114 pots made it inside before the forecasted first freeze. Is there an AA group but for cacti addicts?

Yesterday I was inspecting my cactus collection because we had a very windy day, weather-wise, and noticed this orange thing coming out of my Ogun cut of a pachanoi I have. I have seen aerial roots several times, but never one this color. I quickly took a picture of it and posted it on here to ask questions, because I was confused as to what it was. After several minutes, I came back on to Reddit and deleted it, because I finally figured it out. It was a piece of weed trimmer string that had fragmented off when I was working in the backyard a couple days prior. The odd thing was, there isn't any grass that I trimmed within 5 feet of my collection and this particular cactus is three rows deep. Haha. Anyway, thought I'd share.

Michelin man saquaro at cave creek regional park

I love my Viewing Area (backyard)

Built my house a few years ago with the most amazing brick patio off the master. I kept these two awesome saguaros in the middle.

I've posted pics of them before but they keep bringing in the money shot!

Hi all, I have had this cactus on my windowsill in the west midlands uk for about 2 years, this ring has just appeared and I have no idea whats caused it, thanks

The second of 2 shelves with Gymnos in 2¾"/7cm pots and some flowers from earlier this year.

Unfortunately a few more burn and rust victims here too.

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Melty TPMS with that dripping candle wax thing going on. Planted in rusty soil.

Hi guy I know it’s a silly question but this cactus i think is a bit too big for the pot. I just wasn’t sure on how to do it?

A lot of contradiction online and I’m unsure how different we have to do from a house plant and a cactus.

Do we put them in a slightly bigger pot? Or just a bigger pot so the green section can touch the ground?

And I guess I’ll have to wait to spring to change it, so it doesn’t traumatized it?

Thank you and have a nice day!

I got almost all of them from the same shop which lists the hardiness (from their experience) for every species with, and without rain protection.

Most species such as the Opuntia and Cylindropuntia species can survive enough without protection in my location. Only the Grusonia clavata and Echinocereus coccineus are hugging the wall of the garden shed where the edges of the roof keep that area drier. This is also where I overwinter my Pelargonium endlicherianum and Agave.

Between the cacti are also some hardy Delosperma.

And between all of them are a bunch of dry tolerant native plants because that’s still the overall focus of my garden and a rocky open space can also be a unique niche for some insects. (Sedum acre, Calluna vulgaris, Jasione montana, Hylotelephium maximum, Sempervivum, Filago germanica,…)

I've got (not in order, not everything) stenocereus hausticorum, boxing glove and chain fruit cholla, several small cuts of some AWESOME clones, from a friend, and seedlings of Peruvian apple and blue candle myrtillo, tbm-a and b, periskopsis diguetii, and a couple small cacti like echinocereus viridiflorus (one of the smallest cacti in the world!), gymnocalycium baldianum, mammilaria gracillis fragillis, and more!

If you have questions feel free to ask me! I love gardening 😄 cactus is just the only thing I can really grow in my desert climate.

A cactus native to the arid coastal deserts of northern Chile

One of the many unlabelled cactus I purchased off the bargain table. Any ideas?

We just bought a house in Tucson.

A tall saguaro with multiple arms (easily over 6 ft) sits on the hillside near one of our rooms. If it fell, it would hit the house.

It looks upright and healthy, but wind and rain have eroded the soil at the base and some roots are now visible. There's also a small hole in the undercut dirt next to the trunk, probably a burrow. The slope is steep.

Questions:
Is this level of root exposure a real stability risk, or normal for a saguaro on a slope? Should I regrade, build a berm or rock barrier uphill, or just cover the roots?

Thanks!