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by Mike P
Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 695
Views: 192016

Re: Updated seed lists

Yes I just placed an order.
by Mike P
Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Handling opuntia
Replies: 35
Views: 3253

Re: Handling opuntia

This one Tony.
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by Mike P
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.
by Mike P
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
by Mike P
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Pterocactus tuberosus winter care
Replies: 9
Views: 895

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...
by Mike P
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.
by Mike P
Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:07 am
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 quite like this one for its chapter on nomenclature. It has a dedication from Vera Higgins to a F H C from April 1933.
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by Mike P
Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:29 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

My second edition Borg came with these as bookmarks;
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by Mike P
Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:25 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

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.
by Mike P
Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: What to do with extra time
Replies: 14
Views: 3301

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...