Mexican Fence Post Cactus Indoors

Maintenance plant the mexican fencepost in well draining soil and full sun with reflected heat or partial shade.

Mexican fence post cactus indoors.

They do so well and my mexican fence post cactus has give birth to many new cacti. Please take your time when opening. And mexican fence post lemaireocereus marginatus with bright. Monitor the room temperature.

Cacti like cooler temperatures during their dormant period in the winter. Water sparingly in the winter as it does not grow in cold weather. Mexican fence post cactus image by palms4u the pachycereus marginatus is a slow growing plant with a height of between 3 7m 12ft and 6 1m 20ft. Like tall houseplants large cactus plants can create a statement as well.

But be careful to keep them out of the way of drafts away from leaky windows and off the floor near doors. They look bold and trendy and apart from receiving bright indirect light and part sunlight they don t have other requirements. January 6 2020 at 5 43 am. In very cold zones a containerized mexican fencepost can be brought inside for the winter months.

The stems are 9 10cm 3 4inches in diameter. When you receive your new cactus open your box carefully and water if dry. Pachycereus marginatus mexican fence post cactus. I have no idea how to go about this.

The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime. The mexican fence post is native to the states of hidalgo queretaro and guanajuato and is widely planted and naturalized throughout mexico. If frost is in the forecast cover the top of the cactus with an old t shirt foam cup or wash cloth. In the northern end of their grow zone mexican fencepost cactus should be brought indoors or protected during the winter months.

My mexican fence post cacti have reached astounding heights and will need to be trimmed somehow sometime in the near ish future. A columnar cactus know for its graphical white margins. So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus. A healthy temperature range at night in the winter is 45 60 degrees fahrenheit 7 16 degrees celsius so a basement or a room that gets less heat would be suitable storage areas.

Rot proper watering is essential to the. I hope this helps. It has small spikes along its ridges as with most cacti handle with care. 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.

Holiday cacti grown indoors such as christmas cactus won t bloom unless they get long nights and short days. 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.