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Patrick
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Re: Cracker

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Stuart wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:07 pm Needs plenty of water and doesn’t like high temperatures. Best suited for alpine growers, not a good greenhouse plant but looks great in flower. Easy to grow but not with the rest of the plants we write about here.
Stuart
Yes I used to have one in the UK that flowered beautifully but had to give up on it here because it just gets too hot
Patrick. Small varied collection of North American, Mexican and Andean Cacti. Variegated Agaves and Echeveria. Developing a succulent garden in Portugal. Joined Somerset BCSS and forum in 2007.
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Mike P
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Stuart wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:07 pm Needs plenty of water and doesn’t like high temperatures. Best suited for alpine growers, not a good greenhouse plant but looks great in flower. Easy to grow but not with the rest of the plants we write about here.
Stuart
It’s the perfect cold greenhouse plant and lives with the Opuntias at the allotment. It’s twin which was outside melted in the cold snap in Dec 2022 so not that hardy.
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Eric Williams
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You must have long labels Ralph lol.
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ralphrmartin
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Eric Williams wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:14 pm You must have long labels Ralph lol.
They come on a roll, so as long as I like... :grin:
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