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by brianc
Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:01 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Plant Id
Replies: 2
Views: 970

Plant Id

Has any body any idea what this plant is? i assume its a Crassula.
by brianc
Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: August 2019 - A is for August and.....
Replies: 25
Views: 15487

Re: August 2019 - A is for August and.....

A bit sparce in photos so a large Agave Titanota
by brianc
Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:41 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: unstable
Replies: 9
Views: 2599

Re: unstable

The article i mentioned is Pruning Echeverias May 8th if your interested.
by brianc
Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:18 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: unstable
Replies: 9
Views: 2599

Re: unstable

I will try to answer your questions the best i can. I have two stock plants that are evenly varigated ,at two years old they both started to elongate the stems ended up about three inches long,the lower leaves kept dying back so i kept taking them off, one day i noticed three offsets coming so i wai...
by brianc
Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:14 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: unstable
Replies: 9
Views: 2599

unstable

Hi all I propogate alot of Echeveria Comptons Carousal from off sets, and i am amazed at the varigation variation that the plants produce i am also surprised that you can get a different offset off the same plant at the same time? The picture shows four off sets off the same plant all taken at the s...
by brianc
Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:19 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: NATIONAL 2020
Replies: 25
Views: 8562

Re: NATIONAL 2020

Ever wondered what the forum people look like? i am on the national video [6] the good looking one in black.
by brianc
Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:42 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Does anyone know what bug this is?
Replies: 4
Views: 1429

Re: Does anyone know what bug this is?

If you grow lithops keep an eye out, they will scar them bad. But the new heads the following year will be
unmarked.
by brianc
Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:35 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Euph. obesa
Replies: 4
Views: 1809

Re: Euph. obesa

As i have mentioned before when the pods are near ready to pop i place a jam jar on its side and then
turn the plant on its side with the top of the plant in the jar with a piece of cotton wool around the rim
to stop any seeds from shooting out, i know it sounds daft but try it.
by brianc
Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:59 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Hydration
Replies: 3
Views: 1064

Re: Hydration

Be very careful too much water take up will make your plants split,
by brianc
Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:23 pm
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: June 2019 - Flowers
Replies: 26
Views: 15790

Re: June 2019 - Flowers

The first plant is mamm Guelzowiana the second Mamm Mazatlanensis subsp patonii.
Here is another picture of the second in a 12 inch pot.