Rina, I'm trying to get some roots going on the little Agaves before I send them out ;)

I have a lot of planting to do in the next days.First,those bareroot that have been waiting for 2 weeks now.They wil be planted in a pumice-coarse river sand mix.

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Repotted this gift today. I always forget to take pictures when they are bare rooted (Maybe if I had a spare set of clean hands lol)

All three (two Dracaenas <succulents> and a Phalaenopsis) were in 100% sphagnum moss. SMH

What's the big pot you're using for the three? That's a good idea.

It came as an "arrangement" inside the bigger "pot". It's like a fake leather basket looking thing with a plastic liner. It was filled to the brim with fine bark but that makes it hard to get them out of the thing to water it. I guess they want you to water it in situ.

I do enjoy using cache pots without holes in the parts of my house "for decoration.

I need to find something more appropriate for that one to rest on though, maybe one of those quark board plant coasters.

Any projects are good. I like that pot. I'd drill a hole in in, lol.

Ermione, looks like a lot of work. Those are some nice cacti and succs.. I really like the ones with fat roots.

Aloebot, I suppose it will be a lot of work!I have been on a buying spree these winter months and I am anxiously waiting for warmer days to begin the task.I will post some photos during the process.

I am starting a project today that saddens me. My mother Aloe barberae is clearly infected with fungus. Some heads are drying up and some of the outer bark on large branches are falling off in sheets. There are actual fruiting fungus heads in spots as well. I am going to cut off the heads that look robust and healthy. Eventually I will cut the whole tree down. I plan to soak the truncheons in a anti-fungal solution for an hour or so hoping to kill any hyphae and then try to root them. Any suggestions on a good (safer) anti-fungal would be very appreciated.

Sorry to hear about your loss. Oh Physan is often recommended for orchids have you heard of it?

That sucks, aloebot. I've used copper fungicide but the thing terrifies me. I have physan as well but that terrifies me too. They're in a box with red alarming letters.

I haven't taken care of my three future projects and adding another one---Talullah is getting de-brained.

Pagan, yes the warnings are very intimidating. I fill up my gas tank fairly often and don't worry about breathing or contacting the gasoline. All the chemicals in gas are probably as troublesome to our skin and lungs as those in pesticides and anti-fungals. Oh well, it has to be done. I've had this plant over 30 years and I need to clone it further.

I started a new project today, bought a cheap "portable green house" and used it as a shelf. Going to eventually fill it and the entire room with various plants. I feel like this succulent hobby isn't going forward fast enough and all the new plants I buy are in questionable condition. I'm going to kick things into overdrive come spring and order ALL the cuttings I can find online.

jaittasa

They never seem to grow fast enough... But why do you say ..."all the new plants I buy are in questionable condition"...are they in bad condition when you get them? Don't they do better once you repot them, give them better light?

They're usually stuffed into tiny pots and kept in dark bottom shelves at the places I find them from. But it's either those or nothing. I've repotted them every time they come home, but they're not making new roots very eagerly.

Yeah, growing conditions are often not too good in stores. And plants could be so stressed that may take longer to recover.

I hope you get plenty of good cuttings (I never bough any on line!) I would give you lots - but am too far. And maybe you wouldn't want plants I have, lol. You can see some I have in this thread

Ok Pagan or anybody who knows about this plant some advice will be welcomed;). This is Trichidiadema densum I found at my local nursery. Doesn’t look as good as yours Pagan, but I’m ok with that. The plant was only $3.99.

This is my current project. Among a few other things;).

Just my normal mix or pure pumice?

It looks like T. bulbosum too though, Kara. But either way, grow it like K. tometonsa--lots of water in high summer and if kept warm in winter, it will keep growing. I keep mine in full sun from spring to autumn. Mine is in 50-50 soil and pumice. It's a thirsty one. And I give it a radical haircut in late winter just cuz.

And I take that back, I grow my K. tomentosa in pure gravel lol

Thanks Pagan:)! You're the best.

This would be mainly future I suppose, but I'm working on a lot of plants as Bonsai, even if I don't really know what I'm doing yet. Most starting from scratch.

Showed this on another thread--Thanksgiving Cactus that I just broke apart.

Jade Gollum cutting.

Some really nice Ripple Jades that were in a single pot,so I have a few to experiment with.

Coleuses. I didn't intend for these to be tree-like. They're just cuttings that are older. Now that I've grown these, I'll try to grow some with that in mind.

Embarrassingly blurry phone photo of Crassula tetragonas. I have two more. There's an Echeveria 'tree' in the background, but I had to behead it.

Cuttings a friend found on his floor. Very big leaves.

Older one of mine that I hacked off.

Two types of Portulacara afra, before repotting.

We'll see how it grows.

My friend had some almost dead Crassula tetragona. I brought it home and I'm trying to root what's not rotten of the stems.

Here's a photo of another part of that project. I don't know how much is salvageable. Everyday I'm finding more and more rot. Needless to say, it doesn't look good for these plants. Maybe the Aeonium (if that's what that thing is). Can anyone ID the green viny thing?

I just rooted a little Aeonium. It took forever, but then it's winter.

I thought I would divide this Dyckia today. I cleaned it up and it is another that divides at the head. I separated some pots of variegated A. brevifolia and moved up a pot bound mesemb. (Faucaria? or similar).

Quick question.

Do I put all the Trichidiadema together or individually:)?

I'd separate them and treat them differently. They get bushy pretty quickly.

Will do Pagan:). Thanks! The little tuber thingies remind me of peanuts.

It is a project day! I hate to throw away the old terra cotta hose holder down below because I have zero use for it. So I'm just gonna plant some Echeveria I have hangin around and bought some packing peanuts so I don't have to waste a crap ton of mix.

I agree with Pagan. I would pot separately. Nice little family there! I like to take pictures on my trash cans too. They are just the right height for pictures and minor trimming jobs.

I used the Bayer systemic fungicide ("Bayer Advanced Disease Control") as a soil drench for an Aloe speciosa with a bad case of Aloe Rust. It was very effective.

Need to hit my A. dhufarensis with same, it's dreadfully spotty. I guess that is my latest "project".

Thanks Hoovb. I think the truncheons would wick up the drench. I am going to have an excess of cuttings if you would like any gratis. Once they root, they grow fairly steadily and branch more easily than seedlings.

Kara, what did you end up putting in the metal buckets?

While I was cleaning up my Mam. geminispina for a picture for Laura's post I noticed it had 2 heads that were rotted. I had noticed a couple years ago one near the top rotting but just let the good heads squeeze it out. I decided today to confront the problem and operate. As it turns out there were about 5 dead heads sort of connected in a line. With my tweezers I pulled out the empty heads and scraped to solid growth. I hope for the best. I think I should find some cinnamon to dust with. Any thoughts?

Just keep it very dry, cinnamon or not. I do not envy you having to work on that.

I just put a bunch of cuttings in the 3 pots. Nothing exciting, but it needed to get used or I needed to find it a new home;).

Unpotted my Cintia knizeis tonight. I had three of them in the same pot; made it tricky to manage watering.

and this is an orchid project, I swear.

Today's projects and some surprises.

aloebot

I want to invite myself over to help you (and learn a lot doing it!)...you have so many amazing plants!

Aloebot - I am looking at your Agave victoriae reginae in the upper right corner of that last picture. Do you clip the spines from the leaves? My plant does not look like most of the pictures that I see. (my whole dang family is 'different' - LOL)

OH - the project is going to be repotting this spiky plant.

Crenda, I lost the label on mine, but I think it is the compacta version. Normal A.v.r. are reluctant to offset. There are 3 of the pieces of the plant and offsets in the picture. I think I have 2 or 3 more in the garage waiting to be dealt with. I think the regular plant grows faster with more root room. If you want yours bigger it might be better to over pot it. I've taken one from 1 gallon to 7 gallon in about 3 years. I need to transplant it again.

Crenda, I need to get a book that can I.D. the various A. victoria reginae family members. Now there are so many variegated versions. A club member, Kelly Griffin, did a presentation sometime in the last 6 months in which he showed us a newly discovered cousin of this group. He also showed some species variations of A. v.r. with crazy bold markings. I hope he will be introducing some of these into the market when his seeds get some growth on them.

Repotting some adenium seedlings and separating a community pot of pachypodium horombense was yesterday's project.

How old are the Pachy from seed?

These are from the end of last September iirc, because I misplaced my id tag with the exact date on it.

Thanks, Aloebot! While I never expect my plants to be a perfect example or this or that, this one always nagged at me a bit. And I will find a larger pot than I had first planned on using.

And still repotting seedlings.

Isde,

Are those coco chunks? What do you use them for? I've had success using them to root succulents. Curious about your experiences.

This one in particular I'm not looking forward to repotting when the time comes. The seller sent me 3x the amount of seeds that I ordered, so I was worried about erratic germination. Like a dummy I sowed multiple seeds in each cell and most of them germinated.

Lati, I saw another member on the adenium forum using them mixed with growstones for her adenium. So I decided to try it out with my seedlings and it seems like they like it because I immediately got caudex growth.

Oh, Adeniums, eh? I'm going to have to try it. Thank you!

They come in threes. Potted these propagations except for the last one which I thought I'd include. Phone photos.

Aeonium 'Suncup' if I'm correct. 3" pot.

Echeveria 'Cubic Frost' possibly. Greener one is either double headed or two plants right next to each other from leaf cutting. I can't get these to grow any larger than the biggest one. 3" pot.

Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg'. I tried so hard not to touch them when repotting. ! 4" pot. They should grow well outside.

Graptoveria 'Bashful'