3rd April 2024

Started sowing this years Cactus seeds. Got quite a few from the Cactus Society, but also some packets of mixed seed and a few seed pods of Echinocactus grusonii from a friend.

4th April 2024

Gave the small Opuntia bed it's second watering of the year along with a feed. New buds are forming on several of the plants.

5th April 2024

Did a timelapse of the Austrocylindropuntia vestitas today, they've not woken up from their winter sleep yet.

6th April 2024

I've made a 2 part video, dealing with Cactus Club membership and it's benefits. Also a selection of plants that I've won in the club raffle in the past few years.

7th April 2024

First Cactus flower of the year, Mammillaria carmenae. These will be available for sale later in the year.

11th April 2024

Sown most of this years seeds, so far.

14th April 2024

Just when you think you've finished seed sowing, a Mammillaria bocasana decides to produce a seed pod.

15th April 2024

Not a cactus today but an Orchid in flower.

17th April 2024

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18th April 2024

First flowers of this year on this Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis. This is a carefully tended plant that is 5 years old. Left untended they develop masses of pups and very few flowers.

19th April 2024

Our reporters Mary and David have recently returned from Lanzarote where they visited the Jardin de Cactus.

20th April 2024

It's not Christmas, Easter or Thanksgiving so I'm calling this a Saint George's Cactus 🙂

21st April 2024

I sent a suprise present to a fellow cactus grower 😁

22nd April 2024

The second part of our reporter's visit to The Jardin de Cactus, Lanzarote.

23rd April 2024

Happy Saint George's Day everyone 🙂

28th April 2024

Rebutia fabrisii has just started to flower. I'm finding this one difficult to cultivate, it starts off ok but then gets die back.