The BCSS is certainly value for money. The Alpine Garden Society offers very similar membership benefits but their subscription is about twice ours! The difference between the two societies is that the AGS has an office and a paid director and some of the officers receive honoraria too. People in t...

So many times I have heard that we put gravel as a top layer of the pot to improve drainage around the neck of the plant.........Nonesense! its more likely to keep moisture around the neck than avoid it. Gravel on the surface is better if plants are shallow rooted and the climate dries the soil too...

Roatavator wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:39 pm Not sure Brodie (or my wife come to that) would agree...

Ha!

Roatavator wrote: ↑Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:26 pm I’m the one on the left!
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But equally handsome!

Some nice flowers out this year. Maybe last summer’s heat?

BrianMc wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:27 am


..........Get the balance right, whatever that is for your conditions, and all will be good.

Well said, that man! I’m with you absolutely. Horses for courses.

That is a truly wonderful plant, Tina. I’m in awe.

ragamala wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:57 am My little Setiechinopsis forest is blooming, the flowers lasting well into the morning today, but having lost their delicious smell!
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I’m so jealous! I have two seedlings from sowing this April, so awaiting their growth eagerly. Such a super little species.

In my opinion, as they are endangered the punishment should be more than a fine and a year or two in jail. The plants are just as living as us. Exactly. Sam Shi and his buddies took thousands of plants worth £1.5 million, the paper said. A mutual ‘friend’ confirmed this on FB. The locals were quote...

It’s a disgrace. Even more so since I can see remarkably little condemnation of it on FaceBook plant groups when the Chinese ‘replies’ were posted. Mind you, there are obviously habitat-collected plants often for sale at shows and sales here from a well-known seller and folk are still buying them, h...