Ah, Driftwood, a great addition to any rock garden. Where I used to live, the skeleton of fallen branches of the the tall cactus, Cholla, was great addition to any garden. Wish I had saved and taken some to CA where I live now. Small pieces of the skeleton would look nice in my semp bed now.

Cholla Cactus and Cholla Cactus Skeleton

Ah yes - cool stuff. Should one die in my proximity, I'll let you know!

Tarev,

Would you let me know how much dish liquid,tabasco,alcohol to how much water you use for bugs on your plants? I would much rather try that than an insectide.

I just have a spray bottle of water and I put a drop or two of dishwashing liquid, a tbsp of tabasco sauce and a tsp of alcohol. Before I do not put the tabasco sauce..but I read it somewhere and tried adding it..it works very well versus the pesky aphids. Shake well, and I do the spraying early in the morning before the sun hits the plants.

Just pray a breeze doesn't come up and blow that concoction back on you, lol!

I bet that just about any amount of that would kill most pests.

Oh I have my goggles on when I spray anything just in case ..

And gloves! You probably are smarter than I am and use them when dealing with spiny things, anyway.... *duh* ... or are your succulents all non-spiny?

Most of my succulents are non-spiny..but I do have a collection of cacti, they are in their own pot, so I know to be very careful in handling them

Well, let me know if you need some spines in your life, lol...