man, gmail is driving me crazy today...lol--just typed a message, and it disappears when i try to send... so here goes again: hi and welcome! i'm in canada...
you know, wendy, i didnt notice your email address, and therefor recognise you, til this second message...lol so my response to your introduction will not have...
Hi Cohan, I have several seeds that are winter growers and I will be planting the later part of September. They are some lithops(trying some now some later),...
Yes Cohan I think we both belong to several of the same groups. I really have not wittled myself down to a few different kinds of succulents there are just to...
i'm with you on that, wendy, there are various groups of plants that i really love, and whenever i start looking at something, thats the group i get really...
let us know how the seeds go... as far as hybrids, seeds would be fun, never know what you will get, though personally i'm not into hybrids, i think the most...
Cohan, Well maybe I could give them a home lol. When my very large tree out front drops its leaves , and there is more sun coming in the south windows I am...
Re Ex Situ conservation It would be safe to say that there are more wild Haworthias in cultivation than the average cultivator could ever have room to grow....
i have looked at gariep's list http://www.kambroo.com/succulent_plant_nursery/haworthia/species-haworthia.html really great stuff, and seem very helpful, based...
Hi Paul, thank you for your response to my enquiry. ... Exactly - especially now that the ISI distributions are so restricted for those of us outside the US. ...
Rudolf Schulz in New Zealand has announced that he is working on a new book on Haworthias. The book will follow Bayer's recent classification for the genus,...
Hi all, Well here it is Autumn again, here in the Northern Hemisphere at least. And time to look at the state of our plants as they go into winter domicile. ...
Hi again. Over the last week, as the temperatures have fallen here in the Inland Northwest of the United States, I have been forced to bring my rolling plant...
i recently posted a photo of a gasteria and asked if someone could id it. as yet, no results. so, ssking again...it is under diana's album..the last photo....
As i am moving to mexico, i am selling my collection and will have to start all over again. Please check my album to see if anyone is interested in purchasing...
I have the following seed for Exchange only, sorry but I will not respond to requests to sell. If you have some other Haworthia seed of interest to offer...
Haworthia Study No 19 would normally be dated July but is actually dated August 2008 because of later printing. Contents are: Truncata Breeding. After the H....
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Hi all, I have an extra copy of this book, if any body would be interrested in taking it from me: It is called : THE GENUS HAWORTHIA Written by C L Scott,...
My subject line basically says it. If you want to notify members of items of interest for sale, fine. But when responding to said notices (i.e. potential...
Ever since I began collecting and growing haworthias and gasterias in 1995 I have been bedeviled by roots rotting. I blame this on my soil mixes. I believe the...
let us know how it goes, breck... i dont use any commercial potting soil for any of my c+s for a couple of reasons: the composted wood products used in many...
Hi Breck. The problem = that plants from around 7,8,9,10, years old have regular roots leaves,dying off. no problem but natural. otherwise you get a H. retusa...
Breck, I've experimented with the same basic constituents to the soiless mix as you. Haven't yet wintered anything in the mix. We add a couple of things that ...
I use a mix of JI no3, horticultural grit, vermiculite and "better kitty litter" in a ratio of 3:3:3:1 which works for me and the way I grow plants without...
That's interesting Cok, I have never had much a problem with root loss, but one thing I am meticulous in doing is removing dead leaves etc from the base of the...
Ook writes: The problem = that plants from around 7,8,9,10, years old have regular roots leaves,dying off. no problem but natural. Hello friend Cok, Please...
I remember Rowena Southwell, an enthusiastic and experienced Haworthia grower, telling me when I first started growing Haworthia that Haworthia sometimes lose...