QuestionI have a old cactus that I have mistakenly over watered this winter and it appears to be rotting from the top down. Ive let the soil dry out and the rest of the plant seems healthy. Should I remo
Cactus - what kind & whats wrong
QuestionHi Greg, Could you please advise what kind of cactus this is? http://home.new.rr.com/dragoo/ . It was given to me by a friend who said the cuttings came from a very large indoor cactus. I
QuestionThis is similar to the question on the site regarding a frozen aloe. I have a large native plant xeroscape area with many african aloes, other aloes, bulbine, and cactus. We had a brief ice storm
QuestionHi Greg, I have a propeller plant - Crassula falcata that bloomed last summer and is now very ugly, How to I propogate it? Do I just cut up pieces of the stem? The leaves? I assume that will fix things up -
QuestionMy father has had a cactus plant for 2 yrs. now, and is afraid it might be in trouble. He repotted it once, and it has been doing well, but we live in the NW, so because of the cold weather, he moved the pla
Plant being eaten by something
QuestionI live in the Phoenix area and have a mature Yucca Gloriosa in my yard with four trunks. On one side of them the palm fronds are being chewed off at night. I cannot determine what type of animal
QuestionHi Greg Ive had this cactus for 10 years its 6 feet tall and has one 3 foot arm on each side. Looks like a classic desert cactus. I think my wife overwatered it. Its black and soft about 10 inches from
QuestionHi Greg, Hope you can help with our cactus problem. We have a Cereus (Peruvianus I think) that has 3 independent columns. We shipped it recently from USA to UK and it turned up looking quite well although
Questioni have a jade tree about 10 years. it has grown to about 4 feet in height and 3ft wide. i think it is time to repot. the tree is in excellant health. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REPOT AnswerDear Irwin, T
QuestionGreg, We are having a warm winter. I have a dozen cacti in pots to plant in April but I want to plant on Feb 1. I have 300 in my hardy cacti garden. Will it hurt the cacti, Escobarias various and Echinocereu
QuestionHow do you take care of this plant? What type of ligt should it get and from what window direction? How should it be watered and how often? Most of all, how can I get it from stop the leaves from turning yel
QuestionGreg, How are you? I have a large aloe vera plant that is about 27 inches from dirt to top of leaves. She is in a pot that is aprox 15 inches deep/13 wide. She is g
QuestionHi Greg, I am a novice gardener.....spent last winter studying horticulture to landscape my courtyard. I really love cacti and succulents and could use some helpful hints. I have some cactus se
QuestionDear Greg; My aloe vera plant was at my sons house while I moved and now I have it back. It looks to me that it didnt get watered. The base is brown and sort of crusty but there are new pups comi
QuestionI believe my cactus is a neoraimondia herzogiana. It is a tall baseball bat looking plant with fairly large straight spikes. Ive had this plant for probably 15 to 20 years now. It is about 14 inc
QuestionLittle late but just found this site & question regarding cactus or palm for above date [7/8/03] Believe the plant is Pachypodium lamerei or P. geayi. Have picture of one or the other taken at ti
Questionafter my roommate knocked over my 3 red moon cactus, i replanted it in the same pot but used mostly soil with just a little bit of the original sand. i also moved it from a north-facing window to a sou
QuestionI have had this cactus for almost 10 years and recently it has begun to die - very quickly. I believe, although nobody will admit, that it has been knocked over and plopped back in its pot. After some inter
QuestionI have an ocotilla(spelling?) growing in my front yard. It is very large and hearty and between 20 and 30 years old. The problem is my wife doesnt like it and it doesnt fit what we are trying to
QuestionHello Jeff, I know this plant is not a cactus, but I cant seem to find any care or propagation information on the web at all except for how toxic the sap is. I have one that has grown well for the la
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