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by jerrytheplater
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: All My “Children” (aka Cacti, Succulents & Seedlings)
Replies: 23
Views: 52331

Re: All My “Children” (aka Cacti, Succulents & Seedlings)

Why are you sterilizing your water? Seems extremely labor intensive.
by jerrytheplater
Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Newbie member from Tasmania
Replies: 7
Views: 2658

Re: Newbie member from Tasmania

Welcome to the Forum. Post some photos of what you have. Do you have any particularly favorite plants?
by jerrytheplater
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:18 am
Forum: Grafting
Topic: Hana's grafting 2023/2024
Replies: 34
Views: 34651

Re: Hana's grafting 2023/2024

Really nice Frank.
by jerrytheplater
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:37 am
Forum: Grafting
Topic: Hana's grafting 2023/2024
Replies: 34
Views: 34651

Re: Hana's grafting 2023/2024

Hi Frank. Very amazing process on the Pediocactus. I just went back to the start on Dec 2 to see the single areole grafted. Then followed it along till today. It really grew fast! Only two months to a new plant! It looked like there were more than one offset showing on your graft. Did only one grow?...
by jerrytheplater
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:21 am
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Cactus cutting gone bad?
Replies: 52
Views: 9169

Re: Cactus cutting gone bad?

Leaving a cactus outside here might not work. We are overrun with deer and I think they might eat cacti. (they will come up to the porch). I'll have to investigate this issue. I too am overrun with deer. And mice. And Chipmunks. I have yet to see deer eat any of my cacti. All that are out are spiny...
by jerrytheplater
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Cacti we've lost
Replies: 62
Views: 98380

Re: Cacti we've lost

I was away for a month late in the year. When I returned the cactus was affected with mealies . I picked off as many as possible. The mealies in hard to get areas I lightly zapped off the cactus with water from water bottle. A couple weeks later the cactus started rotting at the bottom. I know Melo...
by jerrytheplater
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: My first success growing a "rare" cactus species from seed: Echinopsis coronata!
Replies: 10
Views: 2802

Re: My first success growing a "rare" cactus species from seed: Echinopsis coronata!

Absolutely. October temps here are still very warm. I don’t start winding things down to winter over plants until early December. I also grow tropical fruit trees, peppers, etc… and they all keep growing in October and November here That explains why I see these S. leucophylla as weaker plants. I'm...
by jerrytheplater
Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: My first success growing a "rare" cactus species from seed: Echinopsis coronata!
Replies: 10
Views: 2802

Re: My first success growing a "rare" cactus species from seed: Echinopsis coronata!

Mid to low 20s for a few nights a year most years. Lots of low 30s-40s nights in Jan and Feb. not super cold by most places standards. The problem is most of those temps in the 20s or low 30s are immediately after heavy rain as we only get that when cold weather troughs dip down from the north and ...
by jerrytheplater
Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: My first success growing a "rare" cactus species from seed: Echinopsis coronata!
Replies: 10
Views: 2802

Re: My first success growing a "rare" cactus species from seed: Echinopsis coronata!

It’s north Florida so in Jan and Feb I have to protect most things from the deadly cold + wet combo but other than that yes they seem to grow well here! Question on your "deadly cold"! I'm growing some Sarracenia pitcher plants (S. flava) that are seed grown from seed collected in Sumatra...
by jerrytheplater
Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: toadstar's cactus
Replies: 117
Views: 86253

Re: toadstar's cactus

Nice. Your photo's make me think those are the greenhouses where I saw very large clumps of Euphorbia decaryii growing along the edging. It is not really that far for me to get there for a day trip.
by jerrytheplater
Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Goings on down under
Replies: 89
Views: 89878

Re: Goings on down under

I'm wondering why you put the layer of Scoria on the bottom to begin with? Pot too deep and didn't have a shallower one? Have you ever used a clay pot sealer? The one I've been using is a spray can of clear sealer. Kind of like a varnish. It has a lot of solvent: acetone, toluene, and the sealer is ...
by jerrytheplater
Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: Cacti of the Month
Topic: Turbinicarpus
Replies: 53
Views: 84473

Re: Turbinicarpus

T. pseudopectinatus and T. valdezianus are producing flower buds despite being very cold (nighttime temperatures as low as -6C/21F, daytime barely above freezing). It's always astonishing how adaptable these plants are. I am quite sure it doesn't get that cold in habitat (a quick search says around...
by jerrytheplater
Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Hana's cacti
Replies: 2652
Views: 689180

Re: Hana's cacti

56C is 133F. That is amazing. I've never seen temperatures that high, although closed cars can get very hot. Never measured the temperature in there.
by jerrytheplater
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Rot or Not? Please help
Replies: 62
Views: 8158

Re: Rot or Not? Please help

Watering: I'll change what I've said based on Steve's reminder of your temps and what you just updated a few minutes ago. Go with what Steve said about the light watering after potting. New photos: Thanks. Much clearer to me at least. The hole is larger than a puncture from the spine of another plan...