For the Love of Cacti

This blog will be strictly all about CACTI!!! (and some other random plants and succulents) Yayyyy!!! I've been collecting and growing cacti since 2011 and i absolutely love them. I'm no professional tho I'll be adding pics and stuff of my other plants as well since i feel bad leaving them out ^_^ I'll mostly be posting about my experiences with the cacti and repotting and so on..I'll also prolly end up doing like a cactus of the month or something where ill post pics of that cactus and maybe a little info about them. We'll see how many followers i get this month and maybe ill start next month.

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"THIS PICTURE WILL NOT CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT I STILL NEED FEMINISM AND I’M GOING TO REALLY, REALLY TELL YOU WHY":

-Because I got called a whore for wearing a short plaid skirt when I was 10

-and because when Nujood Ali from Yemen was 10 she got divorced

-Because black girls’ names became my classmates’ favorite “joke” when I was 11

-and because when an 11-year-old girl in Texas was raped by 18 men the New York Times wrote of how the girl “dressed older than her age”

-Because I started counting calories when I was 14

-and because when Malala Yousafzai was 14 she was shot in the head for trying to go to school

-Because I heard a boy greet a girl with “hey slut” today at age 16 -and because when a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville, Ohio was filmed being raped by two boys at a party while unconscious the CNN reporters talked about how tragic it was because the rapists had such bright futures as athletes

-Because I will have to watch my drink at all bars and parties when I am 22

-and because when CeCe McDonald was 22 she was sentenced to 41 months in prison for defending herself against a man who screamed transphobic, racist insults at her and then slashed her face with a bottle

-Because no matter what age I am the biggest threat to men will still be heart disease, and the biggest threat to women will still be men.

-Because it is not just about me, because it is not just about anger, because it is not just a JOKE, because it is not just about “hating men,” because it is not just about girls with vaginas, because it is not just about ending “slut”, because it is not just about white straight girls in Rookie magazine, because it is not just about writing on backs, because it is not just about the fact that gay men are “fags” but lesbians are “hot,” because it is not just about pictures of thin white girls being the only google image results for the search phrase “beautiful women”, because it is not just about writing signs, because it is not just about what she was wearing or how many times she said yes before she changed her answer to no, because misogyny is not just about one thing and feminism is not just about one thing and it is not just “a trend” and it will not “happen” in just one way.

-And because yes. It is about equality for EVERYONE, but first and foremost it needs to be about equality for girls, because they are not treated equally to men, in every single sense, and you are not going to take feminism away from me and call me bossy/hostile/aggressive and make this about yourself or make it into a joke, because truth be told, I’m not joking and I’m tired of explaining. If you want to call yourself a feminist, you work hard to spread feminism, you do not turn this into a contest of whose struggle is greater and constantly demand to know what you can get out of feminism personally. Feminism is not just about you, or me, it is about everyone. If you’re male and you’re tired of men being stereotyped as hyper-masculine, soulless, sexist, inherent leader-tyrant creatures, then go out and prove the patriarchy wrong and fight for girls, like someone with a soul who believes in equality would. Then, yes, feminism will be about everyone.

-Sylvie (an amazing grrrl godess) Photo taken by Caroline http://c-h-0-w.tumblr.com/ 

[ryuu-no-senshii]

update on the sunflower seeds planted on July 10...they are getting huge!!! this is them at 8, 8 1/2, and 10 inches tall ill prolly try putting them in a bigger pot pretty soon..I hope they survive that :( I keep reading that sunflowers dont do well with transplanting but I rly have no other choice now, theyre wayyyy too big for their little tiny plastic pot now wish me luck!

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so I planted three sunflower seeds on July 10th and the first pic is a day or two after the second pic is three or four days later and the third and fourth pics are a whole week later cant wait to see flowers on these guys!

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my little baby angel wing cactus finally got a new growth!! I honestly didnt think it was going to root let alone grow another baby :) this little guy was originally a piece that was jus dangling from my new adult angel wing cactus and I decided to pull it off and see if it would grow and it did!!! how exciting!

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and now the cactus seedlings :) I currently have three pots, all planted at different times. the first pic was my very first time growing anything from seed. I started with three seeds, and I was happy to get two to grow, although the one took a lot longer to show up. these were planted March 20 the second pic is the second pot planted on May 28. started with three seeds as well but only got one to grow from this batch. still happy and the last pic is my most recent. these were planted on June 19 and surprisingly I got four seeds in this one. three are currently growing and I can still see the last seed, which looks almost like it is growing fungus or something...ive already brushed it off and replanted it once, but it looks like its coming back. I will wait and see. im not sure what kind of cacti these are exactly but ill either do some research or wait till theyre older to identify them

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the Aloe that im growing...planted June 9th and these photos taken July 8th I had 5 seeds in each pot but it seems theres a runt in each pot lol 4 out of 5 is not bad at all though. they look very healthy

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also planted some Brain plants on July 2nd and they seem to be doing well. the one looks kinda sunburnt in the last pic (most recent) ill have to keep an eye on their sun levels I spose

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my polka dot plants are finally getting some polka dots!! the little runt still has some growing to do but he is doing well. there was a day after I removed the lid and before I put them in a baggie that they all shriveled and I panicked. I thought they were all dead...but I saw that the roots were all the way to the bottom of the plastic pot and they werent getting any of the water that I was giving them...so I soaked them good and put them in a baggie im glad to see them doing so well

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Day 9 for my little polka dot plants C: theyre getting so big so fast!! (a couple aloe growing in the back pots)

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OMG THIS IS SO CUTE!! I used to make clay figures back in the day and this makes me want to pull my supplies out and make some mini cacti!!!

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Found this little gem (and several other Dunecraft items) at Hobby Lobby the other day and decided to try my hand at some other plants (besides cacti, which I have three seedling pots growing atm) This one is polka-dot Patty (Hypoestes Phyllostachya) I figured if I do one at a time, it will be easier to monitor and update, so this one is first So i planted these guys on the 19th (06/19/14) the top pic in the split photo is from sunday (06/22/14) and the bottom pic is from today (06/24/14) theyre growing so fast!!! and I was really suprised that all four of the seeds that came with it sprouted no problem! ill try to keep updated and maybe post some pics of the little Carol Cactus pots that ive been growing. I also have two pots of Aloe going as well, but apparently they take several weeks to germinate and start growing. we will see!!

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OK!! today is the day I plant my new clipping from my Angel Cactus!! This was actually just a loose pad I decided to pull off last Tuesday and let her heal up. So now, almost a week later, she's ready to be potted up and start growing!! This one should actually grow!!

I wont water her for about a week or so bcuz my cactus soil is pretty moist. I don't want her rotting right away  :(

anyway!! we will see what happens in about a week!!

FLoC

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- 12.7.12 kinda indie lmfao

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this will be me if i ever get the space!!! hahaha i love cacti!!!

FLOC

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say hello to my little friend by fotoflut #SocialFoto

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OMG i wish i could find an old lens to pot one of my cacti in!! this is sooo cute!!!

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my two new babies!!! here we have Pickles and Cucumber the Golden Torches ( im pretty sure) and Prickley the Prickley Pear (Angel Wings)

I removed the ugly fake flower from Prickley yesterday…accidentally ripped out some of the fuzzy spine thingies but I think its alright. there was also a pad hanging on the other side so I pulled it off and set it aside to heal up. planning on planting it and seeing if this one will grow (no luck with the fenestraria growing, but he’s still in the pot just in case) Also, theres a tiny little skinny cactus growing between the two big pads of Prickley…idk what it is but ill post pics later prolly. its rly weird!!

aside from that, everyone else is doing fine…still havnt gotten pics up of my other plants hahha maybe later

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so here is the little Fenestraria all potted up in the old pot momma came in i didnt date the pot yet cuz nothing would write on it atm '-_- 04/09/14 so anyhow, I gave him a good soaking and now ill let him dry out and see if we cant get any roots. ill prolly check up on him in a couple weeks IM SO EXCITED c: I hope he grows

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So today I just repotted all 4 of my cacti.

Pam and Caveman went into new pots but theyre the same size cuz theyre not ready yet

I hope they do well

I also remembered that I kept all the pots they originally came in and did progress pics of them all

as you can tell the last two are in the same size pots.

When I pulled them all out of the old pots, I realized that when I repotted them the first time, I never broke up the root ball and got rid of all the nasty dirt they came in, so I did my best, with my sister's help, to remove it all this time without damaging them.

They did pretty well, and in the process a piece of the Fenestraria fell away so im letting it dry out at the moment and ill try potting it up tomorrow in the old plastic pot to see if I can get it to grow  :]

pics tomorrow!