)Anyway… I’m James from Birchington, East Kent. I used to be mostly into growing bonsai but moving to the seaside meant a lot of bonsai death due to strong, salty coastal winds. New house has a small S.W facing utility room that is unheated and like a small conservatory in the way it’s built. This means that it gets very hot in the summer and stays cool in the winter. I found this to be good for cacti, and now I have millions (not millions) of cacti and succulents.
I prefer smaller cacti and succulents and have a soft spot for euphorbia obesa, Gymnocalyciums and astrophytum asterias - all of which I’ve grown from seed to varying degrees of success.
I also like variegated cacti - I know it divides opinion - but I have always gone for the oddballs, be it plants or pets (when I was younger I preferred the odd looking tropical fish…)
I don’t get online often as I teach in a primary school (and am the Forest school lead) so am constantly tired, but am looking forward to joining in here (and picking brains) when I can
