Hello Nigel I've always found Amaryllis belladonna (the true sp.) to be quite an intermittent flowerer . Even in E.Lincolnshire , where we're on...
An alternative view maybe not to everyone's taste ; I cultivate a moderate collection of mainly columnar Cacti , large Aloes , Agaves and...
Hello ricky101 Just read your post ; you can buy terra-cotta (clay) 'bulb-bowls' or pans in GCs ; these are about one-foot across and 6-8" deep ....
Pete is 'spot on' with the Titanopsis ID ; the top left looks more like a Conophytum than a Lithops ! Good price though , all the same .
My A.huegelii stays outside from Spring until Autumn ; sunny open aspect in free-draining soil . Grown like mad this year , (1.5m in one season) ,...
Hi Ricky101 ; pleased you're having success with the germination method . Keep all seedlings light and well ventilated but fairly warm . Don't...
Hello Ricky101 The pots (about 5 inches diameter) were kept in neutral pH water to a depth of about 1 inch . They were in heated propagators in a...
Dah.....Big Head..:)...........Nice observatory ...No , I havn't tried Stellarium; will have a look !
Have you tried or downloaded World Wide telescope onto you PC ? There is a lot of interesting info on here . Like having your own observatory ;...
By the time I lost count of the number of wheelbarrows ; metric tonnes or imperial didn't make a great deal of difference !:sad:
Is your 'gardener' , (sounds like a euphemism for complete idiot) a bit slow ???? Strimmers can do irrepairable damage to shrubs and trees ,...
Spent all day wheel-barrowing 4- tons of 20mm stones to make 4" depth gravel path up the garden ; prior to this laid a brick edging to retain the...
The Husqvarna mowers I use have these 'Turf-Trak' (or something like that) dumpy tyres on them ; good traction and very fast , but can easily...
Husqvarna make a good ride-on mulching mower ; if you're not bothered about grass-collection , this may be the one ! Rear wheel steering too , so...
Enclosing it in a wrap might encourage dampness and mildew ; if they've survived -20 I shouldn't worry too much !
Stihl make a very fine black mesh visor ; especially good if strimming or using a chainsaw . Use one allt he time .
Have you tried germinating cactus seed in an inert medium such as perlite ? If you've access to a heated propagator , fill pots with pure perlite...
Hello Zigs ; relatively new to this forum ; all plants are popular with me . In the 1980s worked at specialist cactus nursery in N.Yorkshire ....
Made a mess of that didn't I ? Last year had to decapitate a 7' Pilosocereus azureus (beautiful blue) ; after 5 months of drying out the 4' top...
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