Tomorrow itll be 7 feet tall and 500 pounds.I'm so excited!! I kill every plant I touch except for my mother in laws tongue and now I grew a cactus!!! Well, helped lol. I went to check on it today and there was a teenie growth! Yay!!
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Holy cow! Well, I do like the look, so I'm good with that lol ?Tomorrow itll be 7 feet tall and 500 pounds.
Once they get started.....
Oh no!!! big boy with an attitude lolI've got to take another photo of the behemoth in my back yard.
It was a single cactus pad. Now it's so huge that just trimming it can fill 3 garbage cans, it's broken several pots and is currently so heavy that I don't think I could move it with dynamite.
What sucks is that it was supposed to be spineless.
Oh, boy!
It isnt.
I'm so excited! I never thought I'd get excited about plants lolNice, next up hibiscus cuttings ?
They grow faster than I can cut off the branches.Nice, next up hibiscus cuttings ?
That is not the cochineal bug I was talking about. That is a different type of cactus parasitizing bug. Smash those on sight. Drop everything and kill those ASAP. You can just smash them with your finger.Yay!
And were these what you were talking about @Tom ? I cant remember how you said to get rid of them... ?
Ok can do!! Any tips on how to handle it once the cactus is bigger? I know its got a ways, but i want to be preparedThat is not the cochineal bug I was talking about. That is a different type of cactus parasitizing bug. Smash those on sight. Drop everything and kill those ASAP. You can just smash them with your finger.
I have not found a satisfactory spray of any kind that I want to use on the food I grow for my tortoises. If you do some experimentation and find something safe and effective, please let me know.Or do you know if neem oil would work as a spray?
Will do. Will thos bugs harm our other plants or are they only interested in the cactus?I have not found a satisfactory spray of any kind that I want to use on the food I grow for my tortoises. If you do some experimentation and find something safe and effective, please let me know.
I've never seen them on anything except cactus.Will do. Will thos bugs harm our other plants or are they only interested in the cactus?