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by EdMcKenna
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Identification help
Replies: 8
Views: 388

Re: Identification help

If you can move it over to the window, I know caravans don't often have wide window ledges you could try standing a mirror or even a sheet of mirror acrylic behind it. This would help you maximise the light.
It might be a suitable arrangement when you are not occupying the caravan.
by EdMcKenna
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Identity required please
Replies: 6
Views: 398

Re: Identity required please

Thanks for the reply, I had a look at images of Aloe juvenna and I think it still looks closer to the Aloe humilis.
I put this down to the greater number of spines on the leaf surface as opposed to bumps.
by EdMcKenna
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Identity required please
Replies: 6
Views: 398

Re: Identity required please

Thanks for the replies, I had a look at Aloe humilis and at some Gasteraloe images online. Probably not definitive but I think the leaf spikes look more like one of the Aloe humilis images I've seen.

http://www.llifle.com/plant_album/626/28959
by EdMcKenna
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Identity required please
Replies: 6
Views: 398

Identity required please

I rescued these two today from our local cactus abusers ( trays inside, poor light bottom shelf etc). I have just this year started getting into non-cacti succulents so I am looking for some assistance in naming these as they are just labelled Aloe. I think one is Gasteria cv 'little warty'. Both in...
by EdMcKenna
Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Haworthia first aid advice required.
Replies: 7
Views: 422

Re: Haworthia first aid advice required.

Noted Mat, Haworthia truncata hybrid 😁
by EdMcKenna
Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Haworthia first aid advice required.
Replies: 7
Views: 422

Re: Haworthia first aid advice required.

Thanks for the replies and advice, I was unsure about leaving or trimming the roots as thee root loss over the last two weeks was alarming. I will trim and dust with sulfur and as suggested repot it into a mineral substrate. I had suspected it was a hybrid of some kind, the leaves didn't look quite ...
by EdMcKenna
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Haworthia first aid advice required.
Replies: 7
Views: 422

Haworthia first aid advice required.

I usually grow just cacti and euphoria, but expanding my interest purchased what I believe to be a Haworthia truncata (labelled Echeveria πŸ˜‚) from a well known garden centre back in late October. I kept it isolated indoors from my other plants where it seemed to thrive. Two weeks ago I decided to rem...
by EdMcKenna
Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Lophophora starting to rot -what do I do
Replies: 24
Views: 4755

Re: Lophophora starting to rot -what do I do

Anytime I've cut into a cactus I've always followed with a dusting of Sulfur powder. It seems to keep rot or opportunistic fungi at bay. If you cut into the Lophos I would think to keep them a bit warmer than normal overwintering temperatures. Hope you save them 🀞🀞
by EdMcKenna
Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Lophophora starting to rot -what do I do
Replies: 24
Views: 4755

Re: Lophophora starting to rot -what do I do

Anytime I've had to cut into a cactus I have always followed up with a dusting of Sulfur powder. It seems to keep rot or opportunistic fungi at bay. If you cut into the Lophos I would think to keep them a bit warmer than normal overwintering temperatures. Hope you save them 🀞🀞