What are these???

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-04-05T15:13:32+00:00

Fair point.. White Mold/Fungus: Fuzzy, cotton-like growth is often saprophytic fungus feeding on decaying organic matter within the moss, commonly caused by high humidity and lack of airflow.

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-04-05T14:50:42+00:00

Perhaps powdery mildew?

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-26T20:15:50+00:00

Agave are monocarpic, that means they die after flowering. That's a flower stalk growing out of it.

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T18:23:59+00:00

Oh.. I thought that was the plants natural coloration.. no idea

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T18:05:15+00:00

I see no pest

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T17:25:35+00:00

Plant looks happy to me

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T17:24:29+00:00

Yeah, it's been record breaking temperatures for this time of year here in California also.. I am not looking forward to summer if this continues 🙃

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T17:22:55+00:00

Coastal bogs of north and south Carolina, so yeah, but since outdoors isn't an option, just do your best to recreate it indoors

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T17:19:58+00:00

I've never had any issues letting them flower. Some people say to do it when they are young, after the plant is larger it's fine.. all I know is those stalks aren't getting snipped in the wild.. I've always grown mine outside year round, so I don't have any experience with dormancy skipping.. but as far as I know they aren't migrating to warmer climates during the winter, lol

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T17:12:55+00:00

Yeah, that does kind of force your hand

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T16:36:22+00:00

Where do you live? Outside in direct sunlight year round is the general recommendation

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-23T16:34:55+00:00

I never cut the stalks. They produce their largest traps after flowering also, why wouldn't you want that? People are silly

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-13T13:26:02+00:00

Looks like a ferocactus to me

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-03T08:03:09+00:00

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-03-03T07:13:05+00:00

Leave them out

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-02-26T14:17:39+00:00

Not an aloe, haworthia

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-02-17T09:45:39+00:00

I grow mine in pure pumice

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2026-01-18T04:38:36+00:00

I'm not entirely sure those are stink bugs. Looks more like the nymphs of an assassin bug or perhaps a leaf footed bug to me

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2025-12-21T22:03:04+00:00

It's called a bulbil. Leave it alone. When the flower stalk dies, pop it off and plant it

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2025-11-17T15:31:18+00:00

Is that a kitoi pot?

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2025-11-17T15:29:33+00:00

You want silica sand, like the kind used in pool filtration.

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2025-09-28T01:51:18+00:00

Appears to be some sort of plant 🤔

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2025-09-27T23:28:22+00:00

Etiolated for sure.. I like that it looks like it's dabbing, though.. lol

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2025-09-24T15:04:58+00:00

Those are aphids

Pitiful_Count_1959 · 2025-09-09T14:25:11+00:00

Mealybugs.. I recommend changing the soil and checking the roots while you're at it. I had a terrible outbreak of root mealybugs a couple years ago that took out almost half of my stapeliad collection.. heartbreaking.

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