Show You Yau and Your Garden Cactus Is Es Interesting For Indoor Growth By lo c II Folsom Telegram ram Garden Editor One of the most moat Interesting plants for indoor culture is the tho cactus Many people feature these unusual cacti in their window gardens gardens gar gar- dens because of their odd shapes and habits of growth Some will bloom with the proper care in the Indoor garden and their unusual appearance adds greatly to your array arral of house plants For best besl results put the cacti in a soil mixture of one third leaf mold one third garden soil and andone andone andone one third sand One local expert adds a bit of bone meal to this mixture Cacti require little fertilization fertilization fer fer- and a little of the bone meal every six months should take care of their needs Do not overwater your cacti An ordinary watering every 10 days should be sufficient The more stickers sUckers the cacti have the less water they require V While ile cacti can be grown successfully successfully suc suc- from seed many growers prefer to start their plants from irom small offsets or small plants that develop from the larger plants Some cacti enthusiasts send to Texas and California for new and unusual cacti for their indoor gar gar- den Question Mrs H. H C C. C of Salt SaIl Lake City writes Please tell me how to properly water my African violet plant The leaves seem to tobe tobe tobe be turning yellow yeow Answer All watering of the African violet must be done from below If water touches the leaves they will turn yellow Place a saucer at nt the bottom of ot the pot containing your plant and place water in the saucer so that it willbe will willbe willbe be absorbed up into the pot The African violet requires plenty of fresh air and should be kept out of drafts |