MELOCACTUS**GREAT FUN TO GROW**30 SEEDS

MELOCACTUS ARE SIMILAR TO BARREL CACTI WHEN YOUNG BUT FROM THEIR CROWN, A LARGE TUFT OF BRISTLES WILL EMERGE IN TIME - EXCELLENT HOUSE PLANT

THE GENUS MELOCACTUS INCLUDES AROUND 40 CACTI FROM MEXICO, THE WEST INDIES AND NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA. WHEN THEY ARE MATURE, THE BODY STOPS GROWING AND PRODUCES A CROWN ON ITS APEX CALLED CEPHALIUM, THIS DENSELY SPINED AREA IS WHERE THE FLOWERS AND FRUIT WILL BE PRODUCED

FLOWER: ATTRACTIVE SMALL PINK-RED FLOWERS - BLOOM TIME SPRING - AUTUMN DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES

FRUIT: THE FLESHY, EDIBLE FRUIT FOLLOW AFTER FLOWERING

POSITION: SHALLOW CONTAINERS WITH WELL-DRAINING SOIL MIXTURE. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WATER AND FEED REGULARLY (THOUGH DO NOT OVER-WATER), IN WINTER DECREASE THE WATERING, BUT STILL THEY NEED A REGULAR WATER. TO ENSURE OPTIMUM GROWTH, IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO REPOT THEM IN SPRING EVERY 2-3 YEARS

FULL SOWING INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED.

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