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by nbcrty
Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:43 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: just my luck....
Replies: 2
Views: 854

Re: just my luck....

began rotting again... something has to be up...
by nbcrty
Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:26 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: discovered major prob
Replies: 4
Views: 1122

Re: discovered major prob

its euphorbia.. plus i began to peal away some of the skin... and it was like little spider webs... red spider mites.... thats why my one E. grusonii started dieing... where can i get a cure for the mites.??/
by nbcrty
Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:02 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: discovered major prob
Replies: 4
Views: 1122

discovered major prob

please help what is this...its like a wide spread disease.. started with 1.. now 3.....
by nbcrty
Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:40 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: (Non- Cactus) plant problems
Replies: 5
Views: 1116

Re: (Non- Cactus) plant problems

thanks for the advise; also my cacti and lime tree are not in the same pot.. i used the same pea-gravel mixure on the top layer so they match.
thanks for everybody that commented
by nbcrty
Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:32 am
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: (Non- Cactus) plant problems
Replies: 5
Views: 1116

(Non- Cactus) plant problems

I have a small lime tree that seems it might have some root problems... The soil is always wet, but it seems every couple days the leaves get limp like the plant needs water. When i water it the leaves go like normal. The plant also has lots of new growth, as well as about half an inch of pea gravel...
by nbcrty
Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:11 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cactus ID Help
Replies: 3
Views: 796

Re: Cactus ID Help

agreed on C. peruvianus
by nbcrty
Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:17 pm
Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
Topic: 70% isopropyl alcohol and cacti
Replies: 1
Views: 1383

70% isopropyl alcohol and cacti

If I had a new cactus cutting can I put some I... Alcohol on it will it harm the plant?
by nbcrty
Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:43 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: just my luck....
Replies: 2
Views: 854

just my luck....

so i was going to put my M. elongata cutting, that was calloused, in a pot today and i look at the cactus and the bottom is turning a funky color, and what is it? Rot. so i cut off all the infected tissue instantly this time and i would like an opinion on how i did. Plus there are now 8 pups... who ...
by nbcrty
Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:33 pm
Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
Topic: growing from small cutting
Replies: 15
Views: 3941

Re: growing from small cutting

Today I took it our of it's pot after watering it yesterday and it has two small roots!!
by nbcrty
Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:26 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help with Cactus ID
Replies: 3
Views: 1021

Re: Help with Cactus ID

i believe this plant is known as a 'mini'/ cereus preuvianus monstrose cv.
i named my C. preuvianus monstrose, Brock... because he reminded me of broccoli... :P
by nbcrty
Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:22 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cactus ID--Last One!
Replies: 3
Views: 720

Re: Cactus ID--Last One!

yes it looks very similar to my cleistocactus stausii, that i rescued from lowes for $1.12 on 9/14... :)
by nbcrty
Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:18 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cactus ID plea
Replies: 3
Views: 1087

Re: Cactus ID plea

i cannot disagree with any of those IDs,
now i know what my P. chichipe will look like in a few years, mine is only 1.5 inches tall lolololol...
by nbcrty
Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:40 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: cacti and winter...
Replies: 1
Views: 734

cacti and winter...

Since it is turning winter I can no longer take my all cacti outside for better light than what they receive at my bedroom window, which faces west,. Should I just leave them at my window, or buy an artificial light to help them not grow elongated. If you think i should buy a light, what type should...
by nbcrty
Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:15 am
Forum: Plant Swap
Topic: Echinocactus grusonii
Replies: 4
Views: 1708

Re: Echinocactus grusonii

holy mother load of E. grusonii
by nbcrty
Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:09 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: opuntia microdasys Disease
Replies: 7
Views: 1353

Re: opuntia microdasys Disease

lolol... i always wondered if snails liked to get drunk