbils. Once the bulbils had pretty much matured and started to fall off the mother plant (late summer/early fall), I planted them in a 8" plastic pot with container mix and left them out for winter (covered with some pine needles but still snowed on, etc). I didn't see any growth on them during the fall as I expect the cooler temps slowed them down (and I figured they would be growing roots in any case). I found that the first spring after planting (2004), I got a single leaf from each bulbil (I think I planted 5) and these single leaves remained through the summer and into fall before dying down: The 2nd year (last year), I had a few more leaves along with some short stems up to about 6". And now this year, all have stems from about 10" - 12" tall, with the 2 biggest now having their own single bulbil each. However I'm not seeing bloom buds as yet and figure they won't bloom this year. The "babies" look like this today: I know I'll need to divide them pretty soon. I expect you may see similar type growth on your babies. But they might not throw up a leaf the same season as planting (even if you plant this early) as they need to lay down a bit of a root system first. It would be interesting to see if they do however, so do report on it!

John hello..See if you can try to grab the concept of growing trees in a pot? Your goal is to keep your mix open and porous as much as you can for as long as you can until your next re pot. It also helps to aerate the mix often which allows oxygen to get to the roots more often. In turn you avoid root rot, fungal issues, gnats and a host of other surprises.. If you use 'Organics' in your mixes, not only is it not readily available to the tree, but it will eventually clog your air porous mix and catch you off guard. It will not provide all the important nutrients your tree needs at once but only certain kinds and in the end, you will be caught of guard and your tree will decline in vigor all of a sudden. My goal is to ALWAYS use water soluble fertilizer which provide nutrients right away without the fear of clogging up my mixes, and trust me, 'Organics' with clog up your mixes and will further speed up decomposition of an open mix which can cause compaction...Do you understand where I am coming from? Those 'Organics' seem to work for a while, and then like a firestorm, always catch people off guard with a host of nutrient problems for 'containerized' trees... Most here have found out that' Organics' do much better in the ground with reliable microbes to make them available to life in the dirt.

I hope it works out. My kids love strawberries and I had a planter last year with all the random levels on it. This year I'm going bigger! We only had 10 strawberries last year. I ordered 10 ozark beauties and 10 Gurneys whopper berries. I already have 9 blueberry bushes and 4 raspberry bushes but my kids are an unstoppable eating force! I'm lucky to even get a berry! (& when I do, it's becuase the kids have deemed it funny looking hahaha)

Never treated my saguaros any differently from my other cacti. I have one in a pot which I don't touch all summer and another in the ground. Both are over 20 years old. Both are growing symmetrically and I have never given a thought to rotating the pot or not. Just leave it be like all my other plants. Water when dry is my rule although you may want to water less if it is drying out every day (that's why I don't use clay pots). Your plant looks to have healthy new growth.