fabulous plant. I must get one for my collection.

By far the best germinating seeds are those I've been given by other Forum members particularly Aiko. The down side is that I have ended up with masses and now they are at the stage they need repotting. I have donated some to charity events where they were sold for a respectable £1 a time, and famil...

As many as possible! Only trouble is I end up with over a 100 of the same thing!! Anybody want any Astrophytums/ Neobuxbaumia/ Echinocereus!!

Hi Paul I'm about 25 miles north of Clacton on the east coast. Do you think that will still be worth a go? I have a South facing garden but it's very open and exposed and the wind blows across the fields at times.

Hi i bought a Hercules aluminium which comes with toughened glass and automatic roof opening vents as standard. Also has side opening louvres. I set about designing and building my own three storey staging using timber and coating it in yacht varnish. I should add we also built a solid concrete base...

Thanks Ed. My Aloes are going back to top bench when I get home tonight!

Thanks Ray for the advice. My plants will be staying put in the greenhouse and I won't be risking them outside

Has anyone got any experience of growing these in their garden in the UK? I live on the East coast in the Anglian region. my garden is South facing and I want to try growing this plant outside. as I have grown these from seed planted in Nov 2017 I don't want to plant one out if ultimately it will pe...

Wow that's brilliant advice thank you. I haven't yet chopped the plants up yet as waiting for some new blades to arrive. Once I do though I will follow your instructions and post on the forum how I get on! Thanks to everyone for pointing out the toxicity of the latex - not something I had considered...

much better thank you!