Hi Amante,
Glad you got on in the end, Welcome to the forum.
That would be Francois Thord, John took me there too and I would amend graft every palnt he grows to every Cacti he grows as I am pretty sure he didn't graft the succulents he had downstairs;).
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Bill
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Haworthiad Editor
Mainly Haworthia and Gasteria, a few other South African succulents and the odd spiky thing.
Haworthiad Editor
Mainly Haworthia and Gasteria, a few other South African succulents and the odd spiky thing.
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Sylvia
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Hi Amante:
Welcome to the forum. I too have been to Malta but a long time ago, it is a lovely island. I used to have next door neighbours who were Maltese and they were a lovely family. Please let us see some pictures of your greenhouses.
Sylvia in Somerset
Welcome to the forum. I too have been to Malta but a long time ago, it is a lovely island. I used to have next door neighbours who were Maltese and they were a lovely family. Please let us see some pictures of your greenhouses.
Sylvia in Somerset
Sylvia in Somerset growing cacti and succulents since 1977
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wellcome to the forum. so which plants do you like most then?
in love with astrophytums and Haworthia truncata
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Chris in Leeds
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Hi Amante
Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the forum
Chris
BCSS MEMBER SINCE 2000 (NATIONAL SHOW)
FORUM MEMBER SINCE JUNE 2006
Interested in - TURBINICARPUS (Always looking for plants I don't have)
TEPHROCACTUS AND RELATED SPECIES
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BCSS MEMBER SINCE 2000 (NATIONAL SHOW)
FORUM MEMBER SINCE JUNE 2006
Interested in - TURBINICARPUS (Always looking for plants I don't have)
TEPHROCACTUS AND RELATED SPECIES
http://www.leeds.bcss.org.uk/ http://www.zone3.bcss.org.uk/
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Wow. I have been gone for a few hours and I find this full of welcome messages. Thanks. I feel at home already. I will attempt to reply to your queries. I live at Zabbar, a large town to the South east of Malta. I will welcome any oversees member who would like to visit my greenhouses, though they are modest in size.
In our annual show there are some who make a lot of money but I never topped more than £200 from which I have to remove the expenses. This is because people prefer succulents more and I get crazy watching common succulents that grow very easily, sell more, while four year old cacti that I sell for £2 are called expensive. Anyway I get so much needed cash for books, compost, seeds.Thats what I call recycling.
The eye doctor mentioned is Dr.Sammut and is the best grafter that I have ever seen with success rates approaching 100%. I have been grafting a few myself but I graft only the slow growers, variegated, cristates and monstrose cacti.
We have a lot of sun in summer and in winter we do not need to heat up the greenhouse. Somehow, some cacti manage to die in winter because of the high humidity.
Glad to hear from all of you.Will post some pictures when I get the hang of it.
In our annual show there are some who make a lot of money but I never topped more than £200 from which I have to remove the expenses. This is because people prefer succulents more and I get crazy watching common succulents that grow very easily, sell more, while four year old cacti that I sell for £2 are called expensive. Anyway I get so much needed cash for books, compost, seeds.Thats what I call recycling.
The eye doctor mentioned is Dr.Sammut and is the best grafter that I have ever seen with success rates approaching 100%. I have been grafting a few myself but I graft only the slow growers, variegated, cristates and monstrose cacti.
We have a lot of sun in summer and in winter we do not need to heat up the greenhouse. Somehow, some cacti manage to die in winter because of the high humidity.
Glad to hear from all of you.Will post some pictures when I get the hang of it.
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puffermac
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Amante, I am sure you will enjoy yourself on here.Andy Mac
Clacton Branch
Lithops fanatic
Clacton Branch
Lithops fanatic
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Geoff Lovell
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welcome to the forum Amante
Founder member BCSS # 32426,
Growing Cacti and Succulents for over 40 years,
mixed collection but prefer succulents particularly caudiciforms.
Growing Cacti and Succulents for over 40 years,
mixed collection but prefer succulents particularly caudiciforms.
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Amante welcome to a great forum. It would be nice to see your set up of greenhouses-cold frames.