Ouch! Repotting challenge
Oct 23, 2021 09:36:07 #
Just purchased this pachypodium plant yesterday from our local ACE Hardware store in Cocoa Beach - they have arrangements with some great plant people who supply them with various exotics, including orchids, that are always really healthy. Not the usual plants at all....
Potting it was a challenge. I am not sure what will happen in a year or two when it outgrows this pot and I need to repot it! Will also have to divide it then. I think I will need tougher gloves!
Potting it was a challenge. I am not sure what will happen in a year or two when it outgrows this pot and I need to repot it! Will also have to divide it then. I think I will need tougher gloves!
Oct 23, 2021 09:43:48 #
Oct 23, 2021 09:59:30 #
We have a kind of low lying cactus that one of the dogs occasionally steps on. I have yet to find a glove the spines won't pierce, up to and including wildland fire fighters gloves. What I use is either a sort of improvised strap wrench or forceps. I would handle that plant with straps and rope or tongs like those used for crucibles.
Oct 23, 2021 12:24:19 #
Oct 23, 2021 12:33:56 #
quixdraw wrote:
We have a kind of low lying cactus that one of the dogs occasionally steps on. I have yet to find a glove the spines won't pierce, up to and including wildland fire fighters gloves. What I use is either a sort of improvised strap wrench or forceps. I would handle that plant with straps and rope or tongs like those used for crucibles.
Good idea - thanks!
Oct 23, 2021 12:35:04 #
UTMike wrote:
Beautiful plant, Steve!
I like them - very interesting - like cactus, except with pretty leaves. They have a cluster of white flowers on a stalk from the top of each stalk.
Oct 24, 2021 07:20:39 #
sb wrote:
:Just purchased this pachypodium plant yesterday from our local ACE Hardware store in Cocoa Beach - they have arrangements with some great plant people who supply them with various exotics, including orchids, that are always really healthy. Not the usual plants at all....
Potting it was a challenge. I am not sure what will happen in a year or two when it outgrows this pot and I need to repot it! Will also have to divide it then. I think I will need tougher gloves!
Potting it was a challenge. I am not sure what will happen in a year or two when it outgrows this pot and I need to repot it! Will also have to divide it then. I think I will need tougher gloves!
Oct 24, 2021 07:25:45 #
Oct 24, 2021 09:12:55 #
It certainly doesn’t look like a friendly plant! I think I would have put it in a large forever pot on the first ground.😁
Oct 24, 2021 11:02:17 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Wow Doc, at least you can treat yourself for any injuries!
These thorns don't tend to come out and stick in your skin like those of many cacti! Thank goodness. I accidentally grabbed a hairy cactus yesterday. Invisible but painful little spines. Duct tape worked well to pull them out. The other trick, learned in the ER in Phoenix, is to apply a coat of Elmer's Glue over the area where the spines are, letting it solidify a little, then peel it off - it takes the spines with it.
Oct 24, 2021 11:44:48 #
sb wrote:
These thorns don't tend to come out and stick in your skin like those of many cacti! Thank goodness. I accidentally grabbed a hairy cactus yesterday. Invisible but painful little spines. Duct tape worked well to pull them out. The other trick, learned in the ER in Phoenix, is to apply a coat of Elmer's Glue over the area where the spines are, letting it solidify a little, then peel it off - it takes the spines with it.
Wow, I just knew you'd know the fix!
Oct 24, 2021 12:12:42 #
Crack the pot open with a hammer and wear heavy gloves while handling the plant. That looks pretty crowded. I'd transplant it right away. Imagine all those roots fighting for space down there.
Oct 24, 2021 14:42:46 #
mundy-F2
Loc: Chicago suburban area
sb wrote:
Just purchased this pachypodium plant yesterday from our local ACE Hardware store in Cocoa Beach - they have arrangements with some great plant people who supply them with various exotics, including orchids, that are always really healthy. Not the usual plants at all....
Potting it was a challenge. I am not sure what will happen in a year or two when it outgrows this pot and I need to repot it! Will also have to divide it then. I think I will need tougher gloves!
Potting it was a challenge. I am not sure what will happen in a year or two when it outgrows this pot and I need to repot it! Will also have to divide it then. I think I will need tougher gloves!
Nice pictures of a cool plant. Good luck with it.
Mundy
Oct 24, 2021 20:25:10 #
Oct 24, 2021 23:34:40 #
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