Cactus Growing too Big

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Cactus Growing too Big

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Hi

What happens when your cactus plants grow too big for their pots? And repotting them isn't possible?

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Show us a pic maybe we can help :smile:
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Pass it on to someone with more space & a bigger pot :wink:
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Pruning? Make it smaller and/or restart from smaller cuttings?
Establish a border in your greenhouse for it?

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I like the mystery and suspense here!
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Give it to me and I'll try it outside :)
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Maybe it’s a giant Uebelmannia though Paul...
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Here is a pic of the plants in 35cm pots
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Doesn't look like it needs repotting when I look at the size of the pot, unless you really want to change the soil if that has not been done in the last twenty years or so. And these do not look that hard to repot. I have seen worse cases of much spinier and bigger plants.
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Chamaelobivias tend to have quite a small and fibrous root system so I'd say that they can stay in the pots quite a while, even once they grow over the edge. Alternatively you could divide them up into smaller plants but I'd personally just leave them as they are. Nice plants👍
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