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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: North West Cactus Mart 2024 (Saturday 4th May)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 599
Re: North West Cactus Mart 2024 (Saturday 4th May)
Mat; Full list of sales tables is on the Manchester branch Facebook page. :wink: In addition I will have 3 or 4 tables with plants from a passed member, bargains to be had :smile: I'd expect it to be on the website first, but thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Now I just need to find...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Lechuza Pon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 407
Re: Lechuza Pon
Noted, thanks MatDz. I had problems (entirely of my own making) last year using Chempak, so feeding is an issue for me... Use a quarter of what's recommended, and best to forget it from time to time anyway :mrgreen: I too overdid it a couple of times, can still see the odd leaves here and there on ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: North West Cactus Mart 2024 (Saturday 4th May)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 599
Re: North West Cactus Mart 2024 (Saturday 4th May)
This is less than a month away and I haven't seen a thread about it, so here's one. https://manchester.bcss.org.uk/extra-events/ No info of sellers yet but I'm keeping my eyes peeled. The website still gives "nurseries attending TBC", is there a list that can be updated on the website and...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:13 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Lechuza Pon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 407
Re: Lechuza Pon
Lechuza-pon "consists of high-quality zeolite, pumice and lava", so you can quite surely get the same results with moler clay, grit and pumice mix, or anything similar to that. I'd also prefer to control the fertilisation a bit better by using water soluble Chempak with desired NPK ratios.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
- Topic: April 2024 - Bursting out of the pot
- Replies: 4
- Views: 324
Re: April 2024 - Bursting out of the pot
A couple photographs from my recent visit to Paul's national collection of A., R. and W. (including S.!) near Aberdeen: 20240421_120848.jpg 20240421_120935.jpg There were (just a few!) more, but I was staring at the plants for a couple of hours and almost forgot to take pictures... Hopefully Paul wi...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Composts again
- Replies: 11
- Views: 465
Re: Composts again
Pine bark is certainly a promising peat alternative for some of the carnivorous species, mainly Sarracenia I believe. It might work fine for c&s? https://melcourt.co.uk/products/growbark-pine/Eric Williams wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:17 pm Slightly off thread,but has coir been found to be a successful alternative to peat? Thanks
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
- Replies: 28
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
It was planted right up to the bottom of the plantlet. I am thinking that it will either just stay as is forever, or perhaps grow some new plantlets from the base of the current root?
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2429
Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
A quick update on this, I have a couple of nice, tiny plantlets (I hope that's the right term at least) from leaf cuttings as a backup and even the wee satellite dish grew some roots! Oddly, the roots seem to be growing from the end of the flower stalk I left, something that might need some attentio...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: North West Cactus Mart 2024 (Saturday 4th May)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 599
Re: North West Cactus Mart 2024 (Saturday 4th May)
I've ended typing it again, so here it is:
St Thomas More Church Hall
102 Mainway, Middleton, Manchester M24 1PP
St Thomas More Church Hall
102 Mainway, Middleton, Manchester M24 1PP
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: 2nd Chinese International Cactus and Succulent Conference
- Replies: 11
- Views: 738
Re: 2nd Chinese International Cactus and Succulent Conference
Edinburgh is only a stone throw away, isn't it? Maybe more in a Highland games style, but still only a throw!