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Only two bags? I came back with 8, and pickled a whole jar of Lactarius.
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Does anyone sift their potting mix?
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Boop, here I am!
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Reporting back.
Decided to cut because:
1. I don't really care if the plant dies, seeing it cost me nothing.
2. Cutting seemed like it would be fun.
3. I wanted to see its insides.
4. Reasons.
Here's what was going on internally. Note the weird yellow discolouration where it looks like maybe a spine or something had pierced the flesh. You'll also see the site of infection, and is that bruising or was it starting to spread?It looks like the kernel, the... middle thing, was turning black. Is this rot, or typical as it leads to roots?
Lastly, a cross-section of the in-fection. Shits nasty.
Anyway, whether it lives or dies, I cut a cactus open and then licked it, because idiot.
What you see above is all discards.-
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This is really critical. Infections like these are among the hardest to treat. I would absolutely use Fungicide, and Antibiotics plus sulfur. Not really sure if cutting is the best option because I don´t see what´s under the infection. If this goes deep, even cutting might not save it. This type of Plant is hard to cut without causing holes that cause infections again.
a.) Remove the soil. It needs a Minerlic soil with good drainage. The humous makes it hard to get rid of moss and fungus.
b.) and check what Antibiotics and Fungicides you can get fast. And if you get some really powerful ones, try to bring it in the crack. And do that everytime the solution is has been absorbed.
Cutting would be an option but i really fear it would just come back after a while. Inspect the Infection very closely and please report back what´s in there. Even if you cut, i think you will need Chemicals to get rid of the infection
Hey EvilGenius,
excuse my noobage, but what antibiotics would I treat cacti with? Didn't even know this was a thing!
Also, can you explain 'hard to cut without causing holes'? Where would holes from from?
Fucking, two days in a row I'll be going to nurseries. No time for other projects now!
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Do I need to cut?
(Fucking ikea! They've grown it in a tiny pot and it has gotten root bound, then pulled it and repotted it with soil and stone at the bottom, and heaps of soil around the top which they've grown moss in. Because moss and cacti go SO WELL together. ikea is where cacti go to die.)
I noticed a tear in the whitened skin, so I pulled it back and there was a hole with... Well, here 'tis.
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Alright, just because you listed it as your favourite fungus Singult... : lol:
If you're interested in trying to cultivate it, I could send you a little piece to try. A finger-sized twig had fallen off that tree, which I brought home and planted in some moss. It's still alive, but not exactly thriving. I'm a bit lacking in mad fungus-cultivating skillz (not to mention the agar plates and all that jazz). The piece I've got did manage to colonise a (different kind of) neighbouring twig, so I doubt substrate is that important, but I can probably get an ID on that tree in the photo if you think it might help. I don't know about cultivating fungi so I don't know if you'll be able to get it going just from a little piece, but if you think it's doable and want to try, I'll send you a bit.
If you can identify the species of tree, would be great. Either way, PMing you.
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Any of the top five hottest have heat AND flavour? Everyone raves about the burn, but TBH I don't even find Habaneros that exciting, flavourwise, and their heat is weak.
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Excuse my naivety, but where do manufacturers even source their soil/mix? On the edge of a rainforest that's being cut down? From beside a crack den?
I seriously need a sifter at the moment, but think it's a crime to have to fork out money so you can have a halfway better mix.
(Also I need the perlite spread all over the backyard, that came open when the bag decayed...)
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I found this lovely Terana caerulea on a recent rainforest walk. Apparently its common names are "cobalt crust" and "blue velvet on a stick", lol. I like the older classification - Pulcherricium caerulea, from the Latin pulcher meaning "beautiful". "Beautiful Blue" does seem to be a fitting name.
Terana_caerulea2.jpg
I keep coming back to these images. I would give an arm and a leg to find this on one of my hunts!
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Was the research peer reviewed?
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keep us updated on how that jaboticaba does over winter.. i'd be much more surprised to see them survive in melbourne than macadamias..
THIS IS NOT HAPPENING LA LA LA IT WILL BE FINE YES YES IT WILL
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O_O it looks like a Collins guide. I'm sorry, but I have to insist upon my book's superiority Zen, because I'm a jerk.
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Yeah, I just don't know what it is, but I'm finding this exciting.
I agree, I don't think he'd lie about where he found them, especially because it would involve making up a huge story about a turtle.
And lying about turtles is not okay.
My friends in Hobart yesterday were snowmen and women, so you know Melbourne will put on a good show soon after. -
Fuck my life.
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There's talk going on over at the shroomery atm that a user in the Hunting and Identification forum, whilst saving a turtle, may have stumbled upon some Pan cyans in the Yarra Ranges. If this is the case, YAY victoria and global warming!
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So I was at my local bookstore when I happened upon this book:
When I opened it, I was delighted to see that it was beautifully laid out, had some sexy porn, and was just, overall, awesome.
It's a hardcover and $60 AUD, and because it's not a field guide (too heavy, and geographically everywhere) it might not interest some, but I wanted to say to people LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL THING because it is a beautiful thing about beautiful things and this is the best birthday present I've bought myself ever.
You can look inside the book on Amazon (but don't buy from those bastards).
You may now gush in the comments, or proceed on with your forumings. I just wanted to show off my new partner...-
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You guys are talking about grafting, which is kind of like talking about me going to the moon: not yet, but maybe in 20 years.
As you can see by my discarded macadamia experiment, I'm not an intensive gardener. Grafting is probably beyond my modest skill set. -
Poking around in the backyard, and what should I find but a second Macadamia!
I must have come home with 3 nuts, and 2 grew.Obviously I don't explore enough in what is a very small area.
But then I love gardening because they're always surprises.
So here's the twins, the plant at the back is the newest discovery.
I definitely did a double take, like 'How'd you get over here, WHAAAAAAT?'Jaboticaba to the top left.
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thanks rog
Melbourne GIVEAWAY - tree seedlings & flowering plants
in Seed & Plant Swaps
Posted · Edited by singult
Hi everyone,
I study Horticulture at Burnley, and have been ferreting away any freebies I could get my mitts on, because FREE THINGS.
Unfortunately my yard is very modest, and everything has to be kept in pots, so there is little sense in taking tree seedlings/larger plants home.
This is where you come in though! You take the things.
2x Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Red Gum) seedlings
1x Eucalyptus regnans (Mountain Ash).