Hi all, In some days I will have again prepared my new list of suculents plants with very interesting plants I bought of two important collections. If you want...
lopejo@...
Sep 1, 2003 5:20 pm
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Valentino, In response to your statement below. Your cry for people to grow cacti 'naturally' allow me to clarify. I am not suggesting that anyone force their...
Stephen, Have you tried pet shops for bird grit. Canary and budgie grit is quite fine and is sold in all the local pet shops in Cambridgeshire. Simon ... From:...
Hi all, I use the same strategie of Valentino and my Ariocarpus grow very well. For example I have Strombocactus disciformis about 4-5 cm. of one year from...
lopejo@...
Sep 1, 2003 8:37 pm
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Well, nobody responded so I guess that means nobody had any idea what was going on. I'm posting this update so if anyone ever has this problem, he or she will...
Two things: 1) Perhaps it is a language barrier at work here, but to those who have responded, I am not refereing to growing plants hard, but properly ...
In a message dated 9/2/03 7:02:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Darrell and Ion i think a question that needs to be addressed is why to fertilize at all??? ...
IRISHMESPR@...
Sep 2, 2003 6:35 pm
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I think that fertilization is essential to strong plant growth. But fertilization does not imply overwatering, causing bloated specimens as some have written...
Hey all- I have experimented with various fertilizers with my cactus and succulents. One product I found once (and have never seen since) is called BR-61....
Hi all, I have just read in a french book about succulents that Ariocarpus had their rest period in summer (and so that they did not have to be wattered...)...
Hi Sylvain, I think there is some truth in this. Ariocarpus seem to grow most rapidly in the spring and late summer/autumn when there are large differences...
Hi all, Here in South of France we had very high temperatures during summer (on a period of several weeks : minimum of 29 at night with 35 to 40 during the...
Okay, I haven't posted in a while, but this topic concerns me a little. Unless you are a commerical grower (who absolutley doesn't care about anything but...
Hi Chris, I agree with you. There is room for sharing all these & other growing methods! Anybody grow any hydroponic living rocks?***now that's one I really...
Hi Geoff, Yann, and all, thank you for sharing your experience ! Geoff, I sent you an answer by the contact area of your site. Did you receive it ? Best...
Hi, I've been following the discussion about limestone and am thinking I may try adding it for some of my Ariocarpus but the only kind I have been able to ...
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could tell me the difference between Ariocarpus fissuratus and Ariocarpus fissuratus v. lloydii? How do you tell them apart...
Hey Dan well the traditional forms of fissuartus and llydii are easy to tell appart in that the lloydii has smother more rounded tubercles, having the two...
IRISHMESPR@...
Sep 7, 2003 9:25 pm
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Hi Dan, Fissuratus has a groove in the tubercle,loydii does not.that is how I have understood the general differance. Regards Andy Walmsley Berkshire England. ...
Hi Dan, Reference to Sean, the plants may look quite different and distinct but they are in fact the same - the forms in Texas around the Big Bend area are...
Hi all!, I use a product from Global Stone James River called "paver base". It clearly says "crushed limestone chips" in the left hand bottom corner. My plants...
Hi Geoff, Can you tell us where in Texas (closest City if possible) you are referring to when you said "It is worth adding that a friend of ours has found A. ...
Hi all, I have the following living-rocks for sale or trade: Ariocarpus agavoides Ariocarpus confusus Ariocarpus fissuratus v. hintonii Ariocarpus furfuraceus ...
Hello everybody. Does anybody on the board have any mature Arios they might want to sell or know of anyone who might want to sell? I'm after a largish A....
Hello, I have some large Ariocarpus confusus, A. fissuratus, A. scapharostrus, A. retusus, A. retusus var. elongatus, A. agavoides, and other mature plants of...
lopejo@...
Sep 13, 2003 8:07 pm
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Hello, I live in the u.s.,would this be a shipping problem? I'm interested in a list of plants your offering. Thank you, jeremy ... From: lopejo@... ...
Hi Chuck! I'm sorry! I don't understand in English, but see Your plants, which know it's Coryphantha/Escobaria hesteri. I don't know how to write it in...
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