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by MrSlinkyDragon
Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: Greenhouse Tours
Topic: My greenhouse :3
Replies: 2
Views: 8959

My greenhouse :3

Here is my 6x4 greenhouse. I mainly use it for over wintering but this year i had my most of my canary island plants in there. The greenhouse is at my sisters as i dont have the room in my garden... and the door is propped up with the wheelie bin because the rollers broke withing a day of putting th...
by MrSlinkyDragon
Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:10 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cactus World Live, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2019
Replies: 55
Views: 19357

Re: Cactus World Live, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2019

Hey all, im wondering who the person is who was selling the large plants with no price tags just a sign saying no serious offer turned down (or something like that) in the marque on the right as you entered through the gate house. He also ran the 75p per pot or 3 for 2 pound (i think) stall and was ...
by MrSlinkyDragon
Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:31 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: My growing collection
Replies: 12
Views: 6822

My growing collection

Here is my collection thus far (minus the aloiampelos straituta) most i got from cactus world live Africana Albiflora Brevifolia Broomii Cameronii Deltoideodonta descoingsii Erythrephylla Jucunda Longistyla Megalacantha Microstigma Parvula Sp. (Possibly morijensis) Sp. Cultivar Somaliaensis Tagelifo...
by MrSlinkyDragon
Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:10 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aloe metallica
Replies: 0
Views: 3979

Aloe metallica

Has anyone photoed/seen and/or grown this species from angola? Cant find much info on it (besides what is written in aloes:the definitive guide)
by MrSlinkyDragon
Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:36 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Have I gone mad?
Replies: 8
Views: 2726

Re: Have I gone mad?

If it grows it grows.
by MrSlinkyDragon
Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:02 am
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Leaf cuttings
Replies: 8
Views: 5559

Re: Leaf cuttings

Thought so, always worth to ask :)
by MrSlinkyDragon
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:40 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Huernia leachi
Replies: 12
Views: 2604

Re: Huernia leachi

Some ceropegia smell like dying bees to attract kleptoparasitic flies :)
by MrSlinkyDragon
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:16 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Leaf cuttings
Replies: 8
Views: 5559

Re: Leaf cuttings

Just to clarify, im curious not a gardening noob :p
by MrSlinkyDragon
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:11 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Leaf cuttings
Replies: 8
Views: 5559

Leaf cuttings

Can aloes be propagated from leaves? I know they will root from stems, pups and seed but could i grow one from a detached leaf? I ask because i broke a leaf off one of my cameronii and would hate to see it go to waste... if not oh well ^_^
by MrSlinkyDragon
Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:01 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Aloidendron ramosissimum from cuttings
Replies: 9
Views: 4744

Re: Aloidendron ramosissimum from cuttings

Fair enough. I am in the process of going to soil based. I potted up some of my collection today using a 3:2:2 mix of john innes 2, perlite and sharp sand, its similar to my standard mix but with john innes and more sand and perlite