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Un rinvaso… mostruoso! Come scegliere bene un cactus e cosa fare subito dopo l’acquisto

Non amo particolarmente le succulente crestate, ma al tempo stesso non sono del tutto indifferente al loro fascino e ogni tanto qualche esemplare “mostruoso” finisce nella mia serra. Piccola digressione: se non sapete cosa sia una pianta “crestata” o “mostruosa”, nell’articolo raggiungibile tramite questo link troverete tutte le risposte. Premesso questo, nelle scorse settimane ho acquistato un cactus crestato da un vivaista specializzato in piante succulente. La pianta è in ottima salute e ben formata, ma il substrato, come quasi sempre accade quando si acquistano cactacee, è eccessivamente torboso, quantomeno per il tipo di coltivazione che ho adottato ormai da anni. Ho allora colto l’occasione per descrivere l’operazione di rinvaso di questo Myrtillocactus (in origine l’ho identificato così ma ora, grazie al commento di un lettore, ritengo sia un Cereus peruvianus), così da poter parlare di piante “mostruose”, di rinvasi, di substrati semplici e alla portata di tutti dal punto di vista della realizzazione e di buone pratiche da seguire quando si acquistano nuove piante.

Ecco allora il resoconto – corredato dalle foto dei singoli passaggi – del rinvaso di questo Cereus, con alcune considerazioni utili, per l’appunto, in merito a terricci, nuovi acquisti e cactacee crestate. (…)

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Strane combinazioni della Natura: come ci è finito un onzuka nel vaso di un vecchio Thelocactus?

Quando si coltivano molte piante in uno spazio relativamente ristretto come può essere quello offerto da una serra (per quanto capiente), può capitare spesso di scoprire gradite soprese nei vasi. I cactus i cui fiori sono stati impollinati naturalmente dagli insetti o i cactus autofertili, in grado di fare tutto da soli, producono frutti, che una volta secchi si spaccano lasciando cadere i semi direttamente sul terriccio alla base della pianta. E’ così che ci si può trovare con esemplari di una certa età contornati da semenzali o piantine di piccole dimensioni, in una sorta di riproposizione “in vaso” di ciò che avviene comunemente in natura. A dispetto di quello che si potrebbe pensare osservando le precise procedure necessarie per la riproduzione dei cactus, la semina spontanea è un fenomeno comune nelle cactacee e talvolta è in grado di regalare vere e proprie sorprese, come è capitato a me in questi giorni.

Ecco, nell’articolo che segue, un piccolo resoconto. (…)

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Composizioni con le succulente: come scegliere le piante e cosa è bene sapere

Lo chiarisco subito: l’argomento composizioni ha ben poco a che spartire con lo spirito di questo mio sito. Anzi, a ben vedere siamo agli antipodi: da un lato l’approccio spartano che punta a ottenere piante simili a quelle in habitat e che sta alla base del mio metodo di coltivazione; dall’altro la coltivazione ai soli fini estetici, che personalmente non pratico ma che sappiamo bene essere diffusissima. Ma la vita, si sa, non è mai tutta bianca o tutta nera, qualche sfumatura ci deve sempre essere… Così, ecco un articolo corredato da un mio video su come si realizza una semplice composizione di piante succulente. In fondo, un occhio all’estetica non guasta mai e anch’io, che amo le piante “vissute”, simili a quelle in natura, non disdegno una composizione ben fatta, purché senza fronzoli e realizzata nel rispetto delle esigenze delle singole piante. Attenzione: il tema può sembrare scontato e la materia molto semplice, ma non è così e ne capiremo le ragioni nelle prossime righe. (…)

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La semina spontanea: ovvero quando i cactus fanno tutto da soli, proprio come in Natura

Perché dannarsi l’anima con terriccio sterilizzato, vasetti perfettamente puliti, fungicida, sacchetti trasparenti e quant’altro, quando si può lasciar fare alle nostre piante tutto ciò che riguarda la semina? Esattamente come avviene in Natura, insomma. Battute a parte, chi ha molte piante sa bene che ritrovarsi con semenzali perfettamente formati all’interno dei vasi, accanto alle piante madri, è tutt’altro che raro. In genere ce ne si accorge durante i rinvasi, quando possiamo osservare con particolare attenzione le nostre succulente, perché le plantule nate spontaneamente sono di piccole dimensioni e tendono a “mimetizzarsi” con sassi e inerti presenti nel substrato, oppure si trovano talmente accostate al fusto della pianta madre da risultare invisibili a un’occhiata poco attenta. Nel corso degli anni, nei vasi delle mie piante, ho trovato spesso semenzali germinati e cresciuti autonomamente, in particolare di generi come Astrophytum, Epithelantha, Thelocactus, Mammillaria. Un paio di anni fa ho addirittura trovato una piccola pianta di Euphorbia obesa già ben formata, cresciuta tra i ciottoli all’esterno della serra, all’ombra di un grande vaso che contiene un’Agave. Oggi l’Euphorbia è in un vaso da 5 centimetri, all’interno della serra, e prosegue la sua crescita regolarmente. L’ho dovuta togliere a malincuore dall’esterno e sistemarla in vaso per impedire che il freddo e umido inverno padano le fosse fatale, altrimenti l’avrei lasciata crescere volentieri là dove era nata.

In questi giorni, durante il rinvaso di alcuni Astrophytum capricorne di mia semina, ho trovato moltissimi semenzali e diverse plantule nate e cresciute autonomamente nei vasi delle piante madri (ne potete già vedere alcune nella foto di copertina, qui sopra). Di qui l’idea di documentare e analizzare la “semina spontanea” nell’articolo e nelle foto che seguono. (…) 

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Plastica, terracotta, quadrati o tondi? Come scegliere i vasi per i cactus e le succulente

Di plastica o in terracotta? Rotondo, quadrato, basso o profondo? E ancora: meglio una sola pianta per vaso o più piante in un’unica cassetta o in un’ampia ciotola? A prima vista l’argomento può sembrare banale, ma la scelta del vaso corretto per la coltivazione di cactus e piante succulente ha un’innegabile incidenza sull’esito della coltivazione. La scelta del vaso, si può dire, è anzi strettamente connessa al tipo di coltivazione che adottiamo per le nostre piante (in casa, su un balcone, in serra, in piena aria, ecc.) e ai vari elementi che la caratterizzano, come annaffiature, tipo di substrato, esposizione, temperature, e molto altro ancora.

Vediamo allora in questo articolo, al netto di scelte prettamente estetiche e quindi personali, come scegliere i giusti contenitori per la coltivazione delle succulente, valutando pro e contro delle varie forme e dei vari materiali con cui sono realizzati i vasi reperibili in commercio. (…)

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