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H.E. Pennypacker

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  1. H.E. Pennypacker

    Looking for pots

    You could make your own, don't know what kinda sizes you need. I mean, small pots are cheap, but big decorative pots are usually way too expensive to buy a lot of. Was looking for something else a while ago and stumbled upon "hypertufa". Basically lightweight concrete, made out a mix of peat, perlite or vermiculite and portland cement. For really big pots you need some reinforcement in the form of wiremesh and/or synthetic reinforcement fibers. Good way to expand your pot collection for not a lot of money.
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    small givaway from Europe / edibles-wedges,prints/

    Awfully generous. I might just take you up on that offer, have a bunch of recently cut birch logs just sitting here, they could be put to good use this way.
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    Weird seedlings

    Thanks EG, figured as much, hehe. Really hope they'll turn out special rather than having stunted growth though. I need to get some grafting experience so I can speed the process up a bit.
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    Weird seedlings

    Maybe it's way too early to tell, but do I have a couple of monstrose forms growing here? They're from a batch of Trichocereus bridgesii and Trichocereus spachianus, both appear to be spineless. I don't know if the bridgesii is even growing, it seems like it's shrinking to me, but that's probably the surrounding seedlings growing, lol. Also have a crested delosperma ecklonis, doesn't really come across on the picture, but just wanted to share the oddity. Never really seen a delosperma throw a crest, but then again, pretty new to the whole genus and I haven't really looked for it either. Perhaps it's pretty common. First two are of the funky bridgesii, next three of the spach:
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    karackaberries

    I thought you might've meant the kotata berry as googling karacka berry didn't turn up any results, but turns out it's karaka berry or karaka black. Those things really look huge btw. Recently bought a tayberry myself, already have a wild blackberry and a yellow raspberry, but the blackberry is so sour it's only good for preservatives and the raspberry is a little bland. Hope the tayberry won't be dissapointing.
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    Pleiospilos bolusii cultivation

    I've read that keeping them alive seems to be somewhat of a problem as well, particularly watering problems. So far so good though.
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    Is it rotten or is it OK?

    Crassula's can grow from leaves just fine, takes a while for it to develop into a real plant, but it's possible. Just keep it moist and it'll grow roots fast.
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    Pleiospilos bolusii cultivation

    A month later and they've grown quite a bit. Even had 2 more seeds germinate. Couple days ago the first true leaves began showing.
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    Questions about compost

    Mix the brown parts with more greens and mix it thoroughly, good source of greens is simply grass clippings. Chop the bigger pieces up as finely as possible to speed things up. Don't add soil to the compost, it really doesn't add a purpose (unless there's heaps of worms in that soil), it only bogs the mixture down, it needs to be aerated as much as possible. Water it and keep it moist and covered up, not wet, as I said, it needs to be aerated. You will gradually see it change whenever you turn over the heap, which needs to be done every once in a while. As to your second question, it depends on how much the brown parts have broken down. A little bit here and there is nothing to worry about, but if it's too much, then sifting would be in order.
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    Wanted & trade list

    Willing to trade internationally, given the item is legal to import or export to the country of residence. Virtually no laws against bringing any plant or seeds into the Netherlands, except for lucky bamboo plants maybe. Looking for the following: Aspalanthus linearis seeds Astragalus chinensis seeds Catha edulis seeds Delosperma cooperi/nubigenum/sphalmantoides/any other sp (preferably frost tolerant) seeds Ephedra distachya/sinica seeds Lophophora williamsi seeds Mitragyna speciosa Opuntia stricta seeds Rehmannia glutinosa seeds Rhodiola Rosea seeds Salvia divinorum Sceletium emarcidum/joubertii/nova/tortuosum/any other sp Serenoa repens Silene capensis seeds Sida cordifolia seeds Trichocereus scopulicola seeds What I can trade (all seeds): Edible/herbs: Allium sepa Improved Brunswick/commercial variety Capsicum annuum Old man/Salsa/Serrano Capsicum pubescens Rojo Carica papaya Chamaemelum nobile Cucurbita maxima Diospyros lycioides Helianthus annuus Moonwalker Melissa officinalis Origanum vulgare Passiflora mollissima var Cada Petroselinum crispum var naepolitanum Physalis alkekengi Solanum sisymbriifolium Stevia rebaudiana (atm almost no seeds, more in a month or so) Tulbaghia capensis Tulbaghia violacea Ornamental, medicinal or otherwise useful plants: Bulbine frutescens Carpobrotus edulis Chelidonium majus Chrysanthemum coccineum Clivia miniata Datura stramonium Digitalis purpurea Impatiens glandulifera Ipomea tricolor Heavenly blue Ligustrum vulgare Nepeta cataria Nicotiana tabacum Oenothera biennis Papaver Somniferum Danish flag Pleiospilos bolussi Rosa canina Salvia africana-lutea Solanum nigrum Sutherlandia frutescens Trichocereus bridgesii Trichocereus peruvianus Trichocereus spachianus Trichocereus terscheckii Withania somnifera
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    Piper betle strange balls

    That's certainly not good. Heavily infested with somekind of scale insect. I'd dispose of the most damaged leaves and spray pesticides on the remaining.
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    Garden getting me down.

    At this moment, hell no, 99% fun and maybe 1% frustration. Got an acre of extra land this year and have already bought a boatload of useful seeds, plants and trees to transform the meadow into an edible & ethnobotany landscape. The only things I sometimes get fed up with is watering every day in the indoor garden, getting stuff not to germinate/take off or harvesting cannabis plants (I'm in the Netherlands, don't worry about incrimination, lol), which is a tedious chore when everything needs to get harvested at once when the botrytis runs rampant outside. Oh, plus weeding out the never ending Aegopodium podagrarium (thank you Romans!) and Convolvulus sepium, that stuff really get's on my nerves.
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    Somekind of Aloe and an unknown cactus

    I tried searching a little myself again, to me the Aloe resembles Aloe mitriformis the most, sounds correct?
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    Somekind of Aloe and an unknown cactus

    Thanks, that's it! I took a small cutting of off it so I can put it in some good soil and a better place. Would love to see it flower one day.
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    Somekind of Aloe and an unknown cactus

    Yep, a little, as I said, it's been sitting in the same place on the windowsill forever now, so no ideal growing conditions. Could it possibly be a Hildewintera spp?
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