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Grown indoors from seeds labeled maidenii

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Fantastic competition communacacian! I will edit this post tonight to add pics of my little family of seed grown acacias as I forgot to take some pics this morning. [edit] - my addition to this thread is pathetic. I've only just started trying to grow a couple of varieties in the last few months. left to right - A acuminata small seed - A acuminata narrow phyllode (going much better than the small seed sown at the same time) - a tiny A denticulosa which has grown very little over the last 3 months or so. I'll be putting the narrow phyllode acuminata in the ground soon. And hopefully trying my hand at some other acacias this spring with the view to end up with a nice little forest.

Great stuff zed! that's how it all starts!!

If I were going to do it I would make many litres of liquid culture and then spray the field every couple of weeks with a super soaker. I doubt you will have much luck with a single piece of paper with spores on it. If it is a well manured field you might have better luck burying some colonised cakes or bags. It's very unrealistic to expect to just take some spores and germinate a field

Been a rough near 2 years healthwise, culminating in a pretty fckd end...lol. I've had more fckd stuff done to me over 2 years than ever did to myself when I rock n rolled as a pup to find out what was wrong with me. No escaping your genetics, and throw in a few risk factors and its gunna get ya....get ya good. Dead man walking good...... Its time for healing and gaining strength now. As I now again stare out the windows again at the mountains and have no sounds of traffic to cloud my thoughts I realise how fckn lucky I have been. I realise how lucky I have been to have good folk around me.....solid bastards.....folks that give a fck......those that look in ya eyes and tell ya the score regardless . I wanna thank so many of you for your posts, PMs and texts. You've kept me sane (..saner....lol), kept me occupied from my thoughts, and lifted me spirit. It helped me heal faster, keep positive and get back home pretty damn fast...like 8 days from being turned inside out to getting medical clearance to fly home. Everyone is spinnin out at my rate of healing, state of mind is a lot of it.....resurrecting the mongrel within is another part, and back on healing ground will do the job as well. I've got a fair bit of thinkin time ahead of me, and probably a few changes in direction. Better put the mongrel to use before my final end...lol....havent done enough yet So what I am saying is a big fckn thank you with a nod of my head. WB

doublebenno I like the cut of your jib. you will receive a super pack BONUS prize! you definitely got the goods. Just to clarify this is not a first in basis i will be PMing winners on the weekend so keep em coming

Well well awesome give away, made me get out in the rain to take some pics of all my lovely babies. Got some planted in the ground too but not venturing out atm. Confusa Maidenii Accuminata Some small accuminata & maidenii And some baby obtusifolias coming through Hope you like, since the first one popped it never stoped Cheers.

My youngish Acacia Maidenii

Test soil & water (I think DPI do this?) &/or check with local Landcare, Streamwatch, etc groups regarding any issues. Landcare types will usually be able to tell you a bit about the local soil types & plantlife, including obnoxious weeds & pests that you might be up against. The Bureau of Meteorology keeps records you can consult to get an idea about what weather to expect. If buying vacant land, check with the council that it has a permanent dwelling entitlement. Heaps of properties look like bargains until you read the fine print & realise that you're not actually allowed to build there. Depending what your plans are for the land, the zoning may be important too - so ask about that as well (i.e. not just whether it is zoned rural/residential or whatever, but the actual code (Zone 4b or something) that will let you look up in the official council documents exactly what is & isn't allowed. The more isolated you get, the less they tend to care about this stuff, but there are always exceptions to this so it's worth checking out - even if just to get a vibe about what type of council you'll have if you move there. Take access into account when looking at the land prices - if you're going to have to spend $50K to build an all-weather road into the place, is it still a good price? Talk to your prospective neighbours. Sometimes they can give you additional info about the property that the real estate agent can't/won't, and helpful advice about living in the area (eg. what kind of vehicle you'll need for the roads, how often you can expect to be flooded in, what will & won't grow there, etc). If nothing else, they might just give you an idea about whether you're likely to get along with your neighbours - which, if you're heading somewhere isolated, can be kinda important. If you're looking at a private sale, research everything you can about the place with the local council records, and hire a lawyer/conveyancer to handle the transaction - it might cost $1000, but they'll check whether everything is above board, and even look into planned nearby developments or the like. So if the copy of the dwelling entitlement that the seller showed you was revoked in 1988 when the property was subdivided, or if they don't in fact own the land they're trying to sell, or if there's an airport slated to be built nextdoor, the convenyancer will catch this kind of thing for you.

This young man was on the radio this afternoon, he is a truly inspirations Human being I've copied this article from http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s4303370.htm Jack Andraka was only 13 years old when he began pondering how to save lives. He’d lost a close family friend to pancreatic cancer, and was determined to develop a way to detect it early. At 15, after late nights camping out in the lab - “I could take blankets in and watch Disney movies it was fun!” - he had a breakthrough. He says he submitted his initial findings to 200 academics and was rejected 199 times. His desire to prevent what had happened to his friend made him determined to persevere despite rejections. “That’s what science really is for me – improving the lives of others.” “What I have created is this paper strip which cost 3 cents and takes 5 minutes to run and you just put a single drop of blood or urine on it and in five minutes it will instantly tell you if you have the cancer,” he told Hack. “It can detect the cancer in its earliest stage when someone has close to 100% chance of survival and so far it has over 95% accuracy at detecting those cancers. It can be widely adapted to pretty much any disease, ranging from Alzheimer’s, other forms of cancers and even HIV/AIDS and heart disease.” In 2012, at 15 years old, he won the top $75,000 prize at Intel’s annual high school science fair. His reaction was adorable – and the win propelled him to prodigy status. His TED talk has racked up almost 4 million views and according to Forbes, he was “honoured as a ‘Champion of Change’ at the White House and was Michelle Obama’s guest during the 2013 State of the Union Address.” (Despite that, Forbes journalist Matthew Herper didn’t include Jack in Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list after questioning the veracity of some of his scientific claims.) “I was just some random high schooler from Baltimore Maryland and now I get to meet the President and the Clintons,” he told Hack. “It’s so cool to be able to work with all these different organisations and work with cool people and do all these things.” But the road to success was not easy. In his book Breakthrough - How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World, Jack describes an adolescence scarred by homophobic bullying. He says his teachers were highly conservative and publicly shamed him for being gay. “I turned to cutting my wrists at that time,” he told Hack. But it was Jack’s love of science that got him through. He says he wants other young people to feel proud of their interest in science and says the way it is taught needs to change. “You learn science by doing, not from a textbook,” he told Hack. “Science is all about curiosity and creativity and using that to explore and change the world around you, not memorising facts.” “I’m not that smart you just have to be creatively combine ideas.” If you are being bullied or having a tough time you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

SS01XTPM November 2012 January 2014 August 2015

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Respect. Sounds to me like a very sensible thing to do. Will pm you soon

No worries WB. I'll def have one for ya.

Both were very small when I got them. I think maybe that's why they've not gotten massive in the last year or so as they haven't hit critcal mass yet.... Although they are possibly due for a repot soon. The double 4 ribber is the one that had the red colour to the spines, although it doesn't anymore. I really liked that about it, too. Spines have gotten pretty big too, but they get a lot of sun where they are.

Who do they think they are:- "PIGS in space"? On the positive, at last the answer to "Who farted?"

peruv los gentiles, from seed peruv icarus, from seed

Hey bro, mandurah is shite, and its up from where i am. When i used to surf on mushies i felt like i was the wave, in fact i was the water but it actually improved my surfing,because instead off trying to perform i just became the wave. Like ol Gerry Lopez said '' The wave is the music and the ride is the dance" The pic is 1000km north of perth ,a must place to visit for every goofy.