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MOANA - In The Allure (i made a record!)
totemgoat posted a topic in Creativity, Spirituality & Philosophy
Hey guys, one of my bands just put out our debut album - thought it might appeal to some of our members so i'm commencing shameless self-promotion hahaha! It's a psychedelic/alternative/heavy/art rock record called 'In The Allure' with some stoner-rock elements thrown in for good measure. You can check it out here: https://moanamoana.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-allure & on spotify. Be sure to let me know what you think! Cheers, TG PS: Our vocalist is named Moana, and she's been around a good while longer than that Disney movie hahaha. -
MOANA - In The Allure (i made a record!)
totemgoat replied to totemgoat's topic in Creativity, Spirituality & Philosophy
Thanks so much for checking it out man - glad you dig it! -
I love perlite, just bought a 100L bag of the stuff. If I could get more pumice, however, that'd be my go to and I'd mix it into everything I could. Only reasonably priced pumice I've found in Perth is ~70mm though (bunnings landscaping lava rock), which I'm forced to break up and sieve into different sizes myself. Going to buy some zeolite off the web soon I think, seems decently priced and I hear good things. EDIT: Unless my trichos are in absolute full sun I always make the mix significantly grittier. It doesn't seem to improve growth but in my experience it certainly helps prevent oedema and fungal issues.
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Acacia, chacruna, caapi and others trade / swap
totemgoat replied to saguaro's topic in Seed & Plant Swaps
keen on the catha - for seed i have a bunch of acacia acuminata, tricho crosses, plus some frailea, parodia, etc., for cuts i have s. tortuosum, dragonfruit, maybe a potted scop. -
I've got cuttings/rooted cuts/small plants too if xperiment wasn't able to help out!
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congrats on 4/5! assuming the vascular bundles were aligned my guess would be lack of pressure or humidity on the failed one.
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Banisteriopsis Caapi leaves, vine, fresh or dried for trade
totemgoat replied to Buttsack's topic in Seed & Plant Swaps
i'd love to get a cutting or two going in my garden! have lots of cactus seeds and a couple cuts in the arsenal, let me know if you're interested -
Perth trichocereus sale, including TPC X juuls monstrose
totemgoat replied to Marklar's topic in Seed & Plant Sales
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i see you're in the US - uncle willy's emporium is supposed to be fantastic, they're a canadian loph nursery
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everybody loves some grafting stock @XavierDass!
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yo man, pereskiopsis can be a little scarce and i'd love some for this season's seedlings - send me a message and let me know what you're thinking cost-wise!
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sounds wicked gimli, can't see an attached image though? i'm a musician so hopefully i don't have anything big on the night before, otherwise - looking forward to it! my seeds for the season should've arrived by then and my early sow should've germinated too so i'll have plenty to bring along myself edit: just saw the photo further up the thread woops
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Hey man, PM me your address and I'll send some dry purple tom pods - they're small fruits, medium-high spice, good flavour.
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it sounds like you have a problem with a number of things attacking your babies - remember first that weak/unhappy plants find it hard to defend themselves against pests, so make sure you've got them as comfortable as you can get them before you resort to using a chemical that will just as easily kill bees & other friendly creatures in your garden you can also use bait plants to distract caterpillars, use companion planting to steer away predators, and caps of beer to kill slugs & snails if you must use the baythroid: start low and increase as necessary, follow the bottle's instructions leaning towards using less than they recommend, and maybe be aware that trichocereus stomata are open at night and not during the day (not sure if that'd make any difference to the plant/critters but worth noting) fungus gnats can be controlled with diatomaceous earth from what i've heard, but if you have them in your mature trichos' soil i would recommend transplanting them into a more free draining mix with a a good layer of inorganic material around the base of the stem - if you're growing things indoors, fly paper has also worked wonders for me in fungus gnat control good luck!
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what pests are you trying to control? what are you concerned about?
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I'd love a pack, thanks Humbolt!
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has anyone used Coconut Water for cacti?
totemgoat replied to woopwoop's topic in Cacti & Succulents
from what i understand there are cytokinins in coconut water which are a plant growth hormone. worth saying that you can't buy unpasteurized coconut water (or even coconuts) in australia, if you have a tree you're fine though of course. apparently pasteurization makes them far less suitable for application to plants. fb groups all rave about crushed aloe sp. mixed with water for pup induction too, not to mention human urine and urea as glaukus said above. -
https://www.jofsr.org/index.php/path/article/view/30/21 this study hypothesizes that bees can literally see and may also be attracted to harmala alkaloids, with plants using them as pollination signals also contains some interesting testing on abundance & variety of harmala type alkaloids within a variety of plants - anybody got some Thalictrum aquilegiifolium seeds? edit: i might put some p. harmala seed out in the garden and see if the bees find it interesting at all hahaha
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not sure if it propagates well via cutting? very keen to get my hands on some, seed or otherwise. many thanks. TG
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Facial recognition software is now in use in the Perth CBD which gives me concerns about profiling, privacy, and general freedoms. It all seems a bit bleak/dystopic, but it is important to remember there will also be people who will create new technologies for good, and ensure new/other technologies are used for good. Hopefully for the greater population these good people are enough. I can certainly see this sort of thing becoming an important political issue over the next few elections. Though, I will say i had hoped that by now most people were a little less worried about negative gearing than they were about climate, artificial intelligence & the possibility of encroachment on political/social freedoms.
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re: our messages earlier i'll take three!
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thanks macca! my offer: ~20cm scop tip ~20 t. peru 'kimba' x e. ancistrophora seeds (massive amount of vari's and albinos on germination!) 10g rue
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"Finally, someone did the smart thing and decided to use DNA testing, as well as morphology to reclassify cacti genera and species, creating the most reliable taxonomy so far proposed. This was done by the French naturalist Joël Lodé who released his findings in the publication, Taxonomy of the Cactaceae volumes 1 &2, which is the most comprehensive work on cacti ever attempted. Thankfully, he has restored the Trichocereus genus to its rightful place as being distinct from Echinopsis. His new classifications for the Trichocereus genus, including the previously accepted names is as follows~" - Brett Lothian, Tricho Serious Ethnobotany Link: https://trichoseriousethnobotany.blogspot.com/2019/04/dna-evidence-restores-trichocereus.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR17Rigbx4JG3cUrRuNUhTLWanwSDR2nsVwiGQVNuw0UbiZDPomzX5KBeOs Joel Lode classifies T. pachanoi and T. peruvianus as subspecies of T. macrogonus which answers and raises some questions. Not sure why this writing is yellow, probably something to do with me copying & pasting the above quote. Cheers, TG
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hey mate i'll grab the yowie!
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too generous! count me in if they aren't already all gone gimli!