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John G Amero
What would you do? (And no I’m not John Quinones.)
A recent storm blew a Prickly Pear cactus that I had in a round pot, and sitting on a short to the ground table, off the table “crashing” to the ground.
I say “crashing” meaning the pot is now cracked, versus
“smashing” meaning the pot would have smashed open. ☺️
So the pot has a bad crack and can be mended. The Prickly Pear though needed some TLC though because one pad was supporting three extension pads, and those three pads had 3 or more additional pads each. While this potted Prickly Pad was not officially top heavy, like some of my other Prickly Pad potted cacti, it still was the sail for the wind in the storm.
All three pads connected to the main pad needed to be severed off. I performed the surgery days ago and let the pads callous over for a couple of days. Yesterday I planted the three in a rectangular terracotta pot.
Looking at the before and after pics…would you also cut the pads sprouting out of each of the three or leave them connected? If you suggest cutting them and planting them too then why?
MummaDeb
I need to take those off because they’re coming out of the terrarium again. I can’t remember if I need to let them callous over before I stick them in soil. Anybody know?
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Kem
Hello! I picked up these plants at a garage sale, but haven’t been able to identify what they are. Any ideas? The new growth on both has leaves of sorts, and the long vine has spines.
Lili
Used up some old pots on some growing cacti, don’t know for sure the names of some of these. Also, decided to go ahead & chop/separate some succs🌵
Gaby
Any tips on keeping these two babies alive(sun, water, temp, etc.? 🥹🌿 it’s my first time owning up plants!
feliciano
Okay so I my sister gave me this plant like a a couple months ago and I watered it maybe like 3 times in those months and now I actually wanna take care of it cuz it didn’t died 😭 so when/how do I go about repotting it? Does it need to be repotted? Idk if anyone could help that would be awesome
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J
Need some care advice for this Haworthia! Was gifted to me, but I’m not sure if he’s healthy or not! He was originally just two big sprouts (?) but has since grown four more. Any advice would be very appreciated!
Barb
It’s time to repot my Christmas cactus. I read or heard somewhere (can’t for the life of me recall the source) that they may not do as well in “cactus blend” soils.
So my question is, is this true? Should I repot with a cactus mix? Or would my aroid mix be better? (
25% Orchid bark, 25% perlite, 20% coco coir, 10% charcoal, worm castings, &black gold)
jedijae
Plants definitely teach a child responsibility 🪴 my baby girl’s best friend picked these out for her 😭 and she’s caring for them so well!
Plant Guy
Lifesaver finally bloomed.. been slow this year
Joy
Happy Friday everyone. Can anyone tell me if I am supposed to trim back this long stem after the flower buds have fallen off? Or do I leave a long stem?
Vicky
This poor thing. I went to put it into a new pot today and it completely detached from the roots. It’s been growing - I can see new green leaves. Help!!
Vicky
My Kalanchoe has softening leaves all of a sudden. I’m following the water/fertilize schedule thru the app. Help!!
exholy
repot gang 🥰
i've been dying to put something in that black and white glass one i found at a thrift store! i think he's perfect for it
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lionspride
My string of hearts is flowering and I’m trying to manually pollinate it. Any advice? The flowers are tubular with an enlarged base and petals that sort of block off the entrance so I tried to pollinate them by just removing the Corolla of two flowers and putting what I assume is the pollen sacs from one of them on to (what I assume is) the stigma of the other. I’ve found some pretty vaguely labeled images of the flowers’ structures and I have some meager biology/botany background that I’m relying on. The natural pollination of string of hearts is extremely interesting so I recommend looking it up to anyone interested; the only issue is that it’s virtually impossible to replicate it accurately at home, especially with the resources available to me.
Sydney
Need some help with this little succulent. These are my first succulents and they were really overwatered for the first two weeks and this guy lost a decent number of lower leaves. I’m really happy to see the new growth but just surprised that it’s so high up the flower stalk. Has anyone ever seen this before? Should I remove the stalk completely to encourage lower growth or see how it plays out?
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lexi
Switched windows and he’s thriving! I didn’t even notice until I did a progress update. He doesn’t look like Shrek anymore! (My poor dead plant in the first pic 😥)
Aimichelle
First time a succulent has bloomed under my watch 🥰
Aimichelle
It’s my first try at propagation, fingers crossed! I hope most of them will like the south facing window
Kelly
Obsessed with this thing. It tripled in size in the 8ish months I’ve had it. Last week it started pumping out these side growths and can’t wait to see how silly it can look (species was honestly a guess)
