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  1. On 09/08/2021 at 7:12 AM, Fezza said:

    Have you tried mixing in (addition) some straw?

     

    I'm thinking it will provide you with more bulk that's not expensive, but provide the mycelium with more of those woody fibres.

    Experimenting by adding this mixture around trees/plant's root system will also be a win-win, as the mycelium and plant's roots will work together to exchange nutrients.

     

    Coir works well or mixing in mostly spent substrate from trays or monotubs. Mix that through the potting soil and you're good.


  2. On 28/05/2021 at 1:02 PM, withdrawl clinic said:

    yep same here!

     

    peoples, please give us updates. i, at times fell deflated if i prepare 5 or more letters pay for them, and people don't even say thank you.

    with easy to come by seeds, i don't worry as much, but iboga come on guys!

     

    i tried to screen the recipients of my iboga seeds, and i think i did well, and this entirely for the sake of iboga!!!

    i give a shit if you think i'm an ass, because i deny you iboga seeds.

    only few people have the skill level and set up to achive success with them.

     

    sidetrack, no iboga seeds will be offered at my iboga thread, i got none fruiting this year.

    my age, stopps me from taking more care of them.....

     

    I really want to get my hands on iboga and then propagate it using tissue culture. I've been looking for journal articles on the recipes and techniques used for the micropropagation of iboga.


  3. Hey

     

    I have discovered that certain species of fungus grow amazingly well outside in Scotts Osmocote 50L Premium Potting Mix that you can get from places like Bunnings. It's the stuff in the orange bag. 

     

    I mixed spent substrate with the potting mix to use as mushroom compost. I did this in pots and in the ground. Some time later there were flushes of HUGE mushrooms.

     

    I then tried using colonised grainspawn instead of spent substrate from trays just to play around. I mixed some of the grainspawn into the top layer of 30cm pots containing chillies and added some of the fresh potting mix on top. After a short period I got fruiting, including some big, fat ones from just the 30cm pots. 

     

    In addition, tropical mushrooms have been growing in cold outside conditions when the aforementioned happened, However, the ones that fruited in the colder conditions were in areas where there was some sunlight which would have heated up the soil in the ground and pots. 

     

    Furthermore, I really noticed how mycelium can be used to prevent erosion since it helped keep the soil together in places in my garden where water might dislodge it.

     

    I hope this helps you. 

     

    Cheers

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  4. On 23/02/2020 at 4:42 PM, Pedro99 said:

    Cheers for the info man, when you say blocks are you talking about rockwool? 

    I have a heat mat for tricho seedlings so could probably just run rockwool on the mat, inside a clear storage tub. 

     

    Does cloning gel expire? I've got some from like 3 years ago... 

     

     

    You can also use little propagation chambers that have vents on top of that heat mat. Bunnings and hydro shops have them. 


  5. 20 hours ago, rottenjonny said:

    What would be the recommendation for potting medium or soil prep?

     

    My rooted cuttings are in coir.

     

    When they're ready to be transplanted to a bigger container then I use Baileys 25L Premium Potting Mix which is $10 from Bunnings. I add perlite to help with drainage, aeration and to prevent compaction of the soil. 

     

    If you want the soil to hold more moisture then you could mix some coir into the soil and perlite mix. 

     

     


  6. 1 hour ago, sagiXsagi said:

     

    yep it works - if its not the most warm time of the year, one could use a heat pad which increases the root formation rate a lot... 

     

    Yeah, I got my heated propagation chamber out of my storage room and I might use it for my iboga cuttings as I head into Autumn. It's still warm here though at the moment which is handy. 


  7. On 16/07/2020 at 6:07 PM, ENtiTY said:

    Wrong time of year for that mate.

    Mid to late spring and on into Autum I would think.

     

    Your asking right in the tiny gap in the year when the plants are dormant.

     

    Give us a yell when life again surges.

     

    Do ants or birds ever steal the little fruit pod of seeds from your plants? 


  8. Hi

     

    What is the general consensus on price per cm for trich cuttings such as

    san pedro 

    super pedro 

    "standard" T bridgesii

    Eileen T bridgesii

    Standard T Peruvianus

    KK242 T Peruvianus

     

    Any other info that you think would be handy would be much appreciated. I've been out of the scene for a while. 

     

    Also, how much should one pay for lophs and their seeds in the Australian places where they're legal? 

     

     


  9. Hey, just an update.

     

    Richgro doesn't make small bricks of coir any more. However, if you use the bucket tek to pasteurise your coir then I've found that using 4.5 litre of boiled water instead of 4 quarts helps to make sure that the Brunnings coir is less likely to end up with dried, unpasteurised bits that are reluctant to break up. Furthermore, the extra water keeps the temperature higher for longer and your substrate will have plenty of moisture whilst fruiting. 


  10. Hey, I decided to try to strike some caapi cuttings in a glass of water. I can say that it works.

     

    Fertiliser wise I'm a big fan of Charlie Carp because it helps make use of an invasive species and I can use it on fruit and veg, orchids, natives and cacti without the risk of burning them. 

     

    Edit - Maybe if I'm not lazy then I'll take some photos of the caapi cuttings in the water. They're inside where they're sheltered and I'm using a 130 watt fluorescent grow lamp which is what I often use to strike cuttings with. 

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  11. A glass of water under a fluorescent light or next to a window often works well when making clones via cuttings. Just change the water regularly. 

     

    The good thing about striking a cutting in water is that you can see if the cutting is growing roots. 

     

    If you don't have a mini growing chamber to keep in the humidity and/or heat when it's needed then soft drink bottles work well as cheap humidity domes. When you need to harden off the plant then you can take off the bottle cap before removing the bottle completely later on. 


  12. A heated propagation chamber or heat mat can help dry the soil out quicker as will giving the medium more access to light and fresh air. Furthermore, if you use perlite then the soil will be less soggy. 

     

    Coir won't become mouldy as quickly as soil so you could use that depending on what you're growing, otherwise a soil that has more sand and some perlite added will help with drainage and aeration. 

     

    What are you growing that's having the fungus issue? 


  13. On 01/02/2021 at 8:21 AM, Wile E. Peyote said:

    Awesome, thanks Boof! I'll get some and share my review :D

     

    I really like the chili olives from the deli at Woolworths, but I feel there has to be locals that do it better, cheaper and more ethically.

     

    I go to an Italian grocer but I too am a fan of the chilli and garlic olives from Woolies. 

     

    If you have any orchards near you that make their own olive oil then I highly recommend trying to get some olive oil through them. The farm I normally get mine from is out because the trees tend to fruit in cycles like avocados. I bought some olive oil from the supermarket and felt so disappointed. 

     

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