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by Aiko
Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:49 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Ferocactus advice please.
Replies: 5
Views: 165

Re: Ferocactus advice please.

Usually red means light stress, too much sun intensity. I don't think this applies right now. Or did it already happen in summer?
Cold should not be a problem. Many Ferocacti are quite hardy and all should cope with 0C easily.

A picture could help a lot here.
by Aiko
Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:38 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: MSG Bulletin
Replies: 4
Views: 618

Re: MSG Bulletin

ChrisR wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:36 pm It has a brand new look for 2025
Is it still pink?
by Aiko
Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:02 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 748
Views: 225215

Re: Updated seed lists

edds wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:57 am Haworthia Land out today
https://www.haworthialand.com/product-c ... hia-seeds/
I see they offer Bulbine bruynsii. Not something you see often on a list.
by Aiko
Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:54 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Burger's death was greatly exaggerated
Replies: 7
Views: 1265

Re: Burger's death was greatly exaggerated

There's plenty of water and nutrients left in that old leaves pair. It will become a dry sheath at some point and be very easy to remove then, so just wait a bit. Well, only after you have sprayed the sheath with some water first and get it soaked. Then it will be easy to peel. I do the peeling ...
by Aiko
Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:53 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Some sick cacti
Replies: 4
Views: 2165

Re: Some sick cacti

iann wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:02 pm
habanerocat wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:14 pm Mostly cold damage I'd say.
And/or mites.
Mites usually start at the top, so the Turbinicarpus could be mites.
I would think the problem with the Uebelmannia is cold. Or just rot, same with the Lophophora. They seem to rot off the root stock? Is the brown tissue firm or soft?
by Aiko
Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Snow
Replies: 15
Views: 4982

Re: Snow

I don’t know about snow but the appalling almost continuous sunless weather means some winter growers are showing signs of etiolation. Never mind those pesky winter growers, I've got Mammillaria hernandezii buds that I want to see open :cool: I have the same problem! I have one in bud and it is v ...
by Aiko
Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Funny what you find!
Replies: 13
Views: 4196

Re: Funny what you find!

I hope those are not Cleistocactus strausii...!
by Aiko
Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 748
Views: 225215

Re: Updated seed lists

by Aiko
Mon Nov 11, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Schlumbergera kautskyi
Replies: 5
Views: 670

Re: Schlumbergera kautskyi

I don't think the heat was the trigger. I have a small one I got this spring, which spent the entire summer and most of the autumn outside on my balcony. Only brought it in yesterday. And then I noticed two small flower buds. So mine is busy to flower in a nearby future. In the mean time it has ...
by Aiko
Sat Nov 09, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 748
Views: 225215

Re: Updated seed lists

Cidermanrolls wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:11 am ADBLPS website now has a notice saying it will be updated on Nov 9th.
It is now updated.