Mexican Fence Post Cactus Indoors

If you want to create a statement and make your home stylish try growing one of these large cactus plants indoors.

Mexican fence post cactus indoors.

Cacti like cooler temperatures during their dormant period in the winter. Water sparingly in the winter as it does not grow in cold weather. Pachycereus marginatus mexican fence post cactus. Maintenance plant the mexican fencepost in well draining soil and full sun with reflected heat or partial shade.

I have no idea how to go about this. Holiday cacti grown indoors such as christmas cactus won t bloom unless they get long nights and short days. January 6 2020 at 5 43 am. The stems are 9 10cm 3 4inches in diameter.

And mexican fence post lemaireocereus marginatus with bright. It has small spikes along its ridges as with most cacti handle with care. Cactus showing signs of scale insect infection source. I hope this helps.

In very cold zones a containerized mexican fencepost can be brought inside for the winter months. The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime. Please take your time when opening. Wikipedia commons cold temperatures mexican fencepost is frost sensitive.

This cactus can grow very tall when direct plant outdoors easily taller than a single story house although this can take around 100 years or so. But be careful to keep them out of the way of drafts away from leaky windows and off the floor near doors. Monitor the room temperature. A columnar cactus know for its graphical white margins.

So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus. Rot proper watering is essential to the. They look bold and trendy and apart from receiving bright indirect light and part sunlight they don t have other requirements. In the northern end of their grow zone mexican fencepost cactus should be brought indoors or protected during the winter months.

If frost is in the forecast cover the top of the cactus with an old t shirt foam cup or wash cloth. Living cactus fences and the hardy mexican fence post cactus on sale october 2017 40 off the deep green columnar trunks of the mexican fence post catches the eyes. My mexican fence post cacti have reached astounding heights and will need to be trimmed somehow sometime in the near ish future. When you receive your new cactus open your box carefully and water if dry.

They do so well and my mexican fence post cactus has give birth to many new cacti. Like tall houseplants large cactus plants can create a statement as well.