apothecary Posted March 2, 2005 Hi. It appears my at least semi competent gardening thumb has turned black. My peyote was outside a few weeks ago, it caught the full brunt of hail/run storm that went for an entire night. I moved it inside to a clone propagation chamber I built with approx 40W of blue spectrum fluorescent lighting in it. The damage simply progressed and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. What have I done?! :'( You can see it looks at least semi ok from one side, but the other side has gone a whitish gray with a few red spots. I moved it next to my computer monitor, so it isn't getting a lot of light right now. Here are some photos, sorry for the poor quality, I need a better camera. What can I do to to help the plant? It isn't really squishy if I tentatively try and squeeze it, it's a little soft I guess but not mushy. Help! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fenris Posted March 2, 2005 I spilled some napalm death (citronella oil) on one of my san pedro's and the skin and flesh shriveled up and went brown but didn't go mushy. After a few weeks the damage healed but there are still long streaks of brown dead cactus. However this caused the cactus to pup, and the cutting was only 6 inches tall to start with. I would be more worried if it was a fungal problem. Hope its OK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted March 2, 2005 I hope you're right :'( I plan on ordering several more lophs soon, but this one is special to me, it's several years old and has a very calming effect on me. Do you think I should put it back outside? Keep it inside? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devance Posted March 2, 2005 The easy way is to put a small type of greenhouse microenvironment. Which would be like a half cut up gallon plastic jug without the cap.. And dodn't water in winter time outside.. I murdered many a cactus plant until I found out that. I just use a a open ended aquarium, cold is not the problem but mosture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smogs Posted March 3, 2005 i would take it out of the dirt and pit it somewhere where it can have air circulating around it and the roots and leave it for a few days i did this with a pedro stump that had gone REALLY squishy with all the rain and it has recovered fine when it was firm again i put it back in the pot and it seems happy still havnt watered it yet this clone thingy u mention is it humid? u want the air as dry as possible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smogs Posted March 3, 2005 smogs: i would take it out of the dirt and pit it somewhere where it can have air circulating around it and the roots and leave it for a few days i did this with a pedro stump that had gone REALLY squishy with all the rain and it has recovered fine when it was firm again i put it back in the pot and it seems happy still havnt watered it yet this clone thingy u mention is it humid? u want the air as dry as possible EDIT: dont feel too bad, we all acidently kill plants now and then... I feel terrible when I do!I like it when u think you killed a plant... but too lazy/guilty to take it out of ground/pot and then one day it bursts back to life after being a stick for a few months Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted March 3, 2005 No I made sure that there was little to no humidity and good air circulation going. I'm not sure I'd call this one dead, but it looks hurt and that makes me sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted March 3, 2005 itll be fine do nothing itll just take time for the scar tissue to grow out several seasons maybe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
