Post pictures of your garden insects!

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[What zodiac sign are you?]

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[Changes in Conciousness and the 100th monkey effect.]

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[Loph question]

i think it is a caespitosa, not sure though

[Loph question]

Hi niggles, yes the oranging around the pups was there when i got it, the seller said that it was nothing to be concerned about, that the pups would outgrow it, the orange stuff hasnt gotten any bigger but the pups have definately grown, when i first got the plant , the pups were covered in the orange, now as you can see, the pups have become green and the orange is more around the base, the white stuff on the main button, i think is a build up of minerals, it is definately not scarring, hope this sheds some light, cheers

[Loph question]

Hi, i was curious to know if this specimen has any little pests/critters as there is some orange tinging around those pups.

This is a 4yo plant when i bought it of the seller about 12 months ago. he told me the orange bits were just part of th pups , and they would grow out off but after looking at some other threads on this forum ,im thinking maybe spider mite . Youre input is priceless and i dont know what particular species of loph this is either , tahnks guyds , and Happy New year to all

[Has anyone investigated which fertilisers may be best for cacti?]

blood n bone or fish fertilizer, sandy soil works best for cacti, from what ive read, also pumice, good luck

[Do any trichs / echinopsis or lophs grow wild in Australia?]

yes as an ornamental, probably for the past 50 years, id say they have been growing in aus gardens since the 1950s/60s, not entirley sure though, as far as wild populations, its possible

[TBM]

that is some major cactus porn right there, naja and tripsis.

[Sceletium - Rooted Cuttings for sale]

think i may have registered a bit too early, but interested

[TBM]

do you know if they are a species as a result of human interference, i.e cloning/cross breeding, or do they occur naturally in nature,.

[TBM]

yeah i wasnt sure whether a brigdesii pup had been grafted onto this plant, seems strange that one segment is ribbed with spines and the other segemnt are smooth, but i guess if it is a TBM then it is a mixture right?

[TBM]

Hi, just wondering if this is a clone A or B and also why it has a ribbed segment with spikes and the other segments are smooth, i recently purchased this one so any feedback, tnx

[newbi cacti collection]

thanks guys

[newbi cacti collection]

We love all Trichocereus, and as any decent parent will tell you - there are no favourite children.

As a rule of thumb, cactuses don't need as high a nitrogen ratio as other green leafy plants. And I can recommend blood and bone, as it's part of what I use.

 

so if that is so how is a trichocerius compare to a loph

[newbi cacti collection]

Echinopsis scopulicola != Trichocereus pachanoi

Not really a bad thing though.

 

mmmm not bad thing you say?

[newbi cacti collection]

personally I wouldnt worry about the scaling too much, when Ive had black rot on my cacti, I just keep them apart from the others a little bit in the vague hope that it wont spread, and they have all come good again, but with a little scarring.

feeding your cacti seaweed fertilizer is well and good but they will really respond well to more nitrogen, so maybe if you use blood and bone or worm juice or something along those lines you will maybe see more results.

I like to leave my cacti to their own devices and they look awesome with only the original cut marks, and they pup where they want when they want.

Thats my two cents!

 

i might try blood and bone. I was going to add osmocote slow release pellets, nitrogen 16.6%

[newbi cacti collection]

Scop and pach are not the same, if that's what you are implying?

 

But they are both similar in other respects?

[newbi cacti collection]

Maybe to cut scop's top and reroot it?

But it is better to do in warm time of the year.

Then it would be shorter but thicker.

They grow fast when are fed with fertilizer and have sufficient light to grow.

 

This is what i was thinking of doing

[newbi cacti collection]

mmm fertilizer

[newbi cacti collection]

so its not a T. Pachanoi?

[newbi cacti collection]

Hello everyone,First time post,

here is my cacti collection

1.T.Brigdesii

1.T.Pachanoi

Ive been reading up about the different strains of T.Brigdesii here in Australia. I'm wanting to know what strain if any . plant is 4 yrs old from seed, what seller told me; and is 32cm in height when i got it about 1 month ago, since then it has put on 1cm in height and has thickened out a bit. Is this one a slow grower, the spikes were cut of before it was posted, and dont seem to be very strong, seem dead or dried, it has grown 1 spike in the last couple of weeks, what can you tell me about its condition, and health . ive been feeding it once month with yates seaweed booster mixied with water, and always let it completely dry out between waterings, gets about4-5 hrs sun per day. in summer it will get 6-7 hrs sun per day.

Any advice/comments are appreciated.

Also any tips for getting rid of the scale on the Pachanoi. I was going to use a metal brush, and then dab with rubbing alchohol..

cheers