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Re: new garden centre buys

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thankyou rod its in its place in the greenhouse with my little collection. carnt wait till its time to take bubble rap down so i can see them from the house and garden again.
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Re: new garden centre buys

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Your new plants are GORGEOUS Mandy :-D XXXXX <3
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thankyou lyn couldnt leave the garden centre without them, its like being in a sweet shop, and its like you say on youtube theres always room for one more. so so true.xxx
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a plant like your Trichocereus schickendantzii are often imported from Spain or the Canary Islands and as they grow fast even in England the change of climate and the lack of sunshine causes this etiolation
you will never have the initial diameter
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Re: new garden centre buys

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never mind ill just have a funny shaped one then. as they say life would be boring if we were all the same. but thankyou for the explanation
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