Strange little loph seedling. Is it crested?

[Strange little loph seedling. Is it crested?]

It certainly is freaky! Here's a pic for reference.

Most of the time when we think of a crested loph, the first case with the single meristem comes to mind.

From the look of it i'd say i wants to be polymorph/ monstrose.

Only time will tell!

[Noob's cacti]

On 12/01/2019 at 10:36 AM, bardo said:

Geez a lou that is spreading fast, here is a pic of one of mine that got it pretty bad a couple years ago, I thought it was toast, all I did was turn the effected side away from the sun but seems to have recovered and seems stable tho was majorly stunted 

 

 

Defo see if she lives up to her reputation (near certain she will), no idea if there is any consequence for doing so with effected plants but I have and I am absolutely perfectly fine lol 

Some bridge at 5cm diameter and 6 inches can be pretty cool indeed. 

 

I would say don't skin it or de core it just carefully de spine it and brew the whole thing, if ya got some fungi handy its a great combo, one comes on fast and ya like sweet then the slow deliverer goes pow and adds another level to it all, just always remember to flow with the stream 

 

By what you're describing the plant was just severely sun burnt.

 

 

[Noob's cacti]

A bit harder to judge on the less "affected" ones, TMV usually has a mosaic pattern to it but it can appear at first, as many other viruses, as splotches.

Eileen seems to be sun burnt to me, so give her filtered light and see how she does. TMV does not cause wilting/damage in such a sort period.

Set up sun protection from the "affected" plants and give them some nitrogen/ magnesium . I hope it's not viral.

Don't give up! Take precautions of course and isolate, just to be safe.

TMV identification has become a bit of a fad/scare to first timers because of how similar it is to the frequent markings cacti get from overt sun exposure, nutrient deficiencies, bug bites etc.

Btw do you have any opuntias expressing similar symptoms in your collection? They are infamous for carrying TMV!

 

Take it easy

 

 

 

[Potting Mix]

A cheap alternative to pumice could be perlite. Preferably sifted, so the more fine particles don't clog your medium.

They do great in a simple soil mix with added perlite.

 

 

Organics :

Half coco / Half "beach" compost (which is full of fermented seaweed, shells, pebbles,sand and generally whatever i find on the shore)

 

Inorganics :

I go heavy on the pumice ~30% (it's great and cheap!)

Some perlite for the sake of it.

Zeolite and Palygorskite (a type of clay) in coarse grains to keep things... porous.

 

Amendments :

Gypsum and a bit of Dolomite for calc/mag.

Mycos

 

Trichos love their urea so pee, pee, pee!

A good general fert does wonders.... then you can add calc/mag, b vits, micronutrients etc..