How To Grow Cactus And Succulent Plants : How to Water Cactus and Succulent Plants

Learn about watering your cacti and succulent plants with tips from an expert in this free gardening clip.

Expert: Nicole Pantaleon
Bio: Nicole Pantaleon has a B.S. in Plant & Soil Science from the University of MA. She has been a grower at Five Acre Farm since 1996.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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[jdfox1]

Last year I watered my cactus every day and it fell apart. It didnt get as much light as it needed either. Im getting a new cactus soon but these plants are difficult to get to grow and it seems like a desert plant would want more water so I watered it. A cactus seems hard for people like myself not good with plants. :(

[jdfox1]

Yea i dont have much room for any more pets. My plant space isn't very good...a cactus you would think would like water. I'm getting a new cactus and I planted a flower too.

[mrbill1032]

I like the part where she blasts that bright red gymno off the soil with a shot from her fertilizer cannon. God speed, chlorophyll-free gymno.

[yugimew]

Expert at what, rotting cacti in record time? Because that's what will happen if you water them right after planting them in sand!

[TheeAdemCigerci]

I got bought a cactus 3 years ago, similar to the tall thin bright green one in the video.

I never really paid too much attention to it, now its huge. I think some can over complicate things, once the basics of light and water are established i think it sorts itself out (cactus soil would help). i hardley watered it (when i remembered, or every couple of weeks) - i thought it would be damaging if i over watered it as i knew cactuses retain water in their bodies. In Bathroom-20c ish

[TheRaizen33]

Can you grow cacti and succulents in the same pot?

[happybuddyperson]

wow ... she actually thinks the coloured, chlorophyll-lacking moon cacti "cuttings" would grow like that! fuck expert village; theyre random people making shit up about... every hobby ever...

[megastagbeetle]

whats the name of the first plant you watered because ot looks similiar but with spikes and i have a full grown mom and a young one growing and i grew it myself

[DowntownClown69]

and u want to use 5-10-5 stupid expert village

[DowntownClown69]

from what ive heard you want to water new plants like these 2-3 times a week but has they get older you should water them like 1 every two weeks or when ever the dirt is completly dry

[jdfox1]

@cldball yea I know now but i thought a desert plant might would want a lot of water its all good im going to get another cactus.  :)

[cldball]

@jdfox1 umm cactus barely need any water thats why it died LOL