u/ryan820

I've had this tree since 2016. Every year its show has gotten better. This year the red branch (lower right) is less red but I have backups in case a graft is needed. I think it's less red due to things being unseasonably warm. I know most people think it's silly to name a tree but this one's name is Zadok.

Scored a beautiful shishi at Home Depot here in Colorado - 80 bucks after discount! They’re barely hardy for my zone but they do fine with protections, which I give them.

Just posting this as a root-appreciation post - this is a small plant and yet its roots are absolutely oversized and huge. You can see the older roots going into the coconut husk silk and pot and the new ones are growing like crazy. This little bean blooms a pink/purple bloom. But I'm here for the roots!

Hello Cactus Friends - tragedy struck and I’m not sure why. This gymno has been in my care for about two weeks. I haven’t yet watered it because I keep mine in my greenhouse and I wanted it to acclimate to its new home. Given it is supposed to be rainy here this week (very abnormal for Colorado) I wasn’t even planning to water these this week either. Anyway, they are in filtered sun (all of my gymnos) and near an area of the greenhouse that is more stable (north side). It hasn’t gotten wet either and I don’t think the sun has been too much. All my other gymnos appear to be fine.

The top half looked weird to me and the moment I touched it. It turned to mush. You can see the tear in the photo.

Halfway down the poor thing it is a more normal firmness I’d expect. I moved it from the other cacti just in case it’s something the others could catch.

Temps range from 55 to 82 night to day. Humidity travels between 90 down to 30 during the hottest part of the day. Again, not yet even watered and it doesn’t get hit by my irrigation.

But I’m at a loss for why this happened!

Anyway thoughts or even questions you have I can attempt to answer? I’m newer to gymnos though I’ve had one (a nice dark red/black one) for several years now.

My searching suggests it is possible it was too much sun but I find that hard to believe. It’s in a pretty even spot regarding sun and temps. But maybe?

Edit to add: the humidity in my greenhouse can in fact be high, but I live in Colorado and it is rarely high (in this case I'd say anything above 55%) for long - maybe a few hours above 55% at night. Most of the time I struggle to maintain humidity. Also, there are loads of fans to ensure air movement. It's not like I'm trying to grow these things in a swamp.

The tall boy is a euphorbia lactea ammok. The cobs are corn cobs (I forget their real names) and then there is my round boy, euphorbia obesa.

Planted in very loose almost entirely inorganic mix and topped with black lava rock. The pot maker is unknown but is a repurposed bonsai pot - unglazed clay. I have a thing for euphorbias!!