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by ragamala
Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: BCSS Seed List December 2021
Replies: 81
Views: 7850

Re: BCSS Seed List December 2021

In the UK, 10% of the population live in digital poverty, with no access to online services including forums and online purchasing sites and online banking. For them, often their only methods of purchase are paper catalogues and cheques other than face-to-face shopping. Just because we are fortunat...
by ragamala
Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
Replies: 100
Views: 12497

Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS

Ali Baba wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:12 pm What’s the practical decision I should make? What is morally the right thing to do?
Have you considered harakiri? :wink:

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by ragamala
Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:10 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
Replies: 100
Views: 12497

Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS

I try not to interfere with free speech but I will comment on the above. I should hope not, indeed. I don't see why you even have to make that comment. Nevertheless your input is welcome. Just so this is perfectly clear the IUCN is International Union for Conservation of Nature and I have been work...
by ragamala
Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:57 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
Replies: 100
Views: 12497

Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS

To me it is just mental acrobatics to accept that any species discovered in Mexico before 1997 is perfectly OK to NEED to grow, and any species discovered in any other country right up to today is perfectly OK to NEED to grow, but if you NEED to grow a Mexican species discovered after 1997 it shows...
by ragamala
Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:41 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
Replies: 100
Views: 12497

Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS

But how is this different from any other plant that is considered to be legal? I agree. We do not "need" to grow any exotic plant. However, human nature being what it is, we must accept that many have had pleasure for many decades in cultivating interesting and beautiful non-native plants...
by ragamala
Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:34 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
Replies: 100
Views: 12497

Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS

el48tel wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:13 pm
Alan ... not only are you right .... you have the strength and conviction to stand by this. I wish others would.
Thanks for the support, eltel. I dithered for ages before putting my hand in what migh be a vipers nest.

Thanks too Chris L for your message.
by ragamala
Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:49 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
Replies: 100
Views: 12497

Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS

I know that this is not the first time, nor the last, that this discussion comes up. I know you've been active in some of these discussions, ragamala, and I respect your thoughts on the matter. I know you're an environmentalist and know a lot about the subject. My understanding that the law passed ...
by ragamala
Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS
Replies: 100
Views: 12497

Re: Illegal Cacti and the BCSS

I have read the posts here with some raising of eyebrows, and feel obliged to support Pattock, who has never gone unreasonably beyond the position he set out in the OP. Karl R has not represented his knowledge or his side of the argument well, IMO, despite the vocal support. The way I understand the...
by ragamala
Fri Jun 04, 2021 2:00 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A little help/advice
Replies: 31
Views: 3594

Re: A little help/advice

I always now sterilise by microwave. I might well not do this and have success, not only with germination but continued growth, I don't know, I have sterilised (using the old sterilising steam bucket technique decades ago!) but the question I would ask is - Is there any argument AGAINST heat sterili...
by ragamala
Tue May 18, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Has anyone tried the peat-free John Innes?
Replies: 34
Views: 4471

Re: Has anyone tried the peat-free John Innes?

Things have taken a new turn with the confirmation that sales of peat-based composts will be banned from 2024. Thank goodness - at last - after a decade of refusal by the industry to comply with advice which was only just that - advisory and not compulsory. The devil is in the detail, whether the ba...