what is this on my cactus? is it okay? and do i need to act on this? i have been assured it is a simple scab and it is fine, but i want to get another opinion on it, just to be safe. it doesnt seem to be going anywhere after about 2 weeks of owning it. it was there already when i bought it. https://...

i have been fascinated by cacti for as long as i can remember (visually), but it is only about a month since i first decided to actually grow some, and only about 2-3 weeks since i actually bought my first cactus ever. now i have 8 already!!! 4 of them were bought by luck in one pot (was only 3 when...

thank you DaveW
cacti just get more and more fascinating every day

thanks for the help guys <3

thank you for the help. i do like the monstrose form, but i still want to try to get a opuntia ficus indica as you mentioned. it sounds like a challenge i would have fun with, and i gain another, somewhat different, cactus in the process :) i already bought a much bigger pot for it a couple of days ...

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What is happening to the human population in the United States. I'm here in Los Angels and I can not believe all the looting that is taking placed in my city. Mobs of people just breaking into stores in Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, now in Santa Monica. Text messages going out from pe...

everything i hear about peat is bad. even for my vegetables i keep clear of it. it seems to me, although i am new to cacti, a peat mix can be easily replaced with coir and a little love.

another question about the echinocactus grusonii. i have looked on images on duckduckgo and the echinocactus grusonii i see there have ribs with spines running up them, but mine seems to have an alternating pattern rather than ribs. what is the reason? are there different sub-species within echinoca...

thank you guys.
i hope i dont kill too many cacti i feel guilty already

beautiful pictures gemhunter! and you have an amazing collection!

thank you very much for the help. grusonii: my understanding of repotting cacti (minimal understanding) is to leave them out of soil for a while (maybe a week?) to let the roots heal, then repot them and do not water them until they start to root (another week?) then water them (potentially introduc...

hi everybody i am completely new to cacti. i have developed an obsession for cacti during this lockdown and have bought 2 from local shops and have 3 more on the way. i have been spending almost every available hour for the last week learning how to properly look after them, but a forum like this wo...

hi everybody. i am new to the forum, and cacti. i saw these 2 in a shop and they looked very unhappy, so i took them home, repotted them in bigger pots and gave them a drink and some sunshine. they are looking much better now but i would like to ID them so i can learn how to look after them properly...