Hi Chez2 , I hadn't thought of that ...flyspray that is . It has a horrible smell though .....ugh ! So anyway ,where would you buy the little puffer bottle for the Diatomaceous Earth ? Hi Herts Mike , Oh my goodness ! An Insectivorous plant that's an awesome idea! :grin: I ,ve just got to try that ...

They look like common semps. We buy them for £1.25 for a decent sized pot from our local nursery. The birds dig our red ones up but last year I gave a bucket full away, they grow so quickly.

To get rid of scarid flies I give a quick spray of household fly spray. Repeat every few days or when you seen new flies hatch. I haven't used DE on my plants, I use it on my chickens though. You can get little puffer bottles to apply DE.

Mine have never rotted off Wayne and I have been using this mix for well over a decade. I do sometimes forget and give the succulents a water with the hose when I do the other pots. I have agave, echiveria and aloe outside in pots.

Hi Wayne. Sorry not a technical reply form me and I know others are going to shoot me down in flames. My echiveria have been outside since early May. I use about 50% compost with about 30% perlite with the rest made up of grit and sand, possibly vermiculite depending on what I have. I'm no good at u...

Jo Adderly was great when she came to Sheffield, we enjoyed her visit.

Wow! I have never been bothered about flowers on cacti although the cacti I kept as a child did flower. These lovely blooms are changing my mind and making me a tad envious.

Thanks Paul. Not sure I'm tempted.

I have seen the farms around our village harvesting sugar beet. I live on the southern border of South Yorkshire. I've seen them dropped by the roadside when they have been overloaded and not covered. I have never been tempted to try agave syrup or aloe drinks either. Care to share what they are like?

I retract my humorous comment - in disgust! it'll be bracing if nothing else! Sorry about shooting that fox !!! :ban: I was going to try a humorous comment about "have they run out of good British beet ",,, until I discovered (Wiki again) that beet is a Mediterranean import :duh: it is ch...