A cactus grown for 10 years reaches 5 m tall - you can learn these care tips too

Cacti are one of the most common plants. Usually the cacti we grow at home are not big - 10-20 cm is common, and a slightly bigger one might be about 1 m tall. The little gardener knows an old flower-growing friend who planted a cactus in the vegetable garden, and now it is already as tall as a two-story building.

1. The cactus grows into a tree

This is the cactus. This kind of cactus counts as a very ordinary, widely available plant, seen in many places. Grown for one or two years, reaching 1 m is very normal, but growing into a cactus tree like the one in the picture is a bit difficult - it would take at least 10 years. We can look at the stem of this cactus: the lower part has already become woody, which shows it is not small anymore.

Only with comparison is there damage - seeing a cactus like this and then looking at the cactus in your own home, we can feel the gap. We do not aim to grow one this tall, so how do we grow it a bit better? We can refer to the vegetable garden environment to care for the cactus at home, so it can grow better.

2. Home care: simulate the vegetable garden environment

First, simulate the garden environment. It is very simple. The first point is good ventilation - caring for cacti at home must achieve this; the second point is strong sun - cacti love sunlight, so when grown at home they must also get enough sun. The soil in the vegetable garden is just very ordinary soil, no problem for growing in the ground; it is not recommended to use this soil for growing orchids. When mixing soil for pots, it is best to mix in some river sand for a better effect.

3. Home care: simulate the fertilizing method

Now simulate this flower-growing friend's care method. He said that when he grows it, he basically just leaves it to grow freely - when fertilizing the vegetables, he gives it one or two ladles, letting the cactus share the benefit too. The friend uses farmyard manure, which is hard for us to get. When caring for plants at home, farmyard manure smells too bad, so we had best use plant-fermentedHuadongde organic nutrient solution. Only with good fertilizer can it grow faster.

This flower-growing friend has a lot of time. When he is free, he often picks off the small shoots on the lower branches and plants them in the ground. Now they have grown into a whole patch, right? When growing them at home, we can also try inserting the small shoots - basically every one takes root. Flower-growing friends, do you like this big cactus?