Greenhouse Tour

[Bill]

Thanks Bill....Always good to see around other peoples greenhouses.........

Dave

No problem Dave, when are we going to see yours?

Bill

[Cactus Jack]

Thanks Bill and Geoff great stuff , any chance Geoff of some photos of the cacti i spotted in the 4th photo (i think) next door to your wonderfull Agave's

[Dave_S]

Bill,

I'll take some over the next couple of days and post them.....wont take long as the majority are in a single 8x6 lol

Dave

[Bill]

Look forward to it Dave.

Come on the rest of you lets see your greenhouses/windowsills

Bill

[Aiko]

Come on the rest of you lets see your greenhouses/windowsills

Here is an impression of just a few random shots from this summer from my greenhouse.

Lot's of Ferocactus and Thelocactus plants

Mostly Ariocarpus

Homegrown Thelocactus and a few mesembs

Many mesembs, Haworthia, and three Discocatus and six Pseudolithos

Very random, but I was aiming at the flowering Echeveria (if anyone knows what kind of Echeveria, please let me know! (it has a sort of lumps on top of the leaves)).

[Diane]

Hi Aiko, the Echeveria is probably "Paul Bunyan" A Dick Wright hybrid.

[Jens]

Hello Aiko
That´s a very clean and accurate setup and very carefully selected specimen. It realy is fun to look at the pictures and I always find it very inspiring how other people keep their plants.
Thanks for sharing Bill and Aiko.
Over here it looks sort of untidy in comparison, but I like the different layers that provide different growing conditions and of course a lot more rooom to stuff cacti in. I only found the tables half a year ago and I will see how it will work to fit the bubble film in the inside next month...
Overview of eastern side

Thelocactus and Echinocereus

Old Chilean cacti I just got from a friend

propagations

New gymnos (thanks Graham!)

[Aiko]

Hello Aiko
That´s a very clean and accurate setup and very carefully selected specimen.

Well, not really. Although I tried to place similar plants a bit together, I merely crammed in a plant where it would fit to be as efficient as I could on some tablets.

Over here it looks sort of untidy in comparison, but I like the different layers that provide different growing conditions and of course a lot more rooom to stuff cacti in.

Using plastic trays is what I am about to do too. Especially for that idea I have bought a few dozens trays not higher than 7 centimeters, so most pots will be higher (and therefor the tray should be less prominent visible).

Maybe I will not use trays for my big plants, but any plant that is in a pot not much bigger than my hand will be placed in a tray. And each tray will contain plants that need similar care, either by light, watering or temperature. Much easier and manageable when plants are sorted in trays, I think.

[sandi]

Its a treat to watch your greenhouses. Thanks for sharing. I love the Hawortia collection Bill. They're superb looking plants.

[sue46]

Wow what brillant pictures! What you going to do when you run out of space. I did have a greenhouse - it blew down in the hurricane that never was (1987 I think). Back to window sill culture again though I did put plants in a very sunny cold frame for summer where slugs decided to eat my Lithops (two plants - I never seem to have any luck with them ) Sue