My name is Ben Jenkins and I grow succulents and Haworthia's are my favorite I read you were looking for discussions on soil mixes so here is mine 50% pumice...
Hello Ben and All. Talking about soil mix. this is very difficult to say what to juse. in my opinion it is not importand were they grow in. more importand is...
Hello Haworthiaphiles!: I was wondering if anybody knew of a systemic insecticide that was harmless to Haworthia, Gasteria, cacti and succulents in general. I...
Welcome Ben!! Enjoy!! Arthur Breck Breckenridge <gasteriaphile@...> wrote: +Welcome Ben. I'll give you a e-mail "call"! Breck Haworthia@yahoogroups.com...
Hi Phil My friend has given me the name of systemic insecticide to use on most all succulents and cacti he uses it himself and he is one of the best growers of...
Announcing a "one-time" offering. I have two nice sized divisions of Haworthia kingiana available for sale. First come--first served. Haworthia kingiana is...
Hi Ben, Thanks for the info, I've gotten 2 recommendations for Bayer Tree and Shrub. It sounds like the product to use. I think I'll give it a try. I...
Hi Phil and others, The active ingredient (A.I.) in this fabulous product (Bayer Advance Tree & Shrub Insect Control Concentrate) is imidacloprid 1.47%....
Thanks for the advice, you're the second person to mention Bayer's. I think I'll give it a try. ... From: kcconlin9319 To: Haworthia@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I've had great success with Marathon (imidacloprid) over the last several years. I purchased a large jug from a California distributor and had it shipped...
Is there any ''best time'' in the year to take leaf cuttings from Gasteria? Ben J.M.Zonneveld Institute of Biology,Leiden University, Clusius lab Wassenaarse...
Hello Carolyn, Thanks for the great advice and information, it sounds like the Bayer product is what I'm looking for. It looks like I can buy it directly...
This is great news, as I am fed up with mealies of both sorts and seem to be fighting a hopeless battle with the ones that get in between the tightly packed...
Hi Elliott, Thanks for the info, it's very helpful. Looks like Lowe's and Target sell Marathon and Bayer products. I think I'll test the stuff on the...
Hi All, I've been using Marathon 1% Granular for almost two years now. It has worked great on all my plants. I have seen no problem with it on ANY of my...
Hai Derek http://public.fotki.com/Grootscholten/crassulaceae/crassula_sp_dt_3594.html Can you have a look what it is. Cok. [Non-text portions of this message...
Hello - great information on rooting Haworthia leaves, but most of them pup fairly easy. Can you tell me if hybrids will come true from a leaf? Thanks, ...
Hi Harold, The hybrid Gasterias I've rooted all look like the mother plants, what I can't figure out is why variegated Gasteria leaf cuttings will produce...
Phil, I feel your pain (chuckle). I suspect that you will get a good scientific explanation (something I'm incapable of providing) from the good folks at ...
In a message dated 11/9/2005 7:20:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cactibud@... writes: I've been using Marathon 1% Granular for almost two years now. It...
Hi Harold, I live in Oklahoma. Check with your Growner Supply companys. Look in the yellow pages (Nursery Supply or Farm Supply) and make some calls. I've...
Hi Phil and others, It is quite logic why leaf cuttings from variegated plants do either develop back normal green or completely white and very very...
HI all, excellent discussion of variegation. I did not know of the different thpes of origins, esp. of the chlorophyll DNA is it? Just from a horticultural...
Hi Robert, Thanks so much for your thorough and very interesting explanation of variegated leaf cuttings, which seems to be true in Sansevierias also. I had...
Hi Carolyn Well, the word chimera in a way is very correct. It all is a matter of 2 cells with different DNA combining to a living organism. Now, both can...
Hi All. I've uploaded a new photo on our Haworthia Yahoo website's Front Page. It is a photo taken today of my Gasteria vlokiis that were collected on March...
I've been enjoying the discussion about why variegated leaf cuttings do not usually result in new variegated plants, having had a hard time getting my mind...
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