Just found a cacti in my greenhouse that has some mealy bugs! Whats your go to treatment process. Its starting to get colder here and I would love to stop these guys before they spread to the rest of my plants in there. It only appears to be this one plant. Should I remove its direct neighbors as a precaution?

OG tersch x Betty Boom
This cantaloupe is called OG Bettispinus.

A terscheckii hybrid with Betty Boom. The areoles are massive, the spines are short and thick. There’s a chance for a colorful flower in 10 years. What else could we ask for!

What a great way to end the heatwaves. Let's hope those nasty heat blankets of doom stay away for a long time. Can only really hope, right?

Apologies for some of the shots bein a little blurry, in my excitement to view my freshly-wetted cacs I forgot my umbrella and the raindrops got all over.

Looks like this guy has some fungal issues and could maybe use a degraft. I would love some input!

Thank you everyone

she is still alive and well

Every time I think I comprehend cacti, they still amaze me.
This bridge cutting was rootless. It was attacked by a French Bulldog and unpotted on Sep 10. As it was healing, it was softening in the damaged area so I cut as much damaged tissue as I could, way too close to the apex. Around this time, it was unpotted again accidentally while moving. Still rootless.
Despite not seeing any day to day difference, I snapped a pic each day.
Then, while preparing to cut the top all of the way and start again as a mid, I found it was rooted.
I put together the collage and was amazed to see the new growth.

TLDR: the resilience of cacti is amazing and continues to surprise me.

Snagged this guy as a freebie at a local greenhouse sale. I know it’s in rough shape. Trying to see if it can live outside in the ground. 8b east coast.

Is my tbm slowly reverting?

That’s a damn monster. Shout out to u/pricocereus

First 2 pics are today, last 3 are before pics. I have This container in the window doesn’t get direct sunlight, sometimes I put it under 13 watt 6500k cfl bulb a couple inches from the container. Is this showing light burn and light is too close? Should I keep it farther away when I use the bulb?

One of my fastest growers (Oceanside would be the other). The middle of that can is about how tall it was a year ago. Pic doesn’t do the girth justice. A total beast, from Cactus Affinity.

Have a beautiful day everyone ❤️

We’ve been building this collection for a while and woke up to find several of our cacti absolutely CHOMPED 😭🌵

We’ve been dealing with rats around the property, so they’re our main suspect. It’s pretty heartbreaking seeing this kind of damage, especially on plants we’ve spent so much time growing and collecting.

Has anyone here dealt with rats/rodents eating their San Pedro collection? I’d really appreciate any tips that have actually worked for keeping them away — barriers, deterrents, traps, changes around the pots, anything!

Trying to protect the rest of the collection before they discover the whole buffet 😂🙏🏼🌵

Glowing in the morning sun 🧡

Volta cuts finally rooting. 🥹