1. Is indeed Fenestraria rhopalophylla (baby toes), but mine is super leggy. Looks nothing like the images I saw. I hope those toes straighten up. 2. If it is echeveria decora, will mine do this? If so, HOW???? (: I love the purple tint. 3. Bummed that 3 is exactly the same as what I already have (#4). :/ was hoping it was something new. Oh well (: 5. Yup. Totally is Aeonium castello-paivae f. variegata 'suncups'. Will they remain small? Gosh, I hope it recovers, it was a total rescue...I loved the dainty little flowers. 6. Yep, totally Cereus peruvianus f. monstrosus. I saw pics with red fruits that some called apples...looks neat, never had them can't wait for them to give fruit. (: You guys are all amazing! So quick and spot on with the names. Thx so much!

I'm in the same boat, but with peppers. I had one that developed brown streaks on the stem, then the lower branches wilted, and there were brown patches on the leaves of those branches, and then it showed up on the pods. The plant was loaded too! It only took a couple of days. I ripped the plant out, and am hoping it doesn't spread to any of the other plants. After doing some research, my best guess is fusarium wilt, which I found can live in the soil for several years, and effects anything in the nightshade family, plus basil and things in the mint family. Looks like I'll be doing some crop rotation next year. I wish I knew enough to identify your problem, but maybe Steve, or Jay, or David will see your post and comment. They've been growing tomatoes longer than the rest of us and may have run across something similar before. Best wishes on the rest of your season! Bonnie

Cheryl Yes, while jades can handle some soil as a part of mix, gritty/gravely mix is good - great drainage, air exchange. I think pruning depends on your 'vision' of finished plant. I personally like them potted single, with thick trunk. Others may have different likes. I like bonsai styles, but don't have enough knowledge... I would prune all of the branches - make them short; most likely I would cut off the thick one and pot it as separate plant. It is good time to do it. Yes to acclimatizing, especially if they were indoors for a while. Also if re-potting and pruning - I would keep them in some dapple shade/filtered sun to begin with (not necessary to bring them in), and keep putting into more sun every 2/few days (I don't know where you are). Here is photo of one with 'extra' branch, before: (there are many good threads on pruning on this forum - search for 'chopping jades')and after: If you like to start new thread, after opening Cacti& Succulent forum, there is large 'box' on top; put title of your thread in top column (where it sayz Example title), and continue with text & photos below. I wouldn't start new one on this subject - it's already 'running' and would be duplication. You could put zone/general location next to your name, it will eliminate questions "where are you located" :) Rina

Since all of your plants are doing the same thing then best bet is mis-labeled plants. But that still doesn't mean they can ever be identified with any degree of accuracy. Even when ripe it will still just be guesses. Whether one calls it a pear, a heart, or a paste, there are just far too many similar varieties, hundreds of them. And the leaf type - regular leaf - means it can't even be narrowed down. Best bet would be to take the pics to the person you bought them from, the one who grew the plants. They may be able to at least narrow it to 8 or 10 possibilities. If you go to Tatiana's Tomatobase and type "regular leaf pear' (or paste or heart) into the search box you'll see the problems. Several hundred varieties will come up. Just gorw and enjoy it and don't worry about putting a name on it. Dave