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  1. Posted

    while it might be fun looking for shrooms in the middle of the night with a UV light (lol) its fraught with danger.

    nighttime field collecting may not be as dangerous as forest hunting, but still dangerous.

    its hard to correctly id properly in the dark without proper light. if you do pick wait till daytime to ID properly.

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    Damn. what a great first post :D

    Yes that would a perfect place to share your seedlings. some of us will not be able to accept due to travel, but im sure there will be enough melbourne peeps to help you out.

    The meet is on the the 7th of December, location yet to be disclosed.

    In my experience fresh Psychotria sp. do indeed have a high germination rate. they take ages and you think you have lost them all, then boom get get heaps. lol

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    my understanding with sally, is that when it gets shocked its leaves lose turgor, but once acclimatised settle into their new climate, their leaves dont just dry up and fall off. to me it sounds more like moisture loss, i.e. the leaves arent getting enough water drying out and falling off. from what i have read most people overwater their sallies.

    having said that, it could be nutrient deficiencies.

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    I have been told numerous times thats its the type of job where you can make your own opportunities happen.

    but you may have to work hard at it because of competition - jims mowing etc.,

    i would think you may find you have some good opportunities if you are able to find niche markets.

    i wonder if there is an opportunity in helping otherwise busy professionals in setting up and maintaining productive gardens. i see so many lawns at the back of peoples houses that could otherwise be fruit trees, and vegetable patches. but its lawn because thats all they have time (and patience) for.

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  12. Posted

    Hey mate, there is a super plant meet happening on the 7th of december.

    its happening the day after EGA because there will be so many out of towners, and its always fantastic to get together after the event.

    we wont be holding it at the gardens though, not sure of the location as yet.

    there will be updates as we get closer to the day.

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    i use takeaway food containers, spread the seeds over the surface, and very lightly mist them in. you dont want to add to much water, or it might allow fungal growths. the soil soil should already be slightly moist, some people prefer plain sand but i like to use cactus mix so they can get nutrients straight away.

    I then leave them in a warm spot, covered with two layers of shade cloth, so they get warm but not too much sunlight.

    should allow for good germination, and you shouldnt have to do any checking. i set this up and then leave them for a month and come back to check, always good success for me.

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    For years the seeds of these plants have been rare and hard to come by.

    peoples success in propagation have also varied widely,

    and i think given how special they are and hard to come by, people would be hard pressed to want to part with them.

    While this is a pretty special species, there are others that are worth considering.

    Sorry, i know im not being helpful.

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  18. Posted

    I barely turn my tv on. having said that i watch a lot of media on my pc setup, but its media of my choice, movies or tv shows that have been recommended to me.

    The news is depressing, not the sad events of the world as there always will be, but that it seems to miss something completely fundamental, the science shows i feel have been dumbed down, there are no longer any really good documentaries, gone are the days of Attenborough etc. and its interesting how a lot of shows are simply about materialism, property improvement etc.

    I grew up with a healthy dose of television, and because it was locked into abc, or sbs, there were always so many great documentaries it was a pleasure to watch. but that seems to be lost today. my children dont watch tv, except the the saturday cartoons, otherwise its old tv series i have been able to collect, or old documentaries, i.e attenborough, because i want them to feel inspirired too, not boxed into a categorisation, or pummeled with what they supposedly "need".

    The degree to which tv seems to have been dumbed down, and the way the news treats the rest of the world like a freak show, is a really interesting sociological phenomenon, and it really seems to have contributed to the boganisation of Australia. PhD project anyone? i know i can ask here, because most people in my town would give me blank stares.

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  20. Posted

    Fantastic. nice to see ferret.

    goes to show they dont need a huge amount of root space, and given their habitat adapted to small soil profile, and getting everything they can out of the soil.

    Im sure nodulation is an essential aspect of their survival too. do you look to see how nodulated are the root then you repot?

    Also interesting to see you have no issues with repotting, as i recall reading that that was a no-no way back. trying to find where maybe i am mistaken.

    found this: http://www.lycaeum.org/~mulga/acacia/cult2.html great to see its still online

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    Yeah the ones in the ground get full fun, mostly mid morning to early afternoon sun due to the surrounding bush.

    Im in southern tasmania, get good extremes where they are, but minimum is no colder than -4 although they will take much colder than that. having said that we get pretty hot here in Tas, as i would expect in Vic too. but perhaps they can tolerate the extremes better can consistency. and prefer dry air over humidity. depends where you are Bullit.

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