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Jun 25, 2019 2:57 PM CST
Name: tarev
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Hello Jzam, the plant looks happily awake, so I would just position that plant in the sunniest area of your garden. The more full sun the better. It would be thirsty when it is awake, so I suggest daily watering. But if it rains often on your side, then that is fine. Unless it is quite torrential rains, you may have to protect it with a transparent cover to still allow light to come through, but keep sides open for ventilation. But still keep it outdoors. It needs very good airflow around it.

Ideally I would have made that media more porous and grittier, that way even if it gets rained on, or gets manually watered more often, it is not risky for the roots below. The caudex formation is not just above soil line, it may continue below too, so it is really important to make the soil very, very well draining.

Just feel from time to time the base of the plant, particularly that area that touches the soil. I am not sure if it is looking somewhat soft due to being just watered, or if it remains rock hard, then plant is okay.

I usually get the blooms at the peak of summer in July to August, when it is the hottest here.

Later on, when the seasons start to change in Fall, observe the leaves, if it starts to go yellow and drops it, it is then starting to go dormant. Gradually lessen watering, then if your outdoor overnight temps starts hitting 50F and below time to pull it back in. Position it by your sunniest window, ideally south facing window. Sometimes it may not completely drop all the leaves, but it is still dormant. So be very careful with watering, you may even stop watering totally entire winter, and got to wait patiently for Spring, for it to wake up and show new leaf growth. That is the time it can take watering again. While it is dormant in winter, you can choose to inspect the root zone, improve the soil by adding more pumice or perlite, prune the branches if you want, but whatever happens, do not water. It is asleep. Or you can just leave it as is and see how it rebounds again next Spring before you do any pruning. Always wear gloves, sap is toxic.

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