Wednesday, February 27. 2008
We Get Follow-ups
Follow-up to yesterday's question about barrel cactus, and how to tell if they're alive.
Q: It seems firm, here's two pixs. Thank you so much for your help! I lost my Mom, her plants are my daily visit with her.
Susan
A: Susan,
The plant is still alive. It is in desperate need of getting repotted into a larger pot with fresh cactus soil. There are also some spots of rot on the plant (the soft brown spots) and you should spray them with a fungicide, like Neem oil.
Good Luck,
Peter
Q: It seems firm, here's two pixs. Thank you so much for your help! I lost my Mom, her plants are my daily visit with her.
Susan
A: Susan,
The plant is still alive. It is in desperate need of getting repotted into a larger pot with fresh cactus soil. There are also some spots of rot on the plant (the soft brown spots) and you should spray them with a fungicide, like Neem oil.
Good Luck,
Peter
Final thoughts:
Thank you so much, I'm so glad I found your website, I care for these living things, they give us joy and beauty, and this one my mom loved and nurtured also. I'm way up in the northwoods now, near Ely MN and the plants were born and raised Chicagoans ! I have a wonderful southern expose on the porch.
I loved the lady in Alaska !
Thanks Again,
Susan
Thank you so much, I'm so glad I found your website, I care for these living things, they give us joy and beauty, and this one my mom loved and nurtured also. I'm way up in the northwoods now, near Ely MN and the plants were born and raised Chicagoans ! I have a wonderful southern expose on the porch.
I loved the lady in Alaska !
Thanks Again,
Susan
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