Echinocactus texensis blooms

[Ordphien]

Thank you!
That was the ID he gave until I said it was fragrant.

I did not know these were part sun. Which is great because that's exactly where mine is.
Do you have any repotting tips?
To be honest I inherited this plant from my grandparents, and it's taken a couple years to get that clump back up to size.
It was pretty big when I was little and pretty small when I got it lol.
I'm looking for a soil mix and possibly what size pot to go up to.
I'm terrified. The last two times I repotted a cactus I killed them.

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Originally Posted by Ordphien

Do you have any repotting tips?

In southern California you can repot Echinopsis anytime during warm weather. Use a garden hose to spray off all the old soil. There may not be many roots. Use a new container with 1" to 2" of space all around between the plant and the container. Your garden soil is probably better than using cactus mix. Lots of people incorporate peat moss and mulch into their cactus mixes but I don't like doing that. I water newly-repotted cacti right away. You can too, since you have low humidity. People in high-humidity areas are better off waiting a day or so to water.

You can pull off the heads and root them easily. Most will bloom the next year. The more you fertilize during warm weather, the more it will bloom.

You can plant them in the garden. Put them on a mound so they don't stay soaked all winter if rains a lot in the future.