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- Thu May 18, 2017 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Can anyone id these cacti ?
- Replies: 2
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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...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:31 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: John Innes composts
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10394
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...
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Euphorbia name please
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1585
Re: Euphorbia name please
Looks like royleana to me i used to have one
- 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 ...
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:23 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Floors for green houses ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6041
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...
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Floors for green houses ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6041
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
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:50 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Floors for green houses ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6041
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 ...
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:25 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Floors for green houses ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6041
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
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:22 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: BCSS Seeds
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10791
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
- 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 ...