WOW THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH Kolana for the awesome 'Super Thanks' you are so very kind and I really appreciate it so much, thanks a million for your generosity and for watching and support, sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Lyn, I felt the pain I heard in your voice when you found the rot in the root system. I'm so sorry. You've had those plants for so long and taken such great care of them. I hope the two pups thrive for you. Love from California.
that soil mix looks bogus. don't use anything like it again. i grow my diffusa, over 100 nine year old plants, in pure perlite, with a bit of dolomite, 2 tablespoons per gallon of perlite. the fiberous roots explode in this media. crushed dolomitic limestone is available as 'garden lime'. do NOT get powdered quick lime, the stuff they use to stripe ball fields, it will kill the plant. dolomite gives calcium and magnesium, and raises the pH. you may find dolomite in an aquarium shop also as it is used as sand in salt water tanks. no organics or compost is needed or desirable, the plants get their entire nutrition from the perlite and limestone. right now mine are more shriveled than yours, haven't been watered since november. i use a 1'' paint brush to thoroughly comb out the roots when repotting. leave them bare root on a shelf for 6 weeks before repotting. you can monitor the root stem during this time. soil for diffusa should be able to be poured out of the pot they are in, none of that caked stuff. i also would have saved the two tops you threw away, even a half a top cut away from rot will dry and root. its worth an experiment.
Thanks so much Bob for all your advice thats so helpful and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland XXXX
Looking at this felt like it was one of my own plants..It was so sad and the fact that you have it for 20 years makes it worse, hopefully saving it wil result in more and bigger plants, have an amazing weekend guys!
So happy to see this video, Lyn. I learned a lot from it! I am glad you will be able to save 2 of them. On Ebay, Lophophora diffusa, is VERY expensive! I bought seeds and am going to try to germinate them!
Lophophora are awesome cacti, and wow they grow slow! We have some close to 80 years old (my grandfather's plants). I lost one a few years back so sad.
Patrick Hempe I'm part native American, so these plants are more like family members to us, since I have the greenest thumb as it were, they were handed down to me.😀👍
I m Dutch and my plants too are like family members, I think it is amazing that you could carry on with what your grandfather started. Have a terrific weekend!
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Oh Lyn so sad. How they rot ? I can't understand how a plant rots without give in in water. The pure guy. And how lucky that you saw it. :( So sad. I beleive in you and i am sure they will be ok. I am going to sent much healing energy and good vibes.
I just so happened to see a show yesterday where a naturalist visited Big Bend national park in Texas to show the amazing diversity of cacti in the region of which peyote was one and he said in Texas it is a felony to posses peyote! Good thing you don't live in Texas! One notable mention about the plant from that show is that it does not like full sun and is often found growing beneath small rock shelves where it gets morning sun and all day shade.
Hey Lyn, I've seen in the past where you have used powdered sulfur in cases of rot. Do you think it would help these guys, or is it too big an area? I had an Astrophytum asterias hybrid split on one side of its base & I put powdered sulfur on as a precaution, and it did fine. Also have a Leuchtenbergia that had rot at the base of one of the tubercles, fortunately, the rot hadn't reached the vascular ring. Put sulfur on after I removed the tubercle & cleaned out the rot, it healed great! Sometimes I forget I have it, but the sulfur is great to keep around! :)
Good job dear. What I also do to completely remove any bits of rotted remaining, is to wet an old toothbrush with isopropyl alcohol and gently rub the roots from the bottom up until the base of the plant. I believe they will both make it. Good luck. :-)
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a brilliant day XXXXX
Great video, thankyou. I have had one of these for over a year and not known what it was. I kept trying to look it up and the closest thing I could find to it was a ‘sea urchin’ cactus. But you have finally solved my problem. Hope they both survived ok.
Thats wonderful news that you have been able to ID your cactus from this video :-D yes this cactus made a full recovery :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you tons of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a BRILLIANT new week ahead XXXXX
Thanks so much the good news is I was able to save it and it has recovered well :-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 for a terrific Tuesday ahead XXXXX
Hope it heals. I had to chop up my 5 year old ferocactus fordii due to peak rot, but i dont think the core is healthy, nor do i think its going to make offshoots.
Thanks for this video Lyn...very informative! There is always something to learn! Its a pity to loose such a beautiful cactus, but at least you saved something! How are they doing now? Hope they are OK! Lots of love sent your way! Wishing you Lyn and Hans a wonderful afternoon surrounded by your beauties!
Thanks so much Sylvia :-D the wonderful news is I managed to save two of the pups from this Lophophora diffusa and they are growing wonderful, I was so lucky to save this Loph as I was worried it was going to be a gonner, 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
Hi Lynn, amazing video. Poor Mr. Lophophora. They're beautiful plants. You can see how old they're been growing by those amazing tap roots. Are there any obvious differences between the Diffusa and the Williamsii? I have some williamsii but am also interested in all of the varieties.
Hi Desert plants of Avalon... I hope you notice this comment... I have a question... My Lophophora Diffusa cactus is quite soft to touch but the color is normal... is it normal for lophophora to be soft?
Hi there :-D so sorry for only seeing your comment now, yes the good news is Lophophora diffusa is soft to touch and can feel a bit spongy to touch too, and as long as there are no signs of any rot its normal :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
I'm trying to get my hand on a euphorbia lactea variegata aka white ghost cactus do have one in your collection, if so do you remember where you got it? I also love the blue cactus I saw in your San pedro .cactus video, but I can only find seeds n i don't have the patience to start from seedlings
If i put to much water and its starting to get a little brown, like burns... Is it dead? Is something i can do to save it?. And if one of my peyotes is dry, is it all right if i remove all the brown hard stuff of the roots, put some water and replanted into the ground again? Please help.
Thank you for all your videos. My little guy has rotted in the middle / main plant but the pups are healthy I’m going to try this technique to save the pups 🙏🤞🏼
So happy you love my vids Kolana, and thats wonderful the pups are healthy and you will be able to save the pups, its always gutting when we lose plants to rot, but thankfully Lophophora pups can be removed and rooted, thanks so much again for your amazing generosity and for all of your wonderful support, and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
haha so true these little Lophopharas are like little Pumpkins, I will be keeping my fingers crossed that this plant makes a good recovery :-D thanks so much Faith for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Norfolk for a brilliant day today XXXX
Lyn, the only book I like regarding cacti is the Illust. Cacti Encyclopedia by Clive Innes and Charles Glass. It was through that book that I read that Mamm plumosa requires a slightly calcareous compost. These we always rotting on me even though I rarely watered. After adding lime to my plumosa (6:1) I have kept this one alive for one year now. Fingers crossed. According to the encyclopedia all Lophophora require a slightly calcareous compost. I don't have problems with my lophophora rotting. Not sure if this will work. Can cacti rot when they are too cold or soil not suitable, I don't know. Just a thought. Good luck!
Yes, you are so right about Mamm. plumosa! I had the same thing happen until I added lime to my soil. I am going to try Lophophora diffusa from seed and will add lime to soil then also.
This is the exact issue I had as a novice grower that I mentioned in my previous comment on your Lophophora seedling repotting video. Sadly, I lost around 40 two and a half year old williamsii when I tried to split and repot them. Lessons were learned lol :)
Oh no so sorry to read that you lost around 40 Lophophora by separating them, thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Sunday today XXXX
Any advice on healing a lophophora with sunburn? I moved my cacti from inside to an outdoor grow house. Sadly one side of the lop is discolored and soft. I moved them back in doors. Please help
Hi Brad :-D so sorry to hear about your Loph, it should make a full recovery over time, the part that was sunburned will scab over and form a hard scab and the growth should then grow as normal over time :-D I have had it happen to a few of mine in the past, the best thing to do when moving from indoors to outside is to cover the Loph/s with a shade cloth for the first 3-4 days when outdoors or move them outdoors in a shady spot to get used to the higher light levels and then move them in full sun over the following days, it seems to stop the shock of the extra sun and light to the plants skin, I hope this helps :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you tons of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER your way for a FANTASTIC day XXXX
Hi there :-D yes you could try a brilliant online nursery Kakteen Haage, kakteenhage.com that sell lophophora in Germany and they mail out to the UK :-D they have wonderful healthy plants and I can highly recommend them :-D thanks so much for watching and sending lots of love and PLANT POWER to you XXXX
I use a clay soil mix with 70 percent grit,crushed lava rock,sand.my garden soil is acidic/neutral clay which is very similar to the soil that they would grow in their native habitat in Mexico.lophs don't like an organic soil mix.best of luck with your patients,I hope they get better soon,all the best Lyn from a very wet Co.Kerry.
I go in and out of my apartment balcony door and I live in a cold place during the winter. Can I put him (my cactus) in my room with a light to simulate sunlight, or do they need real sunlight.
Hi there, these cacti can survive Winter indoors with a special grow light that simulates sunshine, there are many excellent LED plant grow lights that are perfect for overwintering cacti indoors where we dont have windows, normal lights won't work as they dont have the full spectrum light that the LED Plant Grow lights have, but there are many brilliant LED plant Grow lights and bulbs on Amazon and 'SANSI' LED Grow bulbs are brilliant for placing above plants, here is a link to a video I made on the different types of Grow lights I use to overwinter my plants :ruclips.net/video/LScPDCMuY2E/видео.html thanks so much watching , and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and weekend ahead XXXX
Hi dear Desert plants of Avalon, thanks for sharing this great video. My Peyote Cactus seems completely rot, the root is very soft and moist. is there any way I could still save it? I don't where to start..Thanks!
Hi Jessica :-D so sorry to hear about your Peyote cactus, it can be difficult to say for sure but I would remove any parts of the roots that have any signs of rot, if the roots are moist but there are no signs of rot I would leave it out of its pot to let the roots fully dry before repotting up again in dry soil, but if the whole cactus has rot it may be too late to save it, good luck with your cactus and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
thanks so much Jeanne for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a Terrific Thursday today XXXXX
Thats so exciting and I bet your Lophophora will be a beauty :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, Sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a sunny Sunday today XXXXX
Hi Tyler :-D the good news is Sulcorebutias can feel a bit soft at the base especially if they are a little underwatered, if there are no signs of rot the good news is I am pretty sure that your Sulcorebutia is ok and healthy, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful day XXX
Hi Lyn - great informative video. Is it possible to use isopropyl alcohol for root mealybugs, ie. dip the bare roots in the isopropyl alcohol for few seconds or maybe spray the bare roots with the isopropyl alcohol?
Hi Al :-D yes you can use this method for root mealies too and dip the whole of the root ball into the alcohol for a few seconds making sure all the rootball is thoroughly soaked, it is good at killing them off, and then re pot into fresh soil afterwards :-D XXXXXX
love all your very informative vids... i have a question if you feel like helping me out; I have one of these lophophoras like yours, a cluster of 3 about the same size as yours. they recently got waterlogged from a large amount of rain, and now they've gotten a bit soft. no spots or obvious damage, but i'm wondering what i can do to stop them, if they are right before rotting. any suggestions would be well appreciated...thanks again.
So happy you love my videos, the good news is that Lophophoras can go soft and spongy during the Winter dormancy even if they have been watered, as their roots will not be taking up any moisture in their dormancy period, but there is always the possibility of root rot if they are kept for too long in damp soil in Winter, I would gently remove them from their pots and let the soil on their roots dry out completely before potting them back up again in dry cactus soil, keep them dry until April time, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you so much for the quick reply! and yes, my first instinct was to examine the roots and everything looks fine. i changed the soil but i'm not sure exactly what a good mix for these cactus's would be. i think i may need some sand in the mix. i'm a newby with cactus's and was given these by a friend...thanks again my lovely friend, i really enjoy your videos!
that fungi look like cancer !!!! it grow creepy to destroy good cell in the plants tissues ...so sad .. but u did try ur best to save the good one ...well done ,
Hi there :-D people would eat the green part and leave the root so it can continue to grow and send out 'pups' from around the base of the large taproot , thanks so much for watching XXXXX
So sorry to hear that your seeds didn't grow for you, sadly there are some bad sellers online selling fake seeds, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered Friday XXXX
Seems the soil is too organic and holding too much moisture? It might look and feel dry but to the cactus its too moist. More rocks and aeration might help? 20 years that thing should be much bigger and flower after the 10th year
Thanks so much, yes you are absolutely right I re potted this diffusa into a more gritty mix with extra pumice and lava rock and it has recovered really well now, the soil I had it in before was holding far too much moisture, I learned the hard way but thankfully this Loph has made a good recovery now, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a safe and wonderful terrific Tuesday today XXXX
Is it possible a callous can form over rot? I caught my Bridgesii early and removed the mushy bits, it's forming the callous now, but upon inspecting it, there is some black splotching underneath. Feels firm, but should I be concerned and start again.. Thanks.
Hi there :-D yes I have experienced this myself with Trichocereus cacti, in some cases the rot can harden off and callus over, I think the black splotching is due to the alkaloids that are in the cactus and will harden off, the best thing to do is to keep a close eye on it and if the black splotching seems to be spreading or soft then cut again, but keep a close eye on it and watch that it doesn't turn into rot, Good luck with your cactus and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness for a fantastic plant powered Friday XXXX
Yes, Rebutia can have that many flowers if the plant is happy! Personally I do not water Rebutia from Nov. through until March 15th. You could give a tiny bit if it is very dry about halfway through that time. FYI, I live in the desert in Arizona.
Hey Lyn, sorry to hear about your Loph, I've read about how slow they grow and how much of a setback this can be :/ I'm new to your channel, but it's great to hear that you're in Ireland! I live in Limerick (study in Dublin) and was wondering if Lophs would even do alright here (it's great to see that they do!). I loved your L. williamsii seedlings you planted, they looked great! Do you know any Irish vendors that might have some seeds seeing as you are more familiar with cacti? I can't wait to get started, and don't want to wait until next spring after seeing all of your videos!
Hi Simon :-D so wonderful that you are living in Ireland too in Limerick :-D Lophs grow really well here if they are placed in a sunny window and they are so wonderful to grow from seed :-D I dont know of any Irish vendors who sell the seeds though but if I get any seeds from my plants this year you would be very welcome to some as I can gift you some Loph seeds, but I may not get seeds until much later in the year, you would be very welcome to some other Cacti seeds if you are interested ? thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Limerick for a fantastic Sunday ahead XXXX
Hi Lyn, that sounds fantastic!! I'm currently trying to get a few different weird and wonderful plants for my 'collection', and I've been interested in ethnobotanical and poison plants (as well as some weird ones like Tillandsia and resurrection plants like Selaginella!). I would be honored to grow any seeds from your cacti, but no pressure! I may just order a little one too to see if I can also get it to flower at some stage (after watching your videos, I'm confident I know how to do it! ;P) Hope all of your little plants are keeping warm, we've had huge amounts of snow! All the best, Simon
Ohhh! Where did you get those!!! I really want to get some of those. I was thinking of going up to holland to see if I can find them, haven't had luck Belgium. :-(
So happy you love the Lophs :-D I bought mine many years ago from England, they are hard to find in the shops and are banned in most parts of the US but if you live in Belgium you can purchase them online on cactusshop.co.uk and they will mail out to most places worldwide and also kakteenhaage.com in Germany thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending an abundance of love and happiness from right across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic day XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon Yeah I have been obsessed with them since my husband brought one back from Holland a few years back. Unfortunately we were living with his dad at the time who...well had mice! Let's just say some poor mouse died tripping his tail off and with a smile on his face. Unfortunately the loph died. Never managed to find one since. So thanks for the tip off with the web shops! I'm totally on that! Sending you lots of waffels and chocolates to have with your Guinness (I don't know if you drink that, I think it's nasty...but it's the first stereotypical Irish thing that came to mind). Keep it frosty and max with some chillax.
haha yes I LOVE Guinness its so delicious haha :-D Sending you loads of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Belgium for a wonderful evening XXXXX
I have some brown spot on my sweet plants . I don't know if its rotting or potentially over watering and will heal... A friend was caretaking or me for some months and I am very concerned with their survival. do you have any recommendations or a video I can view.
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for your response. it is solely on the surface. I made a cut on one section of one to be sure and they are healthy at the core but I had one wrinkle into itself until it was gone some time ago and I am concerned that these sweeties will keep living strongly... I will try the spray and keep my eye and love with them
Hi Rachelle, it can be very difficult to re root Lophophora from the top cutting but you can definitely try, good luck with saving your Lophophora, and thanks so much for watching XXXX
Hi there, these Lophophoras can be very difficult to re root from the top because they have tubers, and often the best way to re root the tops would be by grafting them onto a graft cactus like a San pedro, it is definitely still possible to re root the tops from cuttings if placed onto a gritty soil but it is a lot more difficult and not as good with success, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Tuesday XXXX
I've done this successfully a few times, but I assume I just got lucky. A few older specimens ended up with recurring root issues,so the tops were eventually cut leaving as much healthy tissue as possible. They were then left to sit in a cool dry room for 10 days. I then sat them on top of some very weak compost that I had barely misted with neutral water. Within in a month 3 out of 4 had roots. I didn't move then for 3 years, but when I did the roots looked the same as all my other lophophora. The buttons need to be quite large to work. The one that failed was too small to retain enough moisture when allowing it to callus over. But as I said, I probably just got lucky.
@@ccee4117 Thank so much for sharing your tips on how you have successfully propagated the buttons and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and have a fantastic plant powered Monday ahead XXXX
Hi Lyn, hope they are both doing well!? I’m considering separating a few pups from the side of a large plant, nothing is wrong with Mum, just thinking they might do better as separate plants. Would you recommend the same technique from this video? Many thanks 🙏🏻
Hi David :-D Thanks so much, they both recovered really well, yes you can use the same technique as this to separate any pups from your Mother plant, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a wonderful plant powered weekend XXXX
Hi David, there is a very good website called trichocereus.co.uk that sell Lophophora cacti, I can highly recommend them, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Tuesday XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a Terrific Thursday XXXXX
Speaking from experience having grown these from seed, terracotta makes for a more reliable outcome.....overwatering is their main enemy and a terracotta pot can help in this respect. Having said that yours are bigger than mine!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle and have a sunny Sunday XXXXX
I have tried to pollinate my peyote flower. It has flowered for years but I have only just learned about how it creates seeds. The flower has new been dead for about a week or two now. Does anyone know how long it will take to produce the little fruit with seeds in? Thanks
Hi Neil :-D yes the fruits can take a number of weeks and even months before they pop up from where the flower was produced, and I am just seeing some more fruits popping out on my Lophs last week and the last time they flowered was last year, they can take anything from a month to 8 months to form fruits, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hi Jennifer :-D the good news is that its normal for Lophophoras to feel spongy and soft at the base and the tap root, especially in the Winter time, and as long as there are no signs of rot you don't need to worry, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday and Holidays ahead XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon I appreciate your reply.. Thank youu so much! I'm a new 🌵 mom, learning a lot through your vids.. Thanks Lyn! Have a blessed Christmas!
Oh WOW you live in Gorteen in Sligo? I lived in Sligo for 6 years, Sligo is a beautiful place, I lived in Grange and Cartron, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant weekend XXXX
Hi there :-D yes I changed the soil and repotted into a very gritty soil mix, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered Friday today XXXX
Thanks so much for sharing the tips with the soil, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Thankfully this poor Cactus has recovered really well now, its a different one to the one Hans has repotted, this one is a more lighter green colour in appearance, they can live to be around 100 years old and longer in their natural habitats :-D thanks so much Marion for your fantastic support and for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a safe and sunny day ahead XXXXX
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 for a brilliant new week ahead XXXXX
Oh no I have just watched your video now, thats so gutting, I am not sure what has happened for them to go like that, did you wait for a couple of weeks after repotting before you watered them ? as they can be very prone to rot if watered soon after repotted, so sorry for the loss of your plants, I hope you can save the rest of them XXX
I know this is an old video but I had to comment. Your rot probably started as a root rot, which I'm almost sure was caused because your substrate was too organic. I hope you have solved this. They need to be in 90 - 100 % mineral soil, eg. pumice, perlite, limestone, lava rock, etc.
Hi Henrique :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment, yes thankfully I have changed the substrate for my Lophs now and thankfully this Loph diffusa has recovered really well, thanks so much for watching and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX
Hi Lynn and Hans 😊 Lophophora is one of my dream plants but they are hard to come by in Portugal ! Have you tried using cinamon to help them heal ? I use it, and it sure helps 😘
so strange you cant get them in your country > cinnamon would have not help with fungi disease ...for good healthy plants may be good to boost growth ?? & aspirin & steroids again for health boost > But once fungi spread it is irreversible matter ...
Hi Roy :-D I use it at 100% strength but I do dilute it 50 / 50 for the succulents that have a coating on their leaves but with the hardy cacti I use it at full strength it knocks the bugs out haha :-D XXXXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank You,Im new at this and I use alcohol for just about everything.I had no idea it could be used on certain plants...or any plants lol...100 percent Isopropyl is kinda hard to find in any stores around here these days...91% at the most.
Is there a such thing as just Lophophora Williamsii non-varietal or strain? If so, is it popular among Lophophora growers or do most people prefer Var. ?
Hi Roy :-D yes there is just the pure form of Lophophora williamsii :-D I have a few of this one but a couple of different ones too :-D have a wonderful Sunday today and sending lots of love and PLANT POWER your way XXXXXX
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WOW THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH Kolana for the awesome 'Super Thanks' you are so very kind and I really appreciate it so much, thanks a million for your generosity and for watching and support, sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Lyn, I felt the pain I heard in your voice when you found the rot in the root system. I'm so sorry. You've had those plants for so long and taken such great care of them. I hope the two pups thrive for you. Love from California.
that soil mix looks bogus. don't use anything like it again. i grow my diffusa, over 100 nine year old plants, in pure perlite, with a bit of dolomite, 2 tablespoons per gallon of perlite. the fiberous roots explode in this media. crushed dolomitic limestone is available as 'garden lime'. do NOT get powdered quick lime, the stuff they use to stripe ball fields, it will kill the plant. dolomite gives calcium and magnesium, and raises the pH. you may find dolomite in an aquarium shop also as it is used as sand in salt water tanks. no organics or compost is needed or desirable, the plants get their entire nutrition from the perlite and limestone. right now mine are more shriveled than yours, haven't been watered since november. i use a 1'' paint brush to thoroughly comb out the roots when repotting. leave them bare root on a shelf for 6 weeks before repotting. you can monitor the root stem during this time. soil for diffusa should be able to be poured out of the pot they are in, none of that caked stuff. i also would have saved the two tops you threw away, even a half a top cut away from rot will dry and root. its worth an experiment.
Thanks so much Bob for all your advice thats so helpful and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland XXXX
Thanks for sharing Lyn...great advice and always easier to understand when you can see what's going on....hope they make it...Happy Growing
Give it a kiss from me, I found growing it with a Datura caused multiple flowering in one year. I am proud father of a baby Peyote.
Thats fantastic news Congratulation :-D thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX
Looking at this felt like it was one of my own plants..It was so sad and the fact that you have it for 20 years makes it worse, hopefully saving it wil result in more and bigger plants,
have an amazing weekend guys!
So happy to see this video, Lyn. I learned a lot from it! I am glad you will be able to save 2 of them. On Ebay, Lophophora diffusa, is VERY expensive! I bought seeds and am going to try to germinate them!
Just like a surgeon, Lyn. Just like a surgeon. Well done.
Lophophora are awesome cacti, and wow they grow slow! We have some close to 80 years old (my grandfather's plants). I lost one a few years back so sad.
80 years old WOW!
Patrick Hempe I'm part native American, so these plants are more like family members to us, since I have the greenest thumb as it were, they were handed down to me.😀👍
I m Dutch and my plants too are like family members,
I think it is amazing that you could carry on with what your grandfather started. Have a terrific weekend!
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This was very interesting! I can't imagine having 20 yr. old plants. Like you, I would do everything to save them!
Oh Lyn so sad. How they rot ? I can't understand how a plant rots without give in in water. The pure guy. And how lucky that you saw it. :( So sad. I beleive in you and i am sure they will be ok. I am going to sent much healing energy and good vibes.
I just so happened to see a show yesterday where a naturalist visited Big Bend national park in Texas to show the amazing diversity of cacti in the region of which peyote was one and he said in Texas it is a felony to posses peyote! Good thing you don't live in Texas! One notable mention about the plant from that show is that it does not like full sun and is often found growing beneath small rock shelves where it gets morning sun and all day shade.
What a shame.I hope your succulent gets better and remember to stay positive :) :) sending you and Hans love and happiness from the uk :)
Hey Lyn, I've seen in the past where you have used powdered sulfur in cases of rot. Do you think it would help these guys, or is it too big an area? I had an Astrophytum asterias hybrid split on one side of its base & I put powdered sulfur on as a precaution, and it did fine. Also have a Leuchtenbergia that had rot at the base of one of the tubercles, fortunately, the rot hadn't reached the vascular ring. Put sulfur on after I removed the tubercle & cleaned out the rot, it healed great! Sometimes I forget I have it, but the sulfur is great to keep around! :)
thx for the video, u did a good job, wish you a very nice weekend
Good job dear. What I also do to completely remove any bits of rotted remaining, is to wet an old toothbrush with isopropyl alcohol and gently rub the roots from the bottom up until the base of the plant. I believe they will both make it. Good luck. :-)
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a brilliant day XXXXX
Wishing them a speedy recovery!
Great video, thankyou. I have had one of these for over a year and not known what it was. I kept trying to look it up and the closest thing I could find to it was a ‘sea urchin’ cactus. But you have finally solved my problem. Hope they both survived ok.
Thats wonderful news that you have been able to ID your cactus from this video :-D yes this cactus made a full recovery :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you tons of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a BRILLIANT new week ahead XXXXX
I am so sorry about your Lophophora. I can't believe how long you've had it. I hope you were able to save it somehow. Good luck .
Thanks so much the good news is I was able to save it and it has recovered well :-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 for a terrific Tuesday ahead XXXXX
Thank you for your video. Good luck. Hope they make it.
Such a shame :( but glad two parts were still okay to save :) Great video as always :)
Hope it heals. I had to chop up my 5 year old ferocactus fordii due to peak rot, but i dont think the core is healthy, nor do i think its going to make offshoots.
Best of luck for the Lophophoras!
I wonder if its worth grafting one of them to keep it alive.
no worry you can graft them i learned how to graft cacti on youtube good luck lynn
Thanks for this video Lyn...very informative! There is always something to learn! Its a pity to loose such a beautiful cactus, but at least you saved something! How are they doing now? Hope they are OK! Lots of love sent your way! Wishing you Lyn and Hans a wonderful afternoon surrounded by your beauties!
Thanks so much Sylvia :-D the wonderful news is I managed to save two of the pups from this Lophophora diffusa and they are growing wonderful, I was so lucky to save this Loph as I was worried it was going to be a gonner, 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
@@desertplantsofavalon How about a video update???
how do you store/keep it after being cut. (the fruit)?
fingers crossed for you lyn hope they make it.
Hi Lynn, amazing video. Poor Mr. Lophophora. They're beautiful plants. You can see how old they're been growing by those amazing tap roots. Are there any obvious differences between the Diffusa and the Williamsii? I have some williamsii but am also interested in all of the varieties.
Maybe a heat lamp a few hours a day when it's cold out would help with you cactus.
Hi Desert plants of Avalon... I hope you notice this comment... I have a question... My Lophophora Diffusa cactus is quite soft to touch but the color is normal... is it normal for lophophora to be soft?
Hi there :-D so sorry for only seeing your comment now, yes the good news is Lophophora diffusa is soft to touch and can feel a bit spongy to touch too, and as long as there are no signs of any rot its normal :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
I'm trying to get my hand on a euphorbia lactea variegata aka white ghost cactus do have one in your collection, if so do you remember where you got it? I also love the blue cactus I saw in your San pedro .cactus video, but I can only find seeds n i don't have the patience to start from seedlings
If i put to much water and its starting to get a little brown, like burns... Is it dead? Is something i can do to save it?. And if one of my peyotes is dry, is it all right if i remove all the brown hard stuff of the roots, put some water and replanted into the ground again? Please help.
Hi Lynn so sad 😥I love this type of species hopefully you could save the rest! 🌈 GEORGE
Thank you for all your videos. My little guy has rotted in the middle / main plant but the pups are healthy I’m going to try this technique to save the pups 🙏🤞🏼
So happy you love my vids Kolana, and thats wonderful the pups are healthy and you will be able to save the pups, its always gutting when we lose plants to rot, but thankfully Lophophora pups can be removed and rooted, thanks so much again for your amazing generosity and for all of your wonderful support, and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Hope all goes well with your cactus, i hate when that happens
Lyn, I hope they are recovering well. Such pretty cacti, like a pumpkin. Faith Chi :) xo
haha so true these little Lophopharas are like little Pumpkins, I will be keeping my fingers crossed that this plant makes a good recovery :-D thanks so much Faith for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Norfolk for a brilliant day today XXXX
Lyn, I hope you and Hans are keeping warm in Northern Ireland, Norfolk is now getting a cold snap from Russia! Love + Plant Power, :) Faith xox
How long should I leave my loph yo dry? I cut the roots and let them dry with the alcohol for how long? :( I am trying to save mine u.u
Lyn, the only book I like regarding cacti is the Illust. Cacti Encyclopedia by Clive Innes and Charles Glass. It was through that book that I read that Mamm plumosa requires a slightly calcareous compost. These we always rotting on me even though I rarely watered. After adding lime to my plumosa (6:1) I have kept this one alive for one year now. Fingers crossed. According to the encyclopedia all Lophophora require a slightly calcareous compost. I don't have problems with my lophophora rotting. Not sure if this will work. Can cacti rot when they are too cold or soil not suitable, I don't know. Just a thought. Good luck!
Yes, you are so right about Mamm. plumosa! I had the same thing happen until I added lime to my soil. I am going to try Lophophora diffusa from seed and will add lime to soil then also.
Good idea splitting the cactus up.
Good luck with them Lyn
This is the exact issue I had as a novice grower that I mentioned in my previous comment on your Lophophora seedling repotting video. Sadly, I lost around 40 two and a half year old williamsii when I tried to split and repot them. Lessons were learned lol :)
Oh no so sorry to read that you lost around 40 Lophophora by separating them, thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Sunday today XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Are you the same Avalon as Avalon magic plants?
@@ccee4117 Hi there :-D No I'm not haha but I love their name XXXX
Any advice on healing a lophophora with sunburn? I moved my cacti from inside to an outdoor grow house. Sadly one side of the lop is discolored and soft. I moved them back in doors. Please help
Hi Brad :-D so sorry to hear about your Loph, it should make a full recovery over time, the part that was sunburned will scab over and form a hard scab and the growth should then grow as normal over time :-D I have had it happen to a few of mine in the past, the best thing to do when moving from indoors to outside is to cover the Loph/s with a shade cloth for the first 3-4 days when outdoors or move them outdoors in a shady spot to get used to the higher light levels and then move them in full sun over the following days, it seems to stop the shock of the extra sun and light to the plants skin, I hope this helps :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you tons of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER your way for a FANTASTIC day XXXX
Do you know where I can purchase these in the UK? Really struggling to find them anywhere! :-) xx
Hi there :-D yes you could try a brilliant online nursery Kakteen Haage, kakteenhage.com that sell lophophora in Germany and they mail out to the UK :-D they have wonderful healthy plants and I can highly recommend them :-D thanks so much for watching and sending lots of love and PLANT POWER to you XXXX
I use a clay soil mix with 70 percent grit,crushed lava rock,sand.my garden soil is acidic/neutral clay which is very similar to the soil that they would grow in their native habitat in Mexico.lophs don't like an organic soil mix.best of luck with your patients,I hope they get better soon,all the best Lyn from a very wet Co.Kerry.
Where do I get seeds?
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I go in and out of my apartment balcony door and I live in a cold place during the winter. Can I put him (my cactus) in my room with a light to simulate sunlight, or do they need real sunlight.
Hi there, these cacti can survive Winter indoors with a special grow light that simulates sunshine, there are many excellent LED plant grow lights that are perfect for overwintering cacti indoors where we dont have windows, normal lights won't work as they dont have the full spectrum light that the LED Plant Grow lights have, but there are many brilliant LED plant Grow lights and bulbs on Amazon and 'SANSI' LED Grow bulbs are brilliant for placing above plants, here is a link to a video I made on the different types of Grow lights I use to overwinter my plants :ruclips.net/video/LScPDCMuY2E/видео.html thanks so much watching , and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and weekend ahead XXXX
Hi dear Desert plants of Avalon, thanks for sharing this great video. My Peyote Cactus seems completely rot, the root is very soft and moist. is there any way I could still save it? I don't where to start..Thanks!
Hi Jessica :-D so sorry to hear about your Peyote cactus, it can be difficult to say for sure but I would remove any parts of the roots that have any signs of rot, if the roots are moist but there are no signs of rot I would leave it out of its pot to let the roots fully dry before repotting up again in dry soil, but if the whole cactus has rot it may be too late to save it, good luck with your cactus and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Great instruction!
thanks so much Jeanne for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a Terrific Thursday today XXXXX
Do you know any good site to buy cacti from?
I just bought my first l.williamsi of eBay for £23. Rather expensive but a great headstart. Also ordered 20 seeds so I can't wait for them to arrive!
Thats so exciting and I bet your Lophophora will be a beauty :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, Sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a sunny Sunday today XXXXX
dont forget to check if there is an old flower with a seed pouch with seeds in on the cactus you got!
I just planted a cactus seed today it's a mammirilla s.😎
Hi, I have a Sulcorebutia Rauschii where the base of the plant is abit soft. I checked the roots and there was no signs of rot. Is that softness ok?
Hi Tyler :-D the good news is Sulcorebutias can feel a bit soft at the base especially if they are a little underwatered, if there are no signs of rot the good news is I am pretty sure that your Sulcorebutia is ok and healthy, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful day XXX
Hi Lyn - great informative video.
Is it possible to use isopropyl alcohol for root mealybugs, ie. dip the bare roots in the isopropyl alcohol for few seconds or maybe spray the bare roots with the isopropyl alcohol?
Hi Al :-D yes you can use this method for root mealies too and dip the whole of the root ball into the alcohol for a few seconds making sure all the rootball is thoroughly soaked, it is good at killing them off, and then re pot into fresh soil afterwards :-D XXXXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon - sincerely appreciated. 👍😎
That soil mix is way too organic for it
love all your very informative vids... i have a question if you feel like helping me out; I have one of these lophophoras like yours, a cluster of 3 about the same size as yours. they recently got waterlogged from a large amount of rain, and now they've gotten a bit soft. no spots or obvious damage, but i'm wondering what i can do to stop them, if they are right before rotting. any suggestions would be well appreciated...thanks again.
So happy you love my videos, the good news is that Lophophoras can go soft and spongy during the Winter dormancy even if they have been watered, as their roots will not be taking up any moisture in their dormancy period, but there is always the possibility of root rot if they are kept for too long in damp soil in Winter, I would gently remove them from their pots and let the soil on their roots dry out completely before potting them back up again in dry cactus soil, keep them dry until April time, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you so much for the quick reply! and yes, my first instinct was to examine the roots and everything looks fine. i changed the soil but i'm not sure exactly what a good mix for these cactus's would be. i think i may need some sand in the mix. i'm a newby with cactus's and was given these by a friend...thanks again my lovely friend, i really enjoy your videos!
@@giantessmaria Thanks so much
Can someone help me? I have one that has been in a house fire and it looks pretty bad.
I know the feeling, i lost my bautiful sulcorebutia rauschii to rot despite it being kept bone dry during this winter and in a warm room :(
Maybe a cool spot would have worked better. I live in the desert and that is the way it is here. Hot in summer and very cool 50ºF in winter.
Sorry my bad, i should have specified that by warm i mean 60F :D
that fungi look like cancer !!!! it grow creepy to destroy good cell in the plants tissues ...so sad ..
but u did try ur best to save the good one ...well done ,
Do people eat the whole thing, root & all or just the green part?
Hi there :-D people would eat the green part and leave the root so it can continue to grow and send out 'pups' from around the base of the large taproot , thanks so much for watching XXXXX
I got seeds and they dont grow. I tried. Everything i dont know if i got gyped
So sorry to hear that your seeds didn't grow for you, sadly there are some bad sellers online selling fake seeds, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered Friday XXXX
Seems the soil is too organic and holding too much moisture? It might look and feel dry but to the cactus its too moist. More rocks and aeration might help? 20 years that thing should be much bigger and flower after the 10th year
Thanks so much, yes you are absolutely right I re potted this diffusa into a more gritty mix with extra pumice and lava rock and it has recovered really well now, the soil I had it in before was holding far too much moisture, I learned the hard way but thankfully this Loph has made a good recovery now, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a safe and wonderful terrific Tuesday today XXXX
Is it possible a callous can form over rot?
I caught my Bridgesii early and removed the mushy bits, it's forming the callous now, but upon inspecting it, there is some black splotching underneath. Feels firm, but should I be concerned and start again..
Thanks.
Hi there :-D yes I have experienced this myself with Trichocereus cacti, in some cases the rot can harden off and callus over, I think the black splotching is due to the alkaloids that are in the cactus and will harden off, the best thing to do is to keep a close eye on it and if the black splotching seems to be spreading or soft then cut again, but keep a close eye on it and watch that it doesn't turn into rot, Good luck with your cactus and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness for a fantastic plant powered Friday XXXX
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so very little next to no mescaline in the diffusa, correct?
Hi Tim, yes there is very little to no mescaline in the Loph diffusa, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Thursday XXXX
I have never seen that kind of cacti before
Is it normal for a Rebutia to have 40 flowers even if it is not huge and how often should you water a Rebutia in the winter
Yes, Rebutia can have that many flowers if the plant is happy! Personally I do not water Rebutia from Nov. through until March 15th. You could give a tiny bit if it is very dry about halfway through that time. FYI, I live in the desert in Arizona.
Thank you!
Hey Lyn, sorry to hear about your Loph, I've read about how slow they grow and how much of a setback this can be :/ I'm new to your channel, but it's great to hear that you're in Ireland! I live in Limerick (study in Dublin) and was wondering if Lophs would even do alright here (it's great to see that they do!). I loved your L. williamsii seedlings you planted, they looked great! Do you know any Irish vendors that might have some seeds seeing as you are more familiar with cacti? I can't wait to get started, and don't want to wait until next spring after seeing all of your videos!
Hi Simon :-D so wonderful that you are living in Ireland too in Limerick :-D Lophs grow really well here if they are placed in a sunny window and they are so wonderful to grow from seed :-D I dont know of any Irish vendors who sell the seeds though but if I get any seeds from my plants this year you would be very welcome to some as I can gift you some Loph seeds, but I may not get seeds until much later in the year, you would be very welcome to some other Cacti seeds if you are interested ? thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Limerick for a fantastic Sunday ahead XXXX
Hi Lyn, that sounds fantastic!! I'm currently trying to get a few different weird and wonderful plants for my 'collection', and I've been interested in ethnobotanical and poison plants (as well as some weird ones like Tillandsia and resurrection plants like Selaginella!). I would be honored to grow any seeds from your cacti, but no pressure! I may just order a little one too to see if I can also get it to flower at some stage (after watching your videos, I'm confident I know how to do it! ;P)
Hope all of your little plants are keeping warm, we've had huge amounts of snow! All the best, Simon
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Ohhh! Where did you get those!!! I really want to get some of those. I was thinking of going up to holland to see if I can find them, haven't had luck Belgium. :-(
So happy you love the Lophs :-D I bought mine many years ago from England, they are hard to find in the shops and are banned in most parts of the US but if you live in Belgium you can purchase them online on cactusshop.co.uk and they will mail out to most places worldwide and also kakteenhaage.com in Germany thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending an abundance of love and happiness from right across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic day XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon Yeah I have been obsessed with them since my husband brought one back from Holland a few years back. Unfortunately we were living with his dad at the time who...well had mice! Let's just say some poor mouse died tripping his tail off and with a smile on his face. Unfortunately the loph died. Never managed to find one since. So thanks for the tip off with the web shops! I'm totally on that! Sending you lots of waffels and chocolates to have with your Guinness (I don't know if you drink that, I think it's nasty...but it's the first stereotypical Irish thing that came to mind). Keep it frosty and max with some chillax.
haha yes I LOVE Guinness its so delicious haha :-D Sending you loads of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Belgium for a wonderful evening XXXXX
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Hello I need your help, I think my Lophophora is sick
I have some brown spot on my sweet plants . I don't know if its rotting or potentially over watering and will heal... A friend was caretaking or me for some months and I am very concerned with their survival. do you have any recommendations or a video I can view.
Hi Cine
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for your response. it is solely on the surface. I made a cut on one section of one to be sure and they are healthy at the core but I had one wrinkle into itself until it was gone some time ago and I am concerned that these sweeties will keep living strongly... I will try the spray and keep my eye and love with them
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Hii is it too late to say a very much smaller one ? The bottom is rot just not the tip of the top
Hi Rachelle, it can be very difficult to re root Lophophora from the top cutting but you can definitely try, good luck with saving your Lophophora, and thanks so much for watching XXXX
very cool!
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
@@desertplantsofavalon right backatchya and greetings from Dublin. Just discovered your channel last night, really cool.
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I want one do you buy?
Can these have the tops cut off, let dry and repot to have mew roots form like san pedro
Hi there, these Lophophoras can be very difficult to re root from the top because they have tubers, and often the best way to re root the tops would be by grafting them onto a graft cactus like a San pedro, it is definitely still possible to re root the tops from cuttings if placed onto a gritty soil but it is a lot more difficult and not as good with success, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Tuesday XXXX
I've done this successfully a few times, but I assume I just got lucky. A few older specimens ended up with recurring root issues,so the tops were eventually cut leaving as much healthy tissue as possible. They were then left to sit in a cool dry room for 10 days. I then sat them on top of some very weak compost that I had barely misted with neutral water. Within in a month 3 out of 4 had roots. I didn't move then for 3 years, but when I did the roots looked the same as all my other lophophora. The buttons need to be quite large to work. The one that failed was too small to retain enough moisture when allowing it to callus over. But as I said, I probably just got lucky.
@@ccee4117 nice to hear c, hope your peyotes stay blessed :)
@@ccee4117 Thank so much for sharing your tips on how you have successfully propagated the buttons and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and have a fantastic plant powered Monday ahead XXXX
Hi Lyn, hope they are both doing well!? I’m considering separating a few pups from the side of a large plant, nothing is wrong with Mum, just thinking they might do better as separate plants. Would you recommend the same technique from this video? Many thanks 🙏🏻
Hi David :-D Thanks so much, they both recovered really well, yes you can use the same technique as this to separate any pups from your Mother plant, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a wonderful plant powered weekend XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon brilliant thank you for your advice, much appreciated :) a little project for the spring time! kindest regards, David
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Can you please help me to get one of those plants Peyote Lophophora thanks
Hi David, there is a very good website called trichocereus.co.uk that sell Lophophora cacti, I can highly recommend them, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Tuesday XXXX
Maybe with a bigger pot, heat lamp, sun light, and Cactus Juice plant food they will grow faster.
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a Terrific Thursday XXXXX
Have they settled back into a pot yet?
Hi :-D yes they have recovered really well thank goodness, thank you so much for asking and have a fantastic day XXXXX
Hey have a young plant 3years just wondering when do they start flowering
Hi there, they usually start to flower from around 5 years old, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered day XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon that's great thank you for reply
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Speaking from experience having grown these from seed, terracotta makes for a more reliable outcome.....overwatering is their main enemy and a terracotta pot can help in this respect. Having said that yours are bigger than mine!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle and have a sunny Sunday XXXXX
I have tried to pollinate my peyote flower. It has flowered for years but I have only just learned about how it creates seeds. The flower has new been dead for about a week or two now. Does anyone know how long it will take to produce the little fruit with seeds in? Thanks
Hi Neil :-D yes the fruits can take a number of weeks and even months before they pop up from where the flower was produced, and I am just seeing some more fruits popping out on my Lophs last week and the last time they flowered was last year, they can take anything from a month to 8 months to form fruits, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thanks for the advice. I appreciate it :)
@@desertplantsofavalon I'm sure I've taken the fruit off and thrown it in the bin before without knowing what it was. Its been flowering for years :)
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Hey Lyn.. Thank you for giving me hope.. Mine is a little soft and spongy at the root.. Do you think i should be concerned? 😟
Hi Jennifer :-D the good news is that its normal for Lophophoras to feel spongy and soft at the base and the tap root, especially in the Winter time, and as long as there are no signs of rot you don't need to worry, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday and Holidays ahead XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon I appreciate your reply.. Thank youu so much! I'm a new 🌵 mom, learning a lot through your vids.. Thanks Lyn! Have a blessed Christmas!
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Thanks from Gorteen, ps nice crystal
Oh WOW you live in Gorteen in Sligo? I lived in Sligo for 6 years, Sligo is a beautiful place, I lived in Grange and Cartron, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant weekend XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon I hope you live in a dryer place for those cactus!!☺
@@OMMFoundation-lw7mk haha I am now living in Belfast and its still rainy here :-D although we are having a nice bit of sunny weather now XXXX
I lost my only flowering one (3 years old ) to rot
Oh no so sorry to hear this, XXXXX
Any updates for these lophophoras? Did they recover?
Hi Mark :-D yes they have made a full recovery now thank goodness and so far so good thanks for asking and thank you so much for watching XXXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon what a blessing! strong ones! :)
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I didn't catch the name of the sterilising liquid you used ... can you please let me know Lyn ... thank you 👍🏼
Cherrose The liquid is Isopropyl Alcohol, fairly common to find for cheap in most shops
Zelos Gaming Thank you so much for that ... I'm going to give this stuff ago. 😃
Hi cherrose :-D thanks so much for watching :-D yes the Sterilising liquid I use is Isopropl alcohol :-D XXXXX
I hope they make it Lyn! :-)
Did you change the soil?
Hi there :-D yes I changed the soil and repotted into a very gritty soil mix, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered Friday today XXXX
next time dont use such organic soil. 5-10% organic and the rest minerals should prevent this type of damage in the future;) love the chanel:)
Thanks so much for sharing the tips with the soil, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
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did they survive?
Hi there :-D yes I managed to save them thank goodness, and it has recovered really well, thanks so much for asking and for watching XXXX
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Thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic day XXXX
Rotten luck Lyn! Do you know the average lifespan of this species? Is this the same plant that Hans has just repotted in his latest video? x
Thankfully this poor Cactus has recovered really well now, its a different one to the one Hans has repotted, this one is a more lighter green colour in appearance, they can live to be around 100 years old and longer in their natural habitats :-D thanks so much Marion for your fantastic support and for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a safe and sunny day ahead XXXXX
Hope all goes well ....
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 for a brilliant new week ahead XXXXX
Mines died upon 1st watering lost 3 😢 new video uploaded help needed .
Oh no I have just watched your video now, thats so gutting, I am not sure what has happened for them to go like that, did you wait for a couple of weeks after repotting before you watered them ? as they can be very prone to rot if watered soon after repotted, so sorry for the loss of your plants, I hope you can save the rest of them XXX
Can you really call this cactus peyote? From what I've read it contains no trace of mescaline at all.
I know this is an old video but I had to comment. Your rot probably started as a root rot, which I'm almost sure was caused because your substrate was too organic. I hope you have solved this. They need to be in 90 - 100 % mineral soil, eg. pumice, perlite, limestone, lava rock, etc.
Hi Henrique :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment, yes thankfully I have changed the substrate for my Lophs now and thankfully this Loph diffusa has recovered really well, thanks so much for watching and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalonthank you for taking the time to make these videos, I learn a lot from them. 😊
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Hi Lynn and Hans 😊
Lophophora is one of my dream plants but they are hard to come by in Portugal ! Have you tried using cinamon to help them heal ? I use it, and it sure helps 😘
The mature plants are usualy quite expensive but you can but seeds online fairly cheaply. :)
19grand not in Portugal , unfortunately
It is not allowed?
19grand sure it is, but they are expensive as hell !
so strange you cant get them in your country >
cinnamon would have not help with fungi disease ...for good healthy plants may be good to boost growth ??
& aspirin & steroids again for health boost >
But once fungi spread it is irreversible matter ...
The Isopropyl that youre using,what percent alcohol is it?
Hi Roy :-D I use it at 100% strength but I do dilute it 50 / 50 for the succulents that have a coating on their leaves but with the hardy cacti I use it at full strength it knocks the bugs out haha :-D XXXXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank You,Im new at this and I use alcohol for just about everything.I had no idea it could be used on certain plants...or any plants lol...100 percent Isopropyl is kinda hard to find in any stores around here these days...91% at the most.
Is there a such thing as just Lophophora Williamsii
non-varietal or strain? If so, is it popular among Lophophora growers or do most people prefer Var. ?
Hi Roy :-D yes there is just the pure form of Lophophora williamsii :-D I have a few of this one but a couple of different ones too :-D have a wonderful Sunday today and sending lots of love and PLANT POWER your way XXXXXX
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