cactus cuttings Potting Up My Pencil Cactus Cuttings That I Brought From California

I loved my 8′ Pencil Cactus & had it for a very long time. I just moved to Tucson and couldn’t take the plant so I took a few cuttings. Today I want to share with you how easy it is to pot up & propagate Pencil Cactus cuttings, whether they are big or small.

Get more details, the step by steps to how I potted them up & see pics here: http://www.joyusgarden.com/potting-pe...

Pencil Cactus Care Tips (blog post & a video): http://www.joyusgarden.com/pencil-cac...

Here's what you have to look out for when you prune Euphorbias: http://www.joyusgarden.com/heads-up-b...
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I took the cuttings on May 28 which was the day before I left Santa Barbara & wrapped the angled ends in a rag & covered them with a plastic bag for transport. When cut, Pencil Cacti (& many other euphorbias) bleed like crazy and continue to do so for a while so head’s up to that. The 9 hour drive to Arizona was a bit tough because my car was packed to the gills with plants, pots, succulent cuttings & 2 kitties. Needless to say, the cuttings got beat up before they even reached their new home.

I ended up putting all the cuttings under a cypress tree in a shady spot in my garden. The temperatures were consistently in the triple digits & these cuttings were looking a little bit sad so I decided to pot them up on June 29. The crazy monsoon rains had arrived so the cuttings had gone from experiencing high heat & dryness to pounding rains and a bit of humidity. Besides, I was leaving for a week in San Francisco the next day and wanted to take off knowing my Pencil Cactus cuttings were happily planted up & on their way to rooting in.

You can see how resilient these cuttings really are because they survived the move & a total change in climate. The Aeonium Sunburst will need to be covered at times this winter to protect it from freezes. It will probably eventually become a winter houseplant. The Pencil Cactus is right on the edge in terms of cold hardiness here in Arizona’s intermediate desert but should be fine in a pot up against the house.

Here’s 1 thing you can be sure of: if you have 1 Pencil Cactus cutting then over time you’ll have many!

Get more details, the step by steps to how I potted them up & see pics here: http://www.joyusgarden.com/potting-pe...

Pencil Cactus Care Tips (blog post & a video): http://www.joyusgarden.com/pencil-cac...

Here's what you have to look out for when you prune Euphorbias: http://www.joyusgarden.com/heads-up-b...

cactus cuttings Potting Up My Pencil Cactus Cuttings That I Brought From California
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