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- Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:05 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Moss in seed pots
- Replies: 13
- Views: 778
Moss in seed pots
We’ve probably all had this problem, moss colonising seed pots and swamping the seedlings, especially the slow growers which stay in the pot for a long time. I’m not aware of any product licensed for preventative or curative treatment. What we do know is that the main actives used for moss treatment...
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:11 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Bubble-wrap insulation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 556
Re: Bubble-wrap insulation
I gave up on bubble wrap insulation years ago. I now use twin wall polycarbonate which I fit once and leave for years and years, and it insulates better as it’s so much easier to get a tight fit at joins. But, if you really want bubble wrap, the bigger bubble stuff will, usually, be thicker and so s...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Membership number
- Replies: 3
- Views: 328
Re: Membership number
It’s in your profile, top right of the screen.
Mine is, at least
Mine is, at least
- Sat Feb 25, 2023 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Poor seed germination - what am I doing wrong? Solved
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1602
Re: Poor seed germination - what am I doing wrong? Solved
My experience over recent years is that BCSS and, to a lesser extent, Mammillaria society seeds show a lower viability than seed from commercial sources or ADBLPS. I’ve sown hundreds of packs of seed in recent years and think my findings are statistically reliable. The poor germination is particular...
- Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Things I learned today
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1586
Re: Things I learned today
I learnt today that I was dead right resisting the temptation to mist my greenhouses. It’s been cold and foggy all day today.
False springs are so tempting… resist, resist, resist.
False springs are so tempting… resist, resist, resist.
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:54 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Nothing last for ever!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1583
Re: Nothing last for ever!!
I have to discard a few like this every year, but they do date back to my teens, over forty years ago.
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: 2022 seed list
- Replies: 70
- Views: 4945
Re: 2022 seed list
Any chance of the pdf on the website being updated to show those still available? (Or has it already? I’m lazy and haven’t looked)
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: A peek under the covers.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1163
Re: A peek under the covers.
I’ve detected a large amount of misunderstanding about frost protection on social media this winter. Fleece covering of plants will protect them from ‘ground frost’ but it will not insulate plants from long periods of ‘air frost’. The internet is full of better explanations of the difference than I ...
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:03 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: So what do we think has gone wrong here?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 384
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Pterbocharged Pterocactus seed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 255
Re: Pterbocharged Pterocactus seed
Congrats!. I will be sowing mine in a couple of weeks. With regards pricking out. Last year I pricked out the early germinators from my sowings of australis and gonjanii and returned the pots to the propagator. In both cases another seedling popped up and I left this one in the seed pot undisturbed...