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- Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
- Topic: December 2024 - A little bit closer please.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6934
Re: December 2024 - A little bit closer please.
Full size E ingens for reference, close up of flowers. You can just see one in silhouette top left of plant.
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Should I cut?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2312
Re: Should I cut?
Is that botrytis? Always a fear when there are cacti with flowers and bud remnants still present over winter. It's not always easy to have the vents and doors open as much as I'd like. Today temperatures ok, wind too much 
- Thu Dec 05, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Should I cut?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2312
Re: Should I cut?
Thank you all for your replies, my feeling was to cut it to save the plants energy.
I'm nit attempting seeds and where its situated any flowers would not be appreciated so I'll cut it.
Thanks again
I'm nit attempting seeds and where its situated any flowers would not be appreciated so I'll cut it.
Thanks again
- Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Should I cut?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2312
Should I cut?
Still in my first year of growing Haworthias. They flowered in the greenhouse and being unsure of tolerance have now brought them indoors for the winter to an East facing window. A Haworthia cooperi var pilifera is now throwing up a flower, should I leave this or chop it and let the plant conserve ...
- Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Late Leuchtenbergia
- Replies: 12
- Views: 965
Re: Late Leuchtenbergia
I haven't heard before that they need extra water, I water mine as required but always keep them in the warmest and sunniest part of the greenhouse. They flower every year now.
- Wed Oct 09, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Late Leuchtenbergia
- Replies: 12
- Views: 965
Re: Late Leuchtenbergia
I love Leuchtenbergia, the buds when they appear offer so much promise and the flowers are literally 3 days of sunshine 
- Tue Oct 08, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Late Leuchtenbergia
- Replies: 12
- Views: 965
Re: Late Leuchtenbergia
This is the last of my Leuchtenbergia flowers, the bud was hidden under two earlier flowers. We have not had enough bright sunshine this week to encourage full bloom. BBC weather predicts 4 hours of full sunshine on Thursday but with temperatures around 4 to 5 degrees centigrade so this might be as ...
- Tue Oct 08, 2024 5:01 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Spotted mealys in saucers - control till spring or repot and treat roots?!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 480
Re: Spotted mealys in saucers - control till spring or repot and treat roots?!
If you use Bug Clear Ultra vine weevil killer, this application is to drench the pot. It works both contact and systemic, technically you could get away without repotting everything.
Well done spotting them before the winter
Well done spotting them before the winter
- Tue Aug 27, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: A grand recovery.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1643
Re: A grand recovery.
It might seem a bit backward Ralph but I'm unhappy with the clay component (spill granules) of my all mineral mix. I noticed it tends to clump when wet and gets quite solid when dry. I don't like it but most things potted in it seem to do well. Looking for improvement I'm trying some plants in my ...
- Sun Aug 25, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: A grand recovery.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1643
A grand recovery.
I thought I might post these pictures as I regard it a success story, in thanks I believe to the advice from members on this forum. In Feb 2024 I asked advice on my first Haworthia hybrid which had bad RMB damage. I followed advice and split the plant and placed the pieces in a soil free medium. I ...