Very nice Eric, and not many fungus gnats on your Pings

hi Nick, mine definitely had faintly scented flowers until I inadvertently killed it by moving to a too chilly greenhouse over winter. Sweet smelling is probably accurate but I had to get up close to be able to detect it. Each flower only lasted a few days but as the plant grew there tended to be pl...

Eric Williams wrote: ↑Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:37 pm Thanks Ian, but I get "no products found" in every category I click on. Wonder if it's because I am using my iPad ? Cheers

It's the same for me here Eric, using a Windows laptop

I believe the Mesemb Study Group (MSG) still provides an annual seed list for members. You could consider joining them. I was a member a couple of years ago and bought quite a lot of different species of Lithops seeds, most of which gave excellent germination.

Sorry to hear about your plants Mike. I'm no expert on Aloes but I recently lost my A. erinacea which similarly seemed to rot from the centre. I put it down to the extreme (for UK) hot weather we had during the summer. Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable on Aloes will have an opinion.

I had one on a H. reinwardtii last year which I left attached until earlier this year and is now doing well on its own roots. I've had no more since unfortunately.

Chris in Leeds wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:52 pm I which there was a few in the same area as there use to be in Lincolnshire/Kings Lynn that could look at in a day trip

That'd be Southfields then, on your way to Kings Lynn.

Abbey Brook in Matlock are still operating but down to one sales greenhouse and one for viewing only. Opening times are on their website http://www.abbeybrookcacti.com/ . You can enter and leave through the new development (Poppyfields Close?) in front of their establishment, in fact last I heard th...

Thanks Chris, yes this does seem a prudent approach.

Thank you Aiko and Bill, both excellent ideas, much appreciated.