franky
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Great to know waterboy!! sorry no more available atm mate
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Which side of the house should my cacti be on?
franky replied to Nailthesnail's topic in Cacti & Succulents
I've got a san p in my south facing garden bed that gets decent morning shade, turning into a monster with only late morning afternoon sun -
Hi all, I am looking to purchase a fairly large amount of tricho seeds, at least 1000+ preferably in Australia. Also on the lookout for loph/ario/astro seeds as well. Willing to pay $$$ unfortunately don't have much to trade atm. Cheers
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Weeds will harbour insects etc why I get rid of em
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Just consistent picking of weeds before they flower is best bet, if ou were going to go chemical route I would pick all he weeds then drop a pre emergant herbecide down on top of the pots.
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I use 14mm scoria
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will dimethoate insecticide harm my cacti?
franky replied to mushroomman's topic in Cacti & Succulents
Ugh it smells bad, but works very well. -
Effective and safe/natural/organic pesticides?
franky replied to DELETED ACCOUNT's topic in Sustainable Technologies & Ethical Living
Neonicotinoids are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine. from wiki the active constituent in confidor falls in this class of chemicals -
Effective and safe/natural/organic pesticides?
franky replied to DELETED ACCOUNT's topic in Sustainable Technologies & Ethical Living
I thought insects can break pyrethtum down as well why alot of mixtures have other chemicals so it does more than literally just knock down pests -
Effective and safe/natural/organic pesticides?
franky replied to DELETED ACCOUNT's topic in Sustainable Technologies & Ethical Living
it's been used in india for yonks!! I still use it on my plants, I just thought it was something worth mentioning as generally there is a reason why a chemical would not be registered here in Aus, obv it might be cost related. I also have not had a problem using Natrasoap, I really like the coverage you get from soapy insecticides. -
Effective and safe/natural/organic pesticides?
franky replied to DELETED ACCOUNT's topic in Sustainable Technologies & Ethical Living
Just food for thought, I have not found a registered product containing the two main active constituents of neem for vegetables in Australia. -
First of all nothing wrong with pinebark imo one of the best organic ingredients to base a mix off. I visit landscaping supply, more specifically fultons to buy bagged prop sand and 7mm scoria. sage Hort in moorabin also stock MVP I think its called calcined clay or something. Its exxo bit spose to be tops, I've got a bag haven't used it yet
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Bio-solutions for mealies in succulents and cacti roots
franky replied to mutant's topic in Sustainable Technologies & Ethical Living
Mealies in the root zone are dealt with a systemic in my case and even then they are a bitch to remove!! above ground cottonball with metho will kill em but is also a bit brutal imo lol -
Woo hoo!
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The pachycereus we have at work, only in pots, have a pine bark based mix. Some are huge, although i don't know too much about there natural habitat they seem to grow fine on a heavily organic based mix (in a pot)
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Yep ammending local soil is the best option. For clay soils, depending on whether there slating or slaking will determine the course of action. Whether that's just adding organic matter improving the structure of the soil or adding calcium sulphate to help displace sodium ions within the clay. Lucky I have very sandy soils lol
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Think I just miss out damn haha
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haha that weeding does not look like a fun time, a tip for next time to make it easier for you is not to let them go to flower/seed!
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I like to male my cuts on slight angles when outside as well, so water runs off and doesn't have the chance to pool ontop
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Watched a bit of one ep in Bolivia they sure loved there coca leaves lol
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Not the best pics maybe botritis?
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That's a lot of cactus you're able to produce with a light like that ;)
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Cool, will be interesting to see. Would love to get my hands on some of nitrogens seed lol
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Hi auxin, what is the goo you soak your seeds in? A hormone? An innoculant? cheers
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Weird phenomena on some of my Trichocereus
franky replied to Philocacti's topic in Cacti & Succulents
One of my TBM's is doing this atm it's weird all the others I have are perfect