The easiest leaves to use are the lower ones which detach without spoiling the look of the plants. Unfortunately they're the leaves that would have dried up first if left on the plant and not the best ones to use for cuttings. To make the most of a plant I usually cut out the centre of the plant to ...

The white marks on Myrtillocactus are usually a sign of cold damage. There will be five separate plants growing together in one pot, quite easy to grow with some winter warmth and plenty of sun.
Stuart

Back when there used to be an annual show at Dartford, there was a regular visitor who grew perfect plants in his loft using 100% artificial light. It's something I don't know much about but I reckon it's possible if light and temperature can be controlled. The difficult think might be to control th...

I gave everything a light watering a week ago, climate is fairly mild here on the Sussex coast though.

Stuart

'Several gasterophiles' - that sounds more like a warning Tony!!. I'd recommend the Brighton BCSS meetings, not far from you in Hove, one of the more lively BCSS branches with a good attendance and usually quite a few sales plants. Watch out for gasterophiles though, they've been known to attend the...

Hopefully the wall will be built before these six Opuntias can get out of Mexico.
Stuart

Mine arrived yesterday, perfect condition, hopefully this was just an isolated case of things being chewed up in the mail.
Stuart

I still reckon it's a slimeless slug or smail.
Stuart

The 'flowers' are usually dried and coloured Helichrysum flowers, stuck on in Holland or Belgium with a hot glue gun. they should come off fairly easily but might leave some heat damage behind. For anyone new to the hobby the flowers are quite convincing. When they first started sticking on the drie...

OK, skipping the quality stuff like Joni Mitchell's 'Cactus Tree' and Maria Muldaur's 'Midnight at the Oasis' there's always this one - enjoy!!
Stuart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-9ugumfs4