I'd be cautious about the sudden reintroduction of a lot of water. If it isn't given a chance to gradually adapt you may get a lot of unsightly leaf splits.

Maybe someone could suggest that Harold try kickstarter or one of its ilk in order to manage self publishing. That way the people who want the book could front him the cost of a self-published endevour.

Yeah there are very under detailed claims in that press release. I am not sure how a change in the naming system will auto-magically lead to faster identification. It almost sounds like what he wants to do is assign some sort of checksum to a representation of the genetic code of each existing separ...

The advantage of hard plastic containers is that I can easily shade them by lying some screen over the top of the containers with no worries of it collapsing the baggie and putting condensation covered plastic in contact with the seedlings. I only use this a stage two and gradual hardening off thoug...

I use the plastic containers from packaged salads and roast chickens. The only issue is that tall plant labels are a no go with them.

Echeveria Longissima by srboisvert, on Flickr

I like to put a piece of screen in the bottom of pots that will sit outdoors just to make it more difficult for slugs to crawl in.

I don't mind a slow download. Things can download in the background while I do other things. But what is wrong with the site? There is a script running that slows down my computer when I try to visit a page. I ran away from the website as soon as my computer allowed me too. I don't think that scrip...

If you are on facebook you might enjoy these: https://www.facebook.com/Rodwraylva/media_set?set=a.10152400009103066.1073741866.710138065&type=3 (You might remember Andries Cilliers as the fella who got mugged taking habitat photos a while back. ) A set of mesembs and others in habitat https://ww...

It's a bit further out of the way but I'd absolutely visit Cok Grootscholten Succulent World.

http://www.succulenta-kwekerij.nl/en/en_frames.htm