cactus growth

Question Dear Greg I live in India..and have a strong desire to have a cacti garden...Do give me a few hints on how to begin..transplant and grow cactus plants. How often should it be watered? Should

cactus keeps growing vertically

QuestionHi Greg, I bought a cactus type unknown, when I bought it, it had one main body with 3 circular parts coming out of it. Looks a bit like a green man in a pot, all of the parts are flat. It grew a bit taller

Care for Succulent cactus 2

QuestionThanks for answering my first question so quickly. Im pretty certain my cactus is an Escobaria emskoetterriana. My last question is, should I keep it indoors in filtered sunlight, or outdoors in filtered, in

growing my cactus

Questioni have just bought a cactus from the market. I have read that they soak up rainfall in the desert & gradually use it. But because I live in Perth, W.A, Australia, I am not sure how often I need to water it s

Is my opuntia dying?

QuestionDear Greg, I really hope you can help me. I rescued an opuntia prickly pear cactus about a year ago from our local garden store - it grew at an incredible rate and is now about 5 x its original height

Yucca in garden

QuestionFor the past three years my yucca plants have set blossoms and then dried up and died. (The blossoms) This year I checked the plants and found a tiny hard shelled beetle orangy-red and black and when I looke

Cactus cutting

QuestionOn a recent trip to the Canary Islands (about 3 weeks ago now) I broke off a piece of new growth of what I believed to be a Prickly Pear. I have left it alone to dry out before planting and now it look

Sunlight

QuestionI have a Mammillarian and two Pilosocereus Succulents. When I fully acclimate them to sunlight, how many hours of sunlight should they receive? And should it be filtered or direct sunlight? Thanks! AnswerDe

Transplanting Cactus

QuestionI live in Florida. About a year ago, I bought this nice potted cactus assortment from Sams club. The fit fine at first, but now they are getting to be to big for the pot. I have a semi-shady plac

do i have a problem ?

QuestionHi, i started collecting cacti about three years a go, and a few have even flowered for me, but this yaer i have noted the a few have started to get a sticky white crystal forming near there spins and some b

Son broke his cacts :-(

QuestionHello. My six year old son broke his little cactus. it is just a plain cactus about 5 cm high with spikes (looks like a old mans cactus, but no hair on it so to speak.) just wondering if i

Cutting a cactus

QuestionWe have a cactus about 6 ft tall. we have a section about 3 foot at the bottom that is dying and brown. How would we go about cutting it and putting it in different pots. It has about 6 dif

Question about propagating agava cacti

QuestionI recently aquired a 2 month-old Agava Cactus from one of my Mothers friends. I have many cacti, but Ive never had an Agava before. Ive seen a picture of its mother, its mother is about 8-9 feet across and h

Aloe vera and Melocactus question

QuestionI bought an Aloe vera and a Melocactus at walmart. My Melocactus is producing a pink flower. How do I get it to flower\germinate seeds? What about sun requirements? Also, what about my Aloe? Should I keep it

growing cactus

QuestionMy cactus seems to have stopped growing. It is in full sunlight and is watered every week. It also has a fuzzy-like residue on it. I dont want it to die, so what should I do? AnswerDear Mike, Cactus dont n

Aloe Growth

QuestionHello, I have a 6 year old aloe plant which for all I can tell, is healthy. My question is, what is the normal growth pattern for aloes? My plant and all its pups grow really tall without making a sup

Problem with my cactus

QuestionI have many large cactuc planted around our guest houses. We have both the Curly and the Spineless type. They have both developed a creamy white crust on them and look like they dont feel well. W

CACTUS REPLANTING

QuestionI HAVE A CACTUS UNSURE OF WHAT KIND REALLY, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN TOO BIG FOR THE PLANTER IT IS IN . CAN I REPLANT IT OR PART OF IT W/OUT KILLING IT ? ALL OF THE LEAVES ARE CONNECTED TO LIKE A BIG CACTUS BALL, S

yellowed cactus

QuestionHi Greg I have a cactus thats turning yellow. I tried adding nitrogen, but that hasnt happened. And cuttings from the same plant are having the same problem, despite being in fresh potting soil. Im tor

Aloe plant that is damaged

QuestionI have a plant that is about 4 years old. I have to keep transplanting it because the root gets too long and it begins to fall out of the pot. I transplanted it again last week, and sepatated some of the off