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by Paul D
Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aberdeen Duthie Park Winter Gardens
Replies: 6
Views: 233

Re: Aberdeen Duthie Park Winter Gardens

I guess as staff change, people with different interests come on board. One would think that maintaining the garden's collection is more a matter of professionalism and skills, and not necessarily personal interests of staff or management... It still does look better than many collections around, a...
by Paul D
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aberdeen Duthie Park Winter Gardens
Replies: 6
Views: 233

Re: Aberdeen Duthie Park Winter Gardens

Some other parts. Insectivorous plants garden, potted flowers corridor, tropical / bromeliads area.
by Paul D
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aberdeen Duthie Park Winter Gardens
Replies: 6
Views: 233

Aberdeen Duthie Park Winter Gardens

Yesterday I visited what is now called the David Welch Winter Gardens, formerly the Duthie Park Winter Gardens, in Aberdeen. It is a few years since I last visited, and although I enjoyed the visit it is a bit depleted from what it used to be. Several large mature specimens of cacti that had been th...
by Paul D
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Pest control
Replies: 63
Views: 4584

Re: Pest control

Possibly odd q, I applied compo bi 58. Its A systemic, should you wait a while before watering so its absorbed & spread thru the plant to hopefully kill the bugs or does watering a few days later make no difference or even help spread it around the plant or we haven't a clue. Note that Compo Bi...
by Paul D
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Plant Labels
Replies: 9
Views: 432

Re: Plant Labels

More than happy to be corrected, but aren’t metal labels prohibitively expensive to be used in large collections? More than happy to be corrected, but aren’t metal labels prohibitively expensive to be used in large collections? I guess it depends on how long the collection is in existence ;) I used...
by Paul D
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seed germination
Replies: 6
Views: 387

Re: Seed germination

First, congrats on the germinations :)
The seeds will sort themselves out, don't worry. They sense gravity (geotropism) and roots will grow downwards and shoots upwards.
Good luck with growing them.
by Paul D
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seed pack labelling
Replies: 12
Views: 1302

Re: Seed pack labelling

If I may suggest, having an option to display all positions at once would serve the same purpose as a downloadable PDF I believe, it would also make ordering much faster on larger screens. Besides that, massive thanks (again) for making this happen! Do you mean a single long list? It's against good...
by Paul D
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seed pack labelling
Replies: 12
Views: 1302

Re: Seed pack labelling

First of all, congratulations on the new seed ordering process, which was seamless and very fast, and has the distinct advantage that items out of stock cannot be ordered, avoiding the traditional disappointment. Can I enter a small plea though that something like the old physical style seed list i...
by Paul D
Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seed pack labelling
Replies: 12
Views: 1302

Re: Seed pack labelling

I also just noticed that all the information from the "Details" are not printed out on the packing slip, hope the full 2024 seed list will be archived as a PDF for those who did not note them down. Edit: I also received 5 unexpected packets, 2 of them with nothing but species names (e.g. ...
by Paul D
Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:21 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Return to BCSS
Replies: 7
Views: 1902

Re: Return to BCSS

Welcome hahniana!
Great to have another member in Shetland.