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- Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Old seed viability
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1403
Re: Old seed viability
Aymeric de Barmon puts on his seed offers the year the seed was harvested, I'm pretty sure. I have generally had pretty good success with his seed.
- Sat Jan 11, 2025 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Old seed viability
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1403
Re: Old seed viability
It depends somewhat on the species as well as the conditions the seed are kept in. I have successfully germinated Lobivia x Echinopsis seed over 20 years old (which came up like cress). It was kept in a house with very little hearting in winter...
- Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Watch out for caterpillars
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1548
Re: Watch out for caterpillars
I've had a few bites out of Pelargonium leaves - then they moved on to the Tylecodons, which hopefully have poisoned them, perhaps.
(Well, Tylecodons are poisonous to livestock, so I live in hope - .but I'm not oging out in the cold with my torch tonight to check...)
(Well, Tylecodons are poisonous to livestock, so I live in hope - .but I'm not oging out in the cold with my torch tonight to check...)
- Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:21 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Snow
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2131
Re: Snow
No Snow to be seen here. :-)
- Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Snow
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2131
Re: Snow
Went to Bodnant Garden and spent a sunny morning there today, but drove back through a snowstorm, to find it sunny agaion when I got home.
- Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: 'Free' heat
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1071
Re: 'Free' heat
Ah, but how much do you lose by opening and closing the door when you go in and out?
More seriously, you would have to be working quite hard to generate 100W even, so you would need to cram 19 friends in with you to match a decent heater for a small greenhouse...
More seriously, you would have to be working quite hard to generate 100W even, so you would need to cram 19 friends in with you to match a decent heater for a small greenhouse...
- Wed Dec 25, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1432
Re: Merry Christmas
To edds: What's that spiky red one in the middle? I don't think I have one of those...
- Sat Dec 21, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Cactus and Succulent Review
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2011
Re: Cactus and Succulent Review
Thanks for the explanation.
- Sat Dec 21, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: KALANCHOE MANGINII
- Replies: 1
- Views: 628
Re: KALANCHOE MANGINII
Mine has fairly purple leaves (in "full" ha-ha! sun) in the greenhouse. It is in bud right now.
- Sat Dec 21, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1432
Re: Merry Christmas
And the same to you too Dave! (Lack of Internet means I cannot send a picture in return)