Home | Community | Message Board

Kratom Eye
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: PhytoExtractum Kratom Powder for Sale, Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Bridgetown Botanicals CBD Concentrates

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Offlinegreenladel

Registered: 05/27/20
Posts: 636
Last seen: 4 months, 13 days
what is on my cactus?
    #26707431 - 05/30/20 04:33 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

i bought this cactus from a store. it was looking unhappy so i bought it. i am completely new to cacti but it is looking healthier already.
there is this crusty patch on it that i am worried about. can anybody help me figure out what it is?







thank you


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineDancingWolf
FluffButt
I'm a teapot


Registered: 08/31/19
Posts: 797
Last seen: 1 month, 6 hours
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: greenladel] * 1
    #26707919 - 05/30/20 08:48 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Its a scar, its fine. :smile:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineturtle_hermit
Psychedelic Ranger
 User Gallery


Registered: 06/03/10
Posts: 1,626
Last seen: 1 day, 8 hours
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: DancingWolf] * 1
    #26707954 - 05/30/20 09:14 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

:whathesaid:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleMostly_HarmlessM
wyrd bið ful aræd
Male User Gallery


Registered: 05/12/09
Posts: 5,043
Loc: Perfidious Albion Flag
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: turtle_hermit]
    #26708460 - 05/31/20 04:45 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

The main concern with cacti from a garden centre, in the UK at least, is mealy bugs. Keep new additions in quarantine from other plants and remove all the soil let the roots heal up, make sure bug free, then pot into a new, dry soil mix. Can bleach and reuse the old pot or go with a new one.


--------------------
●  EG Rules and Guidelines ● 


|| Lophophora Growers Unite! || Trichocereus Growers Unite! || Stone Eaters - A Soil Revolution ||


You must gather your party before venturing forth.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinegreenladel

Registered: 05/27/20
Posts: 636
Last seen: 4 months, 13 days
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: Mostly_Harmless]
    #26708796 - 05/31/20 09:43 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

thanks guys! thats a relief! :smile:

thank you for the heads up mostly_harmless. i have san pedro, bolivian torch and peyote on the way. it would have been a shame to lose them over something like that.
i will get them out of that soil once i get a better soil to replace it with.
i repotted them about 1-2 weeks ago. is it too soon to repot them now?

thanks


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleMostly_HarmlessM
wyrd bið ful aræd
Male User Gallery


Registered: 05/12/09
Posts: 5,043
Loc: Perfidious Albion Flag
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: greenladel]
    #26708855 - 05/31/20 10:32 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

You can unpot them whenever. Each time can add a delay until they are settled into a new pot, as it is good practice to let any possible root damage heal up after taking out of their old soil, before potting up into a new dry mix, and then letting rest again before their first drink.


--------------------
●  EG Rules and Guidelines ● 


|| Lophophora Growers Unite! || Trichocereus Growers Unite! || Stone Eaters - A Soil Revolution ||


You must gather your party before venturing forth.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinegreenladel

Registered: 05/27/20
Posts: 636
Last seen: 4 months, 13 days
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: Mostly_Harmless]
    #26708870 - 05/31/20 10:44 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

thanks.

how long should i leave them out of the pot for to allow roots to heal? and what is the best way to store them while pot-less?

and how long should i leave them after potting into their new soil before giving them water?

thank you.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleMostly_HarmlessM
wyrd bið ful aræd
Male User Gallery


Registered: 05/12/09
Posts: 5,043
Loc: Perfidious Albion Flag
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: greenladel]
    #26708883 - 05/31/20 10:53 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

A few days is ok, for me it depends how long I forget about them for :laugh: Anywhere dry and airy is good.
How long until their first water depends on the species. Trichs are more hardy and may not need such babying. You will come to learn what you can get away with :laugh: Good practice to begin with though, minimise risk to new and valuable plants. Lophs I leave for another week before a drink, maybe longer, depends how plump they already are.


--------------------
●  EG Rules and Guidelines ● 


|| Lophophora Growers Unite! || Trichocereus Growers Unite! || Stone Eaters - A Soil Revolution ||


You must gather your party before venturing forth.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinegreenladel

Registered: 05/27/20
Posts: 636
Last seen: 4 months, 13 days
Re: what is on my cactus? [Re: Mostly_Harmless]
    #26708907 - 05/31/20 11:06 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

thanks. i will default to a week before watering unless they start to shrivel, then i will water earlier. or if they are already plump i will leave for longer.

thank you for the help <3


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: PhytoExtractum Kratom Powder for Sale, Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Bridgetown Botanicals CBD Concentrates


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Practice Graft Trichocereus on Opuntia JB201 1,548 4 01/30/06 06:04 AM
by S8N
* cheap grafting practice eric_the_redS 1,160 3 04/23/05 12:55 PM
by nookjohn
* starting my cacti collection greenladel 327 7 05/31/20 02:28 PM
by greenladel
* Spiders, Toads, and Fish! O My! Psychoactive Animals
( 1 2 3 4 all )
Teotzlcoatl 11,672 79 12/07/08 01:24 PM
by felixhigh
* "Peyotes and False Peyotes" and other psychoactive Cacti
( 1 2 3 4 all )
FarFromHere 25,386 62 05/21/16 03:44 AM
by FarFromHere
* practice grafts astrophytum to t. brivisipnulosus durban_poison 671 2 01/19/08 04:51 AM
by Dr. uarewotueat
* In Search of Ibogaine!
( 1 2 all )
Merkin 6,941 24 05/28/04 02:20 AM
by Merkin
* san pedro preparation complete almost Merkin 4,706 17 01/13/04 02:50 AM
by Merkin

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Mostly_Harmless, A.k.a
205 topic views. 0 members, 8 guests and 11 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.026 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 14 queries.