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by Zoom
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Echinopsis 'Flying Saucer'
Replies: 14
Views: 623

Re: Echinopsis 'Flying Saucer'

Wow that's amazing, the wild flower/cacti mix is not something you see everyday!
by Zoom
Tue May 16, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: New import law or gossip?
Replies: 14
Views: 1157

Re: New import law or gossip?

MatDz, I've just looked at your link after watching the BBC feature posted by el48tel. It was very interesting and makes me think that the EU employ officiously bureaucratic Vogons :lol:
by Zoom
Tue May 16, 2023 9:57 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: New import law or gossip?
Replies: 14
Views: 1157

Re: New import law or gossip?

Thanks el48tel, (ignoring the BBC politics & background noises) that was interesting
by Zoom
Mon May 15, 2023 3:45 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: New import law or gossip?
Replies: 14
Views: 1157

Re: New import law or gossip?

Following on from my original post; I now know that some of the major suppliers of plants from Holland to my local garden centre in Essex, will now no longer be supplying cacti,succulents & carnivorous plants because of new checks :cry:
by Zoom
Wed May 03, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: New import law or gossip?
Replies: 14
Views: 1157

Re: New import law or gossip?

Ok, good to know & a relief thanks
by Zoom
Mon May 01, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: New import law or gossip?
Replies: 14
Views: 1157

New import law or gossip?

A nurseryman said to me a couple of days ago that it won't be possible to import cacti into the UK from the EU thanks to a new law coming out! Has anyone heard anything about this?
by Zoom
Mon May 01, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Is the forum dying?
Replies: 62
Views: 3098

Re: Is the forum dying?

I haven't been on here for a while because I got disillusioned with it.
Whenever I looked for help and advice the responses were far & few between, not very encouraging for beginners or intermediates.
by Zoom
Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Light level tolerance
Replies: 5
Views: 439

Re: Light level tolerance

Ok, thank you for your views habanerocat & ralphrmartin.
If anyone else has experienced cacti exhibiting different reactions to light levels depending on Genus, then please share your results.
by Zoom
Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Light level tolerance
Replies: 5
Views: 439

Light level tolerance

Can anyone tell me if if there are differences between the cacti genus in their ability to cope with different light levels? When I tried reducing the length of time my u.v boards were switched on for, I observed in my collection that all the Mammillaria seem to cope with any position in my cacti ro...
by Zoom
Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:21 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Happy Christmas & Thanks
Replies: 13
Views: 790

Re: Happy Christmas & Thanks

edds wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:40 pm Happy Christmas everyone. I've already had one cactus present - a sowing gift set from secret Santa at work.

Was debating getting some saguaro seeds. Will be interesting to see what germinates from the others too, if anything!
What a fantastic present.
Merry Christmas to all.