I grow on shelves in my shed plus I also have a greenhouse. In the shed I need to be very careful with my water so I mix my ferts in a nine liter watering can and then transfer to a 2 liter and a 1.5 liter watering cans. The smaller one is fitted with an extension so I can reach to the back of my sh...

To kill grasses and weeds really efficiently add a surfactant like detergent or soil wetter to your roundup

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Cool a bike thread I haven't ridden much lately but I still have a couple of bikes but mainly bike parts :( Love the old stuff as well as the newer stuff . Actually thinking about it when I got out of the bike trade and stopped riding was a few years ago so most of my stuff is now retro. :lol: Mostl...

I agree that Aluminet or similar is a great product. It is lighter than shade cloth it is easy to fit over top of a green house as it has some stretch to it. It offers shade but reflects heat and also allows light through if that makes sense. My family has run large green houses for many years There...

7 looks like Gymnocalycium bruchii


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I only zap my seedling mix. Potting mix is used as is I just clean the pots if they have been used before.

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It could be the photo or I could just be wrong. :) I never really took a great interest in them when I was younger I just got so used to seeing them in the hundreds all of the time in my fathers garden. That said as I have matured I do find some of them interesting. The Japanese and Louisiana have s...

Since most of my cacti are showing only buds now I figured I'd show blooms from our local state iris that I have in bloom now. Wasn't sure at first on getting them because I had a damp area near my greenhouse that needed something. I didn't know what the bloom colors were but now am so pleased with...

All of my seed mixes goes in the microwave for three minutes on high in plastic containers or pots in plastic bags all with the tops just open. I put it in for one minute then it sits for a minute and then repeat. I always get my mixes to the ideal moisture content before microwaving. I have an old ...

Kookaburra
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Thanks Peter that's a good start
I was just looking through the pics again and realized the Mammillaria bombycina has a tag half hidden behind it

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The following cacti I have recently acquired but they came without tags and as you all now you just cant have cacti in your collection without tags :D Thanks IMG_0425.JPG IMG_0433.JPG IMG_0434.JPG IMG_0435.JPG IMG_0436.JPG IMG_0437.JPG IMG_0438.JPG IMG_0439.JPG IMG_0440.JPG IMG_0441.JPG IMG_0443.JPG...

Hey Jox
These are two that I have

Sold as Neochilenia Atra
Sold as Neochilenia Nigriscoparia
If these look right I will change the tags to the correct names

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There is weird stuff going on over here as well. I have Trich's that are still flowering and putting on heaps of growth and my parents have buds on there Epiphyllums.

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It has been a long time coming hopefully my plants will like there new home. When I started builing this I would have been lucky to fill on side of the shelves and now it is near on full :) Daiv I have been walking around on those shelves as built it and there was no sag then but there is a surprisi...