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'be careful to not destroy what you need for what you think you want' Me after 14 beers and feeling poetic and grandiose : )

No matter what one has gone through if ya here than you have the strength to be here, draw upon that strength in which is proven by your being here, identify it and embrace it. we are creating narratives every moment, what is is but all we really got is interpretations, what is is one thing tho our interpretation of it is endless and infinite and we can choose the spin or story or I should say the way in which our story is narrated. In no way am I trying to diminish that which has happened but when one looks back upon things are we seeing what was or are we seeing our spin on it, our narrative, I believe there is a little secret there, in that we can limit ourselves to one story, what if you can go back within your mind re witness a situation and gain a different perspective, travel through time in our minds and if able to gain a different perspective we may be able to alter our current view and thus change our current emotional status and hence create or be part of a different future then what would have been other wise. I may just be speaking goo goo but another thing in which aids me is embracing impermanence, all no matter what is impermanent, this can at times make me euphoric that this very moment is sweet (no matter the circumstance) and fleeting, a symphony of consciousness swimming within this amazing physical experience. creators and co creators of every moment, and no matter how intense and for what duration is inevitably impermanent (ah sweet relief of the fact) And the more emotion and physical experience we have the more enriched our personal experience is and the more we have to share with others on the journey, and a greater spectrum we have experienced. Don't be fooled by those who appear to have it sweet, anyone can have it sweet if we direct the narrative in a way in which we can self realize our strength and the beauty of our own experience, sometimes a deep pain can be a beautiful thing, if the height of pain and height of joy were on a pie chart there at the opposite ends of the chart yet they touch, I believe there can be a euphoric beauty in pain. After all that I don't want to appear insensitive or to seem to not acknowledge all in which you have been through and most certainly it is quite a lot, just see that if you are here speaking of it you are strong man, reality is all you have read here is just black and white squiggles, I just hope they might be interpreted in a way that may be useful or at least aid in your/our future narrative, thing is that once I read your post my future is forever altered and if you read this so is yours (creators and co creators) that's the power we each have and with a broader spectrum of experience and a narrative that aids you to go with it you have great power and influence on others in which may be experiencing difficulties and hardship. I hope this makes some sense ? all in all it a magical thing just to be able to feel and experience, I am hoping you all the best and hoping you may always have not what you want but what you need and the sight to see that if you are here you indeed have all you need : )

when I was quite young and somewhat ignorant, in my anxious excitement I had discovered what I thought to be a tricho, i ended up using 1 foot of cereus instead lol Yummy Makes me laugh and shudder to think back to that time lol

Oh and its good to have some different varieties of cereus as I believe this will likely produce a better fruit set .

For grafting I would prob cut the larger cereus plants about 15cm from the ground, let the cutting callus and plant as a drought hardy fruit tree and wait for the stump to sprout some smaller tips and when approx. 15cm + snip them off to root up as grafting stock

Yeh I have read in a dragibus issue that the goodness is produced in response to being picked, older more mature specimens with continuous picking.

Nah trichocereus and cereus are different, if ya look at pictures of the two you will see the difference, mainly in the ribs, cereus has slender deep ribs and tricho has fat broad ribs. But a good plant none the less as HD said they have yummy fruit, similar to dragon fruit and they make pretty good grafting stock : )

I like the metaphor, good words : )

Beautiful stuff man : )

I was gonna put a post in the wanted thread for some tobacco varieties and read that you did the same, ill hold off and see if ya can spare a pinch of Shiraz and or Burley seeds, I would be very thankful indeed and of course happy to trade something back if you do have any spare ? Either way thanks MG : )

Thanks very much for the kind words MG, Nah you don't owe me anything at all, 100% happy with our trades and such : )

Very nice : ) I can do some different nice melty semi monstrose named cloned bridgesii tips for you at good honest prices. if ya interested send me a pm and ill send some photos of different things I have : )

I hear ya waterboy, I have tidy up my badly thought out fictions, was lacking a bit of common sense there

I don't have a fb account either just sounded like there might be some good info there

I don't think insects would be to blame if they are not sucking or eating the cactus, I wouldn't imagine just landing on them to cause transmission of the virus. Hmmm seems odd for so many to be effected especially in such a short time frame, a bit of a mystery to me. Have you had a look on that fb page Joshwaa suggested ? sounds like there is some good and interesting reading there

Ah shit, do you smoke ciggies ? if so make sure to wash ya hands before handling the cacti just in case, cause it could be a possible source of the virus ? and if making cuts sterilize the blade between every cut. At least it appears you don't have scale insect, im anti poison as much as possible so prob around every few months im out with the tooth brush scanning for the suckers. I wouldn't go genocidal on all the insects but watch to see if any particular insect is causing any issue and deal with that how you may, I think it is wise to keep them in a sick bay and monitor the situation from there. Hopefully someone with greater knowledge will offer up some more helpful advice than my own. try not to let it get ya down, they are living things and life is always at the mercy of disease, sickness and death.

Geez a lou that is spreading fast, here is a pic of one that got it pretty bad a couple years ago, I thought it was toast, all I did was turn the effected side away from the sun but seems to have recovered and seems stable tho was majorly stunted

Oh and with ferts I reckon fish emulsion and occasionally a little seasol is good, tho I do not liquid fertilize mine no where near enough, I just lazily put some blood and bone around them and the ones in the ground get a little lime from time to time as well.

That doesn't look like a nutrient deficiency to me, usually the whole body will go yellow in that case and this one seems splotchy, I am thinking it might have the mosaic virus by the looks of it.

I have done a bit of reading and youtubing and pretty excited to get into it, I have purchased this https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10L-30L-Alcohol-Moonshine-Water-Copper-Home-Stainless-Distiller-DIY-Brewing-Kit/292121254848?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=591078724495&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 watched some vids on it and looks to work well and thought screw ill give it a go, this guy has a few vids about it

Oh and with the sugar water mix, what ratios do you use ? how long approx. does it take to ferment before stilling and roughly what volumes of ethanol do you get from say 20ltr mix ? I know there is some variables like temp of fermenting etc but curious of a rough time scale and results of your experiments. Cheers crop : )