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by BigDreams
Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:01 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Can you help me ID a few? Also a few questions
Replies: 12
Views: 1950

Thanks everyone!
What should I do with the one with spidermites? I repotted them all today, but that guy seemed like a goner so I threw him in the green waste pile. Do you think he will come back from it? Will the spider mites spread?
by BigDreams
Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:44 am
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: A few sick cacti and repotting question
Replies: 7
Views: 2796

Thank you! I will pick up some perlite tonight hopefully and repot them all tomorrow. At work I can easily repot a couple hundred plants a day. There is something relaxing about not fearing getting poked everytime I hold the plant! LOL! I need to invest in armoured gloves :roll: I still remember the...
by BigDreams
Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:00 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Can you help me ID a few? Also a few questions
Replies: 12
Views: 1950

Hello 1. looks like Mammillaria coahuilensis, have ya seen the flowers? I sure have! I got pictures of them too! http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l218/UnHarnessed/Cacti025.jpg http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l218/UnHarnessed/Cacti027.jpg 2. Opuntia microdasys 3. Cereus aethiops, I would separate ...
by BigDreams
Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:38 am
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: A few sick cacti and repotting question
Replies: 7
Views: 2796

Thanks for the replies! Because I planted them only in regular soil which is full of peat (I know I know, how have ANY of them survived?!) I don't even bother trying to water the dirt anymore. I mist (though I go over them a few times) the plants once every couple of weeks or so. Is that ok? The fir...
by BigDreams
Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:54 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Can you help me ID a few? Also a few questions
Replies: 12
Views: 1950

Can you help me ID a few? Also a few questions

I have quite a few that I went to tag and had no idea what they are. I was hoping someone could help me out? I also have a few questions about some of them. I have had a couple of them ID before, but couldn't find the thread or the paper I wrote the names on :S 1) http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l...
by BigDreams
Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:44 am
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: A few sick cacti and repotting question
Replies: 7
Views: 2796

A few sick cacti and repotting question

Hey all! I've got a couple of sick ones that I don't know what to do with. First I have a repotting question-I work at a teaching garden that also sells plants, etc.. Because I only have a few (ok, 15. No idea how that happened) small house cacti it is pointless for me to buy a bunch of different th...
by BigDreams
Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:51 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: 2 (make that 4!) Wal-Mart refugees
Replies: 17
Views: 2343

Life would be much.....cheaper if Wal-Mart didn't sell cacti.

In second thought:
If Wal-Mart didn't have them I'd probably spend 3X as much ordering online or traveling around to sales.
by BigDreams
Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:43 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: 2 (make that 4!) Wal-Mart refugees
Replies: 17
Views: 2343

Thanks for the replies! Took the second one out of it's pot. I ended up having to cut the pot to get it out. The result: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1580_Weight_001_1.jpg I ended up back at Wal-Mart today and decided to give into my addiction. They had some really nice m. elongotas last ...
by BigDreams
Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:52 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: 2 (make that 4!) Wal-Mart refugees
Replies: 17
Views: 2343

Yes it does, and you lot aren't helping me any!

Thanks!
by BigDreams
Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:43 am
Forum: New Member Welcome
Topic: new member from canada
Replies: 12
Views: 2257

daiv wrote:Welcome Hiro - don't worry, we like newbies - so we can get them hooked! :lol:
He's not kidding either.....
There seems to be an awful lot of enablers around here!
by BigDreams
Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:29 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: 2 (make that 4!) Wal-Mart refugees
Replies: 17
Views: 2343

2 (make that 4!) Wal-Mart refugees

I had to run up to Wal-Mart tonight for a couple small things. The section I went to was only a couple aisle from plants-so I figured I'd just have a peek. I definatly was NOT going to bring any home-I'm running out of room and am getting some seeds from Corona. But then I figured....a tiny one won'...
by BigDreams
Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:43 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Can I save them?
Replies: 3
Views: 1107

I'll be the first to admit the soil is horrible. It's hard as a rock right now as well, I couldn't find anything to repot them with out of the store soil except abit of potting soil we had left from that Spring/Summer. They've had to suffer with it this Winter as I couldn't find soil anywhere. Now t...
by BigDreams
Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:26 am
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Can I save them?
Replies: 3
Views: 1107

Can I save them?

I have two that I'm not sure I'll beable to save. This one has been brown at the bottom all Winter. I figured it's dead (or almost) but kept it just incase. What can I do to help it? (does anyone know what type it is as well?) http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1580_Cacti_012_1.jpg And my Mammi...
by BigDreams
Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Collecting a wild cactus and sending over the boarder-laws?
Replies: 15
Views: 2313

hehe well, I think I'll give it a shot then! Thanks
by BigDreams
Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:14 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Collecting a wild cactus and sending over the boarder-laws?
Replies: 15
Views: 2313

Sorry! I guess that would help eh?
She is in Florida, though I'm not sure where abouts.