Re: moving cactus

yahoo pictures is free and easy to use.

Donna

--- pdickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> yes I did and I have been trying to decide how the
> best way to share them 
> would be.  I use snapfish.com a lot but I don't know
> how to share it with 
> everyone.
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] moving cactus
> 
> 
> > It sounds great, Tricia. Did you get any pictures?
> >
> > On Jun 21, 2006, at 9:07 AM, pdickson wrote:
> >
> >> I just got home from Santa Barbara.  I just had
> to reply to this one to 
> >> tell you that I got to see the huge new cactus
> garden at Lotus Land.  It 
> >> is fantastic with over 500 new plants and more
> than 300 species.  I 
> >> forgot the man's name that donated it... but he
> was 97 years old when it 
> >> was all moved and completed.  He had collected
> for over 70 years.  He 
> >> died not very long after being at the dedication.
>  This is the part that 
> >> I really wanted to tell you Jim.  It costs over
> 450,000 to move and pay 
> >> the new landscape.  It is beautiful with huge
> basalt boulders and mulched 
> >> with black slate.  When I was there several of
> the cacti were blooming. 
> >> It was really beautiful.
> >> Tricia
> >> zone 6b
> >> (where I am so glad to be back home at my own
> garden)
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer"
> 
> >> <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 5:28 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Inside Bon Vivant Nursery
> >>
> >>
> >>> RE packaging Opuntia... When we repot or
> transplant any of the spiny 
> >>> devils--and many are worst than Opuntia--we wrap
> them in newspaper 
> >>> [sections of a newspaper, many pages thick] tied
> in place with twine, 
> >>> then just pretend it's any other plant. It's
> easy once you get the hang 
> >>> of it, and it produces no damage to the plant or
> the person.
> >>
> >>
>
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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