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- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Sulphur chips as slow release substrate acidifier?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 467
Re: Sulphur chips as slow release substrate acidifier?
Maybe not locally but there are many types of peat-free pH4 ericaceous composts available online
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Sulphur chips as slow release substrate acidifier?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 467
Re: Sulphur chips as slow release substrate acidifier?
It will work - over time - but why not just ensure your potting mix is the correct pH to start with?
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 759
Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
Are they grafted? I really like them ![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Look what these caught.2023 trawl.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 854
Re: Look what these caught.2023 trawl.
Can someone please explain the point of catching and killing harmless insects?
Mealy bugs maybe so, but all others - no.
We should be helping them thrive, not killing them.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/202 ... years.html
Mealy bugs maybe so, but all others - no.
We should be helping them thrive, not killing them.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/202 ... years.html
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Cacti Without Soil
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1303
Re: Cacti Without Soil
I'd be interested to hear if anyone has tried growing in coco coir
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Website broken links
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1396
Website broken links
Not sure if this has been brought up before and I would contact the relevant person but none of the links on the contact page work:
https://bcss.org.uk/contacts/
Same with several others including the 'Contact the Shows Chairman' link here:
https://bcss.org.uk/bcss-national-plant-fair/
https://bcss.org.uk/contacts/
Same with several others including the 'Contact the Shows Chairman' link here:
https://bcss.org.uk/bcss-national-plant-fair/
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:56 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Not a welcome visitor
- Replies: 8
- Views: 911
Re: Not a welcome visitor
My greenhouse door & vents have an insect-proof mesh across them at all times
No unwelcome visitors![Thumbs Up (tu)](./images/smilies/smiley24.gif)
No unwelcome visitors
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- Thu Nov 24, 2022 12:41 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Using a dessicant dehumidifier in the greenhouse
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1176
- Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Using a dessicant dehumidifier in the greenhouse
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1176
Re: Using a dessicant dehumidifier in the greenhouse
I've had a Meaco Junior 8 for several years and it works fine. But you MUST remember to clean the grille every month or two or it will get clogged up and cause the machine to stop working; it might even overload it and damage it. Use a flexible to pipe to run the water outside to the drain, and you ...
- Tue Jul 19, 2022 2:56 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: How are you preventing scorch during the next few days?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1210
Re: How are you preventing scorch during the next few days?
I've had my E horizonthalonius for years and it's always been very healthy, flowers etc but today I notice it's been badly scorched
I thought it was a 'full sun' cactus? Perhaps not
![Sad :sad:](./images/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif)
I thought it was a 'full sun' cactus? Perhaps not