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by DragonFish66
Thu May 18, 2017 3:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Can anyone id these cacti ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1863

Can anyone id these cacti ?

Does anyone know the species i'm guessing the first is notocactus sp and the second could be gymnocalycium bruchii ? cheers :) http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz200/Dragonfish66/Cacti/Notocactus%202_zpshu3qdlfk.jpg http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz200/Dragonfish66/Cacti/Notocactus%201_zps2vpt...
by DragonFish66
Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:31 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: John Innes composts
Replies: 22
Views: 10320

Re: John Innes composts

I'm pleased to hear Keith Singleton's JI is one of the better mixes as i've just started using it this year after using coir and perlite for a while, his garden center is only 3 miles down the road from me so is very handy he's about 45 miles south of Carlisle on the coast, i've also started getting...
by DragonFish66
Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:05 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Euphorbia name please
Replies: 3
Views: 1584

Re: Euphorbia name please

Looks like royleana to me i used to have one
by DragonFish66
Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Adeniums again
Replies: 6
Views: 2561

Re: Adeniums again

I got an adenium last year which doubled in size in the 3 months of the growing season just by been on a warm windowsill and been in a very fast draining mix i watered weekly and every other week used fertilizer, this year i have a load of seed to sow when it gets warmer, of what i've been told off ...
by DragonFish66
Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:23 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Floors for green houses ?
Replies: 18
Views: 6029

Re: Floors for green houses ?

After much thought and comments on here i've decided to go with a solid concrete floor with the back end of the greenhouse with a raised bed on top of the concrete slab for my biggest cacti & succulents, i'll be fitting a tube in for working at night also heating and a fan will be installed, i'l...
by DragonFish66
Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:15 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Floors for green houses ?
Replies: 18
Views: 6029

Re: Floors for green houses ?

Its prob going to be a 10ftx8ft one i had thought of the door been also raised and if its going to be a problem i'll be putting in a couple of steps in, but will wait and see first they can easily be added later
by DragonFish66
Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:50 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Floors for green houses ?
Replies: 18
Views: 6029

Re: Floors for green houses ?

Cheers everyone, my first thought before i started this thread was putting the footings around the outer edges and building up with solid concrete blocks to give me extra height was thinking about 7 or 8ft when finished then putting slabs down the center of the green house and the sides filled with ...
by DragonFish66
Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:25 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Floors for green houses ?
Replies: 18
Views: 6029

Floors for green houses ?

I'm about to order stuff for my new green house in the next few days and was wondering apart from paving slabs what does everyone use for the floor in there green houses ? just weighing up my options :)
by DragonFish66
Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:22 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: BCSS Seeds
Replies: 28
Views: 10786

Re: BCSS Seeds

I've ordered and got my seeds all were my first choice but i would like to order a 2nd time for a few i want but didn't get the 1st time round how do i go about doing this ? or is it 1 order per member ? cheers
by DragonFish66
Sat Dec 24, 2016 4:03 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Adenium flowers
Replies: 6
Views: 2527

Re: Adenium flowers

Thanks, everyone. :smile: I plan to use the tree as a motherplant - graft material onto other obesum rootstock. Its size? Well, the Smart Pot I am using is a 1 gallon container (3.8 L). I think that the globular caudex is about 8-9 cm at the soil line but I try to restrict the overall growth of my ...