Kilted in SOUTHERN Arizona

[Riverkilt]

Was gonna hike the Nature Conservancy bird sanctuary at Patagonia, AZ this morning but slept in, had a late breakfast, then wandered the local Earth Day exhibits in the town park. Too late for birding then so we drove on over to Bisbee and Tombstone. Having such a good time on the high desert forgot to take pics. Finally, wandering Tombstone shot a couple.



The Red Buffalo where I got a beaded hatband for my new palm WIDE brim sun hat that I bought in Tubac yesterday.



Hangin' out with carvings of Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate.

Kilt is my Utilikilts Original in digital desert sage that I wore when planning to go birding. Forgot a belt...but it worked.

And Ham - that is AMAZING that you are growing saguaros at all! So very few of their millions of seeds ever sprout and they usually need a mother plant. You've a green thumb for sure! Once read the best way to care for cactus was to read the weather report for Phoenix, Arizona and whenever it rained in Phoenix water the cactus. Makes sense.

Also when they grow, transplant into a very wide pot since their roots grow out along the surface rather then down deep like trees. But guessing you know that.

[Hamish]

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And Ham - that is AMAZING that you are growing saguaros at all! So very few of their millions of seeds ever sprout and they usually need a mother plant. You've a green thumb for sure! Once read the best way to care for cactus was to read the weather report for Phoenix, Arizona and whenever it rained in Phoenix water the cactus. Makes sense.

Also when they grow, transplant into a very wide pot since their roots grow out along the surface rather then down deep like trees. But guessing you know that.

Ron,

Thanks for the cultivation tips. I guess the watering habit you describe is for seedlings growing in Arizona (or neighbouring States) rather than Storrington, but I am well aware that they need very little, and then only rain water not tap water. I also know about the mother plant for shelter from the direct sun - but that certainly does not apply here in the UK!!

The largest of my little fellows is not yet quite 3" tall, so it does not need re-potting just yet but, when it does, I will remember the wider pot requirement. Many thanks again.

I forgot to mention our hosepipe ban and water restrictions as John has done. I guess we have had more rain this past week than we've had in the past six or eight months, maybe even the past year, but 'the authorities' tell us we need months of the stuff to replenish our reservoirs and natural aquifers.

Enough of all this - I have already taken your thread off at a tangent. So sorry.

Take care,
Ham.