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by Mr Crimson
Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:00 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Turbi-Power!
Replies: 6
Views: 1456

Re: Turbi-Power!

Nice specimens and shots!

These are definetly on my wishlist..
by Mr Crimson
Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:49 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: I've repotted an Echinopsis
Replies: 32
Views: 6177

Re: I've repotted an Echinopsis

haha :D

yes, it does.. maybe it would be an idea to make a new program, and compete with these mechanics-guys on Discovery ? Make cacti "hot-rods", graft new and modified heads and areoles ? :P
by Mr Crimson
Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:35 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: I've repotted an Echinopsis
Replies: 32
Views: 6177

Re: I've repotted an Echinopsis

I am not a veteran in this business, but for larger cacti I have: - twined a rope around it - made a couple of nooses as i go around it - hoisted it off the old pot - tediously picked old soil away - hoisted it into new pot & soil This might of course not be suitable for all cacti, but it is a r...
by Mr Crimson
Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:52 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: I've repotted an Echinopsis
Replies: 32
Views: 6177

Re: I've repotted an Echinopsis

Julie, that sounds like a brilliant idea :D

"If you love me, you have to love my cacti too!"
by Mr Crimson
Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:28 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: I've repotted an Echinopsis
Replies: 32
Views: 6177

Re: I've repotted an Echinopsis

wow, thats an impressive plant ! :)
I'd like to see a pic of it when blooming too..

So, should I find a girl and get married, or should I stick to my cacti ? :P
by Mr Crimson
Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:10 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Trithops repeating
Replies: 9
Views: 1736

Re: Trithops repeating

cool ! :)

I wonder how it will look like when it gets older and multiheaded..
by Mr Crimson
Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:52 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A welcome distraction
Replies: 28
Views: 5080

Re: A welcome distraction

I am more or less speechless ! :)
by Mr Crimson
Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:50 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Gratfs revisited
Replies: 9
Views: 1968

Re: Gratfs revisited

Allright, here is some shots of the Echinopsis subdenudatums. Really freaks, but a funny kind to graft. This funball looks like it has gone dichotomous (still not degrafted): [IMG]http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1713/echinopsis1ns4.th.jpg[/IMG] 14-headed weirdo: [IMG]http://img406.imageshack.us/i...
by Mr Crimson
Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:58 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Gratfs revisited
Replies: 9
Views: 1968

Re: Gratfs revisited

All of them, except the lophs, are appx. 4 months old. The lophs are around 5-5.5 months. I don't have any ariocarpi yet, but they are on my todo-list :) Got some Aztekiums going, but they are still too small to graft beeing 6 months old. I also have various Echinopsis'es. The subdenudata's really f...
by Mr Crimson
Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:02 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Mexican and South African flowers
Replies: 9
Views: 1772

Re: Mexican and South African flowers

Amazing, nice shots :)