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- Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:19 pm
- Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
- Topic: February 2019 - Astrophytum
- Replies: 5
- Views: 251
Re: February 2019 - Astrophytum
Here are some of my Astrophytum photos: Astrophytum asterias super kabuto flower 4 July 2013 (6).JPG Astrophytum capricorne 10 flowers 23 Aug 2012 (2).jpg Astrophytum flowers 20 July 2014 (2).JPG Astrophytum myriostigma flower 10 July 2015 (3).JPG Astrophytum capricorne flower 27 June 2015.JPG
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:58 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: WIsh I had had my Camera with me!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 355
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Tesco,s finest
- Replies: 7
- Views: 661
Re: Tesco,s finest
That is good news. Thanks for the info, Jim.
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:05 am
- Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
- Topic: February 2019 - Astrophytum
- Replies: 5
- Views: 251
February 2019 - Astrophytum
Message for SpikyMike. As you won the January competition it's your turn to choose the subject for February. 

- Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:12 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: BEF pots
- Replies: 15
- Views: 984
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Sansevieria at Lidl
- Replies: 2
- Views: 354
Re: Sansevieria at Lidl
Lidl often have sansevieria of different varieties among their plants for sale and I've picked up a couple over the past 12 months. They are very reasonably priced and usually in good condition.
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Top dressing for succulents
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3871
Re: Top dressing for succulents
I've used Tesco "best" cat litter (no longer available apparently) as a constituent of my plant mix for the past 8 years and it has never gone slimy.
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:19 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Top dressing for succulents
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3871
Re: Top dressing for succulents
Conversely from Stevium's policy, I use a top dressing of small stones/large grit on all my succulent plants. I agree it is a nuisance if you accidentally knock a pot over but soil would probably spill out anyway. The received wisdom as I understood it is that a top dressing of small stones deters s...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:57 pm
- Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
- Topic: January 2019 - My Favourite Plant(s)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2390
Re: January 2019 - My Favourite Plant(s)
I have two plants to enter. I like all my plants (why else would I grow them!) but these two are special because I grew them both from seed sown in 1975. The first is Notocactus leninghausii which I had to re-root in 2010 having cut off the bottom section due to rot. This photo of the plant in flowe...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:35 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Time for a name change?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 5318
Re: Time for a name change?
Succulent Times Quarterly 
