Penny, these plants are not getting nor have they gotten TOO MUCH water. They are high and dry in every way. No fog, very little rain and HOT HOT HOT. It has been in the 90's for months now. I am not counting anything out. I am going to accept living in ignorance of a true cause. I don't have the time to send it out to the the ag guys for evaluation. I am just going to throw some remedies at it and pray it works. I am way to busy for this to take up too much more time. My J O B has taken over my life. I grow cactus because I can ignore them 95% of the time. Cactusmcharris, LOL And you thought this was a stigmata on my middle finger encured by a empaled cactus needle? If Mothra laid an egg, I could not find the little cur. Glad I could make you laugh. I did not think about the confusion of the countless people who on googling about their infected wounds found themselves staring ata cactus pad on a garden site. LOL. How thoughtless of me.

I've not read the blog, but have seen hundreds of photos of arabicums that they create. Choochart or someone that works for him is very talented. They grow beautiful arabicums. Some almost look unreal due to the detail someone goes to refining both branch and roots. In that I'm very impressed. I came from a bonsai background long before I developed an interest in succulents. A lot of the rules or guidelines I learned as a person that once ran a bonsai nursery still play an important role in how I approach things today. I look at Choochart's stuff and I see someone that comes from a background of a very artistic approach to adenium and then later developing an interest in bonsai. There are some fundamental rules or guidelines they either ignore or don't understand. That's just an observation, not a criticism. I see beautiful plants with over exposed snake like roots mounded on a hill of soil dwarfed by massive pots. In my opinion that's not a good balance. This is merely an opinion and not really intended to be a slight in any way towards him. We see adeniums entirely different in the way we approach succulents and bonsai. You may love that approach and that's fine. A lot of people do. I see the entire composition (plant, placement, soil, and pot) as having to all balance one another to the point where one doesn't overpower any other the other parts or become a distraction. With him it seems it's all about the plant and with no thought at all about pot shape or dimensions of pot to plant ratio. Having said all that, some of his larger champion plants are to die for. They are so big he can't over pot them. Some of those massive plants he and other growers own are in the $250,000.00 price range. randy

When patching old plaster which has had some minor water damage, i preferred to use a non-water based primer, either BIN shellac of Cover Stain oil. Water just seems to aggrevate the situation and will not block brown water stains. The fuzzy look of the plaster is effervescence alkali leeching out. You're lucky the whole scratch coat of plaster is not coming down! I don't disagree with Paintguy's patching methods. My patch material of choice was drywall "hot mud". Hot mud dries chemically, rather than air drying. It shrinks less than normal mud and can be applied with a deeper coat and still dry within the stated time on the label; 5,20,45 minutes, etc. i personally think it adheres better too, especially where thinly feathered out.

As if the outer skin sort of bubbled up, developed an air pocket between the skin and the pod? I have seen that happen with older, more mature beans, those picked a bit past their prime. Have also seen it develop when there are fluctuations in pressure during processing. The pressure forces air between the skin and the pod body. The clue to that would be if you had any siphoning of liquid out of the jars. IME the air pockets disappear as the jars cool and the beans settle. Assuming you actually used a pressure canner rather than a pressure cooker and that you processed according to the current guidelines of 25 min at pressure for your altitude, and the seals hold then yes, they should be safe to consume. Sorry for all the disclaimers but you don't indicate exactly what you did so I have to CMA. ;-) Dave