Friend sent these in the mail, gonna put em in some nice pots and get em fat again. All they asked for in return was 3 grafts. Can do 😎 will be giving some to family members for their birthdays when the cactuses plump up a bit.
Lmao Inb4 someone calls them poached. All seed grown. Peace.
As a first time grower I'm not sure what they're supossed to look like, but they seem quite dark comparing to what I see online ?? Is it because they're still babies and eventually will brighten up? Haha
Thanks!
Hello hikuris!
I am back looking for more guidance
I dug up two that looked quite bad.
What can I do with them?
The green kind of slashed one might have healed and scarred. It is quite firm and digging him out was probably rough on the roots. But I don’t know whether he is sick or already healed
The second one is very small and has a kind of purple color it was kind of sticking out, we can see him in his original position on my last post. Is he alright? Sick?
What would you do with them? Pot with mineral substrate and feed/water carefully?
Do I brush both together, just one or not at all? Or do I need well trained bees?
How does this happen? Without warning from one day to another this fruit popped up, there was never a flower cus i seen them very much everyday, im not complaining but i thought it was first flower then fruit
hey all! this is my 5 month old grown from seed it gets a lot of direct sunlight.
there is a little bit of organic soil under these rocks but just a pinch to have gotten her started.
i am looking for advice on how to get her to look healthier. thank you.
Are these looking positive? They’re definitely stuck on there, but I see a little gap on both of them, do I let it ride or cut and re-do?
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I originally thought mites. Now I'm leaning towards rust fungal infection. Or is this sun stress?
In search for deeper pots ive decided to add several in larger pots for the extra depth and still conserve some space.
I'm trying my hand at all sorts of gardening. I have grown mary Jane to Ananaya hardy kiwi. Always been interested in cactus 🌵 Michigan
I suspect mites and have ordered DE and spinosad but I’ve spent the last 5 hours staring at all my plants through a 60x jewellers loupe and haven’t seen a single insect whether it be spider mites or thrips which makes me worry in case it’s something else.
The loph has recently been repotted and placed into a grow area with half its usual light (around 400umols) whilst it recovers so I don’t think it’s light-burn especially as it seems to be spreading from the base of the plant upwards, the base is quite soft and dark but I did raise the plant a bit during the repot so I think that’s just previously hidden corking and also staining from the substrate during watering.
It’s in pretty much 90% inorganic and I water it around once a week, grow area is around 31°c at 25% avg humidity with a fan on near constantly to regulate the temp during the day so I feel comfortable with the more frequent watering as the pots seem to dry out extremely quickly, they get fed monthly with 1.4:0.7:2.7 cactus and succulent focus fertiliser.
The skin of the loph has looked quite sand-blasted for a while but it’s only recently that the cracks have started to appear and also some very small red-brown dots across the whole cacti as well as just turning paler as a whole.
Like I said I suspect mites or thrips and will act accordingly but I’m not convinced it isn’t something like rust fungus or light-burn or maybe even too much wind? Any help from more experienced eyes would be greatly appreciated.