Conophytum is winter growing - summer dormant. They should look almost dead in summer. No water!
In autumn they shed their skin and become plump and green again. You can water then but not too much.
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- Thu May 09, 2024 2:36 am
- Forum: Succulent Growing Help
- Topic: Question on conophytum dormancy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 47
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:30 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Echinopsis yellow spots advice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 93
Re: Echinopsis yellow spots advice
Looks fine as long as Ca and Mg are coming from somewhere...Steve Johnson wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 5:17 am
Looks good to me. How about you, Mike? Dexter -- if Mike gives us the thumbs-up, go for it.
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:28 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Echinopsis yellow spots advice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 93
Re: Echinopsis yellow spots advice
A few thoughts.. -50/50 perlite/cactus mix is very lean. These are heavy feeders. I would suggest a gravel, loam, organic mix for them with good drainage. They may be growing too slowly. -The organic part of the potting mix may have broken down too much and hold too much water and not enough air. pe...
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:30 am
- Forum: Cacti of the Month
- Topic: Turbinicarpus
- Replies: 52
- Views: 61941
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:26 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Fungal Infection or something else? (It's Chlorosis)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3611
Re: Fungal Infection or something else? (It's Chlorosis)
It need nitrogen. If you cannot afford ferts at this time, use 1 part urine to 10 parts water. No joke. Only suitable for outdoors.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: If you were to start over, what would you do differently?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 368
Re: If you were to start over, what would you do differently?
I would sow aztekium, pelecyphora and lots of ariocarpus. As many as I could get. But it's never too late......
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Post winter watering
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3005
Re: Post winter watering
Most Mexican and Sth Texas species should be given a late start. Mid to late spring regardless of the temperature. They are not really active until it's regularly quite warm. Astrophyum asterias and Ariocarpus come to mind. They get their first drenching in summer in my area. Rebutias etc should not...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:02 am
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Some Roadside Tillandsia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1193
Re: Some Roadside Tillandsia
Thanks for the pictures. They are very collectable!
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Post winter watering
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3005
Re: Post winter watering
I never spray cacti because they aren't orchids neither bromeliads, no practical use at all. I water them when they are moved to greenhouse and temps are high enough, never give them "some drops" but good amount of water. Better later and much than earlier and little. I spray my cacti alm...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:24 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Limestone top dressing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5175
Re: Limestone top dressing
Must have been about 30 to 40 years old as my plants don't grow very quickly. Alas it decided it had lived long enough and with no discernible change in growing conditions died two years ago. A species that does not show much visible signs if rotting since it does not go soft but you find out it is...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:22 am
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Limestone top dressing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5175
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:17 am
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Limestone top dressing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5175
Re: Limestone top dressing
which species can absorb calcium from limestone vs. the species which can't. Just to clarify Steve, all pants can absorb Ca from any source as long as it is in solution. The problem arises with Calcium carbonate raising the pH and interfering with uptake of the metals like Fe, Mn, Cu etc, by plants...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:29 am
- Forum: Outdoor Cacti
- Topic: Grass in outdoor cactus beds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5345
Re: Grass in outdoor cactus beds
We used to use a pre emergent herbicide (Oxadiazon granulas) for pots in the nursery. It's designed to kill germinating seeds only and did not affect the trees. As for the grass in the beds, you can safely spray glyphosate around the cacti as long as you don't wet the plants too much. Their waxy coa...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:43 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Resurrection of Echinocereus schmollii
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2301
Resurrection of Echinocereus schmollii
I've ad this plant for many years. During the last few it produced almost no growth and very few flowers. So I bit the bullet and cut off all the shoots (maybe 8 or 10 of them). Then I decided to cut even deeper and leave just a couple of stubs from the original shoots. After repotting into a fresh ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Limestone top dressing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5175
Re: Limestone top dressing
The title of the post kinda says it all. For my North American calciphile plants I don't think I'm at a point in my cultivation skill where I should be adding limestone to the substrate itself, but would a few large-ish pieces of limestone (1/2" to 1") on top just to give a nod to the pla...