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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • 5 months ago
Plantmail: a Conophytum bonanza
Conophytum bilobum gracistylum There's a man who holds monthly WhatsApp sales and he offers conophytums from time to time. I was late for the sale and surprised to see that…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • 8 months ago
The Adromischus addiction
Adromischus are an extremely variable genus found throughout the drier parts of Southern Africa and the hotter, sunnier and drier it is, the more they like it. They love my…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • 9 months ago
My first time selling at the bonsai and succulent show
The succulent society that I belong to always gets a stand at the yearly bonsai show and those of us that wish to sell plants can do so, in return for being there over the 3…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • 10 months ago
Cacti that grow in trees
Although we think of deserts when we think of cacti, there are a group found mainly in tropical America that colonised the trees. Epiphytic is the name given to plants that live…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • 10 months ago
More spring things in the greenhouse
Springtime is when the cacti bloom and here are some more Turbinicarpus flowers. The first is T. alonsoi and the second T. schmeidickianus Sulcorebutia is still quite…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • 11 months ago
Toffee gets bald and starts experiencing life on a scooter
Wut, is she taking me somewhere again?!? Toffee is about 10 years old and was part of a group of 3 cats living rough on the mountain when I moved into my house. Unfortunately…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • 11 months ago
More spring things in the greenhouse: Euphorbia flowers, some Astros
This has been a week of repotting and bug spraying as the plants wake up from winter dormancy. I also have some of the Astropytums that are considered less collectable but I just…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • 11 months ago
Some spring cheer in the garden and greenhouse
This winter has been brutal and killed off a few of my plants because we had quite a few nights of minus temperatures. Most were inside or in the greenhouse but the ones in the…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • last year
Another chapter in the saga of the neighbourhood cats
For context, see here: When I first started feeding Milo after she gave birth at the end of September, there was another man living at the house with a female cat and he…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • last year
Expensive brothers update: MOAR vet visits and Batman shows off his fever coat
Wrestlemania in the kitchen: Simba and Batman have a lot of fun together. Simba is doing really well, he still limps a little but is normally active, climbing trees and doing cat…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • last year
Saving an Adenium
I saw some Adenium multiflorum at a local garden centre and told myself I would probably regret buying one but because this plant is a flowering size, which takes 4-5 years, and…
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nikv (73)Succulent Growerin HiveGarden • last year
Urban dinosaur jungle visiting time: the gardener's philosophy
The succulent society got another invitation to visit my favourite garden and off I went: it's not too late in the season and the light was kinder. Something that Ian the garden…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • last year
Greenhouse tales: focus on Conophytums
I've posted about my Conophytums before so I want to show some new ones and some progress. Conophytum are quite particular in their growing needs but if you get the basics right…
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nikv (73)Succulent Growerin HiveGarden • last year
Gardenjournal: stocking the greenhouse
Winter is approaching and I'm getting the vegetable garden ready for winter crops but in the meantime, the progress in the greenhouse is more interesting. Adromischus…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • last year
Simba update: out of jail
I was supposed to take Simba back for follow-up x-rays four weeks after his surgery but I had too many things going on that week so he went in on Wednesday. I was feeling some…
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nikv (73)Succulent fiendin Succulent growers • last year
Reaching a dream: my greenhouse is finally functional
Sulcorebutia rauschii is finally safe from marauding snails Having a proper space to grow my succulents in has been a goal for a long time, pretty much since I first moved into…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • last year
Simba stories: I haz a sad
Simba's doing well but jail life is really starting to get to him, he's 3 1/2 weeks post surgery and he really wants out. Next week I must get him back to the vet for x-rays, to…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • last year
More Cat-astrophes: Batman gets FOMO and I get rekt
This is a you have to laugh or else you'd cry situation: last Saturday I took this picture, thinking "cute little eye of Sauron" and learned the hard way that the eye of Sauron…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • last year
Never a dull moment with Simba: this week's adventure/drama
A bit of exercise, sun and fresh air When Simba came home, he was fairly cheerful and eating well. I continued giving him his pain meds but realised that I was only giving…
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nikv (73)in Caturday • last year
Simba comes home to his redneck cat hotel
When my vet saw Simba's x-rays, she considered that his leg could be pinned with a long pin down the centre of his femur, which was pricey (160-200HBD) but doable. The surgeon…
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