First watering of the season?

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Re: First watering of the season?

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Forgot all about Maihuenia Darren :oops:
Watered them last week and put them back outside in the garden.
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I bit the bullet and watered the Stapeliads this morning.
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So anybody else given them a drink yet? I will tomorrow, buds on turb. valdezianus close to opening, lots of buds on stenocactus, lots of new spine growth. 21.5c in the polytunnel today.
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I'm holding back for a few days. Domestic reasons and electrician has had to repair the cables to garage and greenhouse. A little sorting out to rearrange the benches and we're ready.
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Re: First watering of the season?

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I've got ~10 turbinicarpus in bud or flower at the moment so I'm not far off watering them.
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The few haworthias I've got have had a drink already as they were looking a bit sad.
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Done and gone, at least for the hardy and semi-hardy ones in the greenhouse. Still some that I treat as tender inside. Supposed to be one or two cold nights next week, so most are drying out for the next few days. Then I can water the weirdos like Pediocactus again when it is cold.
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I’ve watered most of the cacti in the last week, so fingers crossed! The greenhouses are heated to a min of 5°c, so shouldn’t be a problem. Most of the succulents also watered too.
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Re: First watering of the season?

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Yes, light watering to 3 greenhouses so far, most cactus watered.
just haworthia & the agaves but these often get a trickle during winter, normally pretty tough once established.
Its was getting into high 20's today
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