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Echinocactus123
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by Echinocactus123 » Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:28 pm
Debbie wrote: ↑ Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:12 pm
Greenlarry wrote: ↑ Sat May 25, 2019 2:50 pm
People who call anything succulent a cactus. It annoys me.
YES !
lol ! Debbie
Pic 1: Wow look at that cactus!
Pic 2: Those cacti look like stones.
Pic 3: That's a nice succulent, is it one of those mesems.
Although I'd let them of with euphorbias.
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Smel
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by Smel » Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:16 pm
Hi All,
OK now perhaps we all know our worst pest, for me it's mealy bugs and RSM, so what do we use to kill them and how. I have used Provado with good results but what is Provento?? sold by Wilkos.
I really want to try and get rid of them this year, so all out war.
Would like to hear your advice, etc.
Regards
Mel.
Phil_SK
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by Phil_SK » Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:34 pm
Smel wrote: ↑ Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:16 pm what is Provento?? sold by Wilkos.
From
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/provanto-ul ... /p/0429940
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Phil Crewe, BCSS 38143. Mostly S. American cacti, esp. Lobivia, Sulcorebutia and little Opuntia
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by Jim_Mercer » Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:26 pm
Smel wrote: ↑ Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:16 pm
I have used Provado with good results but what is Provento?? sold by Wilkos.
Provanto is the new name for the Provado range of products, the active ingredients have changed a few times as well so past experience is not much use
iann
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by iann » Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:21 pm
Those are the preservatives. The active ingredient is deltamethrin.
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by Tony R » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:01 pm
iann wrote: ↑ Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:21 pm
Those are the preservatives. The active ingredient is deltamethrin.
The tiny print at the bottom of Jim's Wilko label:
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Lithos
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by Lithos » Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:31 am
I can't believe wooly jumpered visitors ain't on the list, Gordon R got all the way home to Cactusville before he found two seedling Mamm duweii stuck on one side, and Perez de rosae on his back
alhashimi
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by alhashimi » Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:15 pm
Root mealybugs!
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by Russell99 » Fri Jun 26, 2020 5:54 am
Root knot Nematodes
Russell, just a 17 year old cacti, succulent and orchid collector.
From Sri Lanka (tropical climate)
alhashimi
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by alhashimi » Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:07 am
Hi -
1. Red spider mites
2. Root mealybugs
3. Mealybugs