My wildcaught saguaro stayed shriveled in the spring and I didn't notice how bad until May. Total root rot. But it's about to go dormant and it's fat and happy again. Love your acantha
Thats wonderful news that your Saguaro has recovered so well Alex :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Its so funny that you say dont use gloves for Opuntia. My Opuntias are the only cacti I have that I have used gloves for lol. Thank you so much for this video lyn. You have helped me so much and I feel so much more confident growing cacti through the knowledge you have shared.
thanks so much Denise for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
What a gorgeous Opuntia! One of mine is shriviling but it seems to be healthy. I guess like you said..sometimes they shrivel and they're ok. Thank you for making this video and sharing your Cacti knowledge!!
thanks so much Jack for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Thanks for sharing this important video Lyn! Lots of tips and information on Cactus plants that shrivel or wrinkle! Have an amazing Monday afternoon Lyn and Hans! Sending you lots of love!
So happy you enjoyed the video on the shrivelled cactus plants Sylvia :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a wonderful afternoon XXXX
thanks so much Kathy for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
I have a cactus and it's very long I don't know if I should cut it and stick another cactus on it and the cactus is very down and it often has babies so I take them of so the plant Dustin stress and I put the babies in another post what do you think should I cut it and make a insert?
Hi there, it can depend on the type of cactus you have, but if its like the ones in this video and a prickly pear type, you can definitely prune them back to keep them more in shape and compact, the prickly pear Opuntia cacti do well with a good pruning by trimming off the extra hanging pads, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
haha a sleepyhead indeed Fernanda :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
I’m pretty sure the type of cactus I have is a cereus. I have it in a clay pot it’s not too small of a pot I’m not really sure on the dimensions, but recently my cactus just started turning a bright light green instead of a dark green. It’s now shriveled up and dead. I don’t know if it died from overwatering or not enough sunlight. I leave it on my nightstand which is facing the window, but it’s the only plant in my room that’s not close to the window. I also leave my air conditioner on most of the time so that could be it. It’s lived for about 5 to 6 months and I got it from a lady who had it longer. It’s completely dried out but I recently brought back a vine plant that was dead for over three months and completely dried out and now it’s finally growing back so hopefully my cactus will come back to life as well. If anybody has any tips on what to do. The plant in the video is not completely dried out while mine is.
thanks so much Maria for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Hi Lyn, fabulous informative vid plus the poly tunnel is looking amazing. I could sit in there for hours and hours just taking it all in. Huge smiles 🌺Tish
haha Tish :-D I know I love to be in the polytunnel and have a cuppa tea in there especially when the sun is shining and its nice and warm in there :-D I wish we could move our bed in there haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Scotland and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Woohoo, your happy wishes for a good Thursday worked! Got 3 lovely begonias from Lidl today. Now the difficult part, my hubby Neil wants one for his work. (He's in an amazing new school and a group of plant lovers are working on "greening" it up...I'm a lil involved cos was horrified by the plastic plants. Nooooooooo) But...but...but...Lyn,which baby shall I part with 😐 ( it's a lovely problem really) huge smiles from both of us to both of you 🌺
Hi Kavya, unfortunately it may be due to root rot, or very possible Mealy bugs as they lay their nests on the cactus and leave woolly fluffy parts over the plant, check over the cactus and its best to remove the cactus from the pot and check over the roots for any signs of root mealy bugs, I hope you can save your cactus, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Tuesday XXXX
My opuntia was getting shrivelled, I check on the roots and had scale infestation, guess the bugs sucked the sap from it :( I don't know if I should cut the damaged part or use water therapy? I already removed all the scale and let it dry up for 3 days.
Hi Martin :-D well done on removing the scale, yes I would remove any damaged parts from the roots and leave the whole cactus unpotted for a few days to allow the roots to heal any parts that had to be cut away, repot into totally dry very well draining cactus soil, and don't water for about 10 days to allow the roots to re acclimatize, if its your Fall / Autumn now it may be best to overwinter this Opuntia indoors warm in a bright and sunny position or window to encourage faster healing, and very lightly water just once a month to encourage the cactus to recover, Good luck with your Opuntia and thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Monday XXXX
Hi, thanks for this. I tried to pot a cutting from a very old cactus. I cut off a bit of the base and left it to callous over for a few days, then potted with a bit of hormone rooting powder in a cactus potting soil and put a small amount of water in. Sadly, the cutting is shrivelling, drying up. I've added some water and sunk the cutting lower into the soil but not sure what else I can do. Any advice? It feels spongy dry and is a very small cutting, about 3 inches. Thanks
Hi there, so sorry to hear you are having problems with your cutting, it could be because these cuttings can take a long time to root and the cutting may continue to shrivel until it forms roots, if you have any additional heat like a heat mat to place under the cutting pot, this may help to speed up rooting, cactus can take much longer to root during fall and Winter, but I would keep the cutting in a warm bright position away from strong heat and very strong sunshine until it has chance to root, you can lightly mist the cutting to help prevent shrivelling, but still keep the soil mostly dry to prevent rot, the cutting will still root in dry soil, Good luck with your cutting and thanks so much for watching XXXX
Hi Avigail :-D it may be due to the root system either due to not getting enough water or the rots are damaged or have root insect pests like root mealy bug, its best to take the cactus out of its pot to give it a thorough inspection, it can be common for some types of prickly pear Opuntia cacti and Mammillaria types of cacti to grow droopy and this is their normal habit, but with the globular or cereus types of cacti this is not normal and can be due to the roots being damaged or hidden pests and or hidden pests in between the spines, good luck with your cactus and thanks so much for watching XXXX
Hi Lyn I have a large ball catcus and it is showing brown patches like it is drying up. Don't know what to do with it. Can't send u the pic .l hope you are understanding what l mean PL help.
Hi Ashirwad, so sorry to hear about your cactus, it can be caused by mnay things but if you could share a photo or some photos of your cactus onto our cactus forum page on Facebook called 'Irish Cactus & Succulent Society Group' we can all try to help you with what can be causing it, its a forum open to everyone around the world not just in Ireland and you will need to join but we can add you once you apply, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered day XXXX
Hi there, yes often Melocacti that are for sale in the shops are potted up in the wrong soils often peat based, this can damage the roots and its best to re pot them into a very well draining cactus soil, I would remove your melocactus from its pot to check over the soil and roots and if the soil is a peat based one then I would re pot it into a cactus soil of 3 equal parts of loam, grit or perlite and sharp sand, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Hello Recently one of my astrophytum ornatum got sunburnt. I don't know if it's roots are providing it any nutrition anymore because the base has shrivelled up too. Any advice? Do you think cutting it and trying to reroot is a good idea?! Thank you! Take care
i have a young ferocactus whose base is slightly shrivelled and yellow but still very firm? thankfully no pests but it's almost winter here (australia, whooo XD) and it's been that way for about a month.
Hi there, Ferocactus can often go yellow and a bit wrinkly shrivelled looking at the base especially as they mature and even when they are still young plants, a lot of my ferocacti are also like this too, if the base is not soft then its normal and you dont need to worry at all :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Australia for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
one of my opuntia's shriveled up and went limp, I thought it was rot and cut up the pads, none of the cuttings took root, they all rotted, I let them scab over too. I wish I would of seen this video before cutting my plant up , it was a cold hardy species and I think it was just getting ready for winter. /:
Thats such a shame about your Opuntia's Jake, so sorry to read that, thanks so much for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Hi Michelle :-D Opuntias can go very wrinkled in Winter as they use up their water reserves, and its possible once the Spring arrives and normal watering resumes the Opuntia will fill back up again with water, but if you have your planter indoors in a warm environment it should be safe to give the soil a water to help to prevent the Opuntia from shrivelling any more, you can also remove the Opuntia from the planter to check that there is no problems with the roots, but if I was you I would give your Opuntia a watering and keep indoors in a warm position to encourage the Opuntia to take up water, thanks so much for watching and for your wonderful comment and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Weekend ahead XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon that's exactly what I'm doing. I have 4 in one pot. They were in a cactus arrangement and I bought them marked down. They're very wrinkled and dehydrated. I know they will bounce back.
thanks so much Kathy for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Hi Raiv :-D it can depend on the type of cactus but usually if they are only seedlings its best to still lightly water them and keep them above 10c / 50F until they are at least half a thumb size in height :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
I have a Ukrainian cactus i been growing for two years and it’s finally the size of my thumb but the last two days I’ve notice it’s been shriveling up from the bottom up. I though it was the water but no, ( I been using rain water) just right now I changed the dirt and used actually soil from the dirt that my sun flowers are growing. I hope it’s ok and makes it through the end of April. I’m on Oregon so I been careful on growing it and it’s been inside all it’s growth! Pray for my plant baby cactus
Hi there :-D if it has scabs it definitely is not normal and it could be down to many things the most common one being scale insect , its best to post up some photos on a cactus forum there are many of Facebook where you can share some photos where people can take a look and recommend the best solution
the cactus is also sticky to the touch. Is this another sign of scale insect or is that something else? Edit: nevermind i did more research and it’s probably scale insects
@@jaclynmcdine8490 Hi there :-D here is a link to a video I have made on How to treat Scale insect on cactus : ruclips.net/video/1pWofhQGdZk/видео.html XXXX
hi Lyn, very educational video!! If I were to have a question about a cactus I have difficulties with, yet I am not on social media, how could I ask you for your advice/support? thanks, cheers!
Hi there, so happy you enjoyed the video, unfortunately due to my busy time restraints I am unable to give advice, but there are many websites like the BCSS British cactus & Succulent Society Society that will be able to help you with any cactus questions and advice, they are on FB but you may be able to drop them an email via their website, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hey Lyn how’s you haha I had the same problem with my rhipsalidopsis orange and indeed it had no roots one of my prize plants that is huge as been shrivelled for months I thought at first as we where emailing each other lol that it got too hot this summer but no it has no roots but my question to you is joe do i propergate from cuttings as the whole plant is entirely woody
HI Ben :-D so sorry to hear about your Rhipsalidops orange and yes its best to take cuttings of it to propagate, its harder to root the woody parts though as the younger growth takes root easier, but you could try to propagate many of the leaves if you have them, if you only have the woody parts, then maybe propagate some of them in rain water as well as soil, I hope that you can save as much of the plant as you can
Hi there, if the soil doesn't have any bugs, I will put it into the compost bin, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic plant powered day XXXX
thanks so much Maria for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Hi Lyn, I sent you a message on Instagram. I put my cactus in front of a space heater and now a spot of it is yellow and shriveled. Any advice on how to save it? Best -Cait
Hopefully it will perk back up again now the Spring is here, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful day XXXX
Hey Lyn! I have a Peruvian apple cactus (cereus) columnar cactus and it's about 6 feet tall. During the winter months, I cut it and waited about 8 months to pot it and I put it vertical in a room with no light. I finally potted it in May (I live in southeast US where it's pretty humid) and the plant is light green at the top and not as fat as it used to be. I imagine it's used all of its "fat" to feed off of when it was callousing but I can't seem to get it fat again. It's likely shriveled. I'm worried about putting it outside in the humidity and my east facing windows I worry arent bright enough for it. Any idea of if it was be saved? Should I cut off the shriveled top? The base isn't as shriveled. Thanks for this video!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
My wildcaught saguaro stayed shriveled in the spring and I didn't notice how bad until May. Total root rot. But it's about to go dormant and it's fat and happy again. Love your acantha
Thats wonderful news that your Saguaro has recovered so well Alex :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Its so funny that you say dont use gloves for Opuntia. My Opuntias are the only cacti I have that I have used gloves for lol. Thank you so much for this video lyn. You have helped me so much and I feel so much more confident growing cacti through the knowledge you have shared.
thanks so much Denise for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
What a gorgeous Opuntia! One of mine is shriviling but it seems to be healthy. I guess like you said..sometimes they shrivel and they're ok. Thank you for making this video and sharing your Cacti knowledge!!
thanks so much Jack for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Thanks for sharing this important video Lyn! Lots of tips and information on Cactus plants that shrivel or wrinkle! Have an amazing Monday afternoon Lyn and Hans! Sending you lots of love!
So happy you enjoyed the video on the shrivelled cactus plants Sylvia :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a wonderful afternoon XXXX
You are a great teacher
thanks so much Kathy for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
I have a cactus and it's very long I don't know if I should cut it and stick another cactus on it and the cactus is very down and it often has babies so I take them of so the plant Dustin stress and I put the babies in another post what do you think should I cut it and make a insert?
Hi there, it can depend on the type of cactus you have, but if its like the ones in this video and a prickly pear type, you can definitely prune them back to keep them more in shape and compact, the prickly pear Opuntia cacti do well with a good pruning by trimming off the extra hanging pads, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
One of my opuntia is doing this, I think I’ll rest easy knowing it’s likely normal :)
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Awesome video Lyn. I have an opuntia that does the same thing but no worries. I repotte her a couple days before. All were ok. Nice tips.
Olga's dreamland olga I subscribed to you and love your channel Lyn told me about you x
Thats wonderful to know that your Opuntia does the same thing too dear Olga
This Opuntia is, how do you say? a sleepyhead? lol
Very useful onformation, thanks Lynn.
haha a sleepyhead indeed Fernanda :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
I’m pretty sure the type of cactus I have is a cereus. I have it in a clay pot it’s not too small of a pot I’m not really sure on the dimensions, but recently my cactus just started turning a bright light green instead of a dark green. It’s now shriveled up and dead. I don’t know if it died from overwatering or not enough sunlight. I leave it on my nightstand which is facing the window, but it’s the only plant in my room that’s not close to the window. I also leave my air conditioner on most of the time so that could be it. It’s lived for about 5 to 6 months and I got it from a lady who had it longer. It’s completely dried out but I recently brought back a vine plant that was dead for over three months and completely dried out and now it’s finally growing back so hopefully my cactus will come back to life as well. If anybody has any tips on what to do. The plant in the video is not completely dried out while mine is.
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Good morning.~ Thank you for the video! Plant power!~ 😊💖
thanks so much Maria for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Hi Lyn, fabulous informative vid plus the poly tunnel is looking amazing. I could sit in there for hours and hours just taking it all in. Huge smiles 🌺Tish
haha Tish :-D I know I love to be in the polytunnel and have a cuppa tea in there especially when the sun is shining and its nice and warm in there :-D I wish we could move our bed in there haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Scotland and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Woohoo, your happy wishes for a good Thursday worked! Got 3 lovely begonias from Lidl today. Now the difficult part, my hubby Neil wants one for his work. (He's in an amazing new school and a group of plant lovers are working on "greening" it up...I'm a lil involved cos was horrified by the plastic plants. Nooooooooo) But...but...but...Lyn,which baby shall I part with 😐 ( it's a lovely problem really) huge smiles from both of us to both of you 🌺
Mine is shrivelled and fluffy. Is that a sign of root rot?
Hi Kavya, unfortunately it may be due to root rot, or very possible Mealy bugs as they lay their nests on the cactus and leave woolly fluffy parts over the plant, check over the cactus and its best to remove the cactus from the pot and check over the roots for any signs of root mealy bugs, I hope you can save your cactus, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Tuesday XXXX
My opuntia was getting shrivelled, I check on the roots and had scale infestation, guess the bugs sucked the sap from it :( I don't know if I should cut the damaged part or use water therapy? I already removed all the scale and let it dry up for 3 days.
Hi Martin :-D well done on removing the scale, yes I would remove any damaged parts from the roots and leave the whole cactus unpotted for a few days to allow the roots to heal any parts that had to be cut away, repot into totally dry very well draining cactus soil, and don't water for about 10 days to allow the roots to re acclimatize, if its your Fall / Autumn now it may be best to overwinter this Opuntia indoors warm in a bright and sunny position or window to encourage faster healing, and very lightly water just once a month to encourage the cactus to recover, Good luck with your Opuntia and thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Monday XXXX
Hi, thanks for this. I tried to pot a cutting from a very old cactus. I cut off a bit of the base and left it to callous over for a few days, then potted with a bit of hormone rooting powder in a cactus potting soil and put a small amount of water in. Sadly, the cutting is shrivelling, drying up. I've added some water and sunk the cutting lower into the soil but not sure what else I can do. Any advice? It feels spongy dry and is a very small cutting, about 3 inches. Thanks
Hi there, so sorry to hear you are having problems with your cutting, it could be because these cuttings can take a long time to root and the cutting may continue to shrivel until it forms roots, if you have any additional heat like a heat mat to place under the cutting pot, this may help to speed up rooting, cactus can take much longer to root during fall and Winter, but I would keep the cutting in a warm bright position away from strong heat and very strong sunshine until it has chance to root, you can lightly mist the cutting to help prevent shrivelling, but still keep the soil mostly dry to prevent rot, the cutting will still root in dry soil, Good luck with your cutting and thanks so much for watching XXXX
What if my cactus is droopy and like deflated?
Hi Avigail :-D it may be due to the root system either due to not getting enough water or the rots are damaged or have root insect pests like root mealy bug, its best to take the cactus out of its pot to give it a thorough inspection, it can be common for some types of prickly pear Opuntia cacti and Mammillaria types of cacti to grow droopy and this is their normal habit, but with the globular or cereus types of cacti this is not normal and can be due to the roots being damaged or hidden pests and or hidden pests in between the spines, good luck with your cactus and thanks so much for watching XXXX
Hi Lyn I have a large ball catcus and it is showing brown patches like it is drying up. Don't know what to do with it. Can't send u the pic .l hope you are understanding what l mean PL help.
Hi Ashirwad, so sorry to hear about your cactus, it can be caused by mnay things but if you could share a photo or some photos of your cactus onto our cactus forum page on Facebook called 'Irish Cactus & Succulent Society Group' we can all try to help you with what can be causing it, its a forum open to everyone around the world not just in Ireland and you will need to join but we can add you once you apply, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered day XXXX
Hi Lyn so sorry I don't have a Facebook account. Is there any way to send you the pics
My melocactus started shrinking. It is flowering but any idea why it is ? Is it normal .?
Hi there, yes often Melocacti that are for sale in the shops are potted up in the wrong soils often peat based, this can damage the roots and its best to re pot them into a very well draining cactus soil, I would remove your melocactus from its pot to check over the soil and roots and if the soil is a peat based one then I would re pot it into a cactus soil of 3 equal parts of loam, grit or perlite and sharp sand, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Hello
Recently one of my astrophytum ornatum got sunburnt. I don't know if it's roots are providing it any nutrition anymore because the base has shrivelled up too. Any advice? Do you think cutting it and trying to reroot is a good idea?! Thank you! Take care
i have a young ferocactus whose base is slightly shrivelled and yellow but still very firm? thankfully no pests but it's almost winter here (australia, whooo XD) and it's been that way for about a month.
Hi there, Ferocactus can often go yellow and a bit wrinkly shrivelled looking at the base especially as they mature and even when they are still young plants, a lot of my ferocacti are also like this too, if the base is not soft then its normal and you dont need to worry at all :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Australia for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
one of my opuntia's shriveled up and went limp, I thought it was rot and cut up the pads, none of the cuttings took root, they all rotted, I let them scab over too. I wish I would of seen this video before cutting my plant up , it was a cold hardy species and I think it was just getting ready for winter. /:
Thats such a shame about your Opuntia's Jake, so sorry to read that, thanks so much for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
..hello.. Can u help meh bout my cactus i over water it and the color become brown..
I just bought a planter with Opuntia and it's very wrinkle
Hi Michelle :-D Opuntias can go very wrinkled in Winter as they use up their water reserves, and its possible once the Spring arrives and normal watering resumes the Opuntia will fill back up again with water, but if you have your planter indoors in a warm environment it should be safe to give the soil a water to help to prevent the Opuntia from shrivelling any more, you can also remove the Opuntia from the planter to check that there is no problems with the roots, but if I was you I would give your Opuntia a watering and keep indoors in a warm position to encourage the Opuntia to take up water, thanks so much for watching and for your wonderful comment and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Weekend ahead XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon that's exactly what I'm doing. I have 4 in one pot. They were in a cactus arrangement and I bought them marked down. They're very wrinkled and dehydrated. I know they will bounce back.
@@michellechapman6839 I bet they will bounce back well, its always extra special to get plant rescues XXXX
Great info. I’ve learned something new. Thanks for sharing Lyn :))))
thanks so much Kathy for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Hi Lyn what is the minimum size for complete dormancy of cacti with no water
Hi Raiv :-D it can depend on the type of cactus but usually if they are only seedlings its best to still lightly water them and keep them above 10c / 50F until they are at least half a thumb size in height :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Hi Lyn is candyprince again my gymnocalcium is shrivling and it's not rotting it's roots seems dried out is there anyway to save it?
Hi there
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you
I have a Ukrainian cactus i been growing for two years and it’s finally the size of my thumb but the last two days I’ve notice it’s been shriveling up from the bottom up. I though it was the water but no, ( I been using rain water) just right now I changed the dirt and used actually soil from the dirt that my sun flowers are growing. I hope it’s ok and makes it through the end of April. I’m on Oregon so I been careful on growing it and it’s been inside all it’s growth! Pray for my plant baby cactus
No such thing as a Ukrainian cactus. Cactuses are from the americas.
my ferocactus latispinus has scabs and its shriveling. is this normal? it’s early winter.
Hi there :-D if it has scabs it definitely is not normal and it could be down to many things the most common one being scale insect , its best to post up some photos on a cactus forum there are many of Facebook where you can share some photos where people can take a look and recommend the best solution
the cactus is also sticky to the touch. Is this another sign of scale insect or is that something else?
Edit: nevermind i did more research and it’s probably scale insects
@@jaclynmcdine8490 yes if it feels sticky it does sound like scale insect as they secrete a sticky resin XXXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon how should i treat it?
@@jaclynmcdine8490 Hi there :-D here is a link to a video I have made on How to treat Scale insect on cactus : ruclips.net/video/1pWofhQGdZk/видео.html XXXX
hi Lyn, very educational video!! If I were to have a question about a cactus I have difficulties with, yet I am not on social media, how could I ask you for your advice/support?
thanks, cheers!
Hi there, so happy you enjoyed the video, unfortunately due to my busy time restraints I am unable to give advice, but there are many websites like the BCSS British cactus & Succulent Society Society that will be able to help you with any cactus questions and advice, they are on FB but you may be able to drop them an email via their website, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hey Lyn how’s you haha I had the same problem with my rhipsalidopsis orange and indeed it had no roots one of my prize plants that is huge as been shrivelled for months I thought at first as we where emailing each other lol that it got too hot this summer but no it has no roots but my question to you is joe do i propergate from cuttings as the whole plant is entirely woody
HI Ben :-D so sorry to hear about your Rhipsalidops orange and yes its best to take cuttings of it to propagate, its harder to root the woody parts though as the younger growth takes root easier, but you could try to propagate many of the leaves if you have them, if you only have the woody parts, then maybe propagate some of them in rain water as well as soil, I hope that you can save as much of the plant as you can
what do you normally do with the old soil?
Hi there, if the soil doesn't have any bugs, I will put it into the compost bin, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic plant powered day XXXX
Great video lyn...
thanks so much Maria for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Your awesome
thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comment XXXX
Hi Lyn, I sent you a message on Instagram. I put my cactus in front of a space heater and now a spot of it is yellow and shriveled. Any advice on how to save it? Best -Cait
Hii... How to get a strong root system...
My cactus has deflated because it isn’t getting enough sun lately
Hopefully it will perk back up again now the Spring is here, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful day XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon thank u 🙃
Hey Lyn! I have a Peruvian apple cactus (cereus) columnar cactus and it's about 6 feet tall. During the winter months, I cut it and waited about 8 months to pot it and I put it vertical in a room with no light. I finally potted it in May (I live in southeast US where it's pretty humid) and the plant is light green at the top and not as fat as it used to be.
I imagine it's used all of its "fat" to feed off of when it was callousing but I can't seem to get it fat again. It's likely shriveled.
I'm worried about putting it outside in the humidity and my east facing windows I worry arent bright enough for it.
Any idea of if it was be saved? Should I cut off the shriveled top? The base isn't as shriveled. Thanks for this video!
Hi Karlyn :-D I replied to you on Insta haha
First good video 😄
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a fantastic Thursday today XXXXX
Lynn 😂
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