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- Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:53 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Nothing last for ever!!
- Replies: 31
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Re: Nothing last for ever!!
I still have loads of BEF pots from the 1980s. The terracotta coloured ones rarely deteriorate but the green ones started to go after about 20 years. I don't know the difference in composition between them.
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:31 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Any idea what these are?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 761
Re: Any idea what these are?
Have you sprayed it with anything lately? I have noticed that some cacti, Soehrensia huascha springs to mind, produce dark blisters after treatment with insecticide. Something to do with the alkaloids in the epidermis if I remember correctly.
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:39 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A year in a box?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 380
Re: A year in a box?
I was thinking the opposite Phil that the more dessicated they will be, up to a point, the better. Maybe I'll try both ways to hedge my bets.
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A year in a box?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 380
A year in a box?
It looks like our planned move to Shetland will go ahead in the autumn, barring unforseen problems. I've already disposed of a good number of my plants and now it's just the Lobivia/Echinopsis and Gymnocalyciums left. I'm planning on boxing these up and taking them with me. They will have to stay in...
- Tue Jul 19, 2022 8:51 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: How are you preventing scorch during the next few days?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1195
Re: How are you preventing scorch during the next few days?
Everything seems fine, in fact it felt cooler inside my greenhouse today than it did outside.
- Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Are you going to water your cacti
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2059
Re: Are you going to water your cacti
Yes, that's true Karl, I can't explain it. Maybe it's only cacti from high altitudes, but I'm convinced for the cacti genera I grow there are two growing seasons, spring and autumn with some growth in the summer when conditions are favourable (cooler nights).
- Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Are you going to water your cacti
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2059
Re: Are you going to water your cacti
Hi, I tend to water late in the day, as the Sun is going down. This gives the water time to reach the roots? and the plants time to take it up, but it may not work that way. Mel. I believe that it is high night time temperatures that cause cacti to shut down, not high day time temperatures, so it w...
- Sat Jul 16, 2022 7:46 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Are you going to water your cacti
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2059
Are you going to water your cacti
Are you going to water your cacti during the upcoming hot weather? I think it's a complete waste of time, they just shut down when night time temperatures are in the high teens and above. It seems counter intuitive but I believe it to be true. 40C forecast on the BBC weather app for Southend on Mond...
- Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:48 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: CITES protected?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2425
Re: CITES protected?
I know of one UK nursery that openly sells habitat collected caudiciforms Stuart. Best if I don't name it though, could possibly be seen as libelous.
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A little cracker?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 468