Joel - you should have mentioned your Aloe striatula - if you cut the main stem of a straggler you will get multiple branches developing (and you can easily root the top, too) Generally when they are sold the nurserymen do this to get a bushy, multi-headed plant plus, after a few years growth outsid...

Thank you Phil, I will email him today.

Just as an aside - how do you get on the list? I have been doing talks for years for clubs/organisations but have yet to 'break into' the BCSS.

Typical. I think for my immediate needs they are a little too big, as it happens. Phillip B has actually got hold of some of the Elho bowls and is selling them now, which is handy - possibly a more useful size. The whole thing is kind of academic for me now as, in the meanwhile, I decided to repot i...

Looking good Mike. Is that all new growth in the middle? It is doing very well if so.

Yes, me too I think Geoff - perfect shape for larger agave. Thanks for the link!

Ian - they never made it that far, I have always somehow managed to kill them before they got outside. Nop idea what I have done wrong but it is twice now.

Chris - yes please! Third time lucky, I reckon.

Nice plant! I've never managed to keep one of those alive for very long - do you do anything in particular with it or treat it the same as any other yucca. Last week I visited a guy in Belgium who has possibly the most comprehensive collection of agave and yucca species in Europe, the majority of wh...

Geoff - that is certainly more like it! Thank you. I've bookmarked both sites.

Geoff, those guppy pots sound interesting, maybe I'll scout around the local aquatic places. The LBS jobs are a bit dear