|
|
Post by don on Nov 6, 2024 16:28:09 GMT
Any clearer now, Don? Bloody productive toast... productive toast... I don’t mind if I do. Heather has gone in search of some replacement house plants 🪴 today some of ours are unruly and they need to |
|
|
|
Post by zx9 on Nov 7, 2024 17:44:04 GMT
Any clearer now, Don? Bloody productive toast... productive toast... I don’t mind if I do. Heather has gone in search of some replacement house plants 🪴 today some of ours are unruly and they need to Take cuttings of the unruly ones, once you know the new plants are growing discard the older ones.
We have a variegated rubber plant that has been cut down from ceiling height and re started several times, if it had been left alone it would by now have hidden the entire french windows.
|
|
|
|
Post by don on Nov 8, 2024 11:54:35 GMT
productive toast... I don’t mind if I do. Heather has gone in search of some replacement house plants 🪴 today some of ours are unruly and they need to Take cuttings of the unruly ones, once you know the new plants are growing discard the older ones.
We have a variegated rubber plant that has been cut down from ceiling height and re started several times, if it had been left alone it would by now have hidden the entire french windows.
I Wrote a wonderful reply to this and got sidetracked, looking for what turned out to be asparagus ferns. Eventually, I returned to this post and discovered that my reply has evaporated. So somewhere in the ether of the Internet is a wonderful reply floating around, looking for its owner, but you’ll have to put up with this garbled message until I remember what it was That’s what I wrote. |
|
|
|
Post by gray1720 on Nov 16, 2024 13:47:52 GMT
The new shelf now has a pot of Lithops on it as frost is forecast, and I don't know how cold the bikeshed gets. There is a max-min thermometer in said bikeshed now, plus one in the bog, so I should get a handle on how chilly the two places get. Looking back, my grannys was perfect for Lithops as she had no central heating and relied on a (very small) coal fire and a hot water bottle, so it would have been quite evenly cool throughout the winter.
The disadvantage of the bog is that it is not very bright, just an A4ish sized window facing West, so they will have to go back into the light any time it's warm enough. One more thing to remember...
|
|
|
|
Post by gray1720 on Nov 16, 2024 14:49:41 GMT
The bog is also cool enough to store film in over winter, though the back passage generally gets stupidly warm in summer. By then I might be able to fit it all into my box in the fridge...
|
|
|
|
Post by spinno on Nov 16, 2024 17:03:53 GMT
I'm amazed at Adrian's barefaced cheek around his back passage
|
|
|
|
Post by zx9 on Nov 17, 2024 9:33:06 GMT
The new shelf now has a pot of Lithops on it as frost is forecast, and I don't know how cold the bikeshed gets. There is a max-min thermometer in said bikeshed now, plus one in the bog, so I should get a handle on how chilly the two places get. Looking back, my grannys was perfect for Lithops as she had no central heating and relied on a (very small) coal fire and a hot water bottle, so it would have been quite evenly cool throughout the winter. The disadvantage of the bog is that it is not very bright, just an A4ish sized window facing West, so they will have to go back into the light any time it's warm enough. One more thing to remember... I have known people on cacti / succulent forums that dry store their plants over winter in sheds and garages that have no natural light on the grounds that the plants are not been watered so are not growing so don't need light. It seems to work but relies on the plants going back to their summer quarters before they come out of dormancy as the temperature rises. Lithops and other S African succulents can be more of a challenge as they can like to grow in the lowering temperatures of our Autumn and early winter, a reflection of the need to conserve water in the blistering hot summers they have evolved for and how they expect at least some modest rain as the temperatures fall in their Autumn and Winter.
Like vintage cameras it is all part of the hobby finding out what works for you.
|
|
|
|
Post by davem399 on Nov 17, 2024 10:15:34 GMT
Conophytums are a South African succulent that are effectively dormant in summer and wake up late summer-early autumn. They have no water from around April to August, and then are watered regularly in the autumn with the frequency reduced to about once a month over winter.
I put mine on a lower shelf in the greenhouse in April after the last watering to protect from the summer heat and bring them out again in late August, when I start to water again.
The conophytum dormant period starts just as the lithops are waking up and consuming their old leaves. In the UK, the problem is giving both species enough light over winter, along with frost protection, although probably less of an issue for lithops.
|
|
|
|
Post by don on Nov 17, 2024 12:57:41 GMT
The nearest I have are the Christmas cactus plants scattered around the house.and a new Juncus effusus Liebeslocken or as I call it “our curly wurly plant “ it’s like a mad mad hair day of the plant world.
|
|
|
|
Post by gray1720 on Nov 20, 2024 7:59:55 GMT
Yikes! Down to 3-4C in the bog (the two arms of the thermometer don't quite agree). Assuming they aren't Lithops lollipops already, I think they are going to have to come into the larder which is a heady 7C (great for beer and white wine) at the bottom.
|
|
|
|
Post by zx9 on Nov 20, 2024 20:43:15 GMT
Yikes! Down to 3-4C in the bog (the two arms of the thermometer don't quite agree). Assuming they aren't Lithops lollipops already, I think they are going to have to come into the larder which is a heady 7C (great for beer and white wine) at the bottom. I suspect they will be fine, mine have been colder during the odd heater and thermostat malfunctions. Currently they are sitting at just under 7 deg.C in their bubble wrapped and heated greenhouse. |
|
|
|
Post by gray1720 on Nov 20, 2024 21:44:09 GMT
Yikes! Down to 3-4C in the bog (the two arms of the thermometer don't quite agree). Assuming they aren't Lithops lollipops already, I think they are going to have to come into the larder which is a heady 7C (great for beer and white wine) at the bottom. I suspect they will be fine, mine have been colder during the odd heater and thermostat malfunctions. Currently they are sitting at just under 7 deg.C in their bubble wrapped and heated greenhouse. Phew! I said naughty words this morning when I checked the max-min! |
|
