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The Curious



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My succulent is being eaten alive
#9812892 - 02/17/09 07:36 AM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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The poor guy was fine yesterday when I bought him but I woke up to see a little black gnat looking bug skittering across the plant. It looks like it ate away some of the skin and part of it dried. What the heck do I do?
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Shrink]
#9812922 - 02/17/09 07:45 AM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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You're succulent is probably pretty resilliant to pests the brown area will most likely heal like a scab or just stay like a brown spot expect this sort of thing to happen I've found it's not unusual on my outdoor cacti but I'm really no expert....
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Shrink]
#9812937 - 02/17/09 07:48 AM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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Do you see any more of the bugs? If so, spray the plant down with insecticide, then sprinkle the soil with some DE.
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: satyr]
#9812960 - 02/17/09 07:53 AM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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Not that I can see. They've been around before but don't mess with my mushrooms. Seems kind of crazy that a few bugs could do so much damage. Could it have been anything else I've done?
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Shrink]
#9812978 - 02/17/09 07:58 AM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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Its hard to say. There are all types of little flying insects that love nomming on succulent plants. If they dont mess with your mushrooms, then I would assume that they are not fungus gnats or fruit flies, but I could be wrong.
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Shrink]
#9813478 - 02/17/09 10:36 AM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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No, it was definately the bugs that caused the blemish. My cactuses get little spider mite infestations about once a year. It just comes with the territory.
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Shrink]
#9814336 - 02/17/09 01:33 PM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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I've never had a problem, I get those gnats all the time I just can not stop them with DE, what do you suggest?
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Prof. Astro]
#9814415 - 02/17/09 01:47 PM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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I cant really tell from the pic that anything is wrong. Are those lithops? If they are, the new plant coming up from the middle actually uses the moisture from the outside plant to feed on, then the outside will dry up and wither away. You sure its not drying out because of that?
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Mankey

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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: JohnAdams]
#9814543 - 02/17/09 02:11 PM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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I don't think they're lithops. It looks like Pleiospilos nelii, but yeah, they work the same way.
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Mankey]
#9814586 - 02/17/09 02:20 PM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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yeah it is pleiospilos nelii, he posted in the supporter forum about it
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Mankey

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What are you trying to say?
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Mankey]
#9814695 - 02/17/09 02:35 PM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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that he posted about his new pleiospilos nelii in the supporter forum lol
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Mankey

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lulz. I thought you were inferring that I should have seen it there.
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Re: My succulent is being eaten alive [Re: Mankey]
#9814939 - 02/17/09 03:24 PM (15 years, 1 day ago) |
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Bugs haven't attacked again if thats what it was. Maybe it was the replanting, and a bit of water I gave em?
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