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by Phil_SK
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Offensive "Moderator" on Facebook.
Replies: 9
Views: 816

Re: Offensive "Moderator" on Facebook.

The group has several admins and I would recommend raising concerns like this with one or more of them in the first instance.
by Phil_SK
Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Handling opuntia
Replies: 33
Views: 2601

Re: Handling opuntia

A pair of the curved style of these can help to guide it upright again: crucible tongs
by Phil_SK
Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cactus Shop
Replies: 15
Views: 3507

Re: Cactus Shop

I travelled to Cornwall in 1999 and took the opportunity to visit what was then Westfield Cacti when Ralph was based in Kennford. He was about to move out of the area and the business was closing - it was a mess, more-or-less abandoned. I remember feeling quite sad. It's pretty amazing that he manag...
by Phil_SK
Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aloe dichotoma problems
Replies: 3
Views: 1324

Re: Aloe dichotoma problems

I would pick out every last crumb of peat (is it?) and all the dead material. Or blast it with a hose. I don't feel I can advise on what to do next due to lack of experience of your conditions but, in ignorance, I would want to reestablish a few roots in a pot before replanting - in the UK I'd be th...
by Phil_SK
Sun Nov 12, 2023 1:35 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: The Autumn Cactus and Succulent Show at RHS Harlow Carr on 23 September 2023 - the photographs thread not the politics
Replies: 64
Views: 5445

Re: The Autumn Cactus and Succulent Show at RHS Harlow Carr on 23 September 2023 - the photographs thread not the politi

MatDz wrote: Sun Nov 12, 2023 12:33 pm I hope Dudleya didn't win class 31 :shock: (Unless it counts as both Crassula and Echeveria :mrgreen: )
It's the same plant as Class 32, 2nd just from the other side, so almost certainly not in the wrong class.