I made this faux rock planter to display/show off some of my smaller cacti and/or succulents. It's an expanded polystyrene foam core with concrete about 1cm thick on the outside. I haven't actually measured it but its about 65cm/26in at its widest. Its not 100% finished as I still need to seal it an...

Hmmm. I've done smoke water tratments on a few Australian natives before but I never even considered it in this situation. But your anecdotal evidence RorBurg56, along with that article from One Windowsill, is enough for me to try it at this point. I actually already got them started late last night...

There's a guide here on sowing Euphorbias where it says that "especially madagascar Euporbias need to be sown within weeks" because of short viability. But you never know :). https://www.euphorbia-international.org/journal/pdf_files/EW-10-3-sample.pdf Weeks. Hmmm. That'll do it. That'll b...

Thanks for the help!!! Hi! :hello2: I have no experience with that species. However, are the temperatures you quote the air temperature around it? Gardeners often talk of "bottom heat" when talking about germination, because it makes a difference. The substrate may not get up to air temper...

Hi 👋 Anyone got any experience with Euphorbia pachypodioides? I've got a couple of seeds left but I'm not really sure how to go about germinating them. The only succulents I've had experience with (growing from seed) are a number of Pachypodiums, Adeniums, and Dorstenia foetida...all of which I had ...