Thank you for the information, Terry.

It is still intriguing why some Czech suppliers seem to be convinced their government requires them to issue phytosanitary certificates, if the onus is generally on the receiving country to make its import rules.

Do you mean this one?

https://issuu.com/vbokser/docs/rudolf_grym-lophophora

You can view all the book on-screen but not download. How's your Slovak?

iann wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:01 pm I can see where the App is coming from, but that would be desperately wrinkly if it was an Astrophytum.

And very spiny for a Gymo m? Is this some form with a subspecies or varietal name? Or a hybrid?

My initial thoughts were as per Chris L's reply, i.e. consider the Bio Green. Then I realised from googling that the autoheat 3000 seems or seemed a budget solution and maybe paying for a Bio Green was overspending. The Inkbird model recommended by daydreamer is very good. Cheaper and with better sp...

el48tel wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:01 pm
Super topic for a PhD thesis

Doctor of Phytosanitary Certificates?

I would suggest that it's looking a lot like an excuse to make money ... where there a few weeks ago was no problem ... as if by magic now there is. You can always rely on bureaucrats and politicians to foul it up ... and Delboy to make a fast buck. I can't see anyone would gain from this, though. ...

It should be OK, rules are here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-plants-fruit-vegetables-or-plant-material-to-the-uk I would respectfully suggest that once again there is a confusion between UK import rules, and EU EXPORT rules. At least two of the Czech seed suppliers appear to be telling us...

Echinocactus123 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:48 pm They are dry too

In that case I would stop worrying, as Aiko says.

If they are reasonably mature plants rather than seedlings I wouldn't worry too much about a short period of colder nights until you get the heater problem solved. If it's any consolation or encouragement I have cacti of all the genera you mention as being in your collection which survived many year...

At present, we can bring in seeds from outside the EU without Phytosanitary or CITES documentation, unless they are the endangered species on Appendix 1 of CITES. So if we leave the EU, there should be no immediate obligation for such documentation unless the UK Government decides otherwise. This i...