Epostoa, Old Man Cactus with Plastic Flower Pot (4 inches) and Tray

THE PLANT WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE SHOWN IMAGE(10 CMs )

Old man Cactus plant in plastic pot (diameter-4 inches) with tray will be sent. A matured Old Man cactus plant will show its beautiful hair like soft spines. Due to its soft fibres, we call this cactus as Old Man.  The plant will be sent potted in good quality potting mix which is highly suitable for this cactus.

This is almost maintenance free plant. Even if you do not water it for two weeks, it can survive. But try to keep this in maximum sunlight for its better growth.

This cactus can be adorned with decorative stones/pebbles or stone chips on the upper surface of potted soil (as per the individual choice of plant lovers). Most of the plant lovers like to keep this rare variety of cactus in their collection.

Watering & Sunlight: Like any other cactus, this also does not need frequent watering. The plant loves to grow in direct sunlight. Watering of plant should be only after drying of upper surface of soil. During winter, plant must not be over-watered, otherwise plant roots may rot. Reduce the frequency of watering in winter.

Soil:    A matured plant grown in lawn on open ground can withstand without water for 2-3 weeks. Moreover such plant does not require frequent fertilisers, because well grown and fully expanded roots can absorb needful nutrients from soil. However if the plant is in pot, it may not receive required nutrients fully due to limited expansion of roots within pot. Therefore, we need to fertilise a potted plant more often than a plant grown in open ground or soil. Fast drainage in potting mix is must.

To make the ideal potting mix, 50 % drainage media (coarse river sand/ crushed Leca/ – use any of them) in potting mix should be available.  All these items help in aeration also. We should also add 10 % garden soil, 10% Pumice Stones, 15% vermi -compost, 5% Neem Cake and 10% cocopeat. We should prepare the potting mix in such way so that water should reach bottom of pot within 15-20 seconds. This is the basic quality of fast draining soil.