H.E. Pennypacker
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Awfully generous.
I might just take you up on that offer, have a bunch of recently cut birch logs just sitting here, they could be put to good use this way.
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Thanks EG, figured as much, hehe. Really hope they'll turn out special rather than having stunted growth though. I need to get some grafting experience so I can speed the process up a bit.
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Maybe it's way too early to tell, but do I have a couple of monstrose forms growing here? They're from a batch of Trichocereus bridgesii and Trichocereus spachianus, both appear to be spineless. I don't know if the bridgesii is even growing, it seems like it's shrinking to me, but that's probably the surrounding seedlings growing, lol.
Also have a crested delosperma ecklonis, doesn't really come across on the picture, but just wanted to share the oddity. Never really seen a delosperma throw a crest, but then again, pretty new to the whole genus and I haven't really looked for it either. Perhaps it's pretty common.
First two are of the funky bridgesii, next three of the spach:
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I thought you might've meant the kotata berry as googling karacka berry didn't turn up any results, but turns out it's karaka berry or karaka black. Those things really look huge btw. Recently bought a tayberry myself, already have a wild blackberry and a yellow raspberry, but the blackberry is so sour it's only good for preservatives and the raspberry is a little bland. Hope the tayberry won't be dissapointing.
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I've read that keeping them alive seems to be somewhat of a problem as well, particularly watering problems. So far so good though.
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Crassula's can grow from leaves just fine, takes a while for it to develop into a real plant, but it's possible. Just keep it moist and it'll grow roots fast.
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A month later and they've grown quite a bit. Even had 2 more seeds germinate. Couple days ago the first true leaves began showing.
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Mix the brown parts with more greens and mix it thoroughly, good source of greens is simply grass clippings. Chop the bigger pieces up as finely as possible to speed things up. Don't add soil to the compost, it really doesn't add a purpose (unless there's heaps of worms in that soil), it only bogs the mixture down, it needs to be aerated as much as possible. Water it and keep it moist and covered up, not wet, as I said, it needs to be aerated. You will gradually see it change whenever you turn over the heap, which needs to be done every once in a while.
As to your second question, it depends on how much the brown parts have broken down. A little bit here and there is nothing to worry about, but if it's too much, then sifting would be in order.
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Willing to trade internationally, given the item is legal to import or export to the country of residence. Virtually no laws against bringing any plant or seeds into the Netherlands, except for lucky bamboo plants maybe.
Looking for the following:
Aspalanthus linearis seeds
Astragalus chinensis seeds
Catha edulis seeds
Delosperma cooperi/nubigenum/sphalmantoides/any other sp (preferably frost tolerant) seeds
Ephedra distachya/sinica seeds
Lophophora williamsi seeds
Mitragyna speciosa
Opuntia stricta seeds
Rehmannia glutinosa seeds
Rhodiola Rosea seeds
Salvia divinorum
Sceletium emarcidum/joubertii/nova/tortuosum/any other sp
Serenoa repens
Silene capensis seeds
Sida cordifolia seeds
Trichocereus scopulicola seeds
What I can trade (all seeds):
Edible/herbs:
Allium sepa Improved Brunswick/commercial variety
Capsicum annuum Old man/Salsa/Serrano
Capsicum pubescens Rojo
Carica papaya
Chamaemelum nobile
Cucurbita maxima
Diospyros lycioides
Helianthus annuus Moonwalker
Melissa officinalis
Origanum vulgare
Passiflora mollissima var Cada
Petroselinum crispum var naepolitanum
Physalis alkekengi
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Stevia rebaudiana (atm almost no seeds, more in a month or so)
Tulbaghia capensis
Tulbaghia violacea
Ornamental, medicinal or otherwise useful plants:
Bulbine frutescens
Carpobrotus edulis
Chelidonium majus
Chrysanthemum coccineum
Clivia miniata
Datura stramonium
Digitalis purpurea
Impatiens glandulifera
Ipomea tricolor Heavenly blue
Ligustrum vulgare
Nepeta cataria
Nicotiana tabacum
Oenothera biennis
Papaver Somniferum Danish flag
Pleiospilos bolussi
Rosa canina
Salvia africana-lutea
Solanum nigrum
Sutherlandia frutescens
Trichocereus bridgesii
Trichocereus peruvianus
Trichocereus spachianus
Trichocereus terscheckii
Withania somnifera
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That's certainly not good. Heavily infested with somekind of scale insect. I'd dispose of the most damaged leaves and spray pesticides on the remaining.
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At this moment, hell no, 99% fun and maybe 1% frustration. Got an acre of extra land this year and have already bought a boatload of useful seeds, plants and trees to transform the meadow into an edible & ethnobotany landscape. The only things I sometimes get fed up with is watering every day in the indoor garden, getting stuff not to germinate/take off or harvesting cannabis plants (I'm in the Netherlands, don't worry about incrimination, lol), which is a tedious chore when everything needs to get harvested at once when the botrytis runs rampant outside. Oh, plus weeding out the never ending Aegopodium podagrarium (thank you Romans!) and Convolvulus sepium, that stuff really get's on my nerves.
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I tried searching a little myself again, to me the Aloe resembles Aloe mitriformis the most, sounds correct?
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Thanks, that's it! I took a small cutting of off it so I can put it in some good soil and a better place. Would love to see it flower one day.
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Yep, a little, as I said, it's been sitting in the same place on the windowsill forever now, so no ideal growing conditions. Could it possibly be a Hildewintera spp?
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I always use a little Bayer Masai for spider mites, sometimes coupled with Pyrethrum to really tire and weed them out. Watering sounds alright if the soil doesn't get too wet, you probably have a better grasp of how much water it needs than me anyways.
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These have been sitting in the windowsill forever now, thought the cactus was completely dead, but it began to throw out some new pups again this year. I have no idea what it might be, never seen it flower either.
As for the Aloe, it's 15-20 years old or so, but still no idea what it exactly is. Was forced to take some cuttings when the little kitty cat molested it, he also liked chewing on the small cactus and the crassula as you can see from the damage.
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I have that cactus as well, it's a rat tail cactus, Cleistocactus winteri.
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What kind of soil is it in? How many times have you watered it? You sure that's all dirt on the leaves and not spider mite?
The tiny white spots looks like it's spider mites to me, the mottling and leaf dropping looks like it stems from too much water, not too little. But that's about all I can say, you should post a little more about the growing conditions she's in, as much as you can, always makes answering easier.
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^ That's Solanum nigrum, or at least one of the black nighshades.
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Yeah, lol, it's not TMV or TSWV, most probably blight. Try removing the heavily infected leaves and spray some fungicide, might save them.
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^ Don't you think that 2nd pic gives it away a bit?
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There's very little information on the internet (and this forum) regarding the germination (and cultivation) of Pleiospilos seeds, so I thought this thread might come in handy for anyone searching.
I've gotten some in the mail from koehres last week and being pretty impatient, I went ahead and tried germinating them right away. The only appropriate soil I had at that time was some simple sowing mix to which I added a tiny bit of vermiculite. Soaked the soil and simply sprinkled them on top (they're light germinators), put some cling film over the pots and put them under fluoro's at a light regime of 24/0 to reduce climatic changes.
A couple of days after I did that I searched for some more info and found 1 mention at B&T's of Pleiospilos reacting to butenolides (smoke treatment). 2 days after sowing I poked a hole in the cling film of two of the pots you see below and blew some smoke on them. Day after that they were pretty dried out, so I misted them and placed the tiny pots in a propagator without the cling film. 3 days after the second soaking and I have 7 out of 10 that have sprouted, which is a pretty good ratio if I say so myself. The pot which I didn't treat with smoke only has 1 out of 3 sprouting as of yet, the other two have 3 out of 3 and 3 out of 4.
Apparently choosing the little pots wasn't that smart of a move, considering they have a pretty long taproot and don't really like to be repotted all that much, but I'll see how that turns out when they get a little bigger.
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Looks more like tomato spotted wilt virus, leaves fold a little inward with that, with TMV the growth usually warps sideways.
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I'll just quote myself from the banisteriopsis thread:
A simple mandatory tag (e.g. International, EU, US or Asia) in the title would be enough to distinguish between Australian only trades/sales and international ones.
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You could make your own, don't know what kinda sizes you need. I mean, small pots are cheap, but big decorative pots are usually way too expensive to buy a lot of. Was looking for something else a while ago and stumbled upon "hypertufa". Basically lightweight concrete, made out a mix of peat, perlite or vermiculite and portland cement. For really big pots you need some reinforcement in the form of wiremesh and/or synthetic reinforcement fibers. Good way to expand your pot collection for not a lot of money.