I noticed this brown spots on my cactus and i was not sure if it is some form of.
Mexican fence post cactus problems.
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They can produce greenish pink flowers that bloom from march through april.
When a cactus is over watered it will swell up more and more and often times the cactus stem will become so saturated that it splits open in one or more places.
Since then it has added almost 3 feet to its height.
The mexican fence post is one of the most attractive and cleanest looking cacti available.
I had the backyard of my new house landscaped in february of 2013 but we did not move into it until the past july.
The mexican post is turning yellow on one side and the barrel cactus has lines on one area.
The rest of the barrel cactus ooks fine.
The mexican fence post in my planter is doing the best.
The mexican fence post also.
Photo by doug martin.
To southern mexico these cacti require very little watering enjoy year round sunlight tolerate intense heat and can survive temperatures as low as 20 degrees fahrenheit.
But the real problems start when people don t just give their cactus more water than it needs but more water than it can handle.
Last year i bought a 1 foot tall specimen and planted it in a large container.
The tall stems branch out from the cactus base to form a fence like cluster of tall cylindrical posts usually with 5 or 6 pronounced ridges.
All sizes of saguaro cactus mexican fence post cacti arizona organ pipe cacti totem pole cactus fish hook barrel cactus teddy bear cholla chainfruit cholla single and multi headed golden barrel cactus and many other varieties.
We salvage up to 22 feet or smaller saguaro spears and have available for sale.
The mexican fence post cactus can grow very fast especially if you give it supplemental water.
The mexican fencepost is often used as the name suggests as a fence or barrier.
I also noted that both these cacti where they have the yellowing or problems are are facing the afternoon sun.
Pachycereus marginatus mexican fence post cactus is a cactus with columnar trunks that grow slowly up to 12 feet 3 7 m tall.
Along these ridges run symmetrical rows of small white thorns that make the mexican fence post look striped from a distance.
The stems are with 5 to.
When we got here most of the landscaped looked good and survived but just in the last couple of weeks i noticed that the smallest part of the mexican fence post is looking poorly.
