It is a shame if the seed pool closes. The society seed list seems to cover plants that are more interesting for the experienced growers. I found the seed pool listed more species that those new to the hobby might want to grow eg Rebutia. So the two sources of seed are complementary. I grow quite a...

Payment csn also be made on the website.

There are small portable air conditioning units- Argos does one for £100 though I've no idea how effective it is. The others seem to be a good bit more expensive.

ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:01 pm Thanks for the tip. Maybe they also sell Citric Acid in the Chinese food wholesalers I frequent. Paul - have you tried citric acid yet?

I haven't tried that, no. Sounds like a good idea.

Something to be careful of- test your water, add your vinegar to get it to the right pH, then leave it sitting a few hours. Test it again and it may have gone back up, due to the buffering. The pH reduction caused by vinegar can be neutralised gradually by carbonates in the water. To get a stable p...

Something to be careful of- test your water, add your vinegar to get it to the right pH, then leave it sitting a few hours. Test it again and it may have gone back up, due to the buffering. The pH reduction caused by vinegar can be neutralised gradually by carbonates in the water. To get a stable pH...

Phil_SK wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 7:37 pm I have this, making a poor effort this evening:
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and here it was when I used to look after my plants properly :
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Do you want a piece?

Yes please Phil, very kind of you. Will pm.

Infuriatingly none of my "leopygmaeas" have had flowers at the same time. Until today- here are two brothers / sisters, from the same sowing, cuttings from Leo Busch. I've rarely been so excited about waiting for seed to develop :lol: Did you get any seed from these? Unfortunately no, nev...

So how do you decide if they are from a single population? Is it just because you get a set of colour variants from one cross? My post in reply yesterday has mysteriously vanished :???: Possibly I forgot to "submit". No, I just wanted to show (myself) that yellow flowered plants aren't on...

A wee update on these plants. The typical one that I've seen as "leopygmaea" is flowering today, and gets better every year. What a stunning plant.