Sebas

I have plenty of 2 year old Datura Stramonium seeds if you're intrested...

Heck... I like 'em!

Thanks guys. This is no disaster, I only want to make sure I don't run into these problems again. I'll start by mixing my soil up with drainage enhancing material... It pumice the way to go? Edit: or perlite? or clay pebbles?

Hi all, What should the normal color be, of the part of a cactus that's below the ground? I see it turn brownish-yellow. No problem you'd think. But sometimes when I see a plant is in need of water (dehydrated ribs), I water it and check the next morning. When it hasn't swollen up, I suspect there's a problem, so I lift it from it's pot to inspect it... Then I discover that the brownish-yellow part below the ground is getting softer. I wash the roots clean and let the thing dry completely for a while, or I chop it off to re-root it. But what's going on? I mean, I use standard cactus soil and I don't think I'm over-watering them... Thanks in advance!

Either way... I like'm.

You guy-hssz!! Gorgeous & inspiring.

My God... I bet you spend quite some time on your balcony... I know I would. Great work mate.

On SS-list is mentioned: Trichocereus bridgesii fma. monstrosus clone A & B I think A should be the short-segmented clone, and B might be the one that just, well, gets longer segments also. And I believe the "Inermis" is another distinct clone. Trichocereus bridgesii f. monstrosus clone B One of 2 disitinct mutant clones of this beautiful blue-green Bolivian cactus. 2-5 ribs initially bearing 3" yellow spines then becoming smooth and spineless. The stems reach 4"-6" in length then stop growing and begin to offset. Eventually forms dense stands to 6' tall made up of hundreds of small multi-branched stems.

Inermis shot... This is not mine...

I believe this is the TBM 'Inermis' clone, I have one myself (The Netherlands). I've been talking with one of the forum members and offered to trade it with him, so he can import it into Australia. Can't wait to see this project succeed.

I'm glad you saved it... this plant deserves propagation.

Anyone ever got the feeling that plants in clay pots are less likely to attract root-mealy compared to plants in plastic pots?

Same here, some root mealy got in that way... Unfortunately, I haven't found an affordable source yet for neem-pellets or pulver. But when I do, I'm planning of just mixing some of it along with the soil. Very curious if that helps...

Thanks EG, I see you're from Germany, that's nice. Kali soap, might that be something similar to "green soap"? Since I've read somewhere that green soap is a kalium salt, where solid soaps are natrium salts? Non off my plants are really suffering from it I think. But I don't want this spreading either, so I've started to wash clean the roots of my most suspectable plants. Leaving them bare root for the rest of winter, thinking of a plan... I've read good things about Neem, but I was kind of hoping someone could confirm this. (Wasn't Zee_werp experimenting with this?)