Haha yes indeed, you do live in the tropical south :lol: Here in Aberdeenshire, being on the east coast, we probably are drier- but this area is very exposed to wind, with few trees (i.e. the rain is often horizontal) and the temperature is usually colder. I suffer from the same problem as you Richa...

Very exciting Florent. I wish you all the best of luck with the trip!
Hopefully you will get a chance to update the blog and facebook page as you travel along.
I very much look forward to reading the news & seeing the results.
Paul Doyle

Welcome!

A reasonable batch of Ferocactus seedlings this year. Mostly from Mesa and Khores, with maybe about 50% of the packets producing anything- as you can see a bit mixed. Seems to be more of a moss problem than usual as well. I find that unlike the other seedlings I grow, Ferocactus responds better if t...

I've done that in the past too. I caught two woodmice which had got into the compost bin, one of which had a distinctive mark near the ear. I took them about a half mile away and let them go. The next day the two mice were back in the compost bin.

Excellent!

Hi Claire, Cacti being in small pots is more to do with cultivation rather than what the plants like. In the wild, of course, they don't grow in pots! The roots can grow wherever there is soil. In cultivation there is a danger of rot caused by wet soil not drying out quickly enough after watering, s...

Exactly.
We should make our voices heard about this.

I've gleaned from farmer's weekly that the ban is from 1st December and the wording isn't published yet.

The latest batch of Provado aerosol I bought has Thiacloprid so I guess they have already changed. Do you have a link for the detail of the ruling Ian?