just need some general info on cyclamen. i read on this website that they need humidity, relatively cool temps, and in the spring/summer the foliage should be cut back and the tuber should be planted outside until august when they begin to spout, then transplant into a pot, but leave outside until early fall when it can be brought back indoors.

is this good advice?

as for the cactus, i have a small cactus, no idea what kind it is, the longest stalk is about 6" and about an inch and a half thick, the stalk is circular, and it's got several baby stalks around the base.

it's in a small pot, about 3". i only water it very sparingly, maybe once every two months, and it seems to be doing fine. is this alright? is there anything i should be doing? the soil seems dry and hard, and sometimes i wonder how it's still alive....

yeah, i thought the pot was really ugly, but i wasn't quite sure how to go about repotting a cactus, as i've never done it before, i would assume it would require gloves, so i just bought a prettier pot that was just a little larger, and set the old pot inside the new pot, lol.

If it has the really long spines I vote for tongs lol.