I've had amazing results. But I'm not gonna lie to you, I still find some meallybugs from time to time, but really an application of Bauveria bassiana as well as Metarrhizium anisopliae plus a 10% application of a topical insecticide (to debilitate defences of any insect and help the fungi parasite ...

Have you ever heard about enthomopathogenic fungi as a biocontrol? I'm from a tropical country and have started applying Bauveria bassiana as well as Metarrhizium anisopliae for biologic control. Once you have stablish populations of this fungi, they will regulate and parasite mealybugs and other po...

Part I: Introduction I'd like to share some of my knowledge of Pereskiopsis cultivation and invite others to fill in the gaps in my knowledge. I know Pereskiopsis growing questions come up here from time to time (including me a few years ago). I'm hoping to make this into a comprehensive guide that...

G'day eamnav215, Your stock is a selenicereus. The grafting is a micro-grafting. A. parafilm is used for the grafting. Please let me know the size of scion. Frank Between 3 and 5 mm,I usually graft 2 week old plants. Most problems with ariocarpus. I bought a box today, I'll try your humidity box me...

Charlie VIII wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 5:22 am Looks like a fungal issue to me, with the high humidity it wouldn't be a surprise

How could I reduce humidity without the scion getting dehydrated?

I've been grafting with parafilm. I'm from Costa Rica, so my humidity Is always high

cacthis wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:59 am when this happened to my grafted plants, I assumed that it happened because of unsanitary blade or because the scion was rotting

how do you sterilize your tools? If I may ask.

Hello, I'm a fellow grower from Costa Rica. I've been growing cacti for over 4 years now and doing a lot of micrografting. I usually use selenicereus grandiflora and pereskiopsis, both of those grow very well in my climate. Nevertheless, I sometimes have problems with this stuff. I haven't being abl...

How do you control damping off?

Hello friends. Today I made 3 different grafts: 2 Astrophytum Asterias (2-3 months) and 1 Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis (3-4 months) on Hylocereus rootstock each. But when I made the cuts, I noticed that the seedlings had 2 vascular bundles. :?: https://i.imgur.com/3M4QLU5.jpg This made me fee...

Hello, two weeks ago I bought a Leuchtenbergia and an Astrophytum asterias nudum. They came im a very organic substrate, but I washed the roots and let them dry for a couple days, then put them in an almost inorganic and gritty substrate (80-90) I live in Costa Rica and rainy season is starting, but...

Some very thin plastic film. I kept the graft under led lights. Yesterday it was looking healthy. Maybe it lost too much humidity too soon?

Hello. A week ago OI grafted a Obregonia Denegrii on to a Persekiopsis Spathulata. Yesterday I decided to unwrap it, but I've just take a look at it and the scion just shiverled, but it is still graft. Is this normal? Can I fix it? Should i just start over again? Why does this happens? https://i.img...