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by Jeff S
Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Pygmaeocereus
Replies: 8
Views: 605

Re: Pygmaeocereus

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They are little plants, but they will grow into a big clump given plenty of time, this one is bursting out of an 8" pot and is over 30 years old.
by Jeff S
Wed Jul 20, 2022 10:11 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Are you going to water your cacti
Replies: 26
Views: 2059

Re: Are you going to water your cacti

Hi, I tend to water late in the day, as the Sun is going down. This gives the water time to reach the roots? and the plants time to take it up, but it may not work that way. Mel. I believe that it is high night time temperatures that cause cacti to shut down, not high day time temperatures, so it w...
by Jeff S
Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Mealy bug on Lophophoras?
Replies: 9
Views: 1619

Re: Mealy bug on Lophophoras?

Tina wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:22 pm Has anyone found an extra large bottle of SB seems expensive for the small bottles
https://www.agrigem.co.uk/sb-plant-invigorator-5l
This place has 5l for £162, but I pay 14.99 for 500ml on Ebay so I don't think it's much of a bargain.
by Jeff S
Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:12 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus
Replies: 15
Views: 2061

Re: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus

Hello Tina, In my experience Strombocactus are quite variable in tubercle size and shape, look a these two, similar to the ones in your picture, but the one on the left is the parent of the one on the right.
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by Jeff S
Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:01 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus
Replies: 15
Views: 2061

Re: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus

Tony R wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:03 pm A wonderful display, Jeff! (tu)
But if I was able to keep 10 each of all my favourite plants, then I would need a greenhouse as large as those at Wisley or Kew. :wink:
True Tony, but it's not so bad when 10 of your favourite plants fit on a tea tray. (tu)
by Jeff S
Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:58 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus
Replies: 15
Views: 2061

Re: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus

I don't know Ralph, but the one mid right has a dead growing point, and now has about a dozen small offsets 1-2cm across, and they all flower but with little flowers. And of course the crest has lots of tiny flowers. I bought the one in the clay pot from Abbey Brook in the 1980's and it's the parent...
by Jeff S
Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:17 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus
Replies: 15
Views: 2061

Re: A Tea Tray of Strombocactus

Diane wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:45 pm Great display - especially the crest!
Thanks Diane, you mean the Mohican?
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by Jeff S
Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Stopping Ariocarpus flowering
Replies: 16
Views: 2521

Re: Stopping Ariocarpus flowering

It does seem strange that they say that you can't list Ariocarpus plants on Ebay, I have some of them on my Ebay watch list, and there are plenty of other Cites 1 plants for sale as well. The only plants they normally clamp down on are Lophophoras, and some of the Europeans list them as Ariocarpus t...
by Jeff S
Sat Jan 23, 2021 1:13 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Brexit deal and imports
Replies: 228
Views: 35845

Re: Brexit deal and imports

I made a post earlier in this thread about a plant I ordered on Jan 1st from Poland. Well it arrived safely yesterday, I paid 20% vat at point of sale on Ebay, but no phyto was involved. In my experience 3 weeks is about par from Poland, as the seller didn't post it until last Monday, is this just l...