It’s just the internet. Lemmy has features built in to reduce mod abuse like a public modlog anyone can view without logging in. IMO the reddit format was never good for discussing heated topics.
I should get one of these and build a little roof over it for zone 6b. The only other cactus I’m familiar with that’s tolerant of my conditions is eastern prickly pear.
Pollinated vs unpollinated Christmas cactus
Top: pollinated. Bottom, not.
You can tell by color and how plump the top one is behind the flower. Also, unpollinated flowers will fall off. I’m not a botanist so I can’t tell you what the parts of the flower are called.
I read that this cactus was not self-fertile but brushing the flowers together has produced fruit. It doesn’t mean the seed is viable but I will try down the line.
Dragonfruit Guide Repost
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Will be in sidebar. This is a great guide from a now-deleted reddit user on how to grow DF. I’ll update it as needed with grammatical fixes and any other information about dragonfruit that is generally agreed upon.
https://pastebin.com/1vF1YZF5
Original:
https://old.reddit.com/r/DragonFruit/comments/fqy4iz/advice_on_planting_growing_and_pruning/
Small cuttings waiting for spring
3 of my 8 eBay cuttings. 3 of which are 6’ tall, 2 which didn’t succeed and these 3 that are doing well but suffered some tip damage. These will get 10 or 15 gallon buckets with full trellis in the spring.
Remember when this was the holy grail of nerf?
I remember Black Friday a couple years back, my friends and I buying multiple rapidstrikes for $25, ecstatically.
Now I can’t be motivated to buy it for $5.
Pereskiopsis spathulata, available on eBay and from redditers. Depending on your climate maybe wait until it’s warm to buy any so they don’t freeze in shipping.