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by FredG
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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by FredG
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...
by FredG
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 ...
by FredG
Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:24 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Fungus gnats
Replies: 38
Views: 6949

Re: Fungus gnats

el48tel wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:02 amTa!
YVW :wink:
by FredG
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.
by FredG
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:40 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Fungus gnats
Replies: 38
Views: 6949

Re: Fungus gnats

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sciarid-Nematodes-Compost-Organic-Treatment/dp/B07RRBX6Q7/ref=sr_1_45?adgrpid=54811406802&dchild=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5NW_vNjK6wIVWe7tCh2B5AlnEAAYASAAEgIQkPD_BwE&hvadid=259054926439&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1006914&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=619389867119...
by FredG
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...
by FredG
Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A compact mesemb
Replies: 7
Views: 1381

Re: A compact mesemb

el48tel wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:24 am I don't choose to grow Mesembs
I thought you loved Lithops Tel :???:
by FredG
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.
by FredG
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 :wink: