The Cacti Garden

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Welcome to The Cacti Garden, in this thread i will be discussing and posting updates on my cacti and i encourage others to do the same!


I know most don't like AI but right now i don't have the time to write a manual review, so here is my garden and some ideas for it.

Please feel free to post your pics, videos, questions and answers here!


My Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@PennsylvaniaCacti



Pennsylvania Cacti - Channel Summary
A digest of outdoor cold-hardy and trichocereus cultivation logs.




Recent Video Logs

• Outdoor #cacti #garden June 12, 2026
  Early summer growth spurt update on the main outdoor bed. Features closeup tracking of outdoor-adapted Trichocereus (San Pedro) varieties waking up for the peak season.
• Outdoor cacti garden June 2, 2026
  A comprehensive tour of the outdoor beds following the transition into June. Highlights how the plants are handling early summer rain cycles and acclimating to consistent daytime temperatures.
• Outdoor cacti grow may 30, 2026
  Late spring check-in showing the collection's post-winter recovery and initial growth pushes. Documents the hardening-off process for specimens kept outdoors.

Core Channel Focus

• Microclimate Acclimation: A practical reference for Mid-Atlantic gardeners looking to push zone limits. Documents how columnar and trichocereus cacti respond to natural outdoor weathering rather than pristine greenhouse environments.
• Transparent Growth Tracking: Focuses on raw, experiential logs. Viewers can track specific specimens over multiple installments to see actual node growth, scarring, pupping, and how local weather fluctuations impact column health.
• Visual Proof: Utilizes crisp photography to share clear evidence of winter-surviving specimens, demonstrating what can thrive outdoors with the right substrate drainage and placement.

For real-time updates and seasonal progression, check out the source channel directly.

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Enjoy one of my most popular shorts!

1. A deeper look at cacti pups June 6, 2026
   [indent]An in-depth look at basil and tip pupping patterns. Documents multiple specimens bursting with new growth, including a massive stand pushing 9 to 10 active pups simultaneously from the base and apex.
   

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For now, here's another short, this time it is just the seedlings!

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Here are today's updates! (videos at bottom)
There are a few pups that are forming and have formed in the last few days. The columnar cacti (Bridgesii x Kimura's Giant)[NOT Kimura's SPINEY Giant] are doing well and also pupping but mostly at the base, every few days they go through severe weather (wind gusts up to 80km/h and rain over 5cm). They have been pushing through like no problem! They like the rain and severe weather like it's nothing. They have no problems with the weather staying at a humidity that dosen’t get lower than 50% during this time of year. In the summer (around July or August) we will probably have a drought here and the cacti will need to be hand watered with my hose.
The joke goes that outdoor plants can stand concrete and city water but indoor plants are allergic to tap water and need RO water.
I have a really good RO system so my indoor plants don’t have any issues.
When the outdoor cacti get watered, some of the salts that are built up in the soil comes out because there’s much more water flow through the bucket/roots/soil. At least 1-2 gallons at a time per plant is usually used outdoors.
Indoor plants don’t get as much water flow in general as most don’t water until there’s a gallon of runoff. As such, the salts build up and such is the need for RO water which is extremely low, better purified than any water on the market) in particles of water, leading to less salt buildup.
These cacti can go from about 3c to about 40c without issues, while not cold tolerant enough to go past freezing all winter, these cacti can take 1-2 days at 0c and still live. I have seen a photo of some related species (these genetics are the species in the cacti I bred out a bunch of times and have growing in the outdoor garden) with snow on them, in fact it was on jlhudsonseeds.net .
Here’s the photos



So all that said, this is a fun time to be updating everyone as the late spring in to early summer. Everything is going so fast!

Here’s the day’s videos

Indoor Garden/Grow Room


Outdoor Garden



Thanks for reading and watching my videos!
Have a wonderful day!

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A quick short for those who don’t want to watch the whole thing

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Hello everybody!
Today is another day in the garden. I don’t post on the forums yesterday but I uploaded the videos and shorts yesterday and today on YouTube. my YouTube is at the bottom of the page for the best and instant access to new videos! In the future I will do some videos that give the viewer a first hand view of additional footage of me handling the plants and maybe even video of mw transplanting a small cactus to a bigger pot! My plan is using my go pro for the footage and edit it from there.
I have started captioning my shorts to see how people like it. I started captioning shorts today please let me know your thoughts on position, font, color, sizing or if you even like it. I’m still not sure if I’m like it or not but it’s getting more views.
On to the main show:

June 17, 2026

June 18, 2026 (today)

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These all look amazing! The seedlings especially are adorable I've managed to keep 3 little cacti alive in my office for about a year now and I'm pretty proud of myself - nothing on your garden though!