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Mine took ages to start getting bigger from seed. I had them in a pot for quite a while and then planted them in the ground. I have had them for around 2 years now and while they have lots of healthy growth they are still under 30 cms tall. I have them in partial shade.

Last season I got lots of 'hairs' on a patch that were grown from supermarkt seeds. BTW what are the Glaxo's. As for fertilizing I usually just give them regular liquid feeding of miracle grow or thrive while they are still in lettuce stage. I don't give em much once they start to get taller in readiness to flower. It also helps ( for me anyway ) to topdress them with compost/sand mix when they are really small so they become more solid in the ground.

Last season I got lots of 'hairs' on a patch that were grown from supermarkt seeds. BTW what are the Glaxo's. As for fertilizing I usually just give them regular liquid feeding of miracle grow or thrive while they are still in lettuce stage. I don't give em much once they start to get taller in readiness to flower. It also helps ( for me anyway ) to topdress them with compost/sand mix when they are really small so they become more solid in the ground.

I might be coming but will know for sure tommorow so will let you know then. Later.

Scion is the top section of a graft.

They have Physalis ixocarpa listed at a herb nursery south of Perth. I will be going there this week so will see if they still have them. Later.

http://www.thewest.com.au/20020816/news/st...e-sto68208.html go down to the last few paragraphs

I'm pretty sure they are cross fertile. A gnome I know has crossed them with Persian Whites and another single mauvish somniferum. He's just waiting for the first generation to flower and then he'll try to start selecting the best ones etc.

People do have a choice but someone will always have to do the shitty low paid jobs. These are the basic jobs that make the country run. They could stand up and demand a better wage only to have others willingly take their jobs as it better to work than not. The only way to fix this would be to bring in slavery Even if a company prospers this doesn't necessarily pass down to all of their employees. It helps to have good people in management to get happy empoyees. Later.

Kaydees also have a species of meconopsis on their website. http://www.kaydees.co.nz/aus/cat/index.cfm...gory=Perennials

WD, I think Diggers had a Meconopsis if that is what your after. Also Tessalars have basis growing info on their website so they might stock it too. http://www.tesselaar.net.au/growingguides/....asp?GuideID=21

Not another CALM hating greenie Wouldn't spraying affect the nitrogen fixing bacteria as well in the pine forests? Later.

Saw it the other day, pretty massive. The rest of there stock seemed pretty shit though since the last time I was there.

I came across a gnome the other day who has tried snuffing Anadenanthera colubrina seeds once they were roasted and ground. He mentioned it did burn a bit but wasn't unbarable. Dosage was 1/4 seed and no effect noticed, other than extremely runny nose. Later.

Zeus, what sort of root run do does your plant have? Awhile back one of my plants kept on being affected by warm weather but this was due to shallow root system. My plants have not suufered at all from the heat according to the person looking after them as long as they get deep waterings. Later

Not in perth at the moment, just hope my plants are doing ok. Are your plants in pots or in the ground? I have some in pots and in the ground under shade clot. The ones in the ground are doing far better than the ones in pots. If you haven't tried growing in the ground I would definatly recommend it. Later.

I don't think they did. Just another urban myth I think.

the graft might work but the hardy salvia will not produce anything extra in it's leaves than it already does. I have seen an interesting example in a grafting book of how a patch graft was done from a purple sapped ficus onto a white sapped ficus of same species. BTW the ficus is only an example as can't remember the one in book. It showed that the patch always bled purple and the rest of the plant bled white and no mixing of the colors occurred. Hope this helps. Later.

I think one of the problems with working with larger/older plants is that a large area has less chance of uniformally mutating, thus resulting in patches of differing ploidy over the plant. Might have somthing to do with the rapid division/growth of cells in seedlings that make seeds good working material and also the toxicity of some mutagens probably makes seeds more economical due to losses. Later.

Happas, just curious where you found the name garret as I ain't never seen it without a double t before, except mine of course. Later

I agree ( for the most part anyway ) I think the thing is many people don't recognize that there is a time and place for everything. It would be good to see some more intelligent topics going on, but still read a few laughs. Also people should not take others so seriously all the time as has often been the case in some of the topics ( fuck, I rarely take myself seriously ) Later, Garret.

Read something awhile back about the use of the hebicide oryzalin to produce polypoidy in bulbous plants when used as 0.001% part of sterile medium ( in tissue culture? ) Will find reference if your interested. Later.

just had a look and seems he left his first and only post on there. A few of the veteren members gave him a lashing for his post. Here it is, http://www.poppies.org/forum/DCForumID4/383.html

he did the same thing on the poppies.org forum. Someone criticized him due to earlier dealings/appearances on the forum so he left. Later

I think Carica pentagona is already a hybrid. Be good to get hold of some of the mountain caricas as they might handle the cold better as well. Also have some info on a substance that from memory is safer to use and more reliable than colchinine but will have to find it. Later [This message has been edited by garret (edited 17 December 2001).]