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Mese: Novembre 2018

Le piante grasse e il freddo: con i giusti accorgimenti l’inverno non è un problema

Con il brusco calo delle temperature di queste ultime settimane si può dire che le succulente sono entrate nella prima fase dell’inverno. Contrariamente a quanto si può pensare, la maggior parte dei cactus non teme il freddo, anche intenso, purché siano rispettate alcune regole di coltivazione.

Da qualche giorno ho chiuso del tutto la serra e ho impostato il riscaldamento in modo che il generatore di calore entri in funzione quando le minime scendono sotto i 4 gradi. La maggior parte dei cactus che coltivo non avrebbe problemi in caso di temperature sensibilmente inferiori (anche sotto lo zero), ma ho dovuto accettare un compromesso perché in serra tengo anche alcune Euphorbie e alcune succulente più sensibili al freddo.

Le uniche specie che coltivo e che non tollerano minime eccessivamente basse, ad esempio Melocactus, Discocactus e Adenium, le ho portate a casa e le ho collocate sulle scale interne, dove le minime difficilmente scendono sotto i 10 gradi.

Vediamo nel dettaglio, nell’articolo che segue, tutto quello che occorre sapere per far affrontare l’inverno a cactus e succulente in tutta tranquillità, evitando spiacevoli “sorprese” all’arrivo della primavera. (…)

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Cactus e rinvasi: il classico mix pomice, lapillo, torba (poca) per velocizzare la crescita

In genere comincio i rinvasi da metà dicembre in avanti, per terminare entro i primi mesi del nuovo anno. Quest’anno, considerato il numero di piante da mia semina che necessitano di un rinvaso (gli “esuberi” che ogni tanto cedo ad amici o conoscenti), ho cominciato con largo anticipo. Nonostante le temperature ancora alte per il periodo, infatti, le piante sono già in stasi e si può procedere a travasare senza problemi. Il periodo del rinvaso è uno degli argomenti più dibattuti, insieme alla composizione dei terricci di coltivazione: c’è chi travasa solo piante in vegetazione, chi solo in primavera, chi durante l’inverno e chi travasa in qualsiasi periodo dell’anno.

Diciamo che non c’è una regola fissa: io stesso, nel corso degli anni, ho rinvasato praticamente in tutte le stagioni, a seconda delle esigenze, e non ho mai riscontrato problemi. L’importante è attenersi a quell’unico accorgimento davvero utile che è quello di evitare di annaffiare subito dopo il rinvaso. Occorre dare alle radici danneggiate o tagliate durante il rinvaso il tempo di cicatrizzare in terriccio asciutto, così da evitare il rischio che possano innescarsi marciumi.

Il resto è questione di scelte. Personalmente preferisco travasare e cambiare terra alle piante durante la stagione invernale, o comunque quando i cactus e le succulente sono in stasi vegetativa, ad esempio appena prima della primavera, così che tra il rinvaso e la prima annaffiatura intercorrano diverse settimane. Da anni seguo questa “regola” e non ho mai avuto problemi. Certo, può capitare che qualche pianta faccia fatica a ripartire dopo un rinvaso, al punto da restare bloccata anche per un anno intero, ma questo può succedere rinvasando in qualsiasi periodo. Non dimentichiamo che per le piante il rinvaso è in ogni caso uno “stress” non da poco. Anche per questo prediligo l’inverno, quando le cactacee sono a riposo e gli effetti del rinvaso sono meno “traumatici”.

Approfondiamo il tema dei rinvasi e dei substrati per cactus, in particolare del terriccio “standard” a base di pomice, lapillo e torba in parti uguali, nell’articolo che segue.

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