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- Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: 'Scale' on mammillaria?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2331
Re: 'Scale' on mammillaria?
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- Sun Sep 06, 2020 2:39 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Coldframes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2858
Re: Coldframes
Do you find you spend as much time just standing and looking at your plants (which I do for hours in the g/h) when they're in a frame? I spend time looking at mine in the greenhouse but these days it's mainly from a sitting position. I also wear a magnifying headset, not a lot escapes me then. http...
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Confusing names: aren't rebutia and aylostera the same
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2747
Re: Confusing names: aren't rebutia and aylostera the same
You must have missed Ivor Crooks' talk on his views of Rebutia, a few weeks ago Apparently the lumpers lumped these together before the DNA evidence was published. ( Now I think I've got it right) That DNA evidence shows that if you lump in Weingartia then you have to also include a whole swathe of ...
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:24 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Fungus gnats
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6949
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:43 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Sowing Massonia seeds.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2682
Re: Sowing Massonia seeds.
John Innes 1,2 and 3 are loam based. Loam+peat+sand/grit+fertiliser
If you want straight loam then it's just top soil. Sterilised if you don't want to grow weeds.
If you want straight loam then it's just top soil. Sterilised if you don't want to grow weeds.
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Fungus gnats
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6949
Re: Fungus gnats
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- Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Fungus gnats
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6949
Re: Fungus gnats
I would love to try the nematodes but I am keeping plants indoor, in the living room to make it even more difficult, so I don't really want to introduce any additional living creatures :mrgreen: The use of nematodes indoors is much preferable to using a chemical pesticide. They'll not come out of t...
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A compact mesemb
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1381
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Fungus gnats
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6949
Re: Fungus gnats
Nemasys do a nematode for Sciarid fly.
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:26 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Fungus gnats
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6949
Re: Fungus gnats
Use a natural flypaper, Pinguicula work wonders and they flower