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by MrPintxo
Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:46 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Fertilization
Replies: 16
Views: 2623

Re: Fertilization

Temperatures here in Tennessee drop below freezing REGULARLY and CONSISTENTLY in the winter. Therefore, all of my plants--cacti, caudiciforms, succulents and ONE ficus tree--stay inside for the winter. it will be much easier to back off the fertilization ( one in three waterings do you think ? it i...
by MrPintxo
Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:13 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Germination question - Euphorbia, Aloe, Haworthia Rebutia
Replies: 9
Views: 2207

Re: Germination question - Euphorbia, Aloe, Haworthia Rebuti

Those haworthia seeds probably need more time. I sow several cacti/succulent species every year, and this year I've sown haworthias among others for the first time (3 different species), and I've noticed they take longer to start germinating than cacti. Mine took 3 weeks to start germinating, I was ...
by MrPintxo
Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:24 am
Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
Topic: echinocereus triglochidiatus inermis help
Replies: 4
Views: 2253

Re: echinocereus triglochidiatus inermis help

Use a knife or cutter to avoid ripping the core out.
Rooting the cutting should be easy, let the wound callous (1-2 weeks), and then pot it. No direct sunlight until it grows new roots (you'll notice new growth on the plant).
by MrPintxo
Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Question about ants in my plants
Replies: 6
Views: 1729

Re: Question about ants in my plants

Put the pot in a bucket and fill the bucket with water until it covers the whole pot (up to the base of the plants) and leave it there for 1-2 hours.
by MrPintxo
Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:00 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Justin 'J Money's' Cacti Collection
Replies: 16
Views: 4018

Re: Justin 'J Money's' Cacti Collection

The one marked as Echinopsis peruviana is not a peruviana, and "cutting 3" looks like myrtillocactus geometrizans.
by MrPintxo
Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:46 am
Forum: Outdoor Cacti
Topic: Vermont Cold-Hardy, 2015
Replies: 16
Views: 5835

Re: Vermont Cold-Hardy, 2015

Nice garden.
How deep are those beds?
by MrPintxo
Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:25 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Newbie needs help identifying lots of cacti
Replies: 7
Views: 963

Re: Newbie needs help identifying lots of cacti

5-8 -> Echinopsis chamaecereus, Mammillaria elongata, Cylindropuntia subulata monstruosa
13 -> Opuntia monacantha
by MrPintxo
Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:21 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: ID needed for a whole bunch of sharpies
Replies: 3
Views: 1303

Re: ID needed for a whole bunch of sharpies

cactus 1 - Cylindropuntia cristata??
cactus 6 - Cereus jamacaru monstruoso.
cactus 7 - Opuntia mycrodasys albispina (bunny ears), some variaty of Aporocactus??, echinopsis huascha??
cactus 8 - Mammillaria elongata.
by MrPintxo
Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:14 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Several Cacti to Identify
Replies: 4
Views: 1339

Re: Several Cacti to Identify

I'd say second one is a Cereus jamacaru monstruoso.
by MrPintxo
Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:51 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Need help with I.D. cactus
Replies: 4
Views: 927

Re: Need help with I.D. cactus

I think it is not a cactus, it looks like Euphorbia ingens.
by MrPintxo
Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:43 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Newbie Identification
Replies: 8
Views: 1050

Re: Newbie Identification

Your "tall and spiky guy" is a Mammillaria elongata, and the monstrose one is an Opuntia monacantha monstruosa variegata .
by MrPintxo
Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:47 pm
Forum: Seed Depot
Topic: Free seeds / seed swap
Replies: 62
Views: 41374

Re: Free seeds / seed swap

pm sent
by MrPintxo
Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:56 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: ID please
Replies: 8
Views: 1773

Re: ID please

The right one is Opuntia monacantha monstruosa variegata and left one looks like Euphorbia horrida.