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by jackcnichols
Sat May 19, 2012 8:51 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help me identify 6 new succulents!?
Replies: 9
Views: 931

Re: Help me identify 6 new succulents!?

I hope it's two, but I'll be re-potting them all next weekend, so I guess I'll find out then.

Thanks again, Majcka!
by jackcnichols
Sat May 19, 2012 7:56 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help me identify 6 new succulents!?
Replies: 9
Views: 931

Re: Help me identify 6 new succulents!?

Thanks you two, that looks spot on with the Euphorbia. By the way, both pictures are of the same plant, but in picture 6 are there two separate plants, or just one?

Thanks again.
by jackcnichols
Sat May 19, 2012 5:33 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help me identify 6 new succulents!?
Replies: 9
Views: 931

Help me identify 6 new succulents!?

Today I was kindly gifted 6 new succulents, 4 of which (I think) are cacti and two are probably succulents. But I'm an absolute beginner and have trouble identifying them, and would like to know how to best look after them (individual light requirements, watering etc. especially with the succulents!...
by jackcnichols
Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:45 pm
Forum: Free For All
Topic: Mug Shots -Wonder who you're talking to?
Replies: 593
Views: 331456

Re: Mug Shots -Wonder who you're talking to?

I'm relatively new here, but thought I'd put a face to the name anyway. Here's a picture of me whilst snooping around a ruin hidden in the country-side near my house :lol:
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by jackcnichols
Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:27 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help requested in ID-ing many cacti
Replies: 9
Views: 882

Re: Help requested in ID-ing many cacti

I'm not sure what they are (sorry) but I have a plant identical to the first, so I'm hoping someone can correctly identify that!
by jackcnichols
Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:43 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Please Help Idenitfy My Plant
Replies: 8
Views: 766

Re: Please Help Idenitfy My Plant

I actually bought it/saved it from Wilkinson Dan haha. But thanks for all of the advice, I guess it'll just have to remain a relative mystery unless it flowers, which I doubt will be anytime in the near future.
by jackcnichols
Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:21 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Please Help Idenitfy My Plant
Replies: 8
Views: 766

Re: Please Help Idenitfy My Plant

Thanks Daiv, any possible guesses/suggestions on species? Someone else mentioned Haageocereus, but aren't they very rare?
by jackcnichols
Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:32 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Please Help Idenitfy My Plant
Replies: 8
Views: 766

Re: Please Help Idenitfy My Plant

Thank you, that does look similar. Though it's incredibly hard to judge as it's such a young plant.
by jackcnichols
Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:51 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Please Help Idenitfy My Plant
Replies: 8
Views: 766

Please Help Idenitfy My Plant

I've finally re-potted all of my adopted cacti into a soil with better drainage, but I wanted to label all of the pots and still have no idea what this is:
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There was a suggestion before that it was either a Haageocereus or a Cleistocactus?

Thanks in advance.
by jackcnichols
Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:49 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: What should I do?!
Replies: 5
Views: 1067

Re: What should I do?!

Thanks a lot for the information! I'll have a look at the roots when I'm re-potting it, how long would I need to leave a cutting to dry out before re-potting it?
by jackcnichols
Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:19 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: What should I do?!
Replies: 5
Views: 1067

Re: What should I do?!

Thanks Bruno, I'm working on the potting mix, just waiting on a delivery! How will I be able to tell if the roots are rotting/in a bad way? And it's on a south-facing window, getting plenty of sun and good circulation of air.
by jackcnichols
Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:59 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: What should I do?!
Replies: 5
Views: 1067

What should I do?!

I'm an absolute beginner at growing cacti, but this one I've recently inherited seems rather unhealthy. There is a long brown mark on one side (picture 1) I wondered whether this could be a scar? And then white marks on the other side, and a brown/whiteness at the bottom (pic' 2&3). I'm not sure...
by jackcnichols
Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:02 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: New cacti owner, help me ID my plants please!?
Replies: 13
Views: 1140

Re: New cacti owner, help me ID my plants please!?

On the first one - the spot in the middle would worry me more than the bottom, but I can't quite tell for sure. I think you will get into trouble sooner than later with that rich soggy soil. Need to get some gravely stuff that drains fast. Also be sure the water drains out away from the bottom of t...
by jackcnichols
Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:51 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: New cacti owner, help me ID my plants please!?
Replies: 13
Views: 1140

Re: New cacti owner, help me ID my plants please!?

My general guesses are: 1) Cereus 2) Mammillaria 3) Ferocactus 4) Echinocereus get-that-thing-some-sun-immediatelyi 5) ?? Thank you so much, they all seem to match when I've searched on here. As for species, could the Cereus possibly be a Repandus? The Ferocactus an Emoryi? And the Echinocereus a B...
by jackcnichols
Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:01 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: New cacti owner, help me ID my plants please!?
Replies: 13
Views: 1140

Re: New cacti owner, help me ID my plants please!?

A, I don't know, but it looks like corking,something that comes with age,not rot (unless it's brown and mushy) B, Mammillaria? C, Ferocactus? D, another Ferocactus? (needs a bit more sun) I'm sure other people will help a bit more as I'm not-so-good at identifying cacti. Thanks a lot for the help e...