Sadly our long term chairman of the stoke BCSS branch (Chris Dean) has recently passed away with cancer. We are organising the sale of his books , journals and eventually plants. All proceeds split 50 /50 for cacti conservation and the dougie mac. I am currently working my way through selling the bo...

Hi Stuart thanks for sharing your insights into the availability of the newer aloes. I would be willing to travel down to the SE mart if there is a chance some plants will be available. I did not mean my comments to sound like a criticism if they did i apologise. I have about 15 CV's now, I know you...

hi I have never tried to contact sellers outside the UK but i am often tempted to try. I tend to go for the Kg /KZ types. Are these the hybirids you are referring to or garden hybrids? There only seems to be stuart at plantlifecactus who regularly has plants for sale on ebay. But these tend to be ol...

Sorry i should have said all my plants are in clay pots.(see pic)

hi Brian thanks for the feedback. Your experience fits in exactly with my dilemma. Poor light throughout the winter but not necessarily low temps indoors. I have got a high low temp monitor which shows the last 24 hrs. My plants have not dropped below 16 degrees and the highs are frequently in the l...

hi ralph
thanks.. I will drop you a note in the spring
Steve

hi Ralph & mike thanks for for taking the time to share your experience and insights, sorry it has took me some time to respond :oops: . Ralph i have recently joined the stoke branch and your talk there on the monster greenhouse was my first ever BCSS meeting. I picked up my aloe red dragon from...

hi all thanks very much for your replies. I am going to stop watering now and monitor. Its a bit of a dilemma because i think with the central heating on and the fact that they are in upstairs windows they are not yet really seeing any drop in temps (but as you all know light levels are dropping qui...

Hello all First post here ! I am fairy new to cacti & succulents (18 months) and I am starting to build a collection of dwarf (mainly hybrid) aloes. I have blizzard (KG) diego (KG) Oik (KZ) DZ (KZ) Donnie (KG) red dragon Pink Blush (KG) Viper (KG) Cleopatra brevifolia aculeata 2x unknown hybrids...