mutant Posted October 31, 2012 witch's broom is supposed to make the cactus go mad at a couple of areoles only which results in a real awkward sight. some trichos incl bridg & pachanoi pup quite proliferously at the base by nature even from young age sometimes. how old is the seedling? any photos? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liyuqingru Posted November 2, 2012 One day, my cat ate a poisoned dead mouse, and soon she began foaming at the mouth, I was sad when I thought she would die. At this moment my neighbor told me to extract seriflux in the cactus and then make the cat drink it. I did so. After my poor cat drank the cactus juice, she vomited more, and even vomited two mice! But she escaped from death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tipz Posted November 2, 2012 That was a quick extraction ! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C_T Posted November 2, 2012 used a new tooth brush and scrubbed each cacti from head to toe. water + fert. im sure they loved it, looking sharp 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted November 3, 2012 used a new tooth brush and scrubbed each cacti from head to toe. water + fert. im sure they loved it, looking sharp Nothing like a bit of cacti loven on a Friday night Cheers Got 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted November 3, 2012 Went and checked the back green house and my Astro cross seed pod had fallen off but after opening it up it may have ripened I'll plant out the seeds and see if any germinate I'm going to sulphur treat some plants for spider mite whats a good ratio to use in a water mix? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Getafix Posted November 3, 2012 Found a beautifull Peru at Bunnings, see ID section for pics.Repotted it out of the clay shit it was in. Planted all the seed that Nitrogen so kindly sent, fingers crossed they all germinate! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swiper Posted November 3, 2012 Had a bit of a look, new growth starting on most cati, potted up some bridegsii seedlings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanVolle Posted November 3, 2012 i transplanted my poor A. tetragonus today and i wonder if it's okay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtarman Posted November 3, 2012 Looked at my lazy takeaway tek where I didn't wash or sift the sand - got some germination going, but I expect they might be short-lived. Also potted up another Bridgesii cutting I had callousing off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
applesnail Posted November 3, 2012 cut another failed graft off yowie stump...tried five times to graft to this sucker fails everytime beginning to think yowie just rejects scions! anyone succesfully grafted to yowie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted November 3, 2012 Grafted some more seedlings to pereskiopsis - lost a whole batch last week and not sure why - I think I left them in the humidity too long - they got all squishy and shriveled up. I thought I had the bomb uber-humidity tech going by doing all the grafting in the bathroom with the shower turned on hot and the door closed - full humidity dome - and then kept them in the smaller humidity chamber for 4 days - a time period that has worked in the past for me - many had some yellowish rot around the base of the graft after while.. When I took them outta the humidity chamber the tips of the pereskiopsis shrivelled/contracted a bit too - I think they got over saturated and expanded, and then contracted - this may have messed up the scion's connection also.. Could be the weather too - getting chillier here, shorter days - still a Mediterranean climate but my grafts this summer took really well.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PositiveHAL Posted November 4, 2012 check this out, its got crazy dropped ribs all over the show, almost in a spiral pattern Aerial shot of some of my babies 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bit Posted November 4, 2012 ^ fairly normal for scop, especially if you change it's nutrition or sunlight. Today I picked up my T.fuckingmassiveterscheckii thing that fell over on Friday. And I extended the boxing/floor where my existing (falling to pieces) plastic greenhouse is, in preparation for installation of my NEW (secondhand) polycarb one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CβL Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Stillman: I generally apply the sulfur as a dry powder, as it doesn't dissolve easily. Apply with a brush for the part of the plant that you can't reach by dropping sulfur on. applesnail: I think it might be because the stump is not actively growing where you are grafting it. How long ago did you cut the tip off the rootstock? How many centimetres were cut off the rootstock? Today my flatmate and I went to a cactus and succulent show, and saw all the epic plants on display. Some ancient plants were there, although I didn't see anything that I could say was certainly over 100 years old (but I'm by zero means knowledgeable on estimating a plant's age). Some rare plants there too. I got a small cutting of a Sceletium Tortuosum that was originally from the Brand river (Edit: Damnit, just checked and can't find this river - the guy must've had a typo). Coming home, we briefly went to a garden centre to get some perlite and a large pot. As we were leaving, we asked if we could take some of the pots from the recycling bin, and the guy was cool with that. So we took a decent amount of pots, with some of them being perhaps the most ideal seedling containers I've ever seen. At home, we repotted my flatmate's plant into the large pot. Then we prepared a seedling mix for some Lophophora seed (thanks again tipz). The seedling mix was 50% CC 'fine mix', 30% perlite and the rest: crushed limestone, some kind of crushed red rock, volcanic sand (basically crushed scoria), coarse sand, some other small rocks (Waikato gold is the sale name). We filled the pots up to maybe 5cm high, and then dropped the seeds on top in a rough grid pattern. Then using the last of the volcanic sand, coarse sand, crushed limestone - this was hand-sifted onto the tops of the pots so that a layer of ~2mm formed. Then I sprayed the soil until it was wet. I'm particularly proud of this seedling mix and pots, as I think they will completely solve the drainage problems (the old pots drained unevenly, and partially separated into a hard cake of mostly rocks, and a swampy mash at the bottom - the plants probably just grew slower than they could have, as they had to break their roots through the hard cake at the top to get anywhere) and provide the right growing environments for the Lophs to thrive. I'm just worried about light and heat, but will sort that out shortly. The last thing I did was to repot another 4 seedling containers into larger containers. I'm using ice-cream containers, with 6 finger-width holes on the bottom. So far these pots seem to drain pretty well, and I can't see any reason to not use them. I imagine that when those pots are "spent", the seedlings will be at least a finger-length in height. Many of my other seedlings are doing well too, and I'm in the process of deciding which plants are unique enough to warrant their own pot. I've picked a few so far, and I think they were good choices. I will try and take pictures soon. I'm afraid of my camera, as it's on the fritz though. Editty edit: That bridgesii seedling has like 9 basal pups now. The person I received it from had some BAP at one point, maybe some fell on the plant. Edited November 6, 2012 by CβL 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted November 6, 2012 potted on some seedlings which i want to move outside finally, also checked a wobbly astrophytum myriostigma from bunnings and realised all the roots had rotted off. bloody fuck bunnings man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowfella Posted November 6, 2012 Set my 3 flowering Gymno's up for some dirty group sex in the hopes that some will end up with a bun in the oven. Not that I can grow from seed worth a damn! My 1.5 year old melo seedlings are still only a few mm's in diameter. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shruman Posted November 6, 2012 I took a picture among other things. Starting to get exciting 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted November 6, 2012 Snowfella you gonna have ago at hand pollinating? Its pretty easy for Gymnos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeadStar Posted November 6, 2012 Slowly getting a decent amount of grafting stock together. This morning i got home from work and divided all my pere's and repoted them all. I also sowed 100 Hypocereus polyrhizus seeds. By this time next year, if it sits still long enough theres i good chance im going to try and graft it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowfella Posted November 7, 2012 Snowfella you gonna have ago at hand pollinating? Its pretty easy for Gymnos. I sure did, tickled them yesterday and it's now a waitinggame to see if it took or not. Tickled some Epi's that flowered for me the other week and I seem to have 2 fruits forming, be interesting to see what will become of them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
at0m Posted November 7, 2012 Cleaned them up (spiderweb, leaves, etc) Added a layer of small pebbles/stones to most of my cacti Checked the roots on my myrtillo. and they don't seem to be too impressive but they are certainly better than before. Checked my takeaway teks. About 5 days in and no signs of life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeadStar Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) doing the morning inspection and i noticed i have a cactus flower bud. i feel like a kid on Christmas morning http://i1122.photobu...2097391554C.jpg sorry about the shitty focus. i dont own a macro lens for my dslr so im using my phone for close ups Edited November 7, 2012 by DeadStar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowfella Posted November 8, 2012 Looks like I know what to do tomorrow, repot a crapload of plants as the downpour we just had washed quite a bit of soil and topdressing out of the pots. Everything "was" protected under the awning but the downspout couldn't keep up and the gutter overflowed just above one of the cacti benches. Mid pissdown before I realised I had to take action and do something about it Soil and topdressing washed out of the pots. Uploading a youtube video of the cactus drowning right now and will post link as it completes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 8, 2012 I protected them from fungus gnats by purchasing the ultimate wepon.. The sundew! I am veery impressed with how many gnats they catch and its 100% natural bug control.. I should also mention that they look fantastic too! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
