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by el48tel
Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello from Huntly NE Scotland
Replies: 2
Views: 114

Re: Hello from Huntly NE Scotland

Welcome to the forum David
by el48tel
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Crassula 'Bride's Bouquet'
Replies: 4
Views: 201

Re: Crassula 'Bride's Bouquet'

Crassula is a genus I know nothing about. But that is truly a lovely looking plant
by el48tel
Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:11 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Arrived home from vacation to find this ...
Replies: 3
Views: 271

Re: Arrived home from vacation to find this ...

RayW wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:21 pm A small amount of neglect works wonders I find. B)
When we next meet, Ray, remind me to tell you the story of the Echinopsis which lost its roots.
by el48tel
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Pest control
Replies: 63
Views: 4597

Re: Pest control

Having read the small print on some treatments, I'd be more worried about marking the plants by over spraying or too many treatments.
by el48tel
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Replies: 17
Views: 831

Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs

Another bump
Surely there's a few more pictures of plants .... shapes ... texture.... colour .... etc .... flowers are not compulsory
by el48tel
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Chamaelobivia 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 227

Re: Chamaelobivia 2024

edds wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:10 pm
el48tel wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:08 pm Ed
That's a superb flower shop.
The season has started????.
Only in my centrally heated office Terry! Definitely cheating!
Allowing the plants naturally to take advantage of adjusted climatic conditions.

(Been a spin doctor too in the distant past)
by el48tel
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Chamaelobivia 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 227

Re: Chamaelobivia 2024

Ed
That's a superb flower shop.
The season has started????.
by el48tel
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
Replies: 7
Views: 370

Re: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....

Personally I understand the necessity with slow-growing plants, plants with no chlorophyll, or in an emergency to save a rotting cactus, but aesthetically I'm not a fan. I have buried the grafting stock on my grafted slow-growing plants. Whilst we're on the subject, when considering substrate for y...