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This has gone too far...

Christina Bay Area

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

So due to laziness and amusement... I've been letting this crest grow out however it pleases lol. But like I said... I think it has gone too far. It's growing down the side! Any way to fix it? Or it's fine as is.

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cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Christina,

Get your grabber-dabber from the kitchen drawer (the tongs, but I digress) and wrap them cloth or newspaper and away you go....

When you do repot, I'd take a few cuttings from the opposite side of the Cleisto-waterfall - you can shape it that way to emphasize the cascade effect and get more plants out of it.

As you say, they like it warmer and sunnier. When you repot in the spring, I'd guess you'll see new growth out of it shortly afterwards. I would suggest a non-glazed pot if it were my plant, but particularly because it isn't. You can train your chopped bits in a glazed pot, but I'd stay with TC for the main plant. (fun maybe fact - in Britain all of the Shows require you to show your plants in TC pots). Crests seem to, IME, grow with fewer problems when in same.

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cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
7 years ago
Other than putting it in a larger pot or a bulb-pan-type pot? No, why fix the pretty thing? It's fantastic.
Christina Bay Area
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I guess I was concerned for no reason haha! I wonder how far down it's going to continue
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cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
7 years ago
Maybe a rose pot (one that's much taller than wide) - I'd cultivate it for its cascading crestation, as it's appearing to be quite happy. You can expect a lot more growth, espectially if it gets a repot into fresh soil (maybe it doesn't need it, but I'm throwing it into the mix).
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
First thing I thought of when I saw you plant is the Wicked Witch of the East:). I'm melting;).It's neat as is like Cactusmcharris says just get a taller pot. Let it do it's thing.

edit: it was the Wicked Witch of the West that melted;)
lisasfbay9b
7 years ago
Agreed, it's fantastic. Get a tall glazed bonsai pot, made for those awesome weeping bonsai trees, repot in that and put it up on a hand carved rosewood bonsai stand...orchid pot may work too, they are more affordable. Yep, that's my cactus fantasy, love the weirdly shaped ones!
lisasfbay9b
7 years ago
Kara, check your spam/junk folder, emailed you twice:-)
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
7 years ago
Ok I will sorry Lisa;)
Christina Bay Area
Original Author
7 years ago
cactus, it grew exponentially last summer/autumn I think, but this winter I haven't seen much activity from it. I am hoping it's just dormant and not because of the drab conditions of my new apartment.... I've got a pot ready for it though, I just need to figure out how I will deal with the thorns.

lisa, love your cactus fantasy!
Christina Bay Area
Original Author
7 years ago
Cactus dang it, tongs seem so obvious why didn't I think of that!

Could you elaborate on Cleisto-waterfall? And I assume TC = terracotta?
cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
It's a Cleistocactus crest, isn't it? Maybe I have the species wrong and it's a Haageocereus aurespina crest? What I meant by waterfall is the cascading part of the plant that's on the left of the picture-when you're repotting it I would stage it with that largish section as the focus of the pot, falling down (as it is now, i.e. cascading) on the side of the pot. Capice? And yes.

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