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Let's relax and bask in the glory of succs.  
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The cost of obesa in America is crushing these days.
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Aug 2, 2021 22:40
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 This is a Dioscorea elephantipes or Elephant's foot. It's from the yam family and is edible. On the inside it looks just like a regular potato. It originates from South Africa. They are fairly rare state-side and expensive due to the slow growth. This one is the size of tennis ball and around 5 years old. I also have half a dozen of them I raised from seed. Its "potato" or caudex is pretty sweet in term of these valleys it forms. I think of it as a bird's eye view of a canyon system on a tiny planet. Here's an older plant from an expo. 
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Aug 3, 2021 03:30
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Solkanar512 posted:Ok, here are some succs for you all. Excuse me, are you polluting the succ zone with Japanese weed?
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Aug 3, 2021 06:21
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CommieGIR posted:Please make sure you are including succ content: Someone needs to report this post for succ abuse! Lithops are notoriously difficult to keep and this mixed mesemb shot (some of them are not lithops) is clearly a doctored photo-op where they crammed a bunch of plants in one pot just for one photo. Also the saturation is through the roof. Here's a pic of some of mine  Over the years I have had may be 20 lithops, but now it's down to 5. I have learned from a lot of mistakes over the years. In CA climate they require watering 2-3 times a year at most, and improper watering can easily kill them. They elongate (like in the linked video) and rot when that happens, and it takes may be a week from the initial watering, so there is no obvious feedback. This is also why the quoted photo is 'thop abuse - there is no way to cater to individual plants' needs when they share a pot. Despite being South African desert plants they need shade and can easily get sun burned, which also kills them. And they seem to attract mealy bugs more often than anything else in my collection, so a watchful eye is necessary.
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Aug 3, 2021 21:58
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CommieGIR posted:Ah, yeah I don't know too much about them, I grow carnivorous plants, my spouse grows succs. My sarracenia stopped growing new pitchers for some reason - they just stay flat. What gives?
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Aug 3, 2021 22:23
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CommieGIR posted:Lack of humidity. They won't grow pitchers if its not humid enough. Also: Make sure you are only watering from the bottom, do not water from the top. And while pitchers and other carnivorous plants don't want or need fertlizer, an acidic supplement can help soil quality that might be dragging them down. Huh, cool. I will have to try misting - it hasn't occurred to me. I have the pot standing in another (hole-free) pot full of RO water. I will try some fert. too. I am moving states in 3 weeks. Do you think the plant can survive being a box for 2-3 days? I am sure most of the succs will do fine but it's more of a fingers crossed situation with other plants. Somebody fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Aug 3, 2021 |
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Aug 3, 2021 22:39
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Fritz the Horse posted:Could you add a little sulfur to acidify the soil? That's what you'd do for a garden. Yeah, e.g. look at the Lithops photo in my previous post. The plants are basically nestled in rocks. I have a layer of decorative rock on top and everything below is 90% pumice, 10% potting soil mix. You want some soil to retain nutrients, but not so much that a lot of water can be trapped. The ratio of mineral substrate to soil varies by plant. A typical mixture is something like 1:2 of soil to grit. There are of course exceptions. E.g. I keep my peperomia in a vivarium where it gets misted thrice a day, but the exceptions are uncommon.
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Aug 3, 2021 22:50
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Probably Magic posted:That looks cool as hell, I'll have to check out the availability of that next time I'm in a nursery. Just beware that it's a euphorbia so it's toxic to pets if they choose to eat it. It bleeds latex.
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Aug 3, 2021 23:04
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Wallet posted:I usually only read D&D but I will make a succ-based exception. Some of my favorites (sorry about the banding, my plant lights do it and my phone won't stop them): This is a very choice collection. Love me some adro. Never even heard of Dorstenia. What do you use for lights? Here's my myrtillocactus: 
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Aug 4, 2021 01:59
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Wallet posted:What a nice boy! Most of my stuff is pretty small since it all has to be able to be indoors for at least a substantial portion of the year here. I am moving somewhere where this will be the case as well soon. Gonna have to buy a lot of grow lights. There will have to be research...
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Aug 4, 2021 04:45
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^^^ I agree, looks like H. cooperi variant. Hello, Haworthiopsis fasciata buddy. I am guessing the other one is a Kalanchoe of some kind? Succ facts: Haworthiopsis and Haworthia genera are closely related, both having chonky root systems that can break small ceramic pots. One thing that distinguishes Haworthias is that they all have leaf "windows," which "seem to represent a trade-off between photosynthesis and overheating." (source) Here's my Haworthiopsis koelmaniorum. Note the chonky roots.  And here is a nice Haworthia 'Chocolate' with its top and side windows. 
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Aug 4, 2021 17:05
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Muscle Tracer posted:I once made a home for my succ out of legos and an off-brand non-lego mug, inspired by those overgrown mechanical dudes from Laputa. That rules. The cact in OP is Stenocactus lamellosus (formerly known as Echinofossulocactus lamellosus). They are not rare - you too can have one for ~$10 from Etsy or maybe even your local nursery. Speaking of brain-whorl guys, here's my Echeveria "Sea Dragon" mutant:  My partner made some nice purple dye from its old leaves. pokie fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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Aug 6, 2021 02:16
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I went to my favorite succ nursery yesterday.   
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Aug 9, 2021 16:01
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i say swears online posted:he;lp It looks like this to me: http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/14697/Parodia_leninghausii Site says that Parodia leninghausii gets to ~1 yard/meter tall. Under the cultivation section it says "Repotting should be done every other year or every three years, annual potting is not necessary. Do not be tempted to over pot as this will cause the unused compost to go stagnant and you may loose the plant." I think the pot size is ok. May be slightly larger would be good? Just make sure to get soil that has a large percentage (33-50%) of minerals (not sand) like perlite or pumice or chicken grit. I would use an old towel and thick gloves for moving it out. Take a metal stick and stir the soil to loosen the plant. If it's not particularly heavy you can lay a towel on the porch, tip the pot on its side and try to work it out by pushing on thee bottom of the pot. If you are not planning to reuse the plastic pot you can just cut it too. Fill the new pot about 2/3 of the way with a bit of a hole in the middle, lower the cactus down. If you have a helper have one person keep it upright while the other one pours the soil mix in.
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Aug 10, 2021 21:55
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Found a good pic of using a towel for you. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/419243242970939412/874794968672256000/goldenbarrelcactus.png
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Aug 11, 2021 02:14
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Ok Comboomer posted:y'all are real loving cute Yes, we're. That's a giant part of the appeal of succ keeping - the cute awkward plants. Look at this cutie pie. It wants to be a tree.  
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Aug 13, 2021 02:37
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Wallet posted:
Very cool & somewhat ambitious in zone 5, although I guess that's in its range. The pictured Aloidendron dichotomum is taller than me now. It's about 8 feet with the pot.
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Aug 13, 2021 17:08
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Very nice succ posting  .I am cornering the local market on Leuchtenbergia principis. I have 7 of these fuckers - saw them at a random nursery for $5 or something.  Such chonky bois. 
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Aug 14, 2021 15:38
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I see your h bayeri. It is nice.
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Aug 14, 2021 16:23
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I must bring out the small guns for this succ fest. Behold! A cute adromischus. 
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Aug 14, 2021 16:24
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I have finished my interstate move and am starting to accumulate growlights for the coming winter.
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Aug 24, 2021 02:20
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I have mixed feelings about Opuntias. They have tiny needles called glochids that have more needles pointing backwards on them, like serrated arrows. Very charming, really.
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Aug 25, 2021 00:15
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Yeah I have that tephro. It's a bit of a dick.
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Aug 25, 2021 03:23
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