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- Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:17 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Meally bug outdoors
- Replies: 7
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Re: Meally bug outdoors
Like you Ive found the outdoor environment cleans normal plants, eg epiphyllums. I think its because predators can pick off the meally. I guess its the tight nit plants like sempervivums, hardy echeveria, opuntia joints that harbour them, but rarely enough to cause them grief. I suspect some spiders...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Meally bug outdoors
- Replies: 7
- Views: 539
Meally bug outdoors
I have found that both meallybug and root meally are surviving in alpine pots eg on sempervivums and hardy crassulas, even when we had temperatures well below zero. This summer by chance I noticed meally thriving and breeding on a large mahonia shrub, and last year on passion flower (had to chop it ...
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:03 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Selenicereus (Epiphyllum) chrysocardium
- Replies: 9
- Views: 555
Re: Selenicereus (Epiphyllum) chrysocardium
Mine grew very well for 2 seasons from a small cutting. I bought it inside after the cold snap killed many nearby greenhouse aloes..and the thin leaved epiphyllums and this looked very poorly. Would of dropped at least to 0 in the greenhouse it was in. In doors I ignored it and new growth became pro...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: Birmingham Autumn Show 1st October
- Replies: 4
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Birmingham Autumn Show 1st October
Autumn show shedule attached. Note parking details.... I hope this email finds you well and enjoying the end of summer. Our annual cactus and succulent show at Birmingham Botanical Gardens will be on Sunday 1st October. Please find the show schedule attached **PARKING HAS CHANGED** Parking is no lon...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Huernia macrocarpa?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 284
Re: Huernia macrocarpa?
Thanks Mike, Ill look it up. Maybe im recalling penzigii which flowered last year. Perhaps the other hasnt yet.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:50 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Huernia macrocarpa?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 284
Huernia macrocarpa?
Is this unlabelled plant Huernia macrocarpa?
I also have Huernia macrocarpa penzigii and Huernia macrocarpa concinnea, from memory flowers are similar but the plant stems are subtly different.
I also have Huernia macrocarpa penzigii and Huernia macrocarpa concinnea, from memory flowers are similar but the plant stems are subtly different.
- Fri Feb 17, 2023 6:43 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: Derek Castle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2775
Derek Castle
Fiona reported today with sad news, 'Im incredibly sad to let you know that much beloved Birmingham Branch legend Derek Castle passed away peacefully yesterday in hospital. He's been the heart and soul of the group for decades and I cannot express how much he will be missed. The most genuine and ple...
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:02 pm
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Aloe aff. montis-nabro
- Replies: 8
- Views: 698
Re: Aloe aff. montis-nabro
Hi Mike, is seed available to your knowledge, id like to have one to use in my talk on Eritrean succulents. That area of Eritrea is stunning. Vast saltplains, desert and lots of volcanoes.
Andy
Andy
- Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:42 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: Birmingham Branch 15th Nov Lithop talk
- Replies: 0
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Birmingham Branch 15th Nov Lithop talk
Dear all, it is with great pleasure that the Birmingham Branch is announcing that our next meeting to be held at Winterbourne gardens is on Tuesday 15th November. The car park should be open from 6.45pm, and we normally aim to start at 730. If you arrive just after 7 there's plenty of time for chatt...
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Soil mixes.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2879
Re: Soil mixes.
If your feeling ethical avoid some products, checking where they are quarried etc. Peat is very prescioys and irs food to avoid it to prirect wildlife, reduce global warming and save water supplies. Peat is in many compost products...but you can buy peat free compost and use in your mix. If fibrous ...