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you haven't been secretly watching mortal kombat again have ya? Mrs Death 3? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2311354/

Don't have much time atm, off top of head maybe look into Acacia karroo. and meeka they are just the benefits of naja's picture postings ;)

HBD YM and to you too the pants who are fancy. have a good one, hope you're not freezin' your arse off down there YM.

Nice one fellas, looking amazing thanks for taking the time to share the progress, HN shithot mate, have to be proud with that from seed WT can't wait to see yours mature, gnarly looking buggers.

does look scale-ish, but to me leans more towards one of the black rots. Should heal up okay, but get that thing rooted as it's looking very dehydrated and stressed with the pup sucking it's stored energy. Funny thing with some black rot spots over the years, well what i think have been black rot spots, was being able to pick them off like scale, some even had taproot like appendages, unless they were a different type of scale? but from their progression it seemed to start as a subcuticle blackening (sometimes firstly just a clearish blister), which upon partial drying could be dug/scratched off. They were observably different from the outer cuticle scale i've had. I don't recommend digging out black rot spots, it was more a learning situation.

the online store in aus, everten, seems to have good dexter prices if you are interested ed, have only had experience with one style of that brand, though found the workmanship fairly inconsistent, embossed engraving poor and different over two of the same, wood not really cut/finished overly well (not that i was really expecting perfection for the price), but still feel and work really well, overall i was still very happy. Thanks for your suggestions of experience as i've been pondering a set of skinners for rabbits to deer and these look like a well priced addition. Thanks.

certainly do pd, not much to see, but suppose i'm pretty used to them all will have to organise something one day when the time's right :D had bugger all growth on everything this year, only things that really had an okay one were established ground planted PC, been a funny one this year. mutant the rot seems to be healing so won't be getting cut again, most plants i find bitter, don't think i've really had any that aren't? cheers trips, will get a couple more up eventually.

Abronia? Abronia ameliae? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abronia_%28plant%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abronia_ameliae

The hard grown peruvianus seed batch, tiny compared to the same time sowed pachanoi.

Rot. Lost two very large balls of ceaspitosa grafts on pachanoi stocks, around 10-15cm pachanoi stock completely rotten into soil level, and rot running internally through the scions, large orange rot infestation by the looks of it on both. Trying to salvage the large heads, but not much to work with. Found the shorter spine bridge bent over again not long ago from high winds, rebent it up without snapping, but due to soil moisture / weather during the time, internal tissue damage led to black rot setting in over the next few weeks. Removed a meter or so of tip in case i lost the plant and to reduce top weight, but it seems the rot is slowing up at the moment and hopefully will fully recover.

I'm pretty blind anyway, though can't see where you are talking about all the same, Birds do like giving them a good stab everynow and then, just wait till you get a kurrawong No dramas, give it sun and it'll sort itself out.

apoth spread eagle on the lawn, this'll be an interesting one

hey micromegas, you can get aboriginal men of high degree on fishp0nd at the moment for $15!

good one fenris, i really like your myco thinking, simple less stress solutions for larger potential. Dunking is a real pain and i've been playing with different dunking tank designs for different growth methods, all which are still non-desireable, but this idea is much better for the context, takes away so much hassle/mess/stress/resource use and increases the benefits without screwing with the substrate structure during growth/fruit phase.

howdy chap, you can get all sorts of formulas / brands it seems from hardware stores and garden centres, there seems to be so much stuff out these days with every manufacturer wanting a slice, few years back it seemed you couldn't get anything, now it's an hour of reading labels and trying to reach the top shelf for even more products. Here's an online one which may be what you are chasing, http://www.neemoil.com.au/index.php Else depending on pest you can make up sprays at home from various cooking and dishwashing oils / soaps / milks / flours / botanical oils of herbs etc. Seems home made broad spectrum sprays sorta aim to suffocate, clag walking, clag mouthpieces, topically and systemically toxify, sometimes it seems it's good to keep things wet and then wash it off, sometimes good to let things dry and then wash it, i.e. some of the milk / flour mixes seem to aim to kill via restriction of the insect once it dries. You generally should always make sure the plant itself is well hydrated before and during spraying, especially if aiming to let the spray dry on it else you can hurt the plant further. edit: this is one brand i've been seeing in stores, https://www.ecoorganicgarden.com.au/main.php?id=1 eco-oil, eco-neem etc... I never really buy sprays, but recently thought i'd try one product in these sorta new oil ranges available, i've been using 'natrasoap' 'potassium salts of fatty acids', which does work with repeated application, yet i've found can cause burning particularly with sensitive plants / parts like flowers, young shoots etc, particularly if let slightly dry out, even when spraying at low concentrations the air felt fairly caustic i reckon.

Am pretty similar to the above but I mash em up in a long glass of water and let it ferment overnight or over a few days, you get to know sweet spots with the smells it produces, but leave it too long and lotsa fungal/bacterial competitors form a layer on the foam. I repeat the process on the chunks that still have seeds in, won't ferment so much after that but running a similar process over shorter times at this stage. Generally do a few final rinses of clean seed in long glass, swirling quickly then tipping out the elevated sediment (seeds drop to the bottom a fraction before the sediment) and repeating, leaves nice clean seed. Put onto baking paper in wet clumps, smeared out best as possible and then smeared again when drier, then leave air dry for a few days until satisfied, bagged and reopened over the next week or so in case any moisture is still there, then sealed for longer term storage if needed.