In my Greenhouse

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Re: In my Greenhouse

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Never enough space! But it all looks very interesting and well grown. Apart from the sad paucity of Lithops ;)
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Re: In my Greenhouse

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Very nice! As Victoria says, something to aspire to!
Would also like to see some 'close-ups' please! :D
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Re: In my Greenhouse

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Hi David,

Wish my place was as tidy as yours! Do you do contract greenhouse tidying and cleaning by any chance??!!!
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Re: In my Greenhouse

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Thanks for your compliments. As you can see I will be a candidate for any seedling swap system we implement! There are more under the staging of course. To answer a few specific questions:
1. Chris -- It's Aztekium hintonii, bought as a small seedling 5 years ago from a private seller just repotted for the first time since. I've got some more small seedlings of this species of my own raising, but I'm no David Quail!
2. Julie -- Yes I enjoy listening to the radio while repotting and plant watching.
3. Phil& Maria --- I'll do some close ups from time to time -- nice to do it as things flower.
4.Vic-- This was a pre-snow pic. Lots (5-6cm) of it yesterday. Made a rather nice snowman, but then I'm widely known to be in my second childhood!
5. Iann --- I promise there are some Lithops and other Mesembs. around, they just aren't in the front rank. I must admit I'm more of a cactus person, but if I had more space ..........!
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Re: In my Greenhouse

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HI David

Nice pictures of your plants, Q- where did you get good seed of A.hintonii ?, I have given up now & contacted David R to see if he has some plants, bit of a cheat but I'm not as young as I was !(:P)
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Is that fleece you put over the plants?, isn't it a serious fight to get it off them again ?
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Re: In my Greenhouse

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Tina--- My Aztekium hintonii seed came from Mesa Garden but I think it needed a CITES certificate. It germinated well and I have about 6 seedlings growing steadily but very slowly. It's quicker than A. ritteri, but only just, much slower than Geohintonia. There are other suppliers of seed around, Doug Rowland had it listed for example, though he may now have sold out.Yes it's fleece, more for sun protection for sensitive plants than cold. It's suspended from string when in use, like a kind of curtain. It doesn't get near spines if I can help it.
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