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    Cactus Country, Strathmerton, VIC

    Next time we shall take in some beer eh Swiper? Nice arvo in the gardens all the same.
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    Barretts Bush Walks [PIC HEAVY]

    Great photos mate. I live in Victoria but have been out to outback SA many times, mainly the Flinders Ranges and surrounds. Looking at your shots takes me back there for a few moments, without the flies!! I love old ruined houses as well as all the flora, fauna and landscapes generally. Can't wait to get back, when it has cooled off!
  3. I have several problems growing cacti and succulents here on my small farm in the hills of central Victoria. The soil is very acidic, often very compacted due to previous horses kept here, while kangaroo like to nibble at some cacti and at night they hop into others, breaking them. I do also have a huge problem with native and non native grasses competing with my plants. I dig, mulch and remove grasses where possible but there is one other thing that works well. I use a little glyphosate herbicide around my plants. Grass here tends to grow in winter and spring when we get most of our rains and cacti and succulents don't really get going until late spring when the soil warms up. So if I use glyphosate sparingly when the grasses are starting to get some size but my plants are still dormant then the grasses die off with no harm to my plants. Later, when things have warmed up any remaining grasses can be removed by hand. Some people like to avoid pesticides but it's just an idea you may wish to try.
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    My peyote plant (One pic)

    I'm glad you like it guys. I love this plant so much, it's just too good to eat. I am going on a holiday interstate soon and know this old lady who collects cacti. I hope she's still around as I haven't been there for about 6 years. anyways, if she is I will get a pic of a peyote that proves that mine is just a wee baby! Hers is huge, probably older than me!
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    My peyote plant (One pic)

    I got this peyote from a friend about 12 years ago as one single small button. It used to spend summers outside and winters in a sunny window when I lived in Melbourne but now i'm in the country it has permanent residence in my little greenhouse. It flowers from time to time and looks pretty happy. I have removed a few buttons from the side in the past to get seperate plants growing and this seems to work well. I don't know if there is a proper place for peyote pics on this forum but here is mine anyway.
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    Grafts -Photos & Updates

    This is a graft my friend Swiper gave me a few months ago. The two flowers were open wider yesterday and I only noticed the new bud then too. It's growing rather fast in my greenhouse.
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    Saltbush- leaves with a salty taste

    I have grown a few A. nummularia from seed and trued a leaf after reading this thread two weeks ago and it was salty. Now my plants are in the ground so we shall see how they grow. I hope to use them as shrubs for the gardens around the house and also as fodder for goats when I get them. I am heading back to South Australia and get some saltbush fed lamb from a butchers in Burra which was great last time I ate it. I will look out for them in the outback and collect seed if possible. I read in my Native trees book that they can flower most times of the year, I guess after good rains.
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    My Acacias

    Looking good. What is your long term plans for these plants? I have many acacia spp growing here, some from seed, some from tubestock from a local native nursery and many which have self seeded naturally. I have a few A. retinodes that have similar foliage to your plants but don't grow as big, they are about 3 years old and I could hide behind them and not be seen. Good thing they grow fast but bad thing they probably won't last long.
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    Grafts -Photos & Updates

    Swiper you got some nice grafts going there. Best one is grafting coopers pale ale onto a stubby holder, that's one I can do too!
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    Opuntia spp.

    Yeap, that's Wagon Wheel. Would loved to have brought some up here to my farm and eat/brew up some of the fruits.
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    Opuntia spp.

    I don't know about specific species but generally there are quiet a few opuntia spp that have gone wild in parts of Australia. In central parts of the Flinders Rangers there is one they call Wagon Wheel that's like Prickly Pear with rounder bigger leaves that are more bluish in colour but only grow about 1 or 1.5 meters tall. This is a weed there and has had the locals hadt at it trying to remove it. You can also find this north of Bendigo in the forests and it's out of control around Baringup, north east of Maldon in Vic. This species has edible fruit and is good for fermenting (so I have read but not tried) and is a very nice plant to grow as far as i'm concerned. When I had a small garden in Melbourne I had some of it in my garden with all my other cacti/succulents but when I moved to central Vic I thought it best not to bring it here as when the birds got into the fruits then all the locals would have it and then they would all be looking at me! The wild goats love eating the flesh too! Anyways there are many species gone feral that I have seen around different parts, I hope this is of some help? (I am new here) Shane
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