I only went out for a bag of grit

Avirosa · Post by **Avirosa** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:45 pm

I just used up the last of my grit so I went out to buy a new bag. None of my local garden centres had any fine grit,

but I got these 3 for £5.00 so it wasn't a completely wasted trip!

Gallows · Post by **Gallows** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:27 pm

Looks like a bargain to me. If you want fine grit, try a pet shop that sells tropical fish. They nearly always sell fine grit for aquariums.

Avirosa · Post by **Avirosa** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:09 pm

Tropical fish! Of course! I will try that. The annoying thing is, my local garden centre has stocked fine grit for years but has changed suppliers and the new one does not stock fine grit. They sell cartloads of candles and pictureframes etc that I don't want in a garden centre but not fine grit! Rant over. I'll get my coat...

kevin63129 · Post by **kevin63129** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:26 am

Try a local feed store if you can find one.Here in the states they sell various sizes of grit for chicks all the way up to turkey sized grit.Fairly cheap too.

Post by **daiv** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:10 pm

Yep nice new additions and now you have three more to repot. So you need grit even more! I think the stores have an elaborate, well thought out plan to get at your money!

Sulcofan · Post by **Sulcofan** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:15 pm

Nice plants

From the hand written labels, it looks like a good local grower is supplying the garden centre with plants as opposed to them buying them in wholesale from the Netherlands.

A good buy

Avirosa · Post by **Avirosa** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:44 pm

This time I needed perlite and ended up with this lot too

Here they are repotted:

I fancy they look happier already

They are labelled L-R
Pyrrhocactus bulbocalyx
Echinocactus rigidissimus rubispinus
Mamm perezdelarosa (?)

I like the Echinocereus with different colour spine bands from base to apex.

An expensive bag of perlite

Harriet · Post by **Harriet** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:27 pm

Nice plants! I love adding new ones to my collection.

I went to get Perlite the other day too. Only I did not come home with new plants, as I was too sickened by the glued on flowers to see past them. Not only were the flowers glued on, but they were crushed, and they didn't even try for pretty colors!

Heck, if you are going to glue on a flower at least find a good looking one!

Post by **daiv** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:45 pm

Those are all nice plants. Seems you do well when "accidentally" shopping.

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:58 pm

If you're anywhere remotely near Bristol or S. Wales, then garden centres may have plants from Chris Pugh. The names are usually right and there can be some very interesting things. No glufers! You should still repot and inspect for pests.

Sutremaine · Post by **Sutremaine** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:32 pm

Yeah, those are Pugh plants. The handwriting and the general look of the plants in the first post is familiar, and then there's the PUG written on the pots.

They're very nice, although the conditions in my local garden centre mean they grow out almost spineless. Poor things.

ThePackrat · Post by **ThePackrat** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:41 pm

hehe, impulse purchases.. yeah, I have some experience with those!
I might end up coming home with "a little extra" tomorrow, I have to go out and get some groceries anyway.

I will let you know what I got tomorrow! I'm suspecting a big globe of some sort..