Cacti and Succulents

@Mountain_Goat If you want a free Dragonfruit plant, you can pull the arm off, let it dry for a day or two and then plop it in a small pot. It should root easily and turn into a vicious, vigorous and rather ugly plant (Or, it could turn out that the root graft part is some other type of...

You might have something in there @PaulB3 Thanks for sharing the link! You shared the Cactusinhabitat already some years ago, I find it fascinating and keep re-visiting and re-sharing.The said cactus has made another non-opening flower and has some buds coming up. It is now under a grow...

That's brilliant @Selleri Good luck ! I hope it does well for you

I don't know! But they seem to like it, and make webs within the structures of the plant, and also larger webs from the plant to other objects next to it, like a small ornamental bear, another small pot (containing cuttings of the same semp plant), and a little solar table lamp.I have...

Maybe it will flower again next year. Actually your plant is similar to Gasteraloe 'Flow' it could be the same one ? ×Gasteraloe 'Flow' - World of Succulents

@joolz68 your plants are Sempervivums, the shoots are offsets. The fllowers come from the centre of the rosettes, and the rosette will die after it flowers, but the offsets can be potted on.@Grandma Sue, the flower stalks on your Echeverias will lengthen but will still bend over at the top...

I agree with Pete the small brown spots look like wounds from insects .Another thing you need to bare in mind is that some insects cannot be seen with the naked eye as they live in the soil Some Nematodes eat roots slowly and they tend to live in garden centresAs they prefer wet...

I have just noticed a new 'rats' tail emerging.

Yep, you have to have empathy with plants.

If they're happy they'll have a go at taking over!

you are probably correct @Michael Hewett it seems to have grown another couple of inches this year.

Bringing up an old thread, but for good reason. Here's an update on my glow in the dark mushrooms. Even in low light they are bright

Gasteria verrucosa is not going to be hardy. I really doubt it.

She said she was going to try both methods. I will let you know. I only know her in another forum so I'll have to ask her next time I go on it.

No @Emerion . It sits in the same pot either on an unused wooden bench or the low stone wall which separates patio from lawn. I pretty much leave the cactus to its own devices once it's outside. Slugs are in the borders and only the occasional one strays on to the patio !

My cacti get watered and fed heavily in april, maybe again in june, a light splash in august then probably nothing at all for the rest of the year

Update 9 months later:Both experiments are alive and have some new growth. They probably would have more new growth if I hadn't totally forgotten about fertiliser That's sort of the basic stuff when playing with hydroponics but hey ho, at least they have not turned into swampy pea soup ...

Love the fossil succulent kindred spirit !!!!!! Plus your whole collection

I think you can only buy Ferric phosphate slug pellets now, Metaldehyde ones have been banned.

@Balc , thanks for starting this thread! Many of your more mature plants look like my seed grown ones, great if anyone can put a name on them. Naming challenge