So is meths better than white spirit (and no, I don't mean to drink!)? It's like the common names for plants, right? :mrgreen: A slightly diluted IPA (isopropyl/isopropanol, not India pale ale, don't dilute the latter!) works well and seems to be safe for plants so far, I've used it at about 66% wi...

I just wanted to point out , there is a lady selling here late husbands plants. And very nice plants too. But the plants being descust here are from a different seller and where bare root and gray in coulour. People should be careful before accusing others, especially a bereved spouse of selling il...

jeffers766 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:57 pm [...] I'm fairly sure you can't sell with cash on collection as how would ebay collect there fees? [...]

eBay simply charges the seller monthly, so that's not really a problem.

[...] There's an incredibly good Yorkshire nurseryman who grows plants that look just like habitat plants and I'd think they were habitat plants if I didn't know how skilful he was at growing choice Mexican plants. [...] Other topics aside, I would love to know if the nursery(man) in question is st...

[...] There's an incredibly good Yorkshire nurseryman who grows plants that look just like habitat plants and I'd think they were habitat plants if I didn't know how skilful he was at growing choice Mexican plants. [...] Other topics aside, I would love to know if the nursery(man) in question is st...

I get a little annoyed when I read these threads. There are a number of people who post regularly on this forum , and others in the BCSS who don't make public comments, who have habitat collected plants in their collection either from Specks or visiting ELK and other places. I used to have them but...

Thank you!

Chris in Leeds wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:28 pm Four Turbinicarpus in flower today

I'll let myself ask about your T. schmiedickeanus, is this a subsp./var.? No photos on G. match your flowers here! Could it be var. rubriflorus, or just the flowers are so vivid on yours?

Edit: An extra one, which sp. are the others?

Ross M wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:17 pm The clue to their origins appears to be in the description title i.e. (wild)

This, and the fact that the seller has no feedback at all, could suggest there is something rather shady happening.

Phil_SK wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:14 pm That seems to get decided as the talk begins! No way of knowing until Ian asks the speaker.

I guess that's a no no as I see no link shared anywhere?