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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots
of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Cheers, Tom |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
On Nov 16, 10:09 pm, Tom wrote:
Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Cheers, Tom Ping Kay, she is the resident expert Tom. Judith |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
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from Tom contains these words: Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Are you sure they aren't slow-release fertiliser capsules? -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
"Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Cheers, Tom Slug eggs, although they are usually under some damp cover |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
"Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Cheers, Tom Because you saw a beetle, I wondered about the Vine Weevil but, on Googling, I note their eggs are brown. I don't know what 'your' eggs are, but just in case the 'beetle' you saw was VWeevil, I would stock up on a proprietory VW pesticide. Better safe than sorry. As to the mystery eggs, the best advice I can give you is to isolate the affected plant and repot it in clean compost. I know it's not the ideal time of year, but repotting seems to me the lesser risk. I know that someone suggested the 'eggs' were maybe fertiliser, but I wouldn't have said that fertiliser granulues were *that* tiny .... the same much applies to snail eggs. Spider |
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Spider writes
"Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Because you saw a beetle, I wondered about the Vine Weevil but, on Googling, I note their eggs are brown. I don't know what 'your' eggs are, but just in case the 'beetle' you saw was VWeevil, I would stock up on a proprietory VW pesticide. Better safe than sorry. I've not experienced vine weevil damage on either cacti or succulents, but that may be because I have other things (primroses and cyclamen) which they prefer. Unless you see vine weevil grubs or have a firm identification, don't use VW pesticide. Apart from anything else, it's too easy to build up pest resistance to pesticides when you use them too freely in an enclosed environment. Pesticide resistance means it is increasingly difficult to control red spider or whitefly in a greenhouse environment. As to the mystery eggs, the best advice I can give you is to isolate the affected plant and repot it in clean compost. I know it's not the ideal time of year, but repotting seems to me the lesser risk. I know that someone suggested the 'eggs' were maybe fertiliser, but I wouldn't have said that fertiliser granulues were *that* tiny .... the same much applies to snail eggs. II'd agree with the repotting advice, though I'd be inclined to delay a while, and not repot until you have a suspicion of actual damage - although repotting in a warm house is less of a problem than repotting in a cold greenhouse. -- Kay |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
On Nov 17, 4:32*pm, "Spider" wrote:
"Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Cheers, Tom Because you saw a beetle, I wondered about the Vine Weevil but, on Googling, I note their eggs are brown. *I don't know what 'your' eggs are, but just in case the 'beetle' you saw was VWeevil, I would stock up on a proprietory VW pesticide. *Better safe than sorry. As to the mystery eggs, the best advice I can give you is to isolate the affected plant and repot it in clean compost. *I know it's not the ideal time of year, but repotting seems to me the lesser risk. * I know that someone suggested the 'eggs' were maybe fertiliser, but I wouldn't have said that fertiliser granulues were *that* tiny .... the same much applies to snail eggs. Spider I would recommend this Vine Weevil control pesticide http://gardens.taylorschoice.co.uk/p...ayer_750ml.php |
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"K" wrote in message ... Spider writes "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I have about 30 cacti and succulents indoors. One suddenly has lots of little white things about 1mm across in the soil. They look like eggs. I've just brought some plants inside, and did find a beetle on my floor the other day.. Is there anything I should do? I love this plant and apart from this it's doing really well. Because you saw a beetle, I wondered about the Vine Weevil but, on Googling, I note their eggs are brown. I don't know what 'your' eggs are, but just in case the 'beetle' you saw was VWeevil, I would stock up on a proprietory VW pesticide. Better safe than sorry. I've not experienced vine weevil damage on either cacti or succulents, but that may be because I have other things (primroses and cyclamen) which they prefer. Unless you see vine weevil grubs or have a firm identification, don't use VW pesticide. Apart from anything else, it's too easy to build up pest resistance to pesticides when you use them too freely in an enclosed environment. Pesticide resistance means it is increasingly difficult to control red spider or whitefly in a greenhouse environment. Agreed. Perhaps I might have been clearer; I said "stock up" with the pesticide intending that only *necessary* usage was implicit. Since I was misunderstood, I should have obviously been more explicit. Thanks for picking that up. As to the mystery eggs, the best advice I can give you is to isolate the affected plant and repot it in clean compost. I know it's not the ideal time of year, but repotting seems to me the lesser risk. I know that someone suggested the 'eggs' were maybe fertiliser, but I wouldn't have said that fertiliser granulues were *that* tiny .... the same much applies to snail eggs. II'd agree with the repotting advice, though I'd be inclined to delay a while, and not repot until you have a suspicion of actual damage - although repotting in a warm house is less of a problem than repotting in a cold greenhouse. -- Kay Yup, I'll go along with that. :~) Spider |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:01:01 +0000, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³
wrote: On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:50:06 -0800 (PST), wrote: I would recommend this Vine Weevil control pesticide http://gardens.taylorschoice.co.uk/p...ayer_750ml.php I expect you would would that be Taylorschoice Horticulturals Spamming Four Generations? Follow-up Having reviewed the matter, and having that Taylorschoice appears to be a wholesale supplier, I am happy to withdraw my remarks, It was not spam. Mea culpa. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
II'd agree with the repotting advice, though I'd be inclined to delay a while, and not repot until you have a suspicion of actual damage - although repotting in a warm house is less of a problem than repotting in a cold greenhouse. -- Kay Yup, I'll go along with that. :~) Spider Ok, thanks. Is there anything I should do in the meantime? Just isolate it? - It's definitely not capsules. I repotted in about April with just standard cactus compost. - The soil was bone dry and had been for over a week. I last watered about 2 or 3 weeks ago and I have central heating (I know this isn't good, but apart from these eggs everything seems to thrive). Cheers, Tom. |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
Tom writes
II'd agree with the repotting advice, though I'd be inclined to delay a while, and not repot until you have a suspicion of actual damage - although repotting in a warm house is less of a problem than repotting in a cold greenhouse. -- Kay Yup, I'll go along with that. :~) Spider Ok, thanks. Is there anything I should do in the meantime? Just isolate it? Remove any of the eggs that you can take out easily. You could always try purring them into a jam jar with some moist soil and seeing what they hatch into. -- Kay |
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tiny white "eggs" on soil of indoor succulent
"Tom" wrote in message et... II'd agree with the repotting advice, though I'd be inclined to delay a while, and not repot until you have a suspicion of actual damage - although repotting in a warm house is less of a problem than repotting in a cold greenhouse. -- Kay Yup, I'll go along with that. :~) Spider Ok, thanks. Is there anything I should do in the meantime? Just isolate it? Yes, Tom, I did mention isolating it, something you should always do with a sick plant (or a new plant), just to be on the safe side. - It's definitely not capsules. I repotted in about April with just standard cactus compost. - The soil was bone dry and had been for over a week. I last watered about 2 or 3 weeks ago and I have central heating (I know this isn't good, but apart from these eggs everything seems to thrive). Cheers, Tom. I'm not sure what more you can do until you know what you're dealing with. You seem to be doing the right thing (give or take the central heating, which doesn't seem to be the problem), so carry on as usual once you've isolated the plant concerned. If you want to keep the 'eggs' as a culture, as suggested, to see what they are, then I suggest you gently scrape the top layer of compost away into a jar (so you can see what's happening) with all the 'eggs'. This should remove the largest part of the problem .. may expose any deeper problem .. and allows you to top dress with clean compost. Still keep the plant in isolation for a while, as a precaution. In the meantime, you may choose to squish one of the 'eggs', to see if you learn anything. Spider |
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