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    I don't think it's necessarily a fungal or bacterial issue, regardless, the offset is no longer completely attached to its mother plant. this is very common with plants grown on their own roots. usually an offset will grow its own roots and continue on, next to its mother but not relying on it anymore. in this case the offset is too far from the soil to continue growing normally.i would also recommend removing it and growing it in its own pot.

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    hey guys,
    we have a room available at our share house in clifton hill. $480 pcm including internet. it's a five bedroom house, next to the train station. we are looking for an artistic, musical or planthead kinda person. pm me if interested.
    cheers,

    prier

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    So we got a free sample of Bayer's Initiator the other day. http://www.bayercropscience.com.au/es/products/productdetails.asp?id=282
    It's basically little tablets of slow release fertilizer and the insecticide Imidacloprid. I've never used this stuff before and am curious what peoples thoughts are. It seems like a great idea and means less spraying, which is time consuming. The idea of it killing off the bees doesn't sound to good though. Then we'll just have to spend all our time hand pollinating instead of spraying.
    Anyone have any experience with the stuff?

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    I collected trichocereus, lophophora and frailea, seed / pods. Pollinated lophophora and copiapoa flowers. Repotted some random bits and pieces. Made some ornamental "planters". Did some presentation work on several dozen plants. Showed an old customer around and sold a few thelocactus. Plus a host of other chores.

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    Being that it's in a pot on a balcony, it has very little weed potential. There are nicer agaves but I'm sure it has a bit of sentimental value, so throwing it out isn't an option.

    The blemishes could be from damaging the roots during the repotting process, and weakening the plant so it's more susceptible to sun burn. As it's an extremely fast grower, probably best to remove the damaged leaves and let it grow on in the new pot.

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    Selling Tricho seedlings to the general public is really hard. You tell people the plant is rare, has traditional shamanic use, high in medicinal content, what ever, they just don't care. Put em in a ridiculously gimmicky pot and watch them fly out the door.
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  22. Posted

    oh man, where to begin. some mini cacti have yummy fruits. mamms, melos, lophs, epithelantha, just off the top of my head. for bigger things tricho and cereus are great. i am partiularly fond of tricho candicans, huge fruits crunchy a little sweet. but most of the cacti fruits are pretty insipid i must say.

    prickly pears are all in the timing of the harvest. leave em too long and the seeds become huge and annoying.

    and it just goes without saying that dragonfruit is da bomb

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