Plants and Flowers

Normal cactuses, in a natural appearance, so to say, are also sold.
First of all it is necessary to examine attentively a stalk, soil surface and a bottom of a pot for signs of plant pests or illnesses. It is nice, if you have a magnifier. If you only have noticed any reddish marks on a top, white cotton pellets in soil (not to confuse to a firm ripper!), any suspicious rusty stains or if the stalk has appeared suspiciously soft, it is better to refuse purchase. And And not only this cactus, but also anyone other from this container and even from this delivery. The matter is that imported cactuses are frequently affected with wreckers, especially such dangerous, as red web mite, mealybug (soil and stem), gallfly, nematodes. You may bring all these plant pests with a purchased cactus in the house and they will quickly move into new pots and plants.

But if the result of a survey has not shown signs of problem, buy it!
The following couple of weeks at home put new plant on quarantine, separately from all others. This rule is firm: if there is something, which you didn’t notice? Put the cactus in a light place, but not under the direct sunlight. After a long life in a hothouse and in a dark shop it can be burnt.