Thankyou for the information Phil and Mike;what a terrible shame that is the case. Hope the mentioned plant did/does form bulbils.

Why is it bad if a flower psike forms? Sorry,I'm new to these things

chrisg wrote:Having taken a while to get used to, it is now one of my favourites. A friends flowered this summer, which was a shame at it was a lovely plant. Looks like yours has some good pups on.

Why is it bad is they flower? Does it damage/kill the plant?

Thanks Matt, I'd forgotten which one you mentioned on friday night.Thanks for the help again, I'll get down Wilkinsons soon!

Is insecticide always a slight risk to use on cacti? if not is there a particular brand no ones had any trouble with? Don't want to kill my new cacti!

I'd have a Julius Cactus T-shirt on black or white certainly!

Hi Karen, I started treating my cacti seedlings like fully fledged cacti a bit too early. Keep them out of direct sunlight else they'll go red and you're unlikey to revive them. Also ,although I started my seeds off in April last year, I should have given them more water than a normal cactus as they...

Thankyou Mike, It's likely I'll be coming. As for the warning about plants, I look forward to it!

Hi all, Just got my welcome pack through today and found it useful already, apart from one sheet saying I'm called Geoffrey everything else was great. 17 and hoping to soon start attending Sheffield Branch meetings soon; 13 cacti (3 which I grew from seed) and 2 succulents, hope to expand soon! Greg...

Welcome, new members unite!