EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M to askchapo • 11 months agoCurious hexbears: ask your plant questions. Botany enjoyers: let's try to answer them!imagemessage-square76 fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145imageCurious hexbears: ask your plant questions. Botany enjoyers: let's try to answer them!EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M to askchapo • 11 months agomessage-square76 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredat_math [they/them]hexbear4·edit-211 months agoWhen potting a small cactus (eg a mammalaria), if I have something super well ventilated like an airpot, does depth matter as much as some gardening blogs / possiblechatbotsynthesizedwebsites claim it does? link
minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]hexbear4·11 months agoPlanting a cactus too shallow can result in it falling over as it grows but that mainly applies to columnar cacti link
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]hexagonMhexbear4·11 months agoTeeny tiny baby cactus bois generally do fine in surprisingly small clay pots for their first couple of years. If he grows, he grows. link
When potting a small cactus (eg a mammalaria), if I have something super well ventilated like an airpot, does depth matter as much as some gardening blogs / possiblechatbotsynthesizedwebsites claim it does?
Planting a cactus too shallow can result in it falling over as it grows but that mainly applies to columnar cacti
Teeny tiny baby cactus bois generally do fine in surprisingly small clay pots for their first couple of years. If he grows, he grows.