3 projects in the 8x8 cactus bed/Castor leaf follow up

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:04 pm

cut off a Thai giant flower sheath......but first-

Castor leaf Saturday August 3rd(smallest out of the sheath)about 2" across...

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2 weeks later(Aug 17)

Almost 3' across with 2' petioles-also the trunk and 4-5 leaves above it now...in 2weeks(-:

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Notice the flower sheath coming up in this pic?
Heres why you never cut those off...

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Cactus garden after removing busted up,cracked Echino(Claret cup),promoted Agave(Green goblet) removed 2 buckets of Graptopetalum and removed all pups on the Gloriosa to reveal the trunk.

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Thanks for looking.

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cuja1 · Post by **cuja1** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:56 pm

Is your rostrata trunking yet?

miketropic · Post by **miketropic** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:28 pm

I REALLY hope you kept a pup or 2 for me on that gloriosa. I been looking for it over a year.. I must say it makes yours look so much better when you can see the trunk like that. really nice...I think you got me beat with the castors and the thai. My Thai went into flower and went to crap and I got alot of cross pollination on the castors and they didn't get as large as the original parents.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:24 am

The Yucca Rostrata probably has a trunk but I like the look of the skirt
for now unless it becomes a problem...

Mike

I kept all the shoots,I want to sell the biggest one for $20+ shipping
but I think I may have said I would give you one so,if you want to
pay shipping for one of the others I will send you one.
I'd like to start potting up some of these plants so I can
trade/sell them for a little bit here and there and reinvest in the garden.

There are pups in the Havardiana,Parryi,Parryi(blue form)Green goblet etc.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:43 pm

Very nice looking Jim. It will be only a matter of time and they will be all crowded again.

Where you selling your pups at? I have an army of Agave pups.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:11 pm

chadec wrote:
Where you selling your pups at? I have an army of Agave pups.

here