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- Sun Jul 24, 2016 2:44 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Insecticide application
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3254
Re: Insecticide application
Thanks everybody. I will have to keep checking and yeah, get a better magnifying glass, as for better or worse they seem to have gone. Next time I will try to identify first but there is something very off putting about the thought of tiny bugs crawling around. 0.1mm? You've got good eyes! Alas, no....
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:11 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Insecticide application
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3254
Re: Insecticide application
Hmm, there hasn't been any webbing. What I saw were very small, maybe 0.1mm? I only noticed them by chance when looking very close and I could only tell they were moving by watching for a while. Mostly they weren't moving, they'd move faster after being touched though. I couldn't see any legs etc ev...
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:50 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Insecticide application
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3254
Re: Insecticide application
Thank you! Yes it's the spray one. I might leave it another day then just to avoid this booming heat. I haven't seen any more bugs since yesterday either, so maybe the provado has had some effect.
- Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:55 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Insecticide application
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3254
Insecticide application
I've noticed a small infestation of what look like red spider mites (just tiny little moving red specs) on one of my plants, so yesterday applied some provado ultimate bug killer. Now I've noticed that provado doesn't really deal with mites and I can still see them happily crawling about. I got some...
- Sat May 07, 2016 6:08 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: tiny specks on Cereus peruvianus -- seeds or bugs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 913
Re: tiny specks on Cereus peruvianus -- seeds or bugs?
I'm afraid I can't help you determine what they are but I'm quite sure I have experienced the same thing. They never seemed to hinder plant growth, but spread all over the place - walls, windows, curtains etc. As far as I could see they didn't have legs or mouths and could be brushed off easily, jus...
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:12 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Water from a dehumidifier?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2005
Re: Water from a dehumidifier?
I live in an area with hard water also (about pH 8 ) and I lower the pH to 6 with vinegar for some years now. The plants seem to like it, much better than the time I only used tap water. No need to change the soil more often than usual in my opinion. Thank you. That is what I have started to do too...
- Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:13 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Water from a dehumidifier?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2005
Re: Water from a dehumidifier?
I wish I rent a second floor appartment with only a small amount of outside, mostly public, space. I will take a look at the downpipes though and see if there is any possible way to collect from them.
- Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:29 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Water from a dehumidifier?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2005
Re: Water from a dehumidifier?
Wow, they look cool. I would love to get something like that, but not sure I could afford/have the space for it. One of the bonuses for me with a dehumidfier was that it would also be fulfilling two purposes at once and I thought harvesting water from the air was a nice idea :D However with steady e...
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:39 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Water from a dehumidifier?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2005
Re: Water from a dehumidifier?
Ok thanks guys! So it might not be optimum but wont be disastrous either. I will make sure to put them out for a drink whenever we get a good downpour.
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:45 am
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Water from a dehumidifier?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2005
Water from a dehumidifier?
So as spring has come around again I have the problem of finding a good water source. I live in a very hard water area, can't find any distilled water and have no efficient way to collect rainwater (the best I have right now is a small bucket outside). I was wondering if getting a dehumidifier and u...
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:58 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Help with possible scale attack/identification
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1000
Re: Help with possible scale attack/identification
Ah, I see. Thank you. It's good to know it is not something more sinister.
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:54 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Should I use peat or coir?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1793
Re: Should I use peat or coir?
I have always been encouraged to use coir as a substitute for peat because of the environmental issues (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25760294" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) but I don't know enough to say if it would be a good idea to use just pumice and coir in this instan...
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 8:26 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Help with possible scale attack/identification
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1000
Re: Help with possible scale attack/identification
Thank you for your advice! Sounds alot more like scarring then. Of course, I have already impatiently applied Provado I'm hoping it can't make the situation any worse.
I will leave it alone to settle in and see if the scarring stops spreading.
Cheers
I will leave it alone to settle in and see if the scarring stops spreading.
Cheers
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:09 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Help with possible scale attack/identification
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1000
Help with possible scale attack/identification
First of all I would like to say thank you to this forum for being such a wealth of information. I have been looking through pretty much every page for topics about how to grow cacti and it has been a great help. I've previously grown carnivorous plants and this is quite a change! However, I was hop...