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- Maintaining Mammillaria - Tips for Care
- What should be considered when casting Mammillaria?
- Is the mammillaria fertilized?
- Are you allowed to cut mammillaria?
- When is time to repot?
- Which diseases and pests occur?
- How do you take care of mammillaria in winter?
- Tips
The Mammillaria may also be dry
Maintaining Mammillaria - Tips for Care
Mammillaria exists in many quite different manifestations. The mostly spherical, occasionally columnar cacti require little care and are therefore well suited for beginners. This is how to properly care for Mammillaria.
What should be considered when casting Mammillaria?
Mammillaria is best always poured from below. Put the pot in a coaster, which you fill with lime-free water. If there is still water in the container after ten minutes, pour it off.
Mammillaria is more common in the summer, but only when the substrate is almost dried out. In winter, the casting volume is greatly reduced. The root ball is allowed to dry completely.
Is the mammillaria fertilized?
From April to August you fertilize Mammillaria with a cactus fertilizer. It is sufficient if you administer fertilizer once a month.
You may not fertilize freshly purchased plants or just transplanted cacti in the first few months.
Are you allowed to cut mammillaria?
No, Mammillaria will not cut. Of course, you can remove dead shoots.
When is time to repot?
In spring you should check if the cactus needs a bigger pot. Take it out of the container and shake off the old substrate at the same time.
If the previous pot is still big enough, fill some fresh earth.
So you do not hurt yourself at the thorns, wrap a terry towel around the mammillaria.
Which diseases and pests occur?
Waterlogging very quickly leads to root rot. Mammillaria, like all cactus species, often causes mealybugs and mealybugs. Fight an infestation as soon as possible by suitable means from the garden trade. Do not keep the cactus under water to rinse off the pests!
How do you take care of mammillaria in winter?
For Mammillaria to develop flowers, keep them cooler in winter. Temperatures between 10 and 15 degrees are ideal. The cactus can not tolerate minus temperatures.
In winter, very little is poured and not fertilized.
Tips
Mammillaria cacti are with more than 400 species the largest family of cactus plants. The flowering period starts in spring and lasts until early summer. The thorns are also very decorative.