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by LithopsRule
Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:28 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Success! or was it pure luck?
Replies: 8
Views: 3534

Re: Success! or was it pure luck?

Check your Private Messages?
by LithopsRule
Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Advise on new greenhouse and foundations
Replies: 20
Views: 8585

Re: Advise on new greenhouse and foundations

I sort of agree that it is nice to actually interact :eek: when one has a question to ask, but there are sometimes topics that keep :roll: getting revisted and it seems a lot of effort for all the kind people who responded to me to do so again and again ? I personally think a FEW BCSS Guides on real...
by LithopsRule
Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:17 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Advise on new greenhouse and foundations
Replies: 20
Views: 8585

Re: Advise on new greenhouse and foundations

Hugely appreciated!

Should there be a BCSS Guide to Foundationing a Greenhouse to save these sorts of individual queries?
by LithopsRule
Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:45 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Forced variegation
Replies: 14
Views: 10419

Re: Forced variegation

I know Nick has already made the point, but as an organic chemist who has worked with colchicine, can I just say as a health warning in larger letters: colchicine is very, very toxic so please do not experiment with it unless you know what you are doing! It has been used by marijuana growers to indu...
by LithopsRule
Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:37 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Advise on new greenhouse and foundations
Replies: 20
Views: 8585

Re: Advise on new greenhouse and foundations

Dear All, Thanks to for the helpful comments and advice. Note that Rhino Basics are on sale at the moment, making them not so outrageously expensive as usual. Due to my inexperience, I am a bit confused about the whole damp-proof membrane bit (I am a bit confused about a lot of things in life... :??...
by LithopsRule
Thu Sep 30, 2010 5:04 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Advise on new greenhouse and foundations
Replies: 20
Views: 8585

Advise on new greenhouse and foundations

Dear Folks, I have looked at the reference section already on greenhouses , but buying, siting, and foundation-ing a greenhouse is always worth a fresh ask, I think? Make of Greenhouse: Living in moist NW England (Bollington, Cheshire) in a windy-ish location, I am considering buying an 8' x 12' Rhi...
by LithopsRule
Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:18 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seeds of Burseraceae (Commiphora, Boswellia, Bursera)?
Replies: 2
Views: 2476

Re: Seeds of Burseraceae (Commiphora, Boswellia, Bursera)?

Dear Folks, Well, the Commiphora schimperi are apparently on their way from Australia [!], so any experiences on growing that would be nice to hear about? I have discovered subsequently that Scampton Succulents also sell Burseraceae seeds, even though their website currently does not yet display the...
by LithopsRule
Wed Sep 15, 2010 4:43 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: MSG Lithops Give-away?
Replies: 2
Views: 1482

MSG Lithops Give-away?

Dear Folks, How does one volunteer plants for the annual Mesemb Study Group (MSG) Give-away? Somehow I must have missed "The Call", but it is such a good idea that I would like to use it to distribute some surplus seedlings next time around! I have added my current excess Lithops on the Fo...
by LithopsRule
Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:18 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seeds of Burseraceae (Commiphora, Boswellia, Bursera)?
Replies: 2
Views: 2476

Seeds of Burseraceae (Commiphora, Boswellia, Bursera)?

Dear Folks, Hello again all... I have been looking for some more Burseraceae ( Commiphora , Boswellia , Bursera ) to grow from seed to keep my mini-grove [?!] of Boswellia sacra (Frankincense, seed from http://www.Miniatree.com ) company during the long winter nights in the light-boxes. To me, these...
by LithopsRule
Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:14 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: HELP! Red Spider Mite (RSM)
Replies: 12
Views: 3378

Re: HELP! Red Spider Mite (RSM)

Dear Folks,

Thanks for all the help, everyone.

I will heat the affected plants to a mild 1000degC in an electric arc and see if that is effective.

Yours, Euan