#Pencil cactus how to

They get top heavy & you plant could take a tumble. If your plant is in a pot, you donвЂ™t want to prune too much off the base & leave all the growth at the top. I havenвЂ™t pruned mine very much at all except to remove the dead & to take cuttings. And it can tolerate our home temperatures & lack of humidity just fine. In the great outdoors, itвЂ™s hardy to 25 degrees F. In terms of the Pencil Cactus, less liquid love is better. This is a general guideline but I outline more specifics in this post on watering houseplants 101. In your home, do the same вЂ“ water it every month or so in the summer & maybe every 2 months in the winter, depending on a few variables. Mine is in a very large terra cotta estate pot (28вЂі x 28вЂі) & I water it every 1-2 months in the summer, giving it 2-3 big watering cans full at a time. WaterДЄs I say in the video, you want the light to be high & the water to below. If itвЂ™s not getting light from all sides, then be sure to rotate it it every few months. Make sure it has a south &/or west exposure. Indoors this is a high light plant вЂ“ it needs sun & all the natural light you can give it.

Mine gets full sun in the summer but in late fall & early winter is shaded by 2pm. In the garden it takes full or partial sun.

HereвЂ™s what IвЂ™ve learned about this beautiful succulent. So, IвЂ™ve grown it both as a houseplant and in the garden.

#Pencil cactus how to

Pencil Cactus! How to Care for a Pencil Cactus