ROOTONE!!??? I'm still using mine in the red box that I bought over ***30***YEARS AGO!!! Still works great with the fungicide in it, although it's been stored in a super HOT garage here in the desert, all these years. I've used it a lot over the years, slowed down a bit now-a-days...lol.. You just d...

Thanks you guys for the ID's, I really appreciate it. I'm uploading a temperature chart for Las Vegas, Nv. from The Weather Channel. Not the best, but not too bad. Does anybody know what that "hairy old man" type Cactus is, and/or it's cold hardiness? Do you think that the Ferrocatus and t...

IMG_20140323_174346_924.jpg Hello Folks This is my first time visiting you and already a long message I wrote introducing myself and explaining my situation "disappeared". This usually happens to me on Facebook. LOL. So, I'll spare you the detailed long explanation story. I live in the Mo...

Thanks Greenknight, I didn't know that for sure. So do you that's what it is? Cochineal Scale? So far, I've only seen the one. Hope that's all. Do they spread quickly or hard to get rid of? Nice to have a final ID, if that indeed is what it is. Just hope the little bugger isn't going to a major infe...

Hi, me again with the black headed "Mealy Bug?". I sent the photos into a guy at Dave's Garden that heads up the" Insect and Spider Identification" Forum. He admits that he's no Cactus pest expert, but he provided a website link: xtremehorticultureofthedesert. Las Vegas and the s...

Never mind, the first one IS in the first reply. Let's try your link to Youtube up there..... http://youtu.be/biUMeL4rAss" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://youtu.be/evntIu-fCTM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://youtu.be/L6D_gYh3Vm4" on...

It takes awhile to download, but seems to work just fine. I don't know anything about "Embedding", because you have to have your own web page for that. Does this help at what you need to do? Just hit 'share', or the thumbs up or down icons, and that YouTube address along with all the diffe...

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This is from t YouTube Help Videos. I just copied and pasted the highlighted address, (bbcode) ?
This works everywhere else, ie: Facebook. Lets see if it works here.

Dear Snarfie, Do you really think that black headed thing might have been a bud? Geez, I'd hate to think that! But I really don't see how. :? The whole series of photos from start to the death of whatever that was only took less than 15 minutes. Especially from the very first pics, since I managed t...

I thank you, greenknight. You're a very nice and helpful person. With your help, we'll make it through until spring.
Those Scale inects aren't going to spread to my house plants----right?
I'll try to keep them on the other side of the living room. Do any stages of them fly?

Dear greenknight & Cactusmad, Thank you both for your prompt replies and very helpful info. greenknight, It may sound strange, but thanks for the Scale ID. I'm relieved it's those nasty guys rather than a Fungus or Bacteria. Insects are easier to deal with than diseases, I think. I can actually ...

WOW, iann !!! What do you suppose that thing with the big black head is? You can see that it's alive, not just a piece of dirt. I watched it emerge from the wooly "spot?" SO, I wonder if I have Mealies after all?!? I hope not!! Found out I have Scale insects. I'd rather have scale than som...

Hello Nick, Are they actually ON your plants/foliage? I'd try scrubbing the outside, rims & dishes they sit in with a good stiff brush using straight, (5% acidity) distilled white vinegar. Try to cover the soil with aluminum foil or something. Cover your plants too, with a bag or pillow case, wh...

I can see my imagines now, can you guys? :D Yeah, I'll use a systemic insecticidal soap at the beginning of the growing season. As one member said, the Cacti are getting ready to go dormant.. I bring all but one into the house in the winter, I'm not real sure about ALL the rest, but I don't want to ...

:shock: :shock: :shock: 20141006_0021.jpg 20141006_0022.jpg 20141006_0025.jpg 20141006_0017.jpg 20141006_0027.jpg 20141006_0025.jpg How can you tell the difference between a Mealybug and the normal fuzzy bumps that are all over where the spines come out? This particular fuzzy bump on my "Mammul...