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8 Christmas cactus care tips to keep your plant thriving after it blooms

A Christmas cactus grows best when it's slightly pot-bound. In fact, most Christmas cacti thrive for many years without being ...

You can use coffee grounds to fertilize your Christmas cactus — here's how

A Christmas cactus can provide some wonderfully bright blooms over the festive period, but there's a way to help them thrive ...

Christmas cactus can flower time and again if cared for

A good time to pinch or prune your plant to shape it and encourage branching is in early spring, when new growth is starting. During the growing season, from April through September, fertilize your ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN

Tom Karwin, On Gardening | The diversity of succulents

The Monterey Bay Area Cactus and Succulent Society recently held its holiday party. Society members create this annual event, ...
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Arizona Sonoran moves toward solo development of Cactus project as Nuton JV option nears early termination

Arizona Sonoran Copper Co. ( ($TSE:ASCU) ) just unveiled an update. Arizona Sonoran Copper Company and Nuton LLC, a Rio Tinto venture, have agreed ...
Los Angeles Times

A cactus prick on a SoCal trail became a medical emergency. What to do if you get spiked

It began innocently enough. While trail running at the El Modena Open Space in Orange a few years ago, I lost my balance and threw out my arms for stability. That’s when I backhanded a coastal prickly ...
Los Angeles Times

Photos: See the secret refuge L.A. succulent lovers are buzzing about

Driving down Saticoy Street in Reseda, it’s easy to overlook the spot known as the Cactus Ranch. Alert passersby might glimpse some rusty dinosaurs rising above a ramshackle fence and otherworldly ...