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In a greenhouse setting or a setting where you have more than normal plants, a beneficial insect can be applied to the plant and it will assist you in pest control. Like this cryptolaemus larvae. He looks similar to the mealy bug, even mealy bugs and their nests can be removed (with gloves) and the high pressure twist on your average water spray bottle. I recommend keeping this solution nearby, though: 50:50 water:90% alcohol plus a drop is dish detergent inside bottle. Label it. Spray your leaves directly OR to a towel/cloth/tissue and wipe your dusty ass leaves. That dust prevents them from fully photosynthesizing and the solution will help prevent any pests from establishing. They notice when a plant is an easy target.

For the first time at home, I noticed a pest on my plant. A measly bug on my Jade. So it’s a food time to check the undersides of each leaf. (It’s poor leaves are turned down because there was a period it wasn’t getting enough light and started reaching for whatever light it could grab) Mealy bugs will form nests on the underside and they also produce honey dew (their bodily discharge) so a sign of them is gloss on the leaves. Where it would not normally be present.

I chose today for a water day for these guys. They haven’t been watered (like soil saturation water) since a little after Halloween. We have a pretty full week is sun, so that’s why I chose today. Water early am so it can work all day (photosynthesize) and I’ll put them out each morning this week for some good sun yobalance the irrigation. They are mostly cuttings except my jade , which I am trying to keep its form with twigs and yarn for support ps. I am a cheap, broke gardner and I try to use resources around me for stuff. I don’t remember the last time I bought a plant. All through propagation

Damn. That situation looks all bad. I hope you all are good

Watching my adult child sleep.

Also, when you search the web . If you didn’t know, because I sure didn’t-but I knew there was a way to find legit information on the web , I just wasn’t sure how to differentiate. Our instructors wouldnt accept anything from a .com most infomationcame from an extension. And was usually put out by a university. Google search “succulent care extension” and such comes up https://extension.umn.edu/houseplants/cacti-and-succulents Also-if you have access to a Salix (willow tree), cut some branches, and put them in a jar/vase of water, cut part into the water. Salix produces natural growth hormones that trickle down into the water they sit In and you can water your plants with that. Mostly for plants that require water. I wouldn’t spray with it, I don’t think it’ll have any type of affect I would just reserve that water for root watering.

Thank you. For those words. It sounds like you have the soil and it’s bottom all worked out. I would have done the same. I water most my succulents with spray. And if it pools up on a leaf-I simply swipe the water off with a finger. I’ll water around the base if I can and especially because it is winter and they are inside I won’t water water them until probably another three/4 weeks. (And I havent watered them in a few weeks) . Only if I’m gonna be able to set them outside to balance the sun/water. Always water in in the morning. So it has time to do its work through the whole day. I set these leaves in soil, Oct 26 ive only sprayed them. Maybe weekly. this is current. Some took pretty good just trying to get em mature enough to really plant them by spring, in container still thank you

Its a 12 oz leap year. So we actually call it 13oz, and this thread will become a 2018 version.

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@the_gooch omw. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen it and not savvy enough to find it fo free on the web good eye. Your turn

Yes!! Please post up! @Dirty_habiT Looks like Haworthias on the left. (Looking like aloe) and your big guy is a Echeveria. And then some cactus. Yes. Those cuttings will usually establish themselves. Even when the leaves drop, they find a way. When you do a cut, if it’s an actual ‘snip’ let that cutting dry out a few days before putting in soil. The root hormone can be applied upon cutting. The purpose is-wound response. It senses it’s been damaged (cutting) and will send more hormones than necessary to build a protective callus over the cut. That callus will grow mad roots. Then it will establish itself in the soil. Sometimes going directly into soil after a fresh cut, (especially if it’s been watered anytime recently) -that bare stem will take in too much water and cause rot. i love the dryquarium. A super super super important role in a unit that you grow any plant In is sufficient draining. If there aren’t holes in the bottom, any water (even the small amounts) will cause root rot. Plants will take up what they need and the rest needs to run out. And some slight air circulation. The tank protects it from kitty but protects it from air also. It’s its the same soil they have been in for a while-then they are accustomed to it. If it’s new soil, I would add some perlite and some small rock/gravel mixed into the soil. From what I can see, that echeveria looks happy. His color and shine are good. They don’t look leggy. Which is what they look like when they are reaching for more light. So I would think that light is good. I would be more concerned with drainage first. Then air circulating. And tell tell them how beautiful they are 😉

We got to manually cross pollinate orchids. The little white heart shaped thing In The Center is like a door that holds the pollen Open the door and expose the pollen How fucking perfect mother nature is. Look that perfect pollen sac pair. Removed with the end of a toothpick Place inside another orchid in which you want to cross pollinate. The lil nibs left after placing sacs into other flower, at the end of a toothpick Pollen trap doors remember to label. LABEL LABEL LABEL. date/flowers you cross pollinated