Dave Appleton's presentation to the TSG?
Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
Yes that was Dave A.
I have seen them in habitat and they looked like this:
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=122905&start=20
definitely not a stack of pale green golf balls but I would like mine to look a little nicer than they currently do. Having said that I came back from ELK in 2019 with a very nice looking clone which has so far remained clean. I also have one seedling (from several sowings so low success rate!) which looks ok although not a lot like a geometricus yet...
I have seen them in habitat and they looked like this:
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=122905&start=20
definitely not a stack of pale green golf balls but I would like mine to look a little nicer than they currently do. Having said that I came back from ELK in 2019 with a very nice looking clone which has so far remained clean. I also have one seedling (from several sowings so low success rate!) which looks ok although not a lot like a geometricus yet...
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
Thanks Tony ( and sorry Mike ) but I've slept since then
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
I passed on the offer to go along when Dave went to visit Michael Kießling and in hindsight that was a mistake. even if I go now the opportunity to come back with a boot full of plants has probably gone.
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
Very unlovely plant!
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
Could your one be cleaned up by chopping the darkened area off or is it just likely to rot again?
The piece I cut off mine doesn’t look good now and is most likely going to rot completely. For the original plant, I put it under lights and close to a fan yesterday so hopefully it will be ok.
The piece I cut off mine doesn’t look good now and is most likely going to rot completely. For the original plant, I put it under lights and close to a fan yesterday so hopefully it will be ok.
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
The tephro had another chop as the rot continued. The ball I originally took off is gone completely.
Now the base part still has some dark areas around the cut but it isn’t really soft. The ball I took off before looked similar and I tried to re-cut the dark parts out and it pretty instantly went bad.
The ball I took off this time I wish I had asked the best way to remove it as I made another bad job of cutting it and took some off the bottom. Is there a good way to remove them? some thin wire maybe?
I think I’m going to leave the base as it is for a bit, I wonder how Mike P’s looked when it was cut as it looks pretty black on top now.
Now the base part still has some dark areas around the cut but it isn’t really soft. The ball I took off before looked similar and I tried to re-cut the dark parts out and it pretty instantly went bad.
The ball I took off this time I wish I had asked the best way to remove it as I made another bad job of cutting it and took some off the bottom. Is there a good way to remove them? some thin wire maybe?
I think I’m going to leave the base as it is for a bit, I wonder how Mike P’s looked when it was cut as it looks pretty black on top now.
Plant sales: www.CentralSucculents.etsy.com
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All my plants are kept indoors and I started collecting in August 2018. Favourites are Pachyphytum, Echeveria, Haworthia, Mesembs and oddball Cacti.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/CentralSucculents
Reddit: www.reddit.com/u/CentralSucculents
All my plants are kept indoors and I started collecting in August 2018. Favourites are Pachyphytum, Echeveria, Haworthia, Mesembs and oddball Cacti.
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Re: Tephrocactus Geometricus problem
I left mine as it was. I find the ‘rot’ dries out and the head persists...
I’ll take an update photo at the weekend
I’ll take an update photo at the weekend
Mike
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