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by Chris L
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seed raising compost
Replies: 10
Views: 457

Re: Seed raising compost

Eric Williams wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:22 pm Hi Simon thanks for reply. I go from page 1 to page 6 next page is 44 lol. Don’t know what’s going on. Cheers
Try the right arrow. The dots between 6 and 44 are sort of "hidden" pages. They are there, but the dots prevent a whole list of numbers appearing 1 to 44
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by Chris L
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Re-potting and itchy eyes
Replies: 7
Views: 432

Re: Re-potting and itchy eyes

Most likely dust. Timely reminder that any form of airborn dust can be dangerous to ones health. Not nice, but I used to work with salvaged goods (smoke, fire, flood damage etc) and after any day spent with dusty items I was able to blow my nose and "it" usually came out with traces of bla...
by Chris L
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: The first day of meteorological spring approaches
Replies: 8
Views: 467

Re: The first day of meteorological spring approaches

When the clocks change at the earliest.
by Chris L
Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seed germination
Replies: 6
Views: 378

Re: Seed germination

The trick I found with seeds is (up to a point depending on your space) is to go big. I always tried to plant lots of seeds with the expectation that I would always loose a percentage of them. 20% off 10 is 8, 20% off 100 is 80. Having more seeds hides the losses as it were. . . They'll sort themsel...
by Chris L
Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: latest con
Replies: 14
Views: 946

Re: latest con

I don't generally get spam - and if I do it goes in the spam folder. The only spam I get like this "can I ask a favour" is from people connected to the BCSS. I've found the emails in my deleted folder and checked the "raw messages" and Bill has signed off as BILL, exactly has he ...
by Chris L
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Huge trichocereus terscheckii plus flowering agave in inherited Essex garden
Replies: 10
Views: 802

Re: Huge trichocereus terscheckii plus flowering agave in inherited Essex garden

I like the way that the fence is held up by the plant......

If the plant did fall over that concrete post and the brick wall don't stand a chance.

:shock: :shock: :shock:
by Chris L
Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: latest con
Replies: 14
Views: 946

Re: latest con

This isn't BCSS specific (though it does seem to happen a lot). It is just one of those things that happens from time to time. Usually the spam filters get it, but occasionally they don't. They just need blocking and deleting. Telling the person "who it is from" won't help as there is noth...
by Chris L
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: BCSS AGM 2024 - Unappealing photo!
Replies: 17
Views: 1490

Re: BCSS AGM 2024 - Unappealing photo!

If I might explain the process of how a listing is made it might help people understand better. To tell us about events people need to log in to the website and use the correct page to submit the event. This is done by filling in a simple form which asks for a the event name, date/time, a contact an...
by Chris L
Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: BCSS AGM 2024 - Unappealing photo!
Replies: 17
Views: 1490

Re: BCSS AGM 2024 - Unappealing photo!

I am the person who does the events listings and I would dearly love there to be a better picture than that, but that is the image was supplied to use last year . If any one wants to make a proper poster I would be very happy to see if we can consider swapping the image. The events listings in gener...
by Chris L
Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cacti Without Soil
Replies: 9
Views: 1285

Re: Cacti Without Soil

I've switched to pumice. Plants seem much happier in my conditions. Words of caution though. ALL the soil and old fine roots need removing before potting into pumice, and expect plant losses. You'll know when it works as you'll be able to pick the pot up by the plant body and everything will stay in...