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by Sinningia
Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:08 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello
Replies: 6
Views: 2659

Re: Hello

Welcome Wayne!
Would love to hear more about your pachypodiums. I have a couple of Pachypodium baronii grown from seeds, wo would like to know about your experience...
by Sinningia
Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello...
Replies: 5
Views: 2464

Re: Hello...

Nice picture Jim. Welcome to the forum!
by Sinningia
Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:10 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello from Kent
Replies: 9
Views: 2823

Re: Hello from Kent

Wow, that's so great that that cactus stayed with you over so many years!
Welcome to the forum!
by Sinningia
Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:48 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: New Member
Replies: 6
Views: 2522

Re: New Member

Welcome Philippe!
Looking forward to your pictures and comments. :wink:
by Sinningia
Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:19 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: In your opinion, which are the 3 worst pests in succulents?
Replies: 173
Views: 220520

Re: In your opinion, which are the 3 worst pests in succulen

Many thanks for the answer Phil! For a second I thought JI2 was some powerful pesticide that would be the solution :wink: As I mentioned above - my way is to use the yellow sticky tapes. They do catch quite a lot of them plus seeing all those flies sticking to the tapes rather than laying eggs in my...
by Sinningia
Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:41 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: In your opinion, which are the 3 worst pests in succulents?
Replies: 173
Views: 220520

Re: In your opinion, which are the 3 worst pests in succulen

3.Scariad fly, I use JI2 & cat litter & still find them around especially in seed trays, even found some lurking in pure cat litter :???: Tina, what is JI2? And how do you use cat litter against scariad fly? These nasty buggers are my biggest pest problem. I use yellow sticky tapes all the ...
by Sinningia
Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:09 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Pachypodium Baronii
Replies: 12
Views: 5783

Re: Pachypodium Baronii

Thanks for the pictures Tina! I'm amazed how close are the spines to each other. I guess it's getting quite a lot of light. My little skinny pachy is already taller than 4'' , and the spines are miles away from eachother. Do you use artificial light (is that what you meant with special lighting)?
by Sinningia
Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:11 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Are you in tune with nature?
Replies: 3
Views: 2211

Re: Are you in tune with nature?

DaveW wrote: Perhaps we need Cactus only and Other Succulents only pages to separate "the wheat from the chaff".

DaveW :lol:
Good idea! (tu)

And thanks for the funny video :grin:
by Sinningia
Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:50 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Lepers- habitat collected plants Solved
Replies: 111
Views: 30835

Re: Lepers- habitat collected plants Solved

I don't think it's as straight forward as: Wild collected = bad seed grown = good I have just come back from a 3 week trip to SA where I travelled about quite a bit. More and more of the veld is being destroyed due to farming, urban expansion, mining activity etc. And this is not just restricted to...
by Sinningia
Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:05 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Pachypodium Baronii
Replies: 12
Views: 5783

Re: Pachypodium Baronii

Too bad your pach.bispinosum is not doing too well. Can it be too cold (too close to the window) or may be too warm and dry (too close to the heating)? One of my pachy-babies was standing with one side over the heating and the leaves on this particular side got black and dried out. Once removed to a...