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marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 19 Apr 23

I was worried about my cacti with all these problems (the fire and the colonoscopy). I confess I took care of Luna but not of my plants. But cacti are not much interested in water. Only a small amount will suffice and they had...

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caring for cacti

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My fingers are full of cacti thorns.

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 25 Mar 23

Dixie "killed" half of the cacti I gave her last year for her balcony. I am quite sure that Humberto watered them too often as he was in charge of that. When I stopped it, half of the cacti had been drowned. So now I´m making...

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A prickly gift

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Dec 22

We are going up the street aways this evening to visit our good friends. Their neighbours, also our friends, will be there too and the six of us will have a Christmas drink or three. We are taking a Baileys dip. We will have...

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Cacti + Pricks = Indigenous Tattoo

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 25 Oct 21

In the cordillera areas in my country, some of the local tribes still do tattooing. It is not in a modern way because they use the indigenous way by using cacti pricks. Imagine yourself being tattooed in the village like this....

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A nap and a vodka tonic on a lazy Sunday. Tomorrow´s chores,

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 29 Nov 20

I went to Lili´s yesterday and I was so thirsty that I mostly drank plain iced water. It is getting hotter by the minute here. I will have to find soon the thin awesome night shirt that Coral gave me in Aruba. Last year, It was...

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Growing my own cacti

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 29 Apr 20

I have grown my own cacti from seed for about twenty years now. It was something that I had wanted to do for a long time and one day decided that I would buy a packet of seeds the very next time that we went to the garden...

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My cacti and succulent garden

sofs @sofssu (23660) 29 Jan 19

I have been posting pictures from my garden of my cacti and succulents here for a long time. Finally I made a short video of those pictures. Some of you here had asked me to make a video of my garden, so here it comes.....

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Do you like this

sofs @sofssu (23660) 28 Nov 18

This cactus, (yes cactus again) bloomed this summer. I was thrilled with this one.. because it is not like any of my other cactus blooms. I enjoyed bunches of these blooms for months together.. The orchid is another flower that...

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Head over heels in love

sofs @sofssu (23660) 17 Nov 18

Do you like Cacti? I wasn't a big fan of cacti though I was always fond of succulents. They hurt me and pricked me at times and I kept my distance with them. Then the magic happened.. I fell head over heels in love with them. I...

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The fruit bearing trees in Pine View Nursery are fascinating.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 26 Jul 18

While the Pine View Nursery in Kalimpong is famous for the orchids and cacti, the fruit bearing trees are attractive also. The apple trees, the orange trees are special for growing at a height of 4500 feet above sea level.

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I have to garden some.

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 8 May 17

The cacti are waiting for me to take cuttings to give away. I don´t want them to grow until they get me out of my terrace. I have talked to a lady who has a plant nursery. She will accept my babies. If I am lucky, she will ask me...

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I just finished the terrace table with the cacti.

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 30 May 16

I had cleaned the containers and pots where the cacti were. Today we cleaned the plastic table cover and let it dry. Then I placed my cacti there. I am typing with 2 fingers as the rest have cacti prickles. Leticia will not...

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The cacti had the priority.

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 27 May 16

Today I started to clean my terrace (in the picture, before the plastic). I checked every single pot of cacti, took out the dead plants and made new plants from cuttings. The small shelf was also cleaned, but I should paint it....

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My house is warm thanks to the greenhouse effect.

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 27 May 16

I am very happy with my terrace. It feels as if it was Spring when the sun is shining. I am cleaning my terrace cacti and changing the pots that are not in good conditions. I stop to do some mylotting when one of the cacti...

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Did you know this about saguaro cacti?

Rohvannyn Shaw @Rohvannyn (3098) • United States 31 Jan 16

Did you know that saguaro cacti only grow in one place in the world? They grow in the Sonoran Desert, which stretches through Arizona and part of Northern Mexico. So if you see them drawn or depicted in any other desert...

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Cacti

belindayhughes @belindayhughes (1096) • United States 22 Feb 13

Cacti are some of my favorite plants. They don't need much water at all and mainly require sunshine and sandy loam soil. My grandmother used to grow a bed of cacti under her stairs. She had all kinds of cacti from around the...

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what thing represents you?

flagella08 @flagella08 (5065) • Philippines 23 Apr 09

things can give important messages about what they represent. for me, im kinda like a cactus. it's thorny but won't harm anyone if left undisturbed. that's really just like me. just don't mess with me and everything will be just...

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Why are people so mean?

misskrys21 @misskrys21 (9) • United States 17 Apr 09

Okay the deal with this topic is that I work for a Marketing Research company. We are NOT telemarketers, we never sell anything. But, we conduct phone surveys, and we conduct focus groups... which you get paid for your time and...

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Is it true that cactuses or cacti brings bad luck?

Cosepqueenie @Cosepqueenie (385) • Philippines 7 Apr 07

many people say that cactuses are bad luck especially if you place it inside your home, but i don't believe in that stupid idea, whoever said that, well i'm so sorry but i really don't believe you... I really love plants, i have...

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