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no idea really. the way the head sits is odd. wnt be surpized if it had a pup that was cut off the lower bit. it was in worse nick when i got it. has gotten alot healther. as was mostly brown but just leaving it outside on clear days and bringing it on cold or wet days has brought back alot of colour to it. that and seaweed extract lil buggers seem to love that stuff. oh and just as note they arent potted that high up. pics was taken after i had come home to find it tipped over thanks to the dogs.... no damage just on its side from were it normally sits and in need of bit more soil.

hey all.... sad to say i missed the flowers openning, as i had to go away for a mates bucks party... returned to find the flowers wilted shame to say tho i did returned to find the 2 others flowering... enjoy all. Happy1

thats the best.

apprently the var. of it... heh probly should put Lophophora williamsii in title update: pics

yeh was ebay tho few months not just finished. got it as the seedlings taking awhile to look like much so wanted a bit bigger one to look at.

about 8yrs old apprently. got it not too long back tho last few weeks sun n seaweed extract made it grow noticeably different to how it was when i got it. got it to grow taller by having the soil down lower so its got a shadow hittin part of it. got a mad as glow to its skin after that harsh sun we got here last few weeks... will update when more happens.

to my surprize today i came home to find my sierra de la paila starting to flower. just thought i would share some pics. not long till they open :D and other cactus starting to flowering.

i too have had some bug problems. ive heard of ladybugs being used as a predator to get rid of them and not harm my cactus (or other plants). is this true with loph??? becaused the rose garden has a major bug problem atm (just forgot to spray with some oil to get rid of em) but the ladybugs are every where the lil bastard of bugs are on the rose buds(figure they've come for a feed). so i've caught a few and was thinking of putting them in the fish tank i used for my cactus germination with my affected loph, is this a good idea or not??? as i hav a few loph seeds in there atm for germination. cheers

hey all its that happy1 with aload of questions for ya again haha. ive recently added a few acacia to my seedlings for this season. had many maidenii going fine. the obtusifolia are giving me a few issues. one of which is that they turn purpleish every so often(maidenii & obtusifolia), ive taken a stab in the dark to put this down to the coldness in the night and possible forst in my area (am i correct???) so ive been leaving them inside and they turned back to a nice healthy green. tho the younger of the seedlings have grown tall and thin steams and fallen over. this is due to them growing tall searching for sun light correct???? and so ive been taking them out in morning and back inside during the night. but tonight i noticed that all the leafs had bunched together (more closed up) what would be causing this??? too much sunlight or just leaving them a tad too long in the cold??? my main question is that is there any good links that i can find out what sort of conditions the acacia like and such. also any good books or links that could give me a run down on the typical behaviour of plants in general when im neglicting them and explain what the problem is???(got a few different ones on the grow atm tho the acacia only one that are looking unhealthy atm tho you can never do too much research) heh yes very much a noob at this stuff. it is a new hobby of mine, im a nerd by day but only so long you can sit on a pc for... friend gave me a cactus cutting while back and been stuffin round in the gardern in my spare time ever since (wiring shit flatout at work then come home just to sit infront of more screens drives you insane!!!!) Cheers and thanks again!!! Happy1

yeh sure sounds it. tho a FOAF told me avoid eating raw san pedro (like corn on the cob after removing spikes) as he got bad gut pains in morning and swollen stomach that took good hr to clear out..... Poor bastard was camping too...

dremel with cutting disc or even grinding bit works well. or heating up a tin can. simulacrum fix it with somthing like a screw or tac it up via melting together eg. soldering iron, or what not and then just silcon it up. or hot glue gun it in, did that to hold gloves fixed at holes. ;) cheers

eatable?? any good?? got em popping up all over the place. cheers

hey all found theses, could i get an id please?? cheers.

hey all thanks again for replies. hav been busy as lately so havent had chance to check theard. PD defently will hav to hit you up for some of them, also catch up for chat on some growing tips heh..... i defently got no green thrumb and havin few slight problems heh. tops of cacti goin slightly lighter shade of green. best way to get all theses diff loph seeds going heh..... got few ideas and reckon i could have a crack at it but figure best gettin heap of info first..... do i go with indoor growth or outdoor arrrrrrrrrrrr!!??!?!?!?!? thats just were the confusion begins.... lol atlest i got few months till spring to work it out hey. cheers

hey all just got another quick question. im going to start up a little peyote growing setup in as im loving how they look grafted. was just wondering if anyone could giv me some links to places i can get some quality heat mats idea for peyote growth. also just wondering on what time of cacti this is being grafted with (fucking love the look of this)??? plan on growing all that im goin to graft from seedling too so wanna get some started and well established. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/inde...ost&id=7605 cheers again