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by taliesin
Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:27 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Mammillaria 'something'
Replies: 12
Views: 2474

Mammillaria 'something'

Can anyone change the 'something' for its proper species? at the moment it is mamm. i.d.k
:D

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by taliesin
Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:50 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: For those of you in the U.K
Replies: 1
Views: 957

For those of you in the U.K

check out this website.....good hints and tips for over wintering cacti, especially those of us with not a lot of space. This is not just for the cornish gardens either...if you read, he has also tried this in the north. Shall I try and get him/her to join cactiguide? This person could be full of in...
by taliesin
Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:17 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Overwintering Seedlings?
Replies: 8
Views: 4448

hi there...I potted mine up earlier than yours as they were only three months or maybe four old and they survived.......but that was only my own experience.
by taliesin
Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:51 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Overwintering Seedlings?
Replies: 8
Views: 4448

I am far from knowledgable on this but I can only go by my own experience with three month old seedlings. I got sent these by post from austria and they were clinging on to life. I potted them up individually into the smallest containers I had, in just moist compost. Once they had established, about...
by taliesin
Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: Matucana intertexta on display
Replies: 6
Views: 1684

superb....I do like matucana's and I have lent towards those as well as echinofossulocactus in our collection. :D
by taliesin
Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: I got away with it!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2560

thanks for that topic shed and thanks for the info ian...you have just solved my winter storage....it is getting a little out of hand....I had even contemplated making hanging saucers and putting thick dowell across from picture rail to picture rail in the bay window. That would have given the neigh...
by taliesin
Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Neoporteria nidus senilis is rockin' and rollin'!!!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 5673

cor...they definatly shout at you from the bottom of the road....wheres me sun glasses.....hmmm out comes list again. :D
by taliesin
Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: Blooms this week
Replies: 14
Views: 4499

legolas29 you have the plant that I have been looking for for ages Sclerocactus (Ancistrocactus ) uncinatus :!: i am jealous :wink: lovely looking plants there... can i ask what size pot that fero is in?
by taliesin
Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:12 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Growing Help Please!
Replies: 5
Views: 1510

Over here, many gardeners consider it a weed...if they don't when they put it in, they do after a year or two. these plant root very easily and you will need to cut it back after a couple of years and dont be afraid to do so, it is very resilient and even harder to get rid of.
by taliesin
Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:29 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: case of the disappearing roots
Replies: 2
Views: 979

case of the disappearing roots

as a newbie to this line of growing, I thought i would ask the experienced.:D Began the potting lark and everything was fine...nice healthy large root balls, soil crumbling away easily so I could inspect the roots for mealy etc. Started on the second wave and I have found half a dozen with less root...
by taliesin
Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: and we're off in suffolk
Replies: 10
Views: 1994

thanks for the tips people...I shall be trying those today...still got more to do...done well over 150 with god knows how many left. I dont envy those of you with 300 plus to do, it must be a full weeks work :lol:
by taliesin
Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: and we're off in suffolk
Replies: 10
Views: 1994

i am now just waiting for the rest to wake up! :lol: Have already begun potting....cor.....OUCH!!!! and I hate wearing gloves too. :(
by taliesin
Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: and we're off in suffolk
Replies: 10
Views: 1994

and we're off in suffolk

The season is off to a flying start with this parodia chrysacantha :D taken yesterday, and I haven't even watered yet :shock:

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by taliesin
Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:00 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: My Cacti & Succulents
Replies: 4
Views: 1119

hi there Eccadairius....that is the thanks giving cactus (schlumbergia truncata) :D
by taliesin
Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:57 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: 4 lobed myriostigma
Replies: 11
Views: 2188

:oops: :oops: :oops: sorry... :lol: a slip of the digit.....