Just to be a little argumentative; Today I was at a well know national garden centre and noticed all the cacti and succulents recently added to stock are all looking well growing in a peat based compost with little or no drainage in plastic plots. A common practice by the Dutch growers who produce m...

Brilliant. One of the best informative threads for a good while.

I live near Stockton on Tees. In Februar2023 I was getting a bit worried about all the dry weather because my water butts were getting a bit low. I wanted some rain, well I wish I had not asked for it because since then we had almost permanent sodden ground in the entire area. Its never dried out in...

That's my lot, done my bit to pad out the entries a bit.

Last one. Lithops. Like my brain one half working the other dormant

Another Lithops. leslieri 'albinica'

Lithops. Taken today in the greenhouse with sun shining through. It has not been color touched just re sized a little. I dont' know why the blue tinge has appeared. Maybe something to do with the polycarbonate sheet on the inside of the greenhouse glass.

Ernie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:13 pm Trichadiadema densum. An appropriate name its like a jungle in there. Another plant I got from Whitestone 20 years ago. Its grown a great deal since then.P1030144.JPG

The flower

Conophytum

Trichadiadema densum. An appropriate name its like a jungle in there. Another plant I got from Whitestone 20 years ago. Its grown a great deal since then.