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In order to try and keep the Forum a safe place for BCSS Members and other cacti and succulent enthusiasts of all ages, everyone who registers is checked. If you are a BCSS Member and include your membership number, this is easy, because we can just look you up in the database. If you are not a BCSS Member, then we rely on the data you provide. If we can't find any traces by a brief online search, your account will be placed "on hold" until you get in touch with us by email and ask for Forum account approval.
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- Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A peek under the covers.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1458
Re: A peek under the covers.
I thought the idea was to trap airspace which acts as an insulating layer, cooling down more slowly after warming in sunlight, rather than the fleece itself insulating. The same principle as wearing lots of layers when winter hillwalking (or summer, up here) 😋 My Dad was always a fan of putting ne ...
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:58 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Not so hardy Agave
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2663
Re: Not so hardy Agave
Last time we had the same December freeze was 2008/9 when I lost a number of plants outdoors including several of the more tender Americana variegates. I also lost a lot of slightly tender Tree ferns and Mediterranean types plants which the run of hot summers / mild winters in the early 00’s e ...
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:28 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Not so hardy Agave
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2663
Re: Not so hardy Agave
I am amazed by how many plants some of our experienced growers have lost this winter, I know we all expect the odd loss but did we all become complacent after a run of mild ish winters? I am not that far from Mike is SE London and know we have had both colder nights and more snow in previous years ...
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Argyroderma testiculare
- Replies: 8
- Views: 704
Re: Argyroderma testiculare
Wonderful colour to brighten up a cold day.
(Yellow seems to be the only colour flowers I see in my green house at this time of the year.)
(Yellow seems to be the only colour flowers I see in my green house at this time of the year.)
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Unwanted spines
- Replies: 11
- Views: 773
Re: Unwanted spines
Maybe this is the reason cowboys wear leather chaps. :grin: I did think of buying a leather potting apron - until I saw the price. :cry: Leather welding aprons in various qualities are from £15 upwards on Amazon, I use mine when welding not gardening but I don't see why it would not work. You could ...
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:47 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: how to fix polycarbonate panels in a greenhouse roof
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4055
Re: how to fix polycarbonate panels in a greenhouse roof
Replacing glass with polycarbonate is in itself a problem as older aluminium framed greenhouses used the glass to aid rigidity in the frames, as is seen when building the greenhouse which becomes much more stable when fully glazed. I vaguely remember a discussion on here where additional aluminium ...
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: M. schiedeana v. plumosa seedlings
- Replies: 9
- Views: 744
Re: M. schiedeana v. plumosa seedlings
They are looking great. I'm sure I have read that these do better when watered over the winter... I have found them to need to be dried out in good time for winter, and that they flower unwatered. I suppose each grower and each greenhouse is different I keep mine at +5 deg. C and don't get a lot of ...
- Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: 2022 seed list
- Replies: 70
- Views: 6094
Re: 2022 seed list
Thank you to everyone involved with the seed list this, despite ordering quite late from the pdf my seeds have arrived this morning with only one substitution. As my December journal has only been here for four days I would say that is a tick and gold star for whoever actioned the on line ...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Faucaria felina Solved
- Replies: 3
- Views: 579
Re: Faucaria felina Solved
In my admittedly limited Faucaria experience, waiting ages to catch a flower open seems to be a feature, well it is with my F. paucidens grown from BCSS seeds. Some of my earlier flowering ones opened in the green house before Christmas so I brought a couple of later ones into the house hoping to ...
- Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:53 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Death to Mealy Bugs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3557
Re: Death to Mealy Bugs
^^^^ 100% agree and would put Echinocereus in a close second place.