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  1. franky

    More Standardized Cactus Pricing

    Include price of media, pots, your time working with them? to get em to sellable level
  2. Caught a caterpillar starting to bury into the tip of one of my scops, lucky I got the bugger before he got in lol
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    Cheers waterboy, The 28kg on the right was from "World's Biggest Pumpkin" from Diggers seed stock, the 25kg was from seed stock from a family member, I was under the assumption it was more of a eating pumpkin, but it turned into a giant one maybe I left it too long? lol Some seed sounds great, as I want a bigger pumpkin next year :D Happy to send some of mine out as well, although I can't guarantee I did not get some cross pollination. Yeh I believe my vines wern't getting enough water/nutrients, as they died off early jan. But I did also start them off early, as I have a garden bed that is covered with a small poly tunnel.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    Left one 25kg, Right 28kg I harvested them quite early as the vines starting drying up, might not of been getting enough water. Was my first year growing pumpkins lol
  5. Shallower pots hold more water than taller narrower pots, maybe they are aiming for the majority of water although not a lot to e held within the more air filled terracotta layer? I'm not too sure too be honest
  6. I would assume the lower half of the whole pot would be broken tiles, not just a layer?
  7. franky

    What Video Games Do You Play?

    Dota 2 just got the new unreal tournament pre alpha, I highly recommend it for anyone that grew up playing those games !!!!
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    Sterilitily and grafting

    I personally wipe my blade between cuts with isopropyl alcohol sprayed on a bit of tissue paper. I do it more as a preventative measure, which is how i like to tackle all pest and disease related things on my plants
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    wow, wonder how much that bad boy will weigh in!!!
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    Does this sound good for cacti?

    If you plan on adding lenty of organic material PH shouldn't be of the up most importance as the organic matter will ofer plenty of chelation
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    Help IDing Columnar

    Ahh all good, I thought he was in Australia lol
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    question - best time to cut off graft & where?

    I had columnar grafts like that snap off when trying to move them, I just put dusting sulfur, let em dry, they were shooting roots out in a week lol Don't have any experience degraftin smaller cacti tho
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    Help IDing Columnar

    My lophocereus schotii monstrosas are heaps fatter, and that one does not look etiolated as well.. Very interesting
  14. Not sure if this guy has been mentioned, but a geologist right into cataclysmic events that happened in earths past, has worked with Graham Hancock as well. Very very interesting dude.
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    Requesting help with blueberries

    Pine needles does not make soil/potting mix more acidic, just a tale. but as other said i had mine in azalea mix worked a treat. Although I've now got them in the ground where my old compost pile use to be, the high amount of organic material should make the nutrients available to the blueberries
  16. I would assume it might be similar to the powder some succulents get as a sorta sunscreen? I've got a very blue T. Peru and if you waipe your finger along the stem, there is a definite green marking. It doesn't seem to come back as well.
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    eBay/Gumtree finds

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Trichocereus-pachanoi-VARIEGATED-cactus-cutting/171680726586?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122130056%26meid%3D9ffc520627774ca3b86579a3597f934f%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D24%26sd%3D321670150532 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171680721810 lol doesnt even look like a pach to me. Anyway game to apy that amount hahaha
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    wanted purple yam (dioscorea alata) ube

    Shit, it's turned into a weed for me lol Taking over my perennial patch, i'll try dig some up see if there are any tubers next few days
  19. I have noticed a few of zellies crossed to be terminating there growth and pupping out as well. Does not seem to be induced by any stress though
  20. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis_israelensis
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    Picked a 28kg pumpkin today not the biggest but decent will get a pic up soon
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    Tallest trees in Australia

    Wasn't the biigest tree in Tas cut down to wait for it...... measure it? or this an old story from early 20th century?
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    Grafts -Photos & Updates

    Just playing around with a few grafts, jeez crests are heaps harder to secure down than your standard loph. + my recent Blue boobs graft!!!
  24. Haha yes, this was actually posted in the wrong thread, as i believe there was a second one solely for this product. I have read that article a few times, enjoy it heaps.
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