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by Mike P
Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:03 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 746
Views: 213037

Re: Updated seed lists

Worked fine for me just now.
by Mike P
Sun Dec 29, 2024 9:20 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Snow
Replies: 15
Views: 1429

Re: Snow

I agree Mike. I’d rather it was colder and sunny which is what next week promises for the SE.
by Mike P
Sun Dec 22, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Kaktusy special 2 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 496

Kaktusy special 2 2024

Just finished reading Martin Lowry’s interesting and well illustrated review of Cleistocactus. Definitely worth obtaining a copy whilst the Society still has them. Time to get one or two more species methinks.
PS Mr picky spots an odd glitch with the text on page 13…
by Mike P
Thu Dec 19, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Errr ... what's up doc
Replies: 25
Views: 1413

Re: Errr ... what's up doc

I found them easy to add and remove and looked forward to new ones…. My all time fave was the one of Spock knocking on the inside of the screen trying to get out.
by Mike P
Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:00 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Errr ... what's up doc
Replies: 25
Views: 1413

Re: Errr ... what's up doc

Very nostalgic. In the 90’s I had an Xmas screensaver (remember those) which did this - and piled in drifts along the bottom of the screen.
by Mike P
Sun Dec 15, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Recording my Cacti & Succulents Solved
Replies: 16
Views: 3156

Re: Recording my Cacti & Succulents Solved

I'm with el4tel however I prefer to love my plants , how do people have so much time, I'm pleased if I get out to water the winter growers [/quote] Impending retirement. I have now catalogued my book collection, my cd collection and then it’s on to the records. Next year for the plants…..it’s all bee ...
by Mike P
Sun Dec 15, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Recording my Cacti & Succulents Solved
Replies: 16
Views: 3156

Re: Recording my Cacti & Succulents Solved

Where is your inner librarian Stuart.
by Mike P
Sun Dec 15, 2024 9:44 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Recording my Cacti & Succulents Solved
Replies: 16
Views: 3156

Re: Recording my Cacti & Succulents Solved

I used Cactus Base for many years but sadly it is now defunct. It used Microsoft Access as its engine. Annoyingly I can no longer get it to work with a modern PC so all the data from 1999 - 2015 is very safely locked away….I've been thinking of starting a new one and was going to use the iPads / ...
by Mike P
Tue Dec 10, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Not over collecting then?
Replies: 1
Views: 345

Re: Not over collecting then?

I can’t believe the amount of damage goats do when allowed to graze freely. Whole hillsides laid waste.
by Mike P
Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Sinningia cardinalis
Replies: 3
Views: 338

Re: Sinningia cardinalis

Thanks. Winter rest it is.