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by EdMcKenna
Wed May 08, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Under the bench
Replies: 2
Views: 16

Re: Under the bench

Hi Allan thanks for the reply, this year is the first time I have included Haworthia and Gasteria in my collection. I have noticed that some of them did not like the south facing window ledge so that confirms that they will all spend the summer under the greenhouse top bench. 👍👍
by EdMcKenna
Wed May 08, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Under the bench
Replies: 2
Views: 16

Under the bench

Having relocated and downsized my new greenhouse, I find myself a bit pushed for top shelf space.
So I'm looking for suggestions of which cacti (mainly) and succulents prefer to spend their summer under the bench or one shelf down.
by EdMcKenna
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Identification help
Replies: 8
Views: 732

Re: Identification help

If you can move it over to the window, I know caravans don't often have wide window ledges you could try standing a mirror or even a sheet of mirror acrylic behind it. This would help you maximise the light.
It might be a suitable arrangement when you are not occupying the caravan.
by EdMcKenna
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Identity required please
Replies: 6
Views: 1127

Re: Identity required please

Thanks for the reply, I had a look at images of Aloe juvenna and I think it still looks closer to the Aloe humilis.
I put this down to the greater number of spines on the leaf surface as opposed to bumps.
by EdMcKenna
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Identity required please
Replies: 6
Views: 1127

Re: Identity required please

Thanks for the replies, I had a look at Aloe humilis and at some Gasteraloe images online. Probably not definitive but I think the leaf spikes look more like one of the Aloe humilis images I've seen.

http://www.llifle.com/plant_album/626/28959
by EdMcKenna
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Identity required please
Replies: 6
Views: 1127

Identity required please

I rescued these two today from our local cactus abusers ( trays inside, poor light bottom shelf etc). I have just this year started getting into non-cacti succulents so I am looking for some assistance in naming these as they are just labelled Aloe. I think one is Gasteria cv 'little warty'. Both in...
by EdMcKenna
Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Haworthia first aid advice required.
Replies: 7
Views: 815

Re: Haworthia first aid advice required.

Noted Mat, Haworthia truncata hybrid 😁
by EdMcKenna
Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Haworthia first aid advice required.
Replies: 7
Views: 815

Re: Haworthia first aid advice required.

Thanks for the replies and advice, I was unsure about leaving or trimming the roots as thee root loss over the last two weeks was alarming. I will trim and dust with sulfur and as suggested repot it into a mineral substrate. I had suspected it was a hybrid of some kind, the leaves didn't look quite ...
by EdMcKenna
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Haworthia first aid advice required.
Replies: 7
Views: 815

Haworthia first aid advice required.

I usually grow just cacti and euphoria, but expanding my interest purchased what I believe to be a Haworthia truncata (labelled Echeveria 😂) from a well known garden centre back in late October. I kept it isolated indoors from my other plants where it seemed to thrive. Two weeks ago I decided to rem...