Potting on hold
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SimonR
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Potting on hold
I was going to do some repotting this morning, but it looks like it’ll have to wait for a couple of weeks!
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Interested in hardy cacti, specifically the few that will thrive outside in the UK.
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el48tel
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Re: Potting on hold
A good excuse .... it'll wait
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
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Diane
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Re: Potting on hold
Potting can wait - fledglings can’t!
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Growing cacti - balm to the soul!
Growing cacti - balm to the soul!
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Tina
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Re: Potting on hold
How lovely, what are they -robins ?
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
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SimonR
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Re: Potting on hold
Yes Tina. Mum and Dad are very attentive and agile - they swoop into the greenhouse and take a sharp right at the 4’ trichocereus chiloensis!
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Tina
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Re: Potting on hold
Oh in the greenhouse I thought it was your shed I'm envious I have two bird boxes that are never used 
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How brave of them it won't take long for them too fledge.
.How brave of them it won't take long for them too fledge.
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
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Davey246
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Re: Potting on hold
Those chicks will exit the nest in a very, very few days - 2-3 days maybe. Earlier if disturbed. If there are only 2 or 3 in the nest, one or some may have already exited as 4 or 5 eggs/chicks is normal.
Incubation will be something like 12-13 days and the chicks will be in the nest not a great deal longer. One month from start to finish - a good rule of thumb for all cup-nesting songbirds. Songbirds that nest in tree hollows and the like will be in the nest for longer by around a week - starlings for instance.
My neighbour is a self-employed builder and had to buy a second set of some tools last year for the same reason.
Sheds and such seem far more attractive to robins than any nestbox. I have had a very occasional nest in a box here, but in over 20 years, it has been rare. The two or three pairs that have territories that meet in my garden each year, rear young - different birds can be watched as they carry off beakfuls of bugs in totaly different directions.
Incubation will be something like 12-13 days and the chicks will be in the nest not a great deal longer. One month from start to finish - a good rule of thumb for all cup-nesting songbirds. Songbirds that nest in tree hollows and the like will be in the nest for longer by around a week - starlings for instance.
My neighbour is a self-employed builder and had to buy a second set of some tools last year for the same reason.
Sheds and such seem far more attractive to robins than any nestbox. I have had a very occasional nest in a box here, but in over 20 years, it has been rare. The two or three pairs that have territories that meet in my garden each year, rear young - different birds can be watched as they carry off beakfuls of bugs in totaly different directions.
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Re: Potting on hold
Quick edit of photo to make subject a bit clearer and rotated so easier to view in forum
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SimonR
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Re: Potting on hold
Thanks Jim for editing my picture - much better now.Jim_Mercer wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 11:31 am Quick edit of photo to make subject a bit clearer and rotated so easier to view in forum
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Bought some live mealworms today as an extra treat for the fledglings. The parents have been ferrying them into the greenhouse.
Interested in hardy cacti, specifically the few that will thrive outside in the UK.