3 different kinds of pesticides. acetamiprid is like Imidacloprid which I've used as a soil soak and also watered in from above. I would spray this one but not a fine spray letting the pesticide mix sink into the ground and use a tray to catch the runoff . Soil soak takes a long time use the runoff ...

yea I agree pick out seeds not plants

Maybe you should forget about growing them in pots and plant them in the ground outside, at least the roots would stay cooler."

yea good idea try that

In the Southern San Joaquin valley pull up Almond trees ( already happening) install solar panels. The ground is already cleared leave the true desert alone.

try not to get Valley Fever . not fun.

I use bottom rubble which are mixed 20 mm-scoria and 10 mm-pumice. These materials are reused and so it is mixed scoria and pumice. These materials are washed and dried before reusing. The photo is reusing bottom rubble under drying.' That's what I do too. I reuse them too and have a screen to catch...

How do you keep the soil from falling out of the bottom of those pots ?

I'd say this is rather M. rubrograndis" M. dehertiana holds seeds inside the plant body so if you get fruit popping out its not dehertiana

That's the plant n. 403, in bloom today." Also maybe M. perbella ?

Thanks KW Lots of good work to keep such a large collection in great shape . Goats to knock cactus about :D . They use herds of goats here to eat brush and keep it clear near buildings for fire prevention. They even eat poison Oak . No idea if they eat Opuntia which we have great fields of in the co...

60% pumice/40% granite gravel mix like Steve shows and add ~ 20 % compost to this if you don't want to go hydroponic. That's what I do and Fertilize less often because I'm a little more lazy with fertilizer. Sand is useful for seedlings and re rooting cuttings which you may have to do ? Not straight...

Summer flowers

Hardgrown cactus should have more roots than Fast grown cactus, bigger spines. probably live longer too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4kdZrJsN8

My youngest did a cactus video and I get to pronounce Latin names badly

Made a video on root mealie bug , Actually I didn't make it I just did the mixing and explaining. Should be out soon ? Tobacco and soap and alcohol so when Imidacloprid fails it a fall back. Or you can just toss the plant but in the interest of the video I didn't do that will try and save it. You tu...

ich mag das Having just knocked out a bad infestation of root mealy bug ( youtube video to follow ) how do you keep all the insect pests away ?

Cheers

Matango: Directed by Ishirô Honda. With Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kenji Sahara. Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.

Seriously nice mushroom house nice cactus too