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- Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Updated seed lists
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Re: Updated seed lists
Yes I just placed an order.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Handling opuntia
- Replies: 35
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Re: Handling opuntia
This one Tony.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:47 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Handling opuntia
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3253
Re: Handling opuntia
I also have that book.
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:26 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Handling opuntia
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3253
Re: Handling opuntia
About 1minute 15 seconds in is the real way to handle Opuntias!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk7S98g8R7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk7S98g8R7E
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Pterocactus tuberosus winter care
- Replies: 9
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Re: Pterocactus tuberosus winter care
I grow most of my Pterocacti in an unheated greenhouse and do cut the top growth off P tuberosus as it leads to a more natural looking plant. In habitat they lose the top growth each year and grow new flowering stems from the tuber so what you are growing is in effect a flowering tuber. The exceptio...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:14 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: What to do with extra time
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3301
Re: What to do with extra time
I believe they are still pursuing a building to house it in.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: What to do with extra time
- Replies: 14
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Re: What to do with extra time
I quite like this one for its chapter on nomenclature. It has a dedication from Vera Higgins to a F H C from April 1933.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:29 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: What to do with extra time
- Replies: 14
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Re: What to do with extra time
My second edition Borg came with these as bookmarks;
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: What to do with extra time
- Replies: 14
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Re: What to do with extra time
My favourite of theirs is Edgar’s ‘Cactus-like succulents’. Black and white but worth it for the introduction alone which begins ‘I recently accepted a very pressing invitation…’ I’ve read thrillers with far less interesting starts!
Disagree about old books as I rather like them for their charm.
Disagree about old books as I rather like them for their charm.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: What to do with extra time
- Replies: 14
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What to do with extra time
Ive been making use of the colder weather to create spread sheets of books on various topics and have just finished Cacti and Succulents. Aside from discovering I had a few duplicates ( some where I have the hardback and a later paperback version some where I’ve simply bought a copy in better condit...