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Wow! That's pretty amazing research Dreamwalker, could essentially be a game changer for the agricultural industry. Great website too! Regarding the foliar feeding was thinking of taking say two 30cm cuts of the same clone, rooting them, and placing them side by side in the same potting mix. Treat one as per normal regarding watering/feeding and foliar feeding the other. Maybe start a grow log thread so as others could see the results. Probably wait till next spring though, getting a bit late in the season..

Nice! P.pringlei is a beautiful cactus. Had a little one but doesn't like my climate.

:drool2:Gotta be SAB's E.peruvianus "Len", beautiful frosty blue.

From what I understand this "species" was originally described by F.Ritter. There seems to be two forms floating around. FR676 and FR1468. Will check my notes(Trouts notes ) for more collection data if u like? The name as I understand it is defunct and is most likely a form of peruvianoid. I'm in no way an expert though and you would be best off doing a little research yourself, no offence. Hope this helps

Aesthetically, Amanita.muscaria . These things have popped up in so much art from ancient times to present, spanning across different cultures/countries. There must be some Jungian Arch type thing going on there as far as peoples attraction to them goes. Culinary, Truffles. I was a chef in a past life, when stuck in a kitchen for 12 or so hours a day under florescent lighting not knowing whether it was raining, sunny or the apocalypse had indeed begun the smell of a truffle would remind me of a forest, so earthy.

G'day Bigdaryn, Sida.sp are not something I personally have any interest in, it's actually a nasty weed that finds it's way into agricultural crops etc. Round up doesn't kill the crap it's gotta be weeded by hand and even a small plant is nearly impossible to pull out. It pretty well grows anywhere sunny, disturbed land, etc. Plenty down the east coast. If you can ID it, there's quite a few species growing in Aust just go and wild harvest it. You'll save yourself the hassle trying to germinate it and be doing your local environment a favour. Like P.H. said being a weed it probably has one or more germination inhibitors. GA3 should help, waste of GA3 if ask me though. Hope this helps

G'day jox, regarding whether this species is self fertile. All I know is my one C.hypogea has flowered many times but am yet to see fruit. Last time(no pics of flowers unfortunately) I gave the flower a little tickle with paint brush and the next day the flower aborted, dropped off. I have tried to research this myself to no avail. My thoughts are that it isn't but I am in no way an expert on such matters.

G'day Prier, there's a little of variegation on one of mine, nothing to get too excited about but their none the less. That is interesting regarding the variegated pup not sure I've seen it myself on any clones of mine. What are your thoughts on species? macro, peru? Leaning towards macro myself but i'm in no way an expert on these matters..

Hey all just a quick g'day. Just lookin to chat with some like minded folk bout stuff aye

That's interesting Myeloblast, the fact you sourced those cuts from the tropics I mean. It was towards the end of the wet season up here when spots showed up so yeah you might be onto something! Once again thanks for all the input guys.. Much appreciated

Hey all. So I noticed this on an small Echinopsis of mine recently. Wasn't initially concerned as although it is somewhat unsightly it didn't and still doesn't seem to be causing any real issues. But once it started to spread to other plants in my collection I began to worry just a little. I isolated the effected plants and treated with lime sulphur thinking it was a fungal thing? Lime sulphur seemed to have no effect so I hit it with chems, which is a last resort for me, mancozeb specifically and began searching for answers. I have been searching google pics, this and other forums for weeks and can't for the life of me seem to find any info! Any ideas would be much appreciated. Cheers!!!

Bogan

:wub:Got this cut a little while back, the new growth is indeed a lovely blue. I love the way its terminated growth like the sausage plant although could be due to mechanical damage?? Has anyone noticed any variegation?

G'day Dox, I use a mineral mix myself, lets say 30-40% 5mm gravel, 20-30% sharp sand, 20-30% pumice, maybe 5% potting mix and lime/dolomite to make your mix alkaline. The potting mix is optional, if you can't get pumice perlite is OK but would much prefer the former. All of the minerals I wash to remove fine particles and the soil if you choose to go there I would sift for bark as over time will compost down a up the acidity of your mix. My advice is to read "the stone eaters", which someone has already provided a link for. Apart from the wealth of knowledge it provides some pretty pics of these baby's in habitat. Not a lot of "soil" . Kada's garden has also got some great info regarding different soil mix's. Hope this helps.

G'day stillman, all my Trichs are in pots. But yeah your bang on about it showing up on bridgesii/bridge X's. In fact i'm yet to see it show up on another species. I do find they're the first species to show any signs of that seeping black rot during prolonged periods of high humidity, so yeah u might be onto something.

Thanks heaps E.G. much appreciated, pics would be great whenever you have time. Thanks again!

Nice, we should do a trade down the track! Nah, I was talkin to darcy a bit back, he reckons he had a couple of the green but lost them.. I'm supposed to be sending him one of mine to trade just haven't gotten around to it.

:wub:Moomoo

That's what thought initially paradox, just hasn't responded to anti fungal treatments is all. Still, that's not to say it isn't fungal. Man I was cleaning mould of a glass topped table last wet season

G'day emcat, you'll definitely need a greenhouse or in the very least to protect it over the colder months. I think I remember reading somewhere that although A.nervosa can be grown outside of a tropical climate that you've got buckleys chance of it ever setting flowers. Hope this helps.

For sure, I've got two which are getting pretty close, essentially just need to harden them up.I think I read somewhere once that the black stem cv. was reserved for royalty or the heads of the different clans and was only used ceremonially. Nice plant that one. Is your black stem from herbalistics?

Hmm I do have cicadas where I live. I also just recently had an outbreak of little grasshoppers on a marigold patch very close to the cactus patch...

Will take some pics of other infected plants tomorrow E.G. That one is the worst though. Could be nutrient deficiency, I use organic fertilizers, seasol, fish emulsion and have been running into some serious issues regarding hydrophobia of late. Was thinking viral myself but i'm no expert. Off topic, nice work on trichocereus.net, looks fantastic! I'm assuming your the one that has got it together?

G'day bullit. Picked one up a couple of years back at a market on the Atherton tablelands. She's just gotten big enough to start propagating so should be able to spread a few plants around in the near future. Hey who's the artist behind your avatar?