My Greenhouse and collection

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Aiko
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Re: My Greenhouse and collection

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C And D wrote:Maybe you can describe it for us.
Your soil mix looks very different from mine, I use very little silt or dust. Water will just pass through it and is usually dry within 3 days in a small pot.
Craig
It does not dry out as fast up here. Well, maybe in small pots on very warm days...

I don't know what kind of loam I have in use. It looks and feels sandy, but I do not know if it is sandy loam. I always find substrates to be a bit difficult to analyse. But whatever kind of different ingredients I have, I seem to be mixing them up in the right proportions for the different plants that I have, that almost all of my plants are happy with it with their personal mixed substrate. It is more a matter of feel than actually knowing what I am doing in this case. A bit like when to take action on watering your plants or when not to water your plants: a big layer of feel on top of a relatively small basis of knowing what you're doing is all it really takes.
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hoteidoc
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Re: My Greenhouse and collection

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Holy Macaroni, Batman! Your plants look like text references, Aiko! =D> Also would you send (PM) your mailing address. I wasn't sure of some of the letters on your "return address" from your "package" :-k
Peter
Once bitten by the cactus collecting/growing bug, there is no known cure!
There's no 12 step programme for Cactaholics...so I shall just have to get some more!!
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Ivan C
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Re: My Greenhouse and collection

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Lithops sp. (anyone with an identification?)

Aiko, did you ever get an id for this one?
If not here is my guess. L. localis (terricolor) peersii C339
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mmcavall
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Re: My Greenhouse and collection

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Thanks for the bump, first time seeing Aiko's plants!
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