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That’s definitely ‘Buddha’s Temple’, Jim.

Jim_Mercer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:42 pm

MatDz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:54 am Any idea why C. pyramidalis & Co. do that? I try to not overwater, but water enough, keep them in a nice, gritty mix with some water retentive Sanicat in, and still, one day, they decide to go all crispy like yours. I think they just like doing so.

All I can say is they usually die for me but I do have a survivor, this C. pyramidalis (which might be Budda's Temple) has lost its main stem has died but it looks like I've managed to save some bits that are still alive.

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As Diane wrote, that would be 'Buddha's Temple', and the one I have, touch wood, is doing much better than the few C. pyramidalis I have. I just took some cuttings, so hopefully I will have spares, but it is uttermost annoying to see them all die like that.

It would be good to see what people do to keep them alive and grow them well. Soil, water, location, temperature, light etc.. I really like the weird crassula but they just want to die

Diane wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:49 pm That’s definitely ‘Buddha’s Temple’, Jim.

That was on the label in the pot but I wasn't sure which plant the rescued bits had come from

HaoBao wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:04 pm It would be good to see what people do to keep them alive and grow them well. Soil, water, location, temperature, light etc.. I really like the weird crassula but they just want to die

All I know is leaving them on the top shelf without water is not a good idea, will give survivor a more shaded spot but cannot guarantee water

Jim_Mercer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:15 pm All I know is leaving them on the top shelf without water is not a good idea, will give survivor a more shaded spot but cannot guarantee water

One step at a time, right?

My Echinopsis terscheckii is looking a bit under the weather today. Should I bring it inside? I don't think it is fully hardy in Manchester.

My actual entry. Dracaena draco from La Gomera. Seedling won at Manchester branch six years ago. The poor thing has not been getting enough sunlight this winter as I neglected to cut back the overenthusiastic Alpinia formosana that filled a lot of the window. You can see the new growth is distinctly paler. My excuse was that I didn't want to disturb the Stephanotis floribunda that is intertwined with them. I have now hacked down a lot of the Alpinia and really intend to wash the window now I can get to it.
Considering it is an east-facing window in Manchester, it doesn't seem too unhappy.

Nice draco Pat
I've managed to lose two even in my Polly tunnel.
The temps hit 0c and they just went to mush, I'll be more careful if I have one again.

fero wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:57 pm Nice draco Pat
I've managed to lose two even in my Polly tunnel.
The temps hit 0c and they just went to mush, I'll be more careful if I have one again.

I don't think that windowsill has got below 16°C except once when the battery ran out in the central heating thermostat. Luckily the nextdoor neighbours like their heating so it didn't go much lower.

This Kalanchoe tomentosa looked slightly better before I moved it so that I could photograph it with a black background as the top growth appeared to be upright but in reality it was being supported by the glass it was leaning on. A couple of leaves that dropped off are trying to produce new plants Edit, just taken photograph to show new plants on fallen leaves