Jondo do a very good range of grit of different sizes. OK if you can find a supplier locally to pick it up, perhaps an agricultural supplier. Delivery probably triples the price!

jondogrit.com

The four flint grits.

Very interesting, thanks Terry.

What I love about adromischus if there are problems like this is that you can detach a leaf and root again, and dispose of the soil.

Rather on the late side but Cactus World and the seed list arrived yesterday. Which got me thinking ...

Have field collection references gone out of fashion? A lot of seeds on the list have location details ( but plenty do not have) but no collection references.

I received a letter postmarked 22 November yesterday. No surprise that Cactus World has not arrived. Looking on the bright side it should arrive by the end of the month. I will look out for the mentions of Lindsey Deaves, who I never met or spoke to, but thoroughly enjoyed plant exchanges with, and ...

Rest assured that you are one of many who are very attached to their cacti and succulent plants

Very interesting and a good outdoor set up. The shelter is impressive. Due to nothing other than shortage of greenhouse space I put my aeoniums and a large opuntia outdoors in spring. They’ve never done so well but are back under cover under glass now. I’ve not seen opuntia flower outdoors in UK and...

Very interesting and a good outdoor set up. The shelter is impressive. Due to nothing other than shortage of greenhouse space I put my aeoniums and a large opuntia outdoors in spring. They’ve never done so well but are back under cover under glass now. I’ve not seen opuntia flower outdoors in U and ...

The flower stem is adromischus and not crassula but easy mistake to make.Interesting post Eric.

Hat off to you for reviving my thread but I never managed to source anything close to what we are both looking for, but I am still looking.