Echinopsis syn. Lobiviopsis

Finally tackled this bigger project! Not sure if I'm done yet. I found this 3 ft long metal trough at a thrift store a while back. I painted it white, made feet for it so it doesn't get swampy underneath, poked some drainage holes through the bottom, and filled it with assorted Echino cacti. I only know the ID on a couple of them, so idk how big they'll all get. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I've got many more that could go in there, but I'm hesitant to fill it in too tightly. 😬

That looks great! Love it! My first thought looking at it that there is too much dirt ratio to plants. That I would fill it tightly with plants. You’re safer against rot with less dirt. I recently read this and believe strongly in that from experience. My tightly packed pots always did well. And you get to get more plants! 💚🌵🌞 What is your substrate?

That looks really great👏👏👏

Super fabulous👍#reuse #repurpose #keepingbusy. Look great💚

@sunlovin I agree, too much dirt to plants ratio. I wanted this to be a long-term planting, so I was trying to leave room for growth + offsets, but in the meantime it does look sparse. I may still fill it in a bit, either with more Echinos or something else. I'm tempted to scatter around a bunch of broken sedum pieces that I collected at the garden center a couple days ago, but I know they wouldn't survive the summer. Substrate is a homebrew mix of whatever I had in quantity: Kellogg cactus ⬇️

soil (not a bad starter, once you sift out the fine dust), fill dirt, pumice, sand, and a pot of recycled dirt from some Kalanchoe that died a long time ago (looked like coco coir & perlite). I eyeballed the qty and came up a bit short, so I ended up mixing some fine mulch into the topmost layer. I read recently that Echinopsis' natural habitat is grassland that floods in the summer, so I'm trying a mix that'll stay damp a bit longer, since I don't feel inclined to water more frequently.

@cowdenkyle @crabby58 thank you! ☺️

That’s definitely you,

I was just thinking that recently, the Echinopsis seem to be able to stand more water. Sounds like you have enough grit in the soil so it’s probably going to drain well so the dirt shouldn’t be a problem. Either way , it looks good!🌞