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- Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:14 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
- Replies: 100
- Views: 12497
Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
This all is a reason I have switched torwards echinopsis and astrophytum hybrides. And planning to make own echinocereus hybrides. One can grow unlimited number of plants that nobody possess. BCSS members still look suspiciously on hybrides and prefer natual location plants. That opinion makes deman...
- Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: polycarbonate recommendations
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1778
Re: polycarbonate recommendations
Installed this 60m2 and 3,2m high greenhouse this spring after returning to Latvia. It have 6mm polycarbonate. Had to shade with 30% shading net on 3 sides as some plants got burned on move in this spring. Highest temperature was 60C which killed all mealy bugs I had but even smallest seedlings did ...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:48 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Gerardo
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1533
Re: Gerardo
I been waiting my order from them for about 8 weeks. Honesty I already consider to spend that money elsewhere,
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: How the mighty have fallen
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2070
Re: How the mighty have fallen
Rodsmith yours is not trichocereus scopulicola. Scopulicola is completely spineless. yours is Pachanoi.
- Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Meths and mealy eggs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5821
Re: Meths and mealy eggs
If I had to use meth or isopropyl do I need to dillute it or spray and soak directly on plant?
- Sat Aug 03, 2019 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Trichocereus pachanoi
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7588
Re: Trichocereus pachanoi
Thanks Eric for good words. At least some oeople are decent. I had them in orewiew and there everything was ok. Actually because of this flower plant leaned forward and flower itself as well so was not the easiest photos to take balancing around some other big plants behibd me. For rest of you guys ...
- Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:02 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Trichocereus pachanoi
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7588
Trichocereus pachanoi
Just white and not fully opened but still nice flower
- Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:25 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Chamaelobivia start of collection
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1340
Chamaelobivia start of collection
Recent visit to southfield cactus nursery. First step to acquire full Lincoln collection and then proceed to Bourne echinopsis collection.
- Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Mycorrhizal fungi
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4185
Re: Mycorrhizal fungi
I use Thenutrient company micorrhiza and bacteria mix. 2 table spoons 50g) on 15 litres of jondo chick grit 70% JI 30% plants grow much quicker in such mix.
- Mon May 13, 2019 8:59 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Fans for ventilation?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4438
Fans for ventilation?
Hello fellow cacti growers. As weather is getting warmer again arise an issue with ventilation. All the time I used desktop fans for cooling my consercatory but they just keep burning off after a season. Where to source some proper durable greenhose fans which would provide good air movement and wil...