HiS Posted December 10, 2012 hallo all can anybody help to my lophophoras ? this year we have here realy heavy rains in october and november, thats why I'm take my cactae indoor in mid october (rain, 5-10°C at night, 10-25°C at day) indoor they are mostly on windowsill (south side) some under 100W CFL, they are in good ventilated area's, I dont feed or water 'em since I move 'em indoor can anybody tell my what's wrong with 'em ? what to do ? can I save 'em that brown spots apears when they were two weeks indoor, week or so later they start "crak" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) There are two things going on here. First thing was caused by too much water at once. You get such "Splits" if you water a cactus pretty heavily after a dry season. The orange color around the cracks comes from secondary infections that go along with the cracking up. Second thing is Spider Mites. They look like they have (or had) it pretty badly and i would definately do something against it. If i were you, i´d probably powder the whole plant with sulfur and keep it totally dry and keep a very close eye on the cracks. Would also use Imidacloprid or Methanol against the mites. Stuff like this can cause fungal infections that are very hard to control when you have the plants inside. bye Eg Edited December 10, 2012 by Evil Genius 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulsvr Posted December 10, 2012 I am so proud of this plant I love showing it off! Hey Dude the evil Genius has given you just about the best advise you can get. I am not sure about the mites but be sure and dust these guys. Last year was my first year experiencing spling cacti. it was tramatising. By the time it was over it was a good experience. Mine split really bad. So what I had to do was remove about 1/2 of the cacti. Let me tell you what I ended up doing. I removed 1/2 the cacti. I left no root on this part and basically just the top of the cacti. I grafted this part on a regular T. pachanoi. The graft took. I guess this was a good 6-8 months ago. so it has been kinda slow. Right now I have a some nice starts. I am just having to make a decision, leave it alone until next year. Or consider grafting and making several plants. Ill probably just leave it alone until spring. Who knows I will wait until they get bigger and then decide. I am so proud of this plant I love showing it off Yes I know I am repeating this! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
