Udo
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Ocotillos
Do any Nomads know where I may purchase about 30 Ocotillo plants (or plantable cuttings)?
I would like to have them for my garden in Ensenada. I have been to ALL viveros from TJ to Ensenada. Everyone tells me they can get them...but guess
what?
No one has been able to so far in 6 months.
Udo
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John Harper
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I've always wondered about those plants. They are so beautiful when green, but I've never seen one in a garden. I wanted one for my yard here in
Carlsbad, but have never found one in a nursery NOB.
John
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motoged
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Fairly easy to propagate:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/cacti-succulents/ocotillo/propagating-ocotillo-plants.htm
Don't believe everything you think....
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bajaguy
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Ocotillo
Walter Anderson Nursery at 3642 Enterprise Street, San Diego used to carry them. Saw several last year. You might give them a call...(619) 224-8271
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Ken Cooke
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I think that my Ocotillo came from Moorten in Palm Springs.
http://moortenbotanicalgarden.com
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bkbend
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I know people who've done the in-ground method. Watered it, it took root and is now doing fine. It did sort of look dead for a year or two (or
three) but several years later is doing great. This was in BdeLA 'soil' which is as poor as you can get.
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bkbend
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That's a neat little garden. We stayed near there one time headed to Baja and I stumbled on it in the morning while walking the dog.
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yumawill
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Large 8' Ocotillo are readily available here in Yuma at Lowes and Home Depot. They are bare root items so they must regenerate roots readily.
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John Harper
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Wow, lots of sources. Thank you.
John
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sd
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Hi Udo!
I use them often in California. My source is Home Depot and Lowes. Only carry the bare root ones, about $40-50 each. Size about 6 ft.
Plant in well draining soil, sand and rock is what I use. They have all grown, although not very pretty initially.
Each comes with a tag that states they were legally harvested. Not sure if you can transport from California to Baja, probably not allowed.
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motoged
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Importing may be an issue I would also think....so....an adventure day out in the desert, collecting supple branches for starters, some rooting
compound probably for hard stem/wood after cuttings harden off a bit (not drying in direct sun for several days to a week), lotsa watering,
patience....and eventual gardener's pride in a scraggly hedgerow....
Don't believe everything you think....
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John M
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Try this
I have a not-so-recent contact for a friend who was in the succulent business, the contact info may be ok
Kent Houser
(760) 560-6462
cactusman.kent@gmail.com
"The Cactus Man"
John M
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StuckSucks
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Lots of people around San Felipe take ocotillo cuttings, jam them in the ground and get instant (or not so instant) fence line. I'd say, time to take
a trip to the desert.
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Skipjack Joe
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An Ocotillo grown right up next to a wall may look very nice, even without the flowers.
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David K
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Ocotillo for construction
A living fence!
The founder of Nuevo Mazatlan, before planting cuttings of the nearby tamarisk tree to grow a forest campground, built big papalas/ cabañas from
ocotillos to camp under at the edge of the beach there (in the mid 1960s):
My mom and me by our Jeep and trailer, Nuevo Mazatlan ('66 or '67)
The whole cabaña complex, summer of 1967. My school principal and family (in the VW bug) joined us. The sand was too soft to back the trailer into
the cabaña as we did before.!
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bajapedro
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Found some in the Lowe's Garden section a couple of yrs ago.
Unfortunately they did not service the winter.
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weebray
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Here in La Paz and I believe in Baja Sur a license to sell native plants is required. I have been told there are only two here in town. PM me if you
need contact info.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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