The SB stuff won't kill them instantly so I wouldn't worry about them crawling off. It seems really important to spray all the surfaces which is tricky with bigger, multi-headed plants.

Good to know they can still root after so long. I have an Echinopsis pup that hasn't rooted still after buying it in February!

I have sprayed repeatedly over the last few weeks with SB invigorator and also Ultra Bug Clear but doesn’t seem to be helping. Any ideas please? I agree with Wolfgang that they are mealies. I find I need to treat with SB consecutively on a number of days if I can see any mealies - one dose a fortni...

Glad you posted - I thought I could see buds coming on mine today and thought they couldn't be as it was so long after the hybrids!

Enjoy the fruit!

Licespray wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:06 pm What’s your favourite genus of cactus?

I'd cheat and say Echinopsis as, depending on whose classification you go with, it seems to cover about half the cacti going and all my favourite hybrids! 'Rebutia' in the widest sense, would cover almost all the others I grow apart from some Opuntia!

I don't think there's been a huge amount of recent weeding looking at the grounds! Looks like they've been short-handed for a while - perhaps an impact of the pandemic? Having said that though, I can't see that area would have had significant amounts of brambles as it is on main path and they're pre...

Until he comes along, I pitch in that I believe it is Agave mitis and the spike has become congested/deformed in some way. That's interesting Paul! I would not have thought that but don't doubt you're right! This plant was in a shaded spot, next to a path on a slope and slightly more exposed than s...

PXL_20210812_131427604.jpg PXL_20210812_131506286.jpg PXL_20210812_141516298.jpg And finally some closer shots of the Aloe polyphylla group. Looking nice but no signs of flowering and not the biggest - maybe they're a bit too dry? PXL_20210812_131324611.jpg And I'd appreciate an ID on this PXL_2021...

Agave and aloe pictures PXL_20210812_104057462.jpg PXL_20210812_131107538~2.jpg PXL_20210812_131119779.jpg PXL_20210812_131312674.jpg PXL_20210812_131446742.jpg PXL_20210812_132122424.jpg PXL_20210812_141457594.jpg PXL_20210812_104045239.jpg Included a couple of 'objects' to give you a sense of scal...

I managed to take some more photos that I can crop on our second visit to the garden. While the succulents are fairly limited there are some amazing agave, aloe and Opuntia in different spots and a few Aeonium too. The palms, tropicals, Echium pinninana and Agapanthus throughout the garden are great...