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- Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:38 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Neoporteria nidus or N. villosa or another
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1621
Re: Neoporteria nidus or N. villosa or another
Thanks guys. Now if I could only remember where I bought it!! Quite possibly from the CT Cactus and Succulent Society at a Spring Show. There was a gentleman there that had an extraordinary collection of Chilean cacti and I do remember him selling some at a show I was at. I forget his name, but I kn...
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: My flowering Cacti 2021
- Replies: 86
- Views: 80855
Re: My flowering Cacti 2021
Harold, Thanks much. I will have to look tonight at home. Not cool here at work
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:14 am
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Neoporteria nidus or N. villosa or another
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1621
Re: Neoporteria nidus or N. villosa or another
I have not repotted it for at least a decade. I don't want to let it go any longer. Why wash all the soil off? So I don't get a drastic textural difference between what is on the roots and the new potting mix. I just made up a new mix and it is almost all mineral with very little organic. I'm using ...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:07 am
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: My flowering Cacti 2021
- Replies: 86
- Views: 80855
Re: My flowering Cacti 2021
Harald, very stunning plants. Love them. Have you posted any overall pictures of your garden beds? If you have, would you mind posting a link to them here so I can see them? Thanks. If you have not, would you please?
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:54 am
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Neoporteria nidus or N. villosa or another
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1621
Neoporteria nidus or N. villosa or another
So I have been starting back into the hobby after letting my plants coast/slide/die for too many years. I have this one plant which has flowered for me first in 2008 and 2010, but I don't have many photo's in between and I don't remember it flowering. Could I really have been neglecting my plants th...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:33 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Another unidentified young round cactus...type of golden barrel?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2722
Re: Another unidentified young round cactus...type of golden barrel?
Ha Ha Aiko!! I have a work associate that lives in Brooklyn. I think he would have a big problem with you saying Brooklyn didn't exist anymore as a town. It is one of the 5 Boroughs of NYC: Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, and The Bronx. But, yes, back in 1898 New York City did consolidat...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:57 pm
- Forum: Outdoor Cacti
- Topic: Repotting Winter Hardy Cacti
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16769
Re: Repotting Winter Hardy Cacti
I put all of my newly potted winter hardy cacti outdoors in the sun today. I didn't water even though its been a week since repotting. I did cover them to block some of the sun. I didn't really take a photo to be able to ID each plant. I could make a list of what I have, but they are all listed in t...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:16 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Repot cactus in Tucson AZ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1057
Re: Repot cactus in Tucson AZ
I can't help with the ID, I'm pretty rusty there, but I'd almost guess its an Echinopsis-but don't hold me to it. The one I had was a night bloomer. Where and when did you get it? Has it ever bloomed before? I hope your pot has drainage holes in it. It does need repotting as the offsets are getting ...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:48 pm
- Forum: Outdoor Cacti
- Topic: Repotting Winter Hardy Cacti
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16769
Re: Repotting Winter Hardy Cacti
Keith: Did a little further reading about N. magnificus in "Cacti for the Connoisseur" by John Pilbeam. I think you have the correct ID for it. Thanks. In Pilbeam's book he says that N. magnificus has one drawback in that it gets brown spots from still winter cold conditions. I know I have...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:01 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Another unidentified young round cactus...type of golden barrel?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2722
Re: Another unidentified young round cactus...type of golden barrel?
Dave, that even goes for town names too. I don't live very far from Chester NJ. PA has Nottingham. MA has Gloucester. And so on.
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:52 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Internet cookies
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1776
Re: Internet cookies
I started seeing aquarium ads recently. I guess there is more money in fish tanks. I have to say I did and do click on them on purpose as I'd rather see them than other ads.
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:02 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Mealybug!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1760
Re: Mealybug!
If anyone is using the soap dilution I gave above, I just corrected it. Please note. I suppose you could easily get by with just 5 Tablespoons and forget the 1/4 teaspoon.
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:56 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: what should I do if anything ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1680
Re: what should I do if anything ?
So now you should try and figure out what went wrong. Do you know when it started?
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:15 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Mealybug!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1760
Re: Mealybug!
I had root mealybugs in my dormant Rebutia and Sulcorebutia and other cacti. Pretty bad case. Maybe December in the 1990's-a long way till Spring. I de-potted. Washed all potting mix from roots. Washed plants in 2% Ivory Liquid soap ( Edit : 5 Tbs plus 1/4 tsp per gallon water, or 20 ml per liter ) ...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:02 am
- Forum: Outdoor Cacti
- Topic: Repotting Winter Hardy Cacti
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16769
Re: Repotting Winter Hardy Cacti
Here is a photo of the Pediocactus simpsonii taken June 11, 2017. I bought this cactus from John Spain at a Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society Spring Show and Sale. That was April 11, 2011. I had it growing outdoors overwinter for a few years after purchase. But I've been growing it in a pot a...