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by FredG
Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:26 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: can Mealy Bugs swim?...
Replies: 13
Views: 2251

Re: can Mealy Bugs swim?...

JonNo wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:18 pm Having found a Mealy Bug the size of the Ark Royal
Exocet? (Other anti ship missiles are available)

Have you used a systemic? That should clear them if used as it says on the container.
by FredG
Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:44 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: They're both yellow
Replies: 5
Views: 997

Re: They're both yellow

It would still be yellow :wink: The Wilcos Mk I and Mk II are still at it today, I'm glad I rescued them. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FGZX2irvxYDrI5x5h5ond4eFUcuUCyADAGjx0PC2JDA0_9y4CvOKeLyARc08cbsHJAWQQ4N0-zgz06KVlc6yQyPlULLkixXosWrZ3_z_r154LT_Wg78JVYulyai5B6meKacUrB64qck=w1920-h1080 https://...
by FredG
Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:19 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Will the real 'Fred's Redhead' please step forward
Replies: 11
Views: 1868

Re: Will the real 'Fred's Redhead' please step forward

iann wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:14 pm ...... Maybe I should just grow L. aucampiae instead of going to all this trouble?
Surely a lot of the fun is in the mystery of what will really appear?
by FredG
Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:10 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: They're both yellow
Replies: 5
Views: 997

They're both yellow

....... but not the same size Faucaria wilco MkII https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/292dNTeSuXsJbhR7lRi4iPqz3N7PiTxCyOVTMEYrTvBIgoBV9W9xZ2qwMwzlEGDqfa4vkXSZuqP_isLRNCaSKy78oIZ93rxCi-AOX8_u_nBWEftsXKaWC4LUPauRlUNJbsWwL8qyrHw=w1920-h1080 Rhinephyllum broomii https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/g1bpXtub3...
by FredG
Sun Sep 20, 2020 4:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Outside plants
Replies: 7
Views: 1256

Re: Outside plants

Millipedes will only eat dead decaying material
by FredG
Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Outside plants
Replies: 7
Views: 1256

Re: Outside plants

Slugs in the bottom of the pots. Probably best to knock all the plants out to check (carefully). Those fellows can find their way into a greenhouse far too easily without us giving them a hand. Worse than touching a slug on an unseen part of a pot is to walk into the greenhouse and get a slap in the...
by FredG
Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:15 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My Lithops of the day
Replies: 33
Views: 5364

Re: My Lithops of the day

el48tel wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:28 am Lovely plants.
Please excuse me for suggesting .... aesthetically .... a trim of the right and left sides of the picture would produce a most satisfying image.
Don't you mean top and bottom Tel?

The photo's on its side. :razz:
by FredG
Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:12 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Disposing of spent Agave
Replies: 12
Views: 2221

Re: Disposing of spent Agave

Mike P wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 8:25 am I like Fred’s idea of a kind of great escape type method of disposing of the pieces.....late evening exercise walks with pieces of agave in the pockets...
Aw! I was hoping for the walking stick with carved horn handle and silver mounts :cry:
by FredG
Sun Sep 20, 2020 7:55 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Someone trying a cheeky sale on eBay...
Replies: 11
Views: 2387

Re: Someone trying a cheeky sale on eBay...

It happens quite regularly :grin:
by FredG
Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:22 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Will the real 'Fred's Redhead' please step forward
Replies: 11
Views: 1868

Re: Will the real 'Fred's Redhead' please step forward

I like the one with the big open windows whatever that is. (tu)