My conclusion is along the lines of DaveW, I think I'm going to go with a cold frame as my place is pretty exposed to the wind and only temporary so not worth to put up a greenhouse. Thanks for the feedback I'm glad I didn't go for the fold up greenhouse!

Would anybody be willing to have a look at the link to this plastic fold up green house and tell me what you think? [url=http://www.cactusplaza.com/uptimum-automatic-greenhouse-p-11564.html.Even better if there is somebody out there with experience of them. The idea is a cheap, portable green house ...

Standard cactus advice is don't water until the soil has dried out, but with gravel on top and different plants in different pots in different places, how do you know as a beginner? Do you use a moisture meter? I do have one which I had for something else a 'rapitest' that has a prod that you stick ...

I have recently acquired a small Oroya Peruviana(2inches tall).The only fairly consistent bit of information I can find about it in both my books and the internet is that it is difficult to grow, although one source did say it was easy! Can anybody tell me what I need to do to have success with this...

As a newcomer to the hobby and very new to getting more info about it from the internet I have discovered http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants, which seems to me to be sent from heaven as it has loads of info about loads of plants fantastic for care, id, new names etc etc. My question is if you ex...

What is corking?

Thank you all for your welcome and tips. Wonderful. Thanks Phil for your offer to take pictures which made me realise that my sister is coming to stay and I might be able to get her to do it. The newly acquired 40 year old Trichocereus Pasacana is the pride of my collection and with your photo and o...

I have just joined the forum. It looks like there is a mine of information here. I will need a digital camera before I can get your assistance with identifications and I also need a greenhouse as although my collections is small it can't get much bigger and with so many different plants out there---...