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by James Pickering
Tue May 08, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cultivating cacti & succulents when you have disabilities
Replies: 14
Views: 4627

Re: Cultivating cacti & succulents when you have disabilities

Mike wrote:An excellent resource... and some very fine plants!
Mike
Thank you Mike.
by James Pickering
Tue May 08, 2018 2:26 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cultivating cacti & succulents when you have disabilities
Replies: 14
Views: 4627

Cultivating cacti & succulents when you have disabilities

I have installed a new version of my main Cultivation Notes web page at ..... http://jp29.org/cultwp.htm ..... that is devoted to my experiences growing cacti in the last year during which time I have been inflicted with multiple physical disabilities. From the web page introduction: Advancing years...
by James Pickering
Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:52 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos
Replies: 28
Views: 7881

Re: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos

juster wrote:Superb plants James with such beautiful flowers. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for those kind words juster. It was very nice of you to post them.
by James Pickering
Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:14 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos
Replies: 28
Views: 7881

Re: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos

Discocactus placentiformis (sensu lato) growing in my front garden patch in various stages of budding and flowering. http://jp29.org/00br237.jpg http://jp29.org/00br239.jpg http://jp29.org/00br243.jpg http://jp29.org/00br244.jpg http://jp29.org/00br245.jpg http://jp29.org/00br247.jpg http://jp29.or...
by James Pickering
Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:39 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos
Replies: 28
Views: 7881

Re: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos

Tacinga inamoena ssp. subcylindrica (sensu lato) - growing in 3¼" (8cm) square plastic pots

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by James Pickering
Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Which Pumice should I buy? Solved
Replies: 14
Views: 5212

Re: Which Pumice should I buy? Solved

AnTTun wrote:.......... My advice is: pick size according to pot size. I use smaller grains for smaller pots and vice versa ..........
That is what I do.
by James Pickering
Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:58 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos
Replies: 28
Views: 7881

Re: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos

This might sound kinda.. ummm.. heretic ( :) ).... but I have to ask: James, all your plants are on their own roots or some of them are grafted? The great majority are on their own roots - I just prefer them that way. In general all Brazilians grow well here on their own roots, i.e. no prevalent pr...
by James Pickering
Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:04 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos
Replies: 28
Views: 7881

Re: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos

Fantastic discocactus, James, you certainly live in the right climate. Many of us here in the UK don't have the best conditions or climate for growing these plants to their best. I don't really mean climate for, as you know James, we don't have a climate in the UK, just WEATHER, like we have been e...
by James Pickering
Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:09 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos
Replies: 28
Views: 7881

Re: Cacti of Eastern Brazil - cultivation notes & photos

A failed experiment .......

Discocactus buenekeri x Discocactus horstii

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..... the goal was to produce a cultivar that would have the body form, spination and coloration of D. horstii yet produce a proliferation of basal offsets like D. buenekeri. It didn’t work!