magical9 Posted June 20, 2014 I applied "some" 6-BAP on my cows tongue. Well.. the sun melted it and it ran down the side and hit a ton of spots lol.... well this is what happend.. Ants taking a look at my Cows tongue. Ants are one of my favorite insects, love em. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted June 20, 2014 Awesome. I'm glad the cream is working for you. Just remember that with rooted center cuts/stumps you don't need to use it. They will pup on their own. Same with any clumping plants. It is fun to make them happen where you want though for sure. Like you're god. MUAHAHAHA!! I control the destiny of the cacti!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magical9 Posted June 20, 2014 Awesome. I'm glad the cream is working for you. Just remember that with rooted center cuts/stumps you don't need to use it. They will pup on their own. Same with any clumping plants. It is fun to make them happen where you want though for sure. Like you're god. MUAHAHAHA!! I control the destiny of the cacti!! ya know thats a good point i didnt really consider.. youre right.. a stump is going ot pup regardless.. so no need! btw i had a TBM that wasnt doing anything since i got it, while all my others had already pupped... so i BAP'd it... EXPLODED with pups.. even split one of the sides due to pushing so many out lol. NOW its doing something ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted June 20, 2014 Yeah, TBM's pup pretty rapidly too without it once they're established and happy. The small ones will usually grow a pup until it stalls, stall it completely, then just chill for a while until another pup comes. But my bigger TBM pushes out like 2-4 medium to big sections every month. That's why I prefer not to clone mine a lot. I'd rather have one huge plant growing like crazy than a bunch of smaller ones. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doxneed2c-me Posted June 20, 2014 What concentration of 6-Benzylaminopurine should be used and what exactly is this cream? I have 3 types of Opuntia outdoors I would like to try this on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted June 21, 2014 I use 2000 ppm concentration of BAP/lanolin. I make big batches of the stuff. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myco Posted June 21, 2014 i did this with 2 astro's of mine only it was alot worse they were absolutely covered in it after a while it was all brown and i thought great ive killed em theyre just gonna rot they didnt do anything until the next growing season and then they just exploded with pups aswell as the main scions grew very fast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pie'oh'Pah Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Just a BTW ants carry mites. Awesome pup I love the special Brew. Edited June 21, 2014 by Pie'oh'Pah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted June 22, 2014 It kinda does look like some ant's farming mealybugs or something. Those bastards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magical9 Posted June 22, 2014 Hmm ill have to pay attention to them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted June 22, 2014 Although I have noticed some opuntias and epiphytes have extra floral nectaries on brand new pups. Maybe they're just munching on those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djmattz0r Posted June 23, 2014 I have ants that are always running over my crested chola cacti, look very similar to the ones you have. They don't seemto mess with my other opuntias though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
