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- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Propagation question ... Conophytum herrei
- Replies: 4
- Views: 112
Re: Propagation question ... Conophytum herrei
Zero to very little chance of rooting conos at this time of year. They have no vigor at all to do so as they as starting the dormant period for spring & summer. If large enough it may sit there and sheath until the end of summer when it may well root, but if too small they invariably dry up bef...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Propagation question ... Conophytum herrei
- Replies: 4
- Views: 112
Re: Propagation question ... Conophytum herrei
Thanks Ralph
I'll give it a go.
I'll give it a go.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Propagation question ... Conophytum herrei
- Replies: 4
- Views: 112
Propagation question ... Conophytum herrei
Knocked off a chunk of my plants. Can the piece be used to propagate it?
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Selling plants - Plant passports - Inspection
- Replies: 8
- Views: 327
Re: Selling plants - Plant passports - Inspection
I think we have to take on board that DEFRA like many other government agencies is underfunded, under-resourced understaffed and overwhelmed. They can’t do what they need to do .... thoroughly and properly. Consequently it's a token gesture. A paper pushing exercise to keep ministers happy and to ke...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: I will not bother this with water..
- Replies: 9
- Views: 527
Re: I will not bother this with water..
It's nature's way of making shelf space (a rare and valuable commodity) for another plant.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:42 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: I will not bother this with water..
- Replies: 9
- Views: 527
Re: I will not bother this with water..
We forget that plants are individuals and like humans have their own natural lifespan even in habitat. Some individuals, even given optimum conditions, will live longer than others. The older less vigorous we get the more liable we are to die from what we would have shrugged off as youngsters. One ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: First flower
- Replies: 7
- Views: 310
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: Chris Dean Plant Sale 27th April
- Replies: 10
- Views: 533
Re: Chris Dean Plant Sale 27th April
And therein lies the dichotomy
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: First flower
- Replies: 7
- Views: 310
Re: First flower
Thanks for sharing. That's a nice looker.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: And then there's a bright object in the sky .....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 264
Re: And then there's a bright object in the sky .....
Done that and killed 'em quite successfully