Your collection is spectacular! So fun to come along and see how the changes in seasons and temperatures affects these beautiful plants. Hope that you have an amazing weekend.🌹
Thank you for showing us your lovely aloe collection. Will you follow up on the suspected mites? Pests are really a nightmare! I just found a few mealybugs on a beautiful Mammillaria rubrograndis that I got from a reputable dealer in October. It was sitting on a windowsill with several other cacti from the same seller & none of them show any sign of pests. I picked the bugs off, sprayed it with alcohol & isolated it. It's silly, I know, but I get upset when I find bugs on a plant even though I know it's not the end of the world if I have to toss it out. It's not a child or pet, after all. 😎
Gorgeous Aloes, Ana. That one definitely looks like it has Aloe mites. I recently read an article on those, what concerned me is they can infect Haworthia and Gasteria plants as well 😬 Apparently they are very difficult to get rid of because they don’t live on the surface of the plant, but rather inside the tissue so it’s difficult for spray treatments to work. A systemic miticide would hopefully deal with them. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Ana. Have a wonderful day and weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜☕️
I supposed that this could infect all Aloideae but wasn't finding any information. Thank you for telling us Daz! I've been reading about the sistemic miticides and it's a really concerning topic because it seems that they aren't useful once the plants show the damage but they are too toxic to use as preventing treatment for cultivators... and they are not sure about wich poison is the right one to use. Please, if you learn new things about this keep us informed 😘. Really concerning this microscopic arachnoid could end up killing species in their native habitats and threatening biodiversity 😔. Have a great weekend 💞!
@@cactusandfriends_by_vane Yeah from what I’ve read they’re pretty nasty pests and most just recommend to discard any infected plants as there isn’t many effective treatments available. They’re not as common on Haworthia and Gasteria but have been found in H. splendens, H. bayeri, H. picta, H. retusa, and H. springbokvlakensis. They’re microscopic as well and you only know a plant is infected once it starts to show damage, and they can be spread through the air 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
These pests are just so annoying! as much as you’d like to keep plants as organic as possible, it’s really tough not to have systemics to keep they safe and healthy. I don’t have much Aloes in my collection except for the miniature ones. Hopefully you can sort that issue out asap, Ana. All the best! 💪🏼🌺🌼🌸🌵💚
I was hopeful someone will tell me it is not Aloe mite. But, the consensus is loud and clear. Waaah! 😭 Thank you for all your advice. Tossed the infected one. But I’m still hanging on to the other offsets. Looks like there were 2 mother plants in that pot. Maybe I can save the other?… 🤔
Take photos of the plant to C and S person for diagnosis and isolate the plant. If it is aloe mite it can be treated. Had one two years ago and after treatment it has not had any signs for two years. Still keep it isolated from my other plants
Yes it's Aloe mites at 12:41, and I've seen suspect dammages on other aloe leaves you've shown. There's different ways of treating it. Sevin is one of them, but I don't like to use pottentially harmfull chemicals.
Your stressed aloes are beautiful. Too bad for the sick one. I hope you can save her or at least you can separate the puppies and save them. Here in northern Italy it is sunny today. 10 degrees during the day and ice at night. As always there is a lot of humidity. I've only lost two plants so far, but we will see at the end of winter to do a loss count. Ciao Ana, have a good winter end for you and your plants! (let us know how you solve the problem) 🌵
Your aloes look amazing, Ana💯!Those colours are a dream🥰☀️👏👏👏. I'm going to look for that firecracker🤩👌, I will tell you if I can find it in Spain. So sad 😬that infestation, aloe mites are hard to kill because they are inside the tissues of the plants. I've never seen that here but I read a lot in the net about the problems they cause to cultivators and gardeners. I suppose that you're going to look for a good sistemic miticide and protect the rest of your collection ASA 🙏.. I will get rid of the infested one as I told you on Instagram 🙈. I hope that you solve the problem easily, crossfingers for your plants 🤞🍀. We are experiencing a very confusing winter too, here at Valencia or the Mediterranean coast of Spain in general. Just a couple of weeks of rest period, then awakening for a month and now really cold temperature again🥴... Two rest periods in one winter?! No bueno, no good🙈... Let's see what happens. Have a great weekend 💞!
Hello Ana, your collection is very nice! So sorry to see that the dreaded aloe mite has reared its ugly head in your beautiful aloes. I learned about them firsthand several years ago, and after having several plants wiped out (had to be thrown away), I got aggressive in fighting back. First, you must quarantine the infected plant. You also might want to space out the other aloes to slow or stop additional spread- aloe mite is very contagious! An aloe enthusiast in Australia wrote an article about his battle with aloe mites, and being a veterinarian, took a scraping of some affected plant tissue and looked at it under a microscope. He said aloe mites look very much like Demodex, a mite that affects the skin of animals. Demodex mites are treated with Ivermectin. There is a plant miticide called Abamectin, my guess is it's related to Ivermectin. I thought it was worth a try, otherwise the plants are dead. I bought a small bottle of it on ebay. Rather than spraying it, I dabbed some on directly to the diseased area with a cotton tip applicator. I can guarantee it will burn the plant in that spot. However, it does seem to kill the mites and I have managed to save some of my plants that were not too bad. The key is to catch it as early as possible, so now I inspect my plants frequently. Just be very careful with Abamectin, it is very toxic to turtles and tortoises. Hope that helps!
The other thing I forgot to mention- an aloe plant may appear to be mite-free, but when it decides to bloom, the flower stalk and developing flowers will look gnarly and abnormal if there are mites within. Sneaky! In those cases, I will cut the stalk and dab Abamectin right on the cut, I think I'm hoping it will help the rest of the plant, possibly it does!
Your aloes are STUNNING Ana :-D and you have an INCREDIBLE collection, argh with the Aloe mites, I so hate these pests that harm our beloved plants, I have not experienced Aloe mites myself, I really hope that your Aloe will be ok and that your other Aloes won't get affected, our weather has been so mild and around 50F most days, far too mild for this time of year and my Matucanas are coming into bud in January haha, thanks so much for the wonderful update Ana, and keep us updated on how your Aloes get on, sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER from Hans and me from Ireland to Las Vegas for a super Sunday today XXXX
The colors on the aloes are great!! Your temps sound great compared to ours!! We woke up to °3 yesterday morning!! On my way to work it dropped to -°1!! As I got to work it warmed up to °1!! It made for a very cold day working in a warehouse. No heat in there!! I am unfamiliar with aloe mites! Never heard of this!! Spray that one good!!! Whatever mites they are!!! I would hit all the others too!!! Good luck Ana!!! Thanks for sharing Ana!! And letting us know about a new bug to look out for!! Uhoh!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, out to Las Vegas, have a wonderful weekend ahead!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍
-1 to 1?! Are you talking Fahrenheit? Yikes! I haven’t experienced that cold yet but it does not sound inviting. I hope all your plants are warm enough. I’ve seen videos of this aloe mite. They all ended up trashing the plant. I still can’t believe I actually have to deal with one.
@@CactusCaffeine YES!! this is °F! Have had to have the stove running wide open(damper) to burn hotter!! It got down to 40°F inside. Kinda what I consider red lining! So far so good. Today we woke up at 12°F. A little better. Supposed to warm a bit this week. It got up to 27°F for a high yesterday. With the sun out though it helped the greenhouse a bunch! Like having an extra heater!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍🌞
Your red-tinged aloe look amazing! Discovered my newest cactus had died yesterday. But if that's the only one I lose over winter, I'll be happy. 4 years in and I still haven't figured out the perfect winter conditions for all of my cactus. :)
I’m sorry about your newest cactus. The new ones are usually the ones that die on me too during their first winter. If only they can talk and tell us how they want to sleep. Lol! 🤣
They are very beautiful!!! I love the little Aloe and hybrids, lovely colours!!!! I never had Aloe mite. I hope you can isolate the plant, luckily it has puppies !!!
@@CactusCaffeine I hear Laura Eubanks talk about Aloemite in her videos as she mentiones going to treat, this or that plant in her garden designs. So, there must be some kind of treatment, right? Just a thought...
Forgive me if I ask a lot of questions but I do love your videos I have learned so much from you! I live here in Palm Springs California and my cactus are doing wonderful here a lot of them are actually growing quite quickly! I have a question for you how do you get rid of gnats I don’t think they’re fungus gnats but they’re spreading And they are everywhere living in my soil! I’ve tried dusting the top with some cinnamon And hydrogen peroxide and the other suggestions? Thank you! My name is Tyler:)
Have you tried using the product Mosquito Bits? They are granules that you sprinkle on the soil. It kills the larvae of the gnats. For the the adult gnats, I just use the yellow sticky traps. Those traps catches even the big house flies! 😉 Good luck Tyler!
Hai Anna, nice video.. Malaysia here in my place the rainy season weather. The condition of my cactus is all ok, but I had to reduce watering .. After watching your video, I am interested in planting aloe vera. Your aloe vera is so beautiful.😊
Im so sorry for your aloe, hope you can save it. I had some of my cacti outside, they were doing great until once they got a little bit of rain , so they changed color, they all went from green to somelike purple color. Should i house them indoor?
Purple means they are cold. When you change your cactus position, do it gradually. Expose them to cold weather a few hours each day, increasing the hours until they can withstand 24 hours being outside. Don’t let them get below freezing unless they have a protection blanket over them. Many cacti will not tolerate freeze. Protect them if they are outside. Try not to get them wet for a long time. Good luck!
I've checked out my aloe with the black around the center of it and it is firm and solid but I'll keep an eye on it for the rest of the winter as we have more arctic coming in this week
@@CactusCaffeine 😅 Not to worry. Our houses are toasty warm. This January has certainly been colder than average, but we're not breaking any long-term records. But I'm afraid almost all Canadians think that 45°F in January is really warm...
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing succulents and cactus lovely collection
Beautiful cactus 🌵
Very nice aloe collection.
Thank you!
OH NO, Aloe Mites? Oh I hope not Ana. I love that one, love the lime green.
I’m afraid it IS aloe mite 😔
@@CactusCaffeine no way of saving it then?
Your collection is spectacular! So fun to come along and see how the changes in seasons and temperatures affects these beautiful plants. Hope that you have an amazing weekend.🌹
Hey Ana, so it's 45F there, gotcha beat, 19 here, Ha Ha (North Central Texas). Love you! Thanks.
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Thank you for showing us your lovely aloe collection. Will you follow up on the suspected mites? Pests are really a nightmare! I just found a few mealybugs on a beautiful Mammillaria rubrograndis that I got from a reputable dealer in October. It was sitting on a windowsill with several other cacti from the same seller & none of them show any sign of pests. I picked the bugs off, sprayed it with alcohol & isolated it. It's silly, I know, but I get upset when I find bugs on a plant even though I know it's not the end of the world if I have to toss it out. It's not a child or pet, after all. 😎
Another awesome video
I’ve always passed on aloes. Didn’t know they can be so pretty. Thank you.
Gorgeous Aloes, Ana. That one definitely looks like it has Aloe mites. I recently read an article on those, what concerned me is they can infect Haworthia and Gasteria plants as well 😬 Apparently they are very difficult to get rid of because they don’t live on the surface of the plant, but rather inside the tissue so it’s difficult for spray treatments to work. A systemic miticide would hopefully deal with them. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Ana. Have a wonderful day and weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜☕️
I supposed that this could infect all Aloideae but wasn't finding any information. Thank you for telling us Daz! I've been reading about the sistemic miticides and it's a really concerning topic because it seems that they aren't useful once the plants show the damage but they are too toxic to use as preventing treatment for cultivators... and they are not sure about wich poison is the right one to use. Please, if you learn new things about this keep us informed 😘. Really concerning this microscopic arachnoid could end up killing species in their native habitats and threatening biodiversity 😔. Have a great weekend 💞!
@@cactusandfriends_by_vane Yeah from what I’ve read they’re pretty nasty pests and most just recommend to discard any infected plants as there isn’t many effective treatments available. They’re not as common on Haworthia and Gasteria but have been found in H. splendens, H. bayeri, H. picta, H. retusa, and H. springbokvlakensis. They’re microscopic as well and you only know a plant is infected once it starts to show damage, and they can be spread through the air 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
@@Cactimania Oh, thank you for telling me, dear friend 🙏. Good to know which species to care for 💞.
These pests are just so annoying! as much as you’d like to keep plants as organic as possible, it’s really tough not to have systemics to keep they safe and healthy. I don’t have much Aloes in my collection except for the miniature ones. Hopefully you can sort that issue out asap, Ana. All the best! 💪🏼🌺🌼🌸🌵💚
I was hopeful someone will tell me it is not Aloe mite. But, the consensus is loud and clear. Waaah! 😭 Thank you for all your advice. Tossed the infected one. But I’m still hanging on to the other offsets. Looks like there were 2 mother plants in that pot. Maybe I can save the other?… 🤔
Your aloes are beautiful!
You are my regular dose of mindfulness. :) Thank you Ana. Love from Blackheath, NSW. Australia (We're in Summer)
That is so heart-warming. I hope your summer is doing good and that it is not so hot. I can’t wait until we get some warmth over here. 🌞
That certainly looks like Aloe mites. You should get it away from the the other healthy Aloes and treat it🙏I enjoyed the video today😌🤲💖
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Take photos of the plant to C and S person for diagnosis and isolate the plant. If it is aloe mite it can be treated. Had one two years ago and after treatment it has not had any signs for two years. Still keep it isolated from my other plants
I have never heard of aloe mites I’m glad I watched this now I can look out for it. keep us updated
Yes it's Aloe mites at 12:41, and I've seen suspect dammages on other aloe leaves you've shown. There's different ways of treating it. Sevin is one of them, but I don't like to use pottentially harmfull chemicals.
Thank you!
Your stressed aloes are beautiful. Too bad for the sick one. I hope you can save her or at least you can separate the puppies and save them. Here in northern Italy it is sunny today. 10 degrees during the day and ice at night. As always there is a lot of humidity. I've only lost two plants so far, but we will see at the end of winter to do a loss count. Ciao Ana, have a good winter end for you and your plants! (let us know how you solve the problem) 🌵
Oh, I hope you don’t get any more plant casualties. Hang in there and good luck!
Your aloes look amazing, Ana💯!Those colours are a dream🥰☀️👏👏👏. I'm going to look for that firecracker🤩👌, I will tell you if I can find it in Spain. So sad 😬that infestation, aloe mites are hard to kill because they are inside the tissues of the plants. I've never seen that here but I read a lot in the net about the problems they cause to cultivators and gardeners. I suppose that you're going to look for a good sistemic miticide and protect the rest of your collection ASA 🙏.. I will get rid of the infested one as I told you on Instagram 🙈. I hope that you solve the problem easily, crossfingers for your plants 🤞🍀. We are experiencing a very confusing winter too, here at Valencia or the Mediterranean coast of Spain in general. Just a couple of weeks of rest period, then awakening for a month and now really cold temperature again🥴... Two rest periods in one winter?! No bueno, no good🙈... Let's see what happens. Have a great weekend 💞!
hi po ms anna🙏 beautiful cacti❤
Salamat. Pangit nga nila ngayon kasi puro kulubot. Nilalamig. Haha
Hello Ana, your collection is very nice! So sorry to see that the dreaded aloe mite has reared its ugly head in your beautiful aloes. I learned about them firsthand several years ago, and after having several plants wiped out (had to be thrown away), I got aggressive in fighting back. First, you must quarantine the infected plant. You also might want to space out the other aloes to slow or stop additional spread- aloe mite is very contagious! An aloe enthusiast in Australia wrote an article about his battle with aloe mites, and being a veterinarian, took a scraping of some affected plant tissue and looked at it under a microscope. He said aloe mites look very much like Demodex, a mite that affects the skin of animals. Demodex mites are treated with Ivermectin. There is a plant miticide called Abamectin, my guess is it's related to Ivermectin. I thought it was worth a try, otherwise the plants are dead. I bought a small bottle of it on ebay. Rather than spraying it, I dabbed some on directly to the diseased area with a cotton tip applicator. I can guarantee it will burn the plant in that spot. However, it does seem to kill the mites and I have managed to save some of my plants that were not too bad. The key is to catch it as early as possible, so now I inspect my plants frequently. Just be very careful with Abamectin, it is very toxic to turtles and tortoises. Hope that helps!
A mite that possibly affects animals and plants?! That sounds scary. 😮 Thanks for all the information that you shared. Very informative and useful!
The other thing I forgot to mention- an aloe plant may appear to be mite-free, but when it decides to bloom, the flower stalk and developing flowers will look gnarly and abnormal if there are mites within. Sneaky! In those cases, I will cut the stalk and dab Abamectin right on the cut, I think I'm hoping it will help the rest of the plant, possibly it does!
Im amazed at how many you have thats an impressive collection thank you for the tips and advice on cactus care i love cactus 😇👍👌
Your aloes are STUNNING Ana :-D and you have an INCREDIBLE collection, argh with the Aloe mites, I so hate these pests that harm our beloved plants, I have not experienced Aloe mites myself, I really hope that your Aloe will be ok and that your other Aloes won't get affected, our weather has been so mild and around 50F most days, far too mild for this time of year and my Matucanas are coming into bud in January haha, thanks so much for the wonderful update Ana, and keep us updated on how your Aloes get on, sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER from Hans and me from Ireland to Las Vegas for a super Sunday today XXXX
Got my Polskias in the heated section of the greenhouse, so far so good 🙂
I used to keep mine indoors or in the garage. But this year, I’m pushing them to their limits. Fingers (and toes) crossed.
@@CactusCaffeine Soon be spring 😊🌼
The colors on the aloes are great!! Your temps sound great compared to ours!! We woke up to °3 yesterday morning!! On my way to work it dropped to -°1!! As I got to work it warmed up to °1!! It made for a very cold day working in a warehouse. No heat in there!! I am unfamiliar with aloe mites! Never heard of this!! Spray that one good!!! Whatever mites they are!!! I would hit all the others too!!! Good luck Ana!!! Thanks for sharing Ana!! And letting us know about a new bug to look out for!! Uhoh!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, out to Las Vegas, have a wonderful weekend ahead!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍
-1 to 1?! Are you talking Fahrenheit? Yikes! I haven’t experienced that cold yet but it does not sound inviting. I hope all your plants are warm enough. I’ve seen videos of this aloe mite. They all ended up trashing the plant. I still can’t believe I actually have to deal with one.
@@CactusCaffeine YES!! this is °F! Have had to have the stove running wide open(damper) to burn hotter!! It got down to 40°F inside. Kinda what I consider red lining! So far so good. Today we woke up at 12°F. A little better. Supposed to warm a bit this week. It got up to 27°F for a high yesterday. With the sun out though it helped the greenhouse a bunch! Like having an extra heater!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍🌞
Your red-tinged aloe look amazing! Discovered my newest cactus had died yesterday. But if that's the only one I lose over winter, I'll be happy. 4 years in and I still haven't figured out the perfect winter conditions for all of my cactus. :)
I’m sorry about your newest cactus. The new ones are usually the ones that die on me too during their first winter. If only they can talk and tell us how they want to sleep. Lol! 🤣
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They are very beautiful!!! I love the little Aloe and hybrids, lovely colours!!!! I never had Aloe mite. I hope you can isolate the plant, luckily it has puppies !!!
I am hoping I can at least save the pups. Thanks Fernanda. I hope you don’t get these beasties in your garden.
@@CactusCaffeine I hear Laura Eubanks talk about Aloemite in her videos as she mentiones going to treat, this or that plant in her garden designs. So, there must be some kind of treatment, right? Just a thought...
I’m not taking the risk. It can wipe out my aloe collection. Thinking of tossing the infected plant. As for the offsets… hmmm 🤔
@@CactusCaffeine I think I would too. Good luck saving the puppies, fingers crossed 🤞🤞🍀🍀
How can i get cactus. I love them but have 0. Wish i had one
I suggest Isolating the infected plant and cutting all the infected parts and call out to the heavens on those mites
😂 That’s hilarious! Thanks.
Forgive me if I ask a lot of questions but I do love your videos I have learned so much from you! I live here in Palm Springs California and my cactus are doing wonderful here a lot of them are actually growing quite quickly! I have a question for you how do you get rid of gnats I don’t think they’re fungus gnats but they’re spreading And they are everywhere living in my soil! I’ve tried dusting the top with some cinnamon And hydrogen peroxide and the other suggestions? Thank you! My name is Tyler:)
Have you tried using the product Mosquito Bits? They are granules that you sprinkle on the soil. It kills the larvae of the gnats. For the the adult gnats, I just use the yellow sticky traps. Those traps catches even the big house flies! 😉 Good luck Tyler!
Your aloes are amazing. How often do you water an indoor aloe? Yours are so pretty.
Right now once a week since they are growing and are in terracotta pots.
Hai Anna, nice video.. Malaysia here in my place the rainy season weather. The condition of my cactus is all ok, but I had to reduce watering .. After watching your video, I am interested in planting aloe vera. Your aloe vera is so beautiful.😊
There are so many beautiful aloe hybrids created in Asia, too! Give it a try. 😉
Ya ana.. i will try to plant it later..😊
Thanks Anna... so can the aloes survive unheated winters?
They can’t take freeze. But our weather lately has not gone down below freezing so I’m taking advantage.
I hope you can save your aloe. Or at least some of the ones in that pot if you have to eliminate the one plant
Im so sorry for your aloe, hope you can save it. I had some of my cacti outside, they were doing great until once they got a little bit of rain , so they changed color, they all went from green to somelike purple color. Should i house them indoor?
Purple means they are cold. When you change your cactus position, do it gradually. Expose them to cold weather a few hours each day, increasing the hours until they can withstand 24 hours being outside. Don’t let them get below freezing unless they have a protection blanket over them. Many cacti will not tolerate freeze. Protect them if they are outside. Try not to get them wet for a long time. Good luck!
If you haven’t yet, check my Winter Care video. 😉 ua-cam.com/video/izK3MfZ7LSA/v-deo.html
@@CactusCaffeine 😁😁
None of my cactus are budding. I wonder what I'm doing wrong?
It is still too cold in there! 😉 Just be patient until your temperature warms up to the sixties
Do these cause hollow leaves full of air?
Can you use alcohol or some mite medications
Contact solutions will not work. It has to be a systemic one, I was told. 🤞 These mites are inside the tissues.
What does it mean when your aloe turns black around the center
Oh, is it soft? It might have rotted from the roots and travelled up. 🙁 I hope I’m wrong. Black spots can be fungus.
I've checked out my aloe with the black around the center of it and it is firm and solid but I'll keep an eye on it for the rest of the winter as we have more arctic coming in this week
Yes it is Allo mate take that one infected put it in the trash and a plastic bag immediately you have too many aloes they are gorgeous
-10°F here now 😁
Yikes! I’d be bundled up in bed all day with that temperature. 🥶 I hope your plant babies are protected. Keep yourself warm, too!
@@CactusCaffeine 😅 Not to worry. Our houses are toasty warm. This January has certainly been colder than average, but we're not breaking any long-term records. But I'm afraid almost all Canadians think that 45°F in January is really warm...
For me below 60F is already freezing cold! LOL!
@@CactusCaffeine Well, you were raised in a very warm environment. It's only normal 😊
Can i have some cactus seeds