Thank you for all your advice. I often hear about grit, is this available from garden centres and a special type. I have come across the chicken grit on Ebay. Is this the same type that everyone is using? You will find grit suitable for potting mixes in garden centres, usually labeled " Hortic...

anttisepp wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:59 am Cereus jamacaru?

Looks good, thanks.

We have a tall (1.1m not including its pot !) cactus that flowers for 1 night per flower, last year it had 3 flowers from 5 buds (2 of them aborted prematurely). It was a short section from one that was cut down by a local garden centre about 25y ago. It had become too tall for their BIG! greenhouse...

Phil_SK wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:41 am Opuntia stricta

Thanks, you must be telepathic ! one of my next questions was going to be "which Opuntia might it be"
This curiosity purchase is serving a good purpose - I am learning a lots about Opuntia
Googling "Opuntia germination" throws up lots of variations.

Thanks for all your thoughts and welcomes. It looks then as though the purpose of the grower has been to display a 'pretty pot' of Opuntia fruits ! Here is a pic of the roots and you are all right, they are individual bits off a parent plant, recently(?) rooted. So I will separate one or two off (I ...

Hello, thanks for letting me join your interesting forum. We have been interested in cacti for many years but, apart from filling windowsills, not 'got into' them seriously, [yet!, but have noted from the forum some local events soon :) ] Until we saw in a local veg and flower shop a curious arrange...