when plants get hungry
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- Tina
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when plants get hungry
How is this for bad parenting, I can't take all the blame it was new late last year so hadn't been repotted yet
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
Re: when plants get hungry
Could poor parenting/ lack of feeding be what the problem is here, too?
This little chap (and indeed his almost identical brother) looks like he's been punched in the midriff by Tyson Fury... They've both looked that way since late last year. I thought when I started watering again in earnest they would "fill out" again, but no. Have I starved them to death?
This little chap (and indeed his almost identical brother) looks like he's been punched in the midriff by Tyson Fury... They've both looked that way since late last year. I thought when I started watering again in earnest they would "fill out" again, but no. Have I starved them to death?
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Re: when plants get hungry
It's green and growing, so not lacking nutrients. I'd say there was no particular cause just how your plant grows.
Phil Crewe, BCSS 38143. Mostly S. American cacti, esp. Lobivia, Sulcorebutia and little Opuntia
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Re: when plants get hungry
It's Echinopsis Haku Jo. I don't grow it now, but have in the past. Might be my cultural inadequacies, but I found it often looked a bit 'odd', rarely glowing with health. Flower buds, if they start, usually abort, but can produce distorted flowers. Sometimes offsets lack the rib felt on parts of the plant - they can look rather odd then.JonNo wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 2:14 pm Could poor parenting/ lack of feeding be what the problem is here, too?
This little chap (and indeed his almost identical brother) looks like he's been punched in the midriff by Tyson Fury... They've both looked that way since late last year. I thought when I started watering again in earnest they would "fill out" again, but no. Have I starved them to death?
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Re: when plants get hungry
Thank you Phil and Mike, noted with interest.
It is indeed Haku-Jo, and from what you say the "deformity" is nothing to worry about then as such, rather a case of "just the way it is". That is reassuring, much obliged.
It is indeed Haku-Jo, and from what you say the "deformity" is nothing to worry about then as such, rather a case of "just the way it is". That is reassuring, much obliged.
- Tina
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Re: when plants get hungry
Then there was this loph even cutting the pot in pieces still meant a lot of damage to the plant but Lophs are pretty tough luckily.
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
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Re: when plants get hungry
Crikey, it looks like its trying to eat the pot..!
- el48tel
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Re: when plants get hungry
Should the picture be entitled ....
Does my bum look big in this?
Does my bum look big in this?
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
- Tina
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Re: when plants get hungry
Needs a butt lift in that case,
maybe I should have watered it not sure if it would have helped
maybe I should have watered it not sure if it would have helped
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.