How interesting Mat! I can't wait to see it in person and spoil it. Will see about whether it needs planting more deeply to get it rooting at the base of the plantlet.
Ed
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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
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- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Agave talk & pictures
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- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Agave talk & pictures
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Re: Agave talk & pictures
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A slow start
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Re: A slow start
I haven't watered my cacti yet but would have done if I was at home this week. I agree it has been a dank and dingy start to the year, but at least mild.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Habitat-style staging
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Re: Habitat-style staging
What other rock types available in the UK might be worth trying? I'd really like to plant an aztekium vertically in some gypsum. Don't just worry about UK types - you can even get some fantastic stuff that's been imported. My local stone merchants (https://www.cedstone.co.uk/) once had some massive...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A couple of efflorescences
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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Habitat-style staging
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- Views: 892
Re: Habitat-style staging
Find a local stone merchants - you can usually pop along and pick your own rocks.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Habitat-style staging
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Re: Habitat-style staging
Tufa is good for growing plants in directly as it allows water to percolate through. It’s used a lot in alpine gardening. There are some nice examples at Kew. If you can find some it would be worth experimenting with Tufa is very soft and alkaline though - not sure some of my plants would like that...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Habitat-style staging
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Re: Habitat-style staging
Tufa is good for growing plants in directly as it allows water to percolate through. It’s used a lot in alpine gardening. There are some nice examples at Kew. If you can find some it would be worth experimenting with Tufa is very soft and alkaline though - not sure some of my plants would like that...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Habitat-style staging
- Replies: 20
- Views: 892
Re: Habitat-style staging
Great idea. Is that one big rock with a hole drilled out or have you stuck together a few smaller rocks? (I'm thinking of 'borrowing' your idea for some hardy plants to sit on top of my gabions made in rock to match that that fills the gabions.)