Argentine Giant
Also known as
Trichocerus purpureopilosus
Taxonomy
Echinopsis candicans
Echinopsis
Cactaceae
Caryophyllales
How to care for Argentine Giant
How often to water your Argentine Giant
every 12
Argentine Giant needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
12
Finding light for Argentine Giant in your home
a window
Argentine Giant love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Argentine Giant does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Argentine Giant in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Argentine Giant
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Argentine Giant after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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I love plants, but never repot because i@ a scaredy cat!! Help me with the how tos and what not to do for repotting this gal
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Echinopsis oxygona has 15 offsets. My Echinopsis oxygona has around 15 pups of various sizes and is too big for its 4-inch nursery pot. Should I keep it as a clump or try to take off some of the offsets and propagate them? What do people normally do with this cactus?
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#ThrowbackThursday pigmy puff last year with her beautiful 🌼 flower. Now she has 2 babies I can repot this spring!! 🌻🏜️🪴🌵
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Feeling hopeful, there doesn’t seem to be any rot in the top part of the cactus. Letting it callous over and then I will attempt propagating! The lighting is horrible in these pictures, it is greener than it looks here #CactusClique #GoldenTorch
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Is there any part of this cactus that’s salvageable? This poor thing was given to me by my mom because she struggles with cacti, so it already wasn’t exactly set up for success. Anyway, it fell, lost dirt and then got overwatered? (Took me probably way too long to get it properly potted up after the fall) is any part of it salvageable or is it all going to die? #GoldenTorch #CactusClique
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Help identifying cacti My husband got me 2 cacti a few years ago and unfortunately I lost the tag to it. Both of them pop up as golden torch and as barrel cactus. Im not sure if that even makes a difference in care since both are desert cacti, but I want to make sure of what I do have. I have had plants for a while, but I am trying to take better care of them now. As soon as I have a better soil mix, ill be repotting some of them. If anyone also has any tips for care, that is greatly appreciated! #Cactus #CactusClique #SucculentSquad #SucculentLove #HappyPlants #TheThread #TheWateringHole #brunchataudreys
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Why is my plants bending? Help #GoldenTorch
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does this plant look healthy? #GoldenTorch and is the brown spots normal?
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What is this spot? Anyone know what this spot could be? Im very new to cactus plants this is my first one. Thank you in advance
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what should i know about this plant? #GoldenTorch
Care Summary for Argentine Giant
Argentine Giant
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 12 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.