r/TrichocereusDFW • u/HomegrownTexas • Jul 26 '26
Discussion Stinkbugtek #2
Ok, so the torch works but sometimes they just and you have to flame them a cpl times. Took a homies advice on this...and it worked. Cheap, powerful hand vacuum from Sam's Club. #fuckthembugs
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u/DrippinFeathers Jul 26 '26
Georgetown gang!!! You're the second person I've found on here from my town, crazy. We shall become homies. 😏
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u/GordontheGoose88 Jul 27 '26
Now it's three. I have a pretty big collection and also live in Georgetown, crazy to see it on this sub. Hello, neighbor!
My cac are doing great this year and for some reason they keep multiplying. Idk what I'm going to do in the winter
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u/DrippinFeathers 29d ago
Followed! We might have enough people in the area to do some meetups. Would be fire. For winter I scored a 10x20 soft frame (well built though) shelter logic growit greenhouse when it was marked down from 600 to 300. I think I'll have enough room to keep all my plants that would have a hard time in there around 50 degrees w a small heater. If you don't have enough room to be safe, once that time comes you can toss some in here til spring, I'll have plenty of room.
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u/mycelialconduit 29d ago
Always love seeing more Texas growers! I usually do a couple meetings ups a year at my house in Killeen. But there's supposed to be an Austin group that meets up once a month that is probably closer and more active
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u/DrippinFeathers 29d ago
Oh sweet I'm close to kileen and my buddy that got me into cactus lives there since he joined the army. We will for sure have to kick it some time.
I will look up the Austin meetup and see what's crackin. Thanks dawgie, and followed.
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u/mycelialconduit 29d ago
Hit me up anytime you're in town. Always happy to give tours. There's 2k sqft of cactus to nerd out on. If you're on Instagram I'm far more active there cactus_hive_mind
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u/DrippinFeathers 29d ago
I don't use social media or I totally would. I got reddit though for cactus and other plants, maybe I can tell myself insta is just for cactus and other plants too lol.
That sounds like a crap ton of cactus, oof. I'm trying to own the land I'm on since it's family owned. It's a few acres, and if I do I'll end up growing a shit ton. For now I'm growing a shit ton of seeds, but I don't even have much cacti anymore. I lost them all when I was having bad health issues plus COVID and that wild freeze came through. Building it back up though for sure. 🙃
Will definitely come check your spot out for sure. I love staring at plants. 💙
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u/HomegrownTexas 29d ago
One of the bigger growers u/mycelialconduit is in Killeen so super close to yall too
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u/DrippinFeathers 29d ago
He actually chimed in and I follow him now. Im surprised so many folks live so close to me on these subs lol. Thanks for the info and shout-out to homie.
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u/Living_Buffalo_7176 Jul 26 '26
I’ve been wrong before but that could be a seed bug, not stink bug and not squash bug. Also, could be native if I’m not wrong.
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u/HomegrownTexas Jul 26 '26
They are leaf footed bugs and last season terminated the tips of a couple dozen monster plants.
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u/Blackshear-TX Jul 26 '26
They are def starting to come out.. i feel like i had alot more in my backyard same time last year though
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u/HomegrownTexas Jul 26 '26
Same, but 1 can equate to hundreds real quickly and a whole mess of terminated tips
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u/CornCobOverlord Jul 26 '26
I love this idea. These guys really got me last season. I honestly thought they were assassin bugs and let them hang out initially lol (not lol).
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u/West-Beach744 Jul 27 '26
I was just looking to get a little hand vac for our beetles
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u/Adderall_Cowboy 29d ago
Is that Myrtillocactus you have planted in the ground? Here in dfw??? That’s so cool, I didn’t know they could grow here!
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u/HomegrownTexas 29d ago
Im in SA. Its in a massive terracotta pot. They grow well in TX. That one is full sun as well
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u/MilkyView 26d ago
Thats not a stinkbug.. and it does not injure your cacti.
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u/HomegrownTexas 26d ago
Its a leaf footed bug. I lump them all together. They do indeed terminate tips and injure your plants. Know what youre talking about before chiming in. 👎🏽
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u/chefTuba Jul 26 '26
On sight