Modern art, aka junk?

Hi mesemb-lovers. How much do you water your non-sphaeroid mesembs, such as Hereroa, Hallianthus, etc.? I find that they need a lot more water than Lithops do. I watered them about every 7-10 days, and they looked pretty sad: not growing, always fried up. I started to water them about every other da...

The schematic for the PAR sensor is here. http://www.aridhouse.plus.com/schematics/par_sensor_schematic.html and a picture here http://www.aridhouse.plus.com/logger_files/parsensor.jpg I then calibrate it against a commercial PAR sensor (Licor 193SA) The correction for spectral response may not be ...

Hello all, Here is a quick update about my Diplosoma retroversum seedlings from the MSG (181 days old, in a 5 cm pot). It seems that they are not really ready for their rest period at the moment, their leaves are still turgid and show no signs of drying. So I carry on watering them but I remain att...

Here's the data for May. File 2017-052327 is just zoomed in a bit. On the bottom power chart there is shading when the fan controller sends a signal back to the data acquisition box and there is a slight blip on the power trace. On the temperature trace for 'inside' at the point where the fan comes...

I have them in all my mesemb pots even though there is very little organic matter. Interestingly, they are completely resistant to miticides, as I learned when I sprayed for other mites. Nothing kills them.

1. In summer when the sun is strong, shade and ventilate well. I put most of my plants under the bench, from mid April onwards where they will receive very little direct sunlight. Too much sun is definitely a problem, but having plants in the shade in the summer does not seem to work for me, I am n...

Things start up again for me in Jan/feb. I am in Ottawa, where things begin to lit up more like in April :) As far as your conos go your short day length is not your biggest problem. Your biggest problem is excessive indoor heat! I might have put undue emphasis on light, but I completely agree, the...

Aiko wrote:Put them outside with frost free temperatures, and bring them inside for the night in an unheated room (or slightly heated if it really gets to -35C).

A frost-free day in November would be pretty unusual here. And to be honest, hauling pots twice a day sounds more like a job, not a hobby

My Conos flower happily in November if given enough light, but we get zero hours of sunlight at that time of the year. Zero hours of sunlight in November? :eek: What latitude are you? I get daylight although it is usually very cloudy, so not much direct sunlight. Canada, Sir. The amount of light on...