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    Hi guys ,

    It is mainly used as a culinary type herb because of its peppery taste but also has some other interesting properties and can be used for treating thrush. 

     

    I want one because It’ll have a place in my edible garden and now I can’t have one I want it even more.

     

    nz seeds last had stock in 2018 have emailed them but have not received a response though I have from the numerous other places I’ve tried some are just plane ride in their replies also.

     

    It would be sad if I had to resort to buying from the USA an nz native .

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    I am offering $500 cash for a live NZ horopito plant (Pseudowintera colorata)  in the Melbourne area or willing to travel to the Victorian boarder in any direction to pick up.  

     

     

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    Alright I now have a few options so I’ll grab a few from each known source and keep the winner .... I love a challenge.

     

    I wonder if it would be worth buying some of the commercial stem for consumption and trying to propagate from that ?

    Would that be even possible for a slightly more advanced than average back yarder?

     

    Darklight how difficult is the tissue culture process?

     

    thank you darklight , waterboy and Gimli  

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  10. Posted · Edited by Calaverite

    I did see diggers had them and may have to give them a shot if nothing else comes up. 

    Keeping the temperature in a wasabi friendly range won’t be too much of a problem with AC.

     

    I can think of a few pristine mountain streams that drain mount Baw Baw where I think it could flourish naturally. Use to chase gold up there and is always cold and wet due to its elevation. 

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    Hi

     

    Currently in the process of setting up a small scale climate controlled environment for this new challenge of mine.

     

    I read something earlier about the Tasmanian farmers biggest hurdle was getting the quality genes...

     

     

     

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    20 minutes ago, Crop said:

    A lot of laws are pretty stupid but the human rights have been thought out pretty well. While this fella is getting paid millions to chase a ball around. I work with a lot of children and families who are dealing with child suicide. Try and imagine a 14 year old boy who just happens to of been born gay. Now this hypothetical boy was also born into a strict christian family. Mate I find all this superstition bizarre, yet there are a lot of people who take all this heaven and hell stuff seriously. Now imagine this boys biggest hero is some meathead footballer who doesn't have enough grey matter to know when to keep his bigotry to him self. Do you see where I am going? This sort of shit is incredibly common. Personally think sports people as role modals is just asking for trouble.

    Understood but it's the media driven by greed and headlines at any cost that are the fuel for everything going wrong these days IMO , maybe they are the ones who should be held accountable. 

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    25 minutes ago, Crop said:

    Freedom of speech is always going to be debatable. It's a double edged sword. On one side you have someones right to say what ever they like regardless of how it effects others. On the other, you have someones right to live free of discrimination and persecution simply based on someone else's opinion. I agree with Glaukus though. This footy fellas case doesn't seem to have much to do with freedom of speech. No one has silenced him. He is still saying the same stuff now. However in doing so he has breached a commercial contract, along with the terms of agreement from that funding thingo. if he ends up in court for breaking the Australian law of 'inciting hatred' then we might get some freedom of speech debate going, but I think he would loose that one too. Not just because of what he said, it's more to do with how large his platform is.

    Honestly I just think everyone needs to stop being so damned precious... a man lost his job because he said homos and atheists are going to hell ffs (who cares).

    Now we have this bullshit gender neutral crap going on. I'm sorry but the genetailia you're born with determine gender you don't get to choose...

     

      

  20. Posted · Edited by Calaverite

    On 11/06/2019 at 12:21 PM, Caster said:

    https://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/bwksx4/the_australian_federal_police_have_raided_the/epylt8a/

     

    When you take a step back and look at everything that has been going on in Australia it is very worrying...

     

    For example:

    -Random strip searches in some of our cities.

    -Metadata collection on all of our internet useage (such as website visited etc).

    -Opt-out only online medical records.

    -laws forcing companies to create backdoors in their software so people can be monitored. 

     

    What can we do to change the current trajectory? I feel a bit hopeless, there are so many opportunities being created which open up everyone to potentially be abused if either the government. or anyone else who manages to get a hold of this data. desires to.

     

    Stuff like this used to be a bit of a conspiracy theory, people would even laugh imagining it... Now, look where we are. Its all very very real and has the potential to be abused. 

    Add to that list the right to our freedom of speech Is also a thing of the past as has been demonstrated by the whole Israel Falau saga.

     

    Weather one agrees with his views or not it shouldn't even matter at this point because where do we go from here ? This is full on science fiction stuff that is turning very real.

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