My small collection

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JamesEG
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My small collection

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This year has allowed me to expand my small collection a little (while I'm not at uni), until now it was mostly seedlings, my family have moved house so I have the partial use of a nice south facing conservatory. Partial because I've only filled two 2 foot by 6 inch trays and my Mum has already firmly said 'No more'. She doesn't know about my ever-increasing wishlist though, or the seeds I've ordered :lol: Although we now have a much larger garden, so my own greenhouse is a distinct possibility :D

I'm in Somerset now so I payed a visit to the Cactus Shop, the first cactus nursery I've visited and it was great seeing so many cacti in one place! I didn't have any cash on me so had to pay by card with a minimum spend of £10, what a shame! :lol:
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Showing some encouraging signs of growth since I've had it over the last couple of weeks
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I also managed to get an order from Succseed, I've been meaning to for a while and couldn't resist the Sulcos and a Rebutia (I blame K.W. for my love of these two genera), and they really are amazing quality, beautiful plants. The aforementioned seeds were also from Succseed
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This one is stunning, I can't wait to see if I can encourage it to flower
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As you can see there's three buds, one seems to have aborted but the other two have continued to grow since I received the plant, so I'm looking forward to see what happens
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My three A. asterias, unfortunately haven't really done anything since they were sent to me about 2 years ago, although the 'Super Kabuto' might be showing some signs of growth
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Haworthia truncata from the same person as the asterias (from the BCSS forum, not sure if she has an account on this forum). Growing a nice new leaf in the centre
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I've had this Echinocereus adustus for a couple of years too, but it also hasn't done anything in the time I've had it, I re-potted it a couple of weeks ago and its roots weren't great probably due to the bad potting mix I used to use, hopefully it can recover now it's in a better mix
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Finally I have plenty of seedling, all 1.5-3 years old, mostly kindly sent by Aiko, and they're showing some good growth, (hopefully the Anacampseros isn't getting etiolated, it is in full sun)
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The Anacampseros have been flowering almost non-stop for a long time
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The first cactus I have grown from seed to flowering, very rewarding :D Plus I have 2 more plants with buds, and the one pictured has 12 yet to open
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I hope they all look good, and hopefully this isn't too many pictures at once, it looks like there's a lot of wasted space in the preview but I think that might just be the way it's laid out on my 24" screen
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Gorgeous! Do you just do pumice as a top layer or how much is mixed in with your soil? It takes on such a nice color after watering with slightly acidic water...
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mdpillet wrote:Gorgeous! Do you just do pumice as a top layer or how much is mixed in with your soil? It takes on such a nice color after watering with slightly acidic water...
Yes it does go a nice colour! I use it in the mix too, about 70% pumice, with 15% coir and 15% mix of John Innes No. 2 compost and sandy topsoil, the top dressing pumice is about 1 cm deep
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Nice! That's more or less exactly my default soil mix (though I use local compost).
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Bit of a cloudy day today but the temperature in the conservatory must have convinced my new Sulcorebutia langeri to open one of its flowers, and the second doesn't look too far behind :D I think this plant is quickly becoming one of my favourites
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Edit: The second flower opened today :D
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Beautiful.
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James, are those in pure pumice? Do you fertilize each watering?
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graffiti wrote:James, are those in pure pumice? Do you fertilize each watering?
They're in about 60-70% pumice, with the rest made up of (mostly) coconut coir and some John Innes No. 2 compost (with any large organic pieces removed). So far I've fertilised them with a diluted low nitrogen fertiliser about once per month which equates to around every second or third watering
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