Noticed these black areas on the O. humifusa. Doesn't look good, Rot? Slice those areas off?

Thanks a ton. The new growth does look like what I have. Will make sure to protect it as my basement may approach freezing at times in winter.

Tony wrote:

Tony, whats that columnar type cactus there in the back of the largest clay pot at the top center of the picture? there's 3 of them. They look very similar to a small cactus I've got.

Just a few random pics from today. The Opuntia's new paddle is outgrowing the whole plant!!...we call it the clown shoe :lol: :lol: Nice plants! wish I had the room to go ga-ga like that. Oh btw, if you use your imagination the Opuntia pic there can go in the Cacti Sexuality thread :wave: :oops:

cactuspolecat wrote:G'day Andy, just thought I'd put in my 2-bob's worth...
#1 Cliestocactus straussii
#2 dunno
#3 M.rhodantha
#4 M. elongata
#5 Echinopsis calochlora (always a nice glossy pale green colour).

CP

Many thanks!

Thanks for the advice guys! I'll forever treat slugs with a cold heart.

I've got 9 fresh pad growths on the Opuntia and I'm hoping to keep them intact for next year. Plus I got to figure out how my friends cactus doesn't get slug damage. I know he probably does nothing as far as prevention goes.

2 -Is that not the same as 1? Lighting is not the best -do I see blue on the stem? Could be Pilosocereus (should have hairy areoles) or Cleistocactus. #1 has white spines, #2 has yellow. Stems are green on both. Areoles are hairy on both, morso on #2. #2 is thicker despite being half the height of ...

Decided to try to save some cacti from certain Walmart death + one from a nusery. I think I've got two named right but you can confirm or deny that.

1: ??
2: ??
3: Mammillaria rhodantha
4: ??
5: Echinopsis mamillosa

After another rainfall last evening I was only able to find about 50 slugs this morning. Big improvement over 600+. I'm getting a real knack for it, just one flick of the wrist and the slug is cut in half with lethal accuracy

Harald, I'll be trying egg shells today as a starter.

daiv wrote: Well I don't know if you can stop them 100%, but there are other things you can do. Putting a border of copper or copper containing paint will repel them too.

I'll also put up a free beer stand

Daiv, thanks for the advice I'm definitely going to start a vigorous defence now. I had no idea that slugs were the problem cause I rarely saw them on the cactus. Guess they eat at night while you sleep. I was going to design a new cactus bed anyway and will try to make it "slug proof". Ge...

I guess I got a real slug problem. We had a soaking rain for the first time in a few weeks last night so I figured any slugs would be out. Got up early expecting to find some but instead found an army. I started plucking them one by one into a bucket til I ended up with this sluggies-1.jpg This was ...

Hi Bill, Yes, I've seen your pictures before while browsing the forum. That is a mad Opuntia display. If I had just 1/20th of that I'd be more than happy. Actually just one flower would be a major breakthrough :( Since I don't have a sloped area to work with I'll try to design an elevated area compl...

Thanks for the reply. I should clarify that these cactus are in the ground and not a pot.

I did find a few slugs on them this year, Haven't seen one since I sprayed. Your right though all the damage is on new pads only.

Edit: Slugs not snails on my cactus

Hi there, Been browsing for awhile and this is a Great forum full of incredible info! My first post is for my struggling outdoor Opuntia humifusa & Opuntia ellisiana (thats what the tag says) here in Connecticut. Problems : 1) Drainage, This is my fault as I didn't research. A couple years ago I...