Thanks Joel - I know just the place in my garden :smile: Big digging project next spring. I've also read somewhere that planting out encourages A. plicatilis to form a trunk - and as it encourages growth and offsets too I've got to try it. And if any offsets are giving you too much trouble I'll give...

Great post Joel I must've read somewhere (probably Silverhill) that they were winter rainfall so pleased to get better info. I've been hearing about the growth benefits of free root runs and over-potting and will definitely have a go next season. How do you prepare the site before planting out and h...

Will read that thread, Mike, thanks. Glad I asked the size hard to tell from a photo! At least 35 years old. Originally grown from seed. I've got two (about 12" high) from seed they're about 5 years old - guess they've got some growing to do (and I've got some waiting) :smile: RE flowering (bea...

Lovely plant. How tall is it? It's hard to estimate the size from a photo.
How did you get it through last winter outside?
Eddie

Thanks Peter, PM sent.
Can we get a sticky on this - I don't know Philip but think it's probably better if we publish alternative contact details prominently so forum members notice it rather than hassling him if he's not well. I feel bad that I've sent him two emails about pots
Cheers
Eddie

Hello Marianne Welcome to the forum It's nice to hear from someone in Russia and get some information on the hobby over there. When I referred to 'political' I wasn't thinking of any restrictions on growing cacti ( though the restrictions on L. williamsii is interesting, presumably as Peyote is the ...

I've emailed him twice - the first time was just over a month ago.
I was told he was ill but no further details.
Eddie

hi stijn, this is 3bears from eastern usa. i am new here too. first for eddie, here's a link to a blog i have found helpful regarding led's and cfl's for seedlings. http://pereskiopsisforestryservice.blogspot.com/ i have to say a friend showed me a led panel he bought as a "gro-lite" and ...

Alec
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I went too and had a good time
Eddie

Hello Again Lucie
The fatspikeyone is most likely Aloe claviflora (a bit more my area than Lithops )
The round one is an Echeveria (could be one of a lot of different Echeverias)
Don't know about the tall one.
Can't help with the cacti in the trough
Eddie