Plant Cultivation (with a New Mexico emphasis)


 

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General Information
Cacti Succulents
Artificial Potting Soil Using Peat
Cacti and Succulent Plants as Miniatures
Collecting Wild Plants - Resist
Cultivation Tips for Purchased Plants
Genera of Cacti & Other Succulents for Albuquerque Gardens
General Purpose Potting Soils
Getting Started Growing Cacti & Succulents
Growing Cacti from Seeds
Transplanting and Growing Cacti from Seeds
Passive Solar Greenhouses
Plant Culture
Saving Rotting Cacti and Succulents
Resources 101 (Books, Vendors, Websites)

Resources for Purchasing Plants
Seed Germination Tips
Some Plants of Southern NM
Watering Using Vinegar
Cacti With a Long Blooming Period
Christmas Cactus
Echinopsis for Flowers
Identification Key for New Mexico Cacti
Keeping Blooming Cacti in Albuquerque Without a Greenhouse
Plants for Albuquerque Gardens
Pointers for Planting Cacti in the Landscape
Seed Germination Tips for Sclerocactus/Pediocactus/Toumeya
Sclerocactus/Pediocactus/Toumeya Information and Cultivation

Opuntia information!
The Edible Prickly Pear - Prep of Fruits & Pads
The Edible Prickly Pear - Recipes for Juice
The Edible Prickly Pear - Resources & Recipes for Fruits & Nopales
The Edible Prickly Pear in Pictures
Conophytum Cultivation
Growing Jade Plants
Growing Sarcocaulons and Pelargoniums
Growing Seasons for Succulent Families of S. Africa

Lithops Cultivation
Mesembryanthemum Cultivation Tips
Notes on Cold-Hardy Succulents for Albuquerque
Succulent Dish Gardens
Yuccas Around Albuquerque

Hardy Sedums in Albuquerque
List of Hardy and Almost Hardy Sedums for Albuquerque - 2014
Presentation - Hardy and Sort-of-Hardy Sedums for Albuquerque - 2014


An Agave victoria-reginae flowered at Daniel Finley's house in summer of 2019
An Agave palmeri flowered at Ralph Peters' house in the summer of 2023


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