Very nice

I want it all !!..... :-)

in this double row: 18 month old torches grown from seed.this is the new auto watering system and new containers (20x20cm). i presume that this guys are going to grow insanely from now on with full sun, bigger container and location change (somewhere in the desert)

epic exposure
are the seedlings acclimatized to that much sun?

some spiecies do better in full sun than others
ime, most plants sold as or called torch get a bit yellow (not as fat and blue) in full sun

in full sun, additional micro nutrients(cal,mag,iron,etc), and nitrogen will be needed

they were aclimatized during spring (now it is summer here) before with a net that would filter the sun partially and after with full sun.
my torches are fat and a bit narrow by the neck, they are dark green and show mainly a 7 rib pattern.they show better resistence to sun than my other cacti.bridgesiis that cant be seen in the picture, they are by the end from which the pic was taken(garden is a square U) they are receiving sun from 14:00 on, they are pale green and have a 6 rib pattern, less thorns in each aerole.in the oposite end in the single row that can be seen are my pedros, 4-5 plants in each 7lt. container.they grow slower and in the early months conditions were not that favorable to them (torches were kept during winter under a 250 cfl).eventually they will get their own container.they get full sun until 15:00.some (the smaller ones) of them are suffering from the brutallity of the sun, but i hope they will survive (pedros).i wont be there all the time, its a vacation home.as for food i give them biobloom by biobizz, any recommendation?.irrigation program is set to 10 minutes 3x a week during summer.medium is 50% perlite and 50% soil.

This garden kicks ass. I can't wait to germ my seeds I got from Icaros, and hopefully my garden will be as successful as this one.

I'm thinking I will be growing it in some compost and sand.

im germinating some green icaros my self( on a first atempt i had zero germination, but he sended an other 1000 seeds), hopefully next year they will be in the desert garden also.landfishd start your garden today! i recommend perlite.

as long as the 10 minutes of water gets them wet, it should be ok... when i lived in a hot climate i needed to water some plants daily(small pots, big plants...) and with a fast draining mix they might need every other day watering once established.

i'll recomend a fert with a high N rating, i did a quick google of biobloom, and it looks good, but never saw its npk ratio

thx dg , nitro is low in the formula.i bought blooming fert because I read somewhere it was better for cacti.
http://www.4hydroponics.....asp?ItemNo=biobizzbloom

This ain't a garden, this is a high tec cactus farm! Nice.

I'm jealous. Are you in a location to leave them out year round?

I've never seen anything like this before! Good work buddy!

Beautiful!!

yeah this guys have year around sun an watering.one thing: i found out that the torches here are actually cuzcos
kohres probably buys kk mislabeled stock.But i have bridgesii and pach there too, which look authentic.In a couple of weeks I will update these pics because I am going down there to fert, to receive spring!

wow, beautiful!

Awesome! I am going to try to grow a few cacti soon.