watertrade Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) Note to self:.... be careful about what kind of soil you are planting your plants in. it rains the plants get heavy and fall over. this i the second time this has happened. and will probably happen every few years. and it was -4c apparent temperature last night while I cleaned these up. Edited June 25, 2014 by watertrade 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellonasty Posted June 25, 2014 Yeah I've had one or two fall over it really sucks, however once the stump/trunk pups with a heap of new growing tips it looks amazing. Did the plants 'up root' or did they just fail internally ? Mine have only fallen over during heavy wind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zed240 Posted June 25, 2014 Oh man, that sucks!I feel sorry for you but I'm also hoping this doesn't happen to me in future! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted June 25, 2014 That sucks man. what's the soil like where they are planted? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nailthesnail Posted June 25, 2014 jeez that is devastating. hope your cacti garden recovers alrightt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etherealdrifter Posted June 25, 2014 Note to self:.... be careful about what kind of soil you are planting your plants in. it rains the plants get heavy and fall over. this i the second time this has happened. and will probably happen every few years. and it was -4c apparent temperature last night while I cleaned these up. -sounds like thongs and t-shirt weather to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted June 25, 2014 that's unfortunate, is it just the soil, or fast top growth and not enough root development? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slocombe Posted June 25, 2014 That sucks, those are some huge logs! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted June 25, 2014 I was kind of pissed off when when it happened again as this part of the garden I getting to be how I wanted it. This is the dog and child safe pachanoi area (no peruvianus of brisgesii or anthing too spikey) All the plants were flowering and I was starting to develop the ground covers. but I figure I'm forcing the plants to live out of their natural environment and plants/limbs fall down off in the wild fairly often and they just reroot.. So yeah, it's not a big deal really. My hands are pretty spotty today though. I didn't think about gloves until after. The plants just kind of shifted down in the ground and fell over. Uprooted but fairly intact. as long as they don't rot they should be ok once I have straightened them up again. The main reason it happened I figure is that, firstly I live on a clay block. I dug out a trench inside the walled area, this trench was back filled with the same clay plus some organic material and sand. The soil is improved but this would be much less supportive of roots and would also probably fill up with water when we have a few weeks of rain. All the plants were close to bursting with moisture. (And snails) I'm going to chop the tips off all the plants, graft the tips and figure out something to do with the rest of the bits. I hope that answers all the questions. What I worry about is that if this happens in the spikey zone, Peruviana and bridgesii. I will probably not be able to put them over my shoulder and carry them away like I did with these. I was getting a pretty good system towards the end of the night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) FYI. The roof rack in the pic is for sale too, hand made custom VW beetle roof rack. could use a light clean up but would suit someone who likes unique not made by me so is pretty good Edit : roof rack comes with some cacti attached. ;) Edited June 25, 2014 by watertrade 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slocombe Posted June 25, 2014 I'm not particularly intersted in the roof rack but I can do pickup from Canberra... $ per cm? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted June 25, 2014 id be keen for a couple ft of super pedro if you wast to sell some Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted June 25, 2014 Is it super pedro? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted June 26, 2014 non of the superpedro (as I know it ) fell down surprisingly. the superpedro is in the first pic and on the far right its probably just a matter of time though. some of the other super chunky ones almost grow as big as the biggest SP but are different . if you are interested I can take some pics of close ups. keen to sell once I have given away to friends I also have some PMs to reply to 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Oh how the mighty have fallen You'll have a truck load in a couple years time. Edited June 26, 2014 by Halcyon Daze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheExplorer Posted June 26, 2014 What's the fat blue one in the third pic mate? Urban Tribes pachanoi? Oh and if I was you I would dust some sulphur on those stumps and cover them for a little while. If it gets to -4° where you are I'd imagine you get regular frosts, which may prevent the plants from callousing properly. Just my 2c. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted June 27, 2014 I'm not sure what they are Explorer. They could be urban tribes pach. I bought plants from them years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
