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gotu kola is also good for enhancing memory and is meant to promote long life. the plant i brought of it had a tag which suggested using no more than 2-3 leaves per day as there is something harmful in it go to a health food shop and get some skullcap, chamomile and passionflower teas, very calming and relaxing herbs. if you are having problems sleeping there is always valerian which is a good knock you out tea, beware though it smells like stinky feet!
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No-Dig Garden with Pea Straw
bogfrog replied to eternalmind's topic in Sustainable Technologies & Ethical Living
i just set up my new veg patches with pea straw and was worried about all those peas taking over, fingers crossed the neighbors chickens will weed them out for me. has anyone else ever had chickens that only eat the weeds from the garden never the veges? i remember that with our chooks when i was a kid. amazing stuff! -
picture 4 looks like a trichocereus spachianus, number 8 is a sempervium arachnoideum (spiderweb plant) and number 12 is a myrtillocactus geometrizans (good grafting stock) nice start to your collection
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yeah we just brought some peruvianus Icaro seedlings which look pretty spot on to this.
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i love the crested one, i hope they toughen up for you
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i had very similar to this but it had long cone shaped flowers, but saldy it didnt last long i didnt know it was even a cactus and it started to mould from the inside of all the stems i havent seen one since!
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god i wish you were in nz. i would pounce on these
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this cookbook sounds pretty dece, will look forward to seeing some more of it if possible, also could you tell us the title and name of the author if you get a chance?
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Medicinal or otherwise interesting plants that thrive in shade?
bogfrog replied to Evening Glory's topic in Ethnobotany
salvia!! (you will need to get this from a cutting though as they rarely seed) and also sceletium tortuosum (kanna) likes dappled shade -
hey does anyone have much knowledge about the different types of san pedro and have any photographic examples of different types? i suppose this might be a long shot as they are all crossed up mutts these days and pure strains are pretty uncommon, but worth asking just incase we have experts online here thanks, kea
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maybe some people have full time jobs or busy lives and cant spend every day doting over their seedlings, i personally think what you said is bullshit, i have never grown anything from seed and all my trichos are perfectly happy and thriving. cacti are so great because they can be neglected and still survive so they are incredibly grateful for any attention they are given. seed raising however can be hit and miss for anyone even experts can still have out right fails. you are meant to be encouraging and fostering people's interest not trying to put people off all together with snarky comments like this one.
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found on way home.. fruit I cant id
bogfrog replied to naja naja's question in Plant Identification (non-cactus)
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in my first job i worked at a little gorcery store where my boss always warned me about those fijians coming in and trying to bargain him down in price for the fresh kava, they really didnt like having to pay anymore than they thought reasonable. does anyone know if you can use it fresh? just grate it up and use like the dry stuff? maybe it would be more potent fresh with less time to oxidise etc. i read something about fijian guys sitting in a circle all night passing around the kava bowl until they float out of their bodies and take wonderful senic flights around the island
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pantyhose all the way for trich grafts they are awesome
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we had the incredible fortune of seeing the most beautiful trichocereus brigesii mosntrose ever the other day and traded the guy a san pedro crest for an awesome chunk of it. then went for a wander up the road to find the house he originally got the cutting from, who let us take an even bigger piece. we are gobsmacked. 100 %!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/56226923@N07/?saved=1
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i think you should plant it semi sideways so they head will still grow upright with those roots are covered and keep most of the cut section above ground. you may even get pups growing off the areoles at the base which would look pretty neat. we have some logs planted sideways, no rot problems yet but they take ages to root through the skin compared to a dried cut.
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well that would depend on two things.. firstly you would have to be in nz and secondly it would depend on what you would want to trade for a piece. but if your in nz make an offer?.. the main two plants are my partners and i got the single fat pup so it would be up to him
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some sections without pups for like 30-40cms? pretty cool even if its just the normal clone but its about a meter tall with more pups at the top
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i have a loquat tree which i brought from the farmers market for $15, cant wait till it fruits! only about a meter now, but healhty as
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what a can of worms i just opened
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no i had not. thank you for pointing me in the right direction!
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haha cool can't wait