On The way to the Sydney show. encountered a few problem leaving Victoria. a couple of detours. with normally small creeks turned into raging torrents and to high to cross Yea was looking unreachable so up into the Flowerdale hills anf a few safer creeks to ford and we finally found our way to the Hume.
Happy Head cutting Frank Reinelt
Spring is here when you start to see the Echeveriana.agavoides flower so we have started propagation of the Frank Reinelts I will show you how to do a good clean head cut. So you can see we know were a bit short on plants at the moment but were working very hard to fix this situation as fast as possible
Crassula Time
Crassula are looking superb at the moment. here are some longer term specimen display plants in our retail sales area its their growing time now and with the cooler nights the colours are really starting to show up
Its Crassula time here is a lively dish garden or bowel arrangement Kayo made a few months back
Well yesterday was a bit of a miss. been trying to get to a famous Lithop grower and breeder here for 3 years and was told that he wont be open till September so if we want to see looks like we might have to come back But not all was lost visited a private small nursery on a roof top in Tokyo Mr Thuruoka has several nurseries around Tokyo this time we went to his house a great trip around his collection. here we picked a few rare gems enjoy the tour
Succulenticon In WA 2018 with Rottnest Island well known succulent characters and much fun and collections
Video thanks to Susan Gao when we spent the weekend there last weekend there
Thank you James Lucas for showing us how to do the head chopping the right way!!!
A few tips in summary:
1. Save some leaves for the old plant.
2. Make sure the cut doesn't get wet for a few days.
3. Make sure the plant doesn't get direct sunlight for a week at least, then slowly introduce her back to morning light.
4. For the head chop part, leave it dry naturally for a week. Fill the pot with soil then a thin layer of gravel on top, so the plant doesn't get direct contact with soil which makes sure the cut doesn't get fungal or moulds. No direct sunlight until she puts out nicely new pink roots into the soil. Slowly introduce her to morning light.
5. Best season to do head chop is spring and autumn. Do you do head chop in summer or winter.
6. You can heave lots of babies by head chopping, however, you may lose both the head-chopped plant or the old stem with leaves, so choose your battle wisely. I wouldn't head chop my comptons.
I have been waiting with great trepidation. For the boxes of ceramics we bought in Icheon Korea when we were there. I have always been mad about Korean ceramic succulent pots, which is an art form they have perfected which other countries try to imitate. after some previous disasters posting pots were 1/3 may be broken Kayo and i spent a whole night trying to make it Australia post proof. It worked double boxes insulated with bubble wrap all pots wrapped tightly in paper then bubble wrapped separated buy cut up cardboard boxes with polystyrene to fill any gaps it worked 101 pots arrived today in great order its a selection of some best from several ceramic shops in Icheon we spent the whole day shopping and selecting these
Saturday morning after a very heavy frost. everything ok as plants were dry. this house has some newly planted succulents and shows orders picked out and cleaned for Monday posting
Succulents Australia
