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Saquaro rotting at base

QuestionWe have a very large Saguaro in our back yard. Weve noticed that there was a hole on one side, down at the base of the cactus. It is black inside but not oozing. Upon closer look, the rotti

Cactus apples

QuestionHow to thin out a over grown cactus plant it hangs over the walk way AnswerDan, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, forgot to set my vacation message. Anyway, you can trim it like you would a tree.

Rotting Cactus treatment

QuestionI have a small Echinopsis lageniformis (about 1 inch high) that has been shrivelling over the past few weeks. It used to be full and green. I just uprooted it and noticed that the whole base was brown and dr

Sagurao

QuestionWe have a very large saguaro (about 12 feet) and it has started rotting from the bottom about 3-4 feet. Now it looks like it will fall down. Can it be saved?? If so how?? Thank You, Katie Khan Answer

Succulent emergency

QuestionI have a succulent that I got when it was tiny and it has since grown much larger. I moved about a month ago, and now over the last couple days I have noticed that the main stalk is becoming discoloure

new to planting outside.

QuestionIve loved cacti since a child, but I need some beginners info. as far as types of plants and when ,how to plant out side. I recently moved south from Ohio and am used to keeping them inside until the summer.

broken yucca branch

QuestionGreg, I too have a yucca plant that is about 5 feet tall with three branches.One of the branches broke off about 18 from the top.Will the lower portion of that branch produce new growth? I have removed all

Wilted succulent and alpine garden

QuestionHi Mike, Hope you can help. Ive brought my wonderful succulent and alpine garden in for the winter and it has been merrily growing in the corner of my front room. However, its suddenly taken a t

false agave

Questioni have a variegated false agave, sorry i dont know the correct name. i think it might have a disease or is burnt by cold weather (but doubt that seeing how the new growth has this too.). &

Help!

QuestionI believe I may have killed my husbands cactus but was wondering if there was a way to save it. I have now found out that I was watering it way too much. It is about 5 feet tall & and from pictures I think i

Flowering Jade Plant

QuestionMy jade (which is over 30 years old) blooms every winter. However the flower stalks seem to attract small black insects. Do you know what they are and what, if anything, I should do about them. &

Sick Mexican Fence Post

QuestionDear Greg, I planted a Mexican fence post cactus in the fall. There are three different posts that are infected with black/brownish spots. It truly looks like cancer. Do you know what this is, if there is a

mexican fencepost-pachycereus marginatus

QuestionI have about 5 stems about 4-8 foot tall and during a recent storm (wind) one stem about 4 foot broke off at ground level. How should I replant it? Is it salvageable? should I keep it exposed to sun or

Euphorbia Trigona

QuestionQUESTION: I need your help. Over the last 3-4 weeks the 8 foot plant I have had for over the last 20 years is starting to deteriorate. In the early spring (i reside in Chicago) I re p

cant find the name of a blooming cactus?

QuestionWe purchased a plant this summer and can not identify what it is. It has thorns/barbs on its stem like a cactus, yet it has leaves that protrude off the stem, very much like a succulent. It has m

mexican fence post

Questionwhat is the botanical name of the mexican fence post? thank you Al AnswerHello Al, You are probably referring to the Pachycereus marginatus (scientific name). The official botanical name is Central Mexico

Nopales cactus in salem, or/winter care

QuestionHi, I purchased a nopales type cactus (edible/Mexican)and it was small in the spring and now its grown nicely and started to have a little bloom. The thing is, the weather is getting fallish and i put

cactus liiks funny

QuestionQUESTION: Hi My castle cactus is looking a little ill, some parts are turning brown and dying and it looks like it has exposed green parts, im not an expert but my other cacti are doing great....is it diseas

Brown spots

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, I have had a cactus now for about 5 months or so and it seems to be having some very nice growth. There looks to be about an inch added in height! However I have also notic

Brain Cactus is sick - please help!

QuestionQUESTION: I have a 5 year old brain cactus cutting from a very large brain cactus from Florida. It was doing fine for years until i moved and it got scorched in the car one day. After that it got real sick,

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