greatnorthernexotic wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:43 am ... easy to dismantle temporarily when high winds are forecast.

But aren't high winds in winter often accompanied by rain?

I'm not sure if I'll get any seed but my hopes of getting a little colony going here are still alive. I think it's self fertile. It seldom seems to seed into open ground, but seeds readily into gravel, whether just gravel or gravel top dressing over compost. Tricky to remove it from a clump of hard...

habanerocat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:53 am One of Lidl's best from 2015.

...or 3 of Lidl's best

I'd go for Haworthia cymbiformis

Agave attenuata is unusual among Agaves in not having a sharp spike on the end of each leaf. Much safer than most for use in areas with children. Commonly used as a (summer) bedding plant in botanical or other large gardens in the UK, but planted out year round in gardens and public areas in Austral...

Thanks Mike. How hardy is it, do you know? I don't have any Disocactus as they don't tend to be very hardy, if I recall correctly..... Both flagelliformis and x mallisonii survived the 2010-11 winter in an unheated greenhouse (many other previously hardy plants didn't) and had been fine without hea...

Is Aporocactus mallisonii a good species? Never heard of it until I saw a post there now on Facebook. Or is it some sort of a Disocactus hybrid? I can’t find much on it. It's a hybrid, so should be Disocactus x mallisonii. It's D. flagelliformis x D. speciosus. Stems are quite a bit thicker than fl...

Thanks to everyone who entered; I won't attempt to comment on every entry. I was very impressed by Juster's Aloe haworthiodes , superb plants, which would surely win first prize if the plants themselves were being judged. It must be quite a job to move one around or repot :eek: Also impressed by Ed'...

I'm not reading too much into this other than there is a need to do long-term tests first before moving everything over to a new formulation. Otherwise bad stuff can happen even if it takes a few years to show up... We have a problem, though, because although the label on the bag might be the same,...

Current batches of Westland No.2 in the south-east are 'good' for me :smile: Remember different parts of the country may get 'different' Westland product - I think - they are not all manufactured at one site, reflecting legacy companies, and to reduce transport costs, so are dependent upon local qu...