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    See how she looks in about a fortnight. You should hopefully see some greening up of the epidermis. Can take a little while. Then probably a good idea to dose again. Depending on how warm and sunny your locality is. You will probably want to hold of after the next feed till next season. This, again, will depend on your locality and climate.

  5. Posted · Edited by tonic

    Yeah what EG said ^^^^^

    Have a look at the N.P.K ratio on the back of some fert packets. You want one that is balanced or has a higher N ratio. I would recommend something water soluble at this stage. Slow release is no good at this point, you need a quick fix. Overdoing slow release at this point wouldn't be worth it IMO, what with the winter months fast approaching. That cactus need a dose of N right now

    EDIT: Cow manure is slow release RF..

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    Anyone interested in logs of Cereus peruvianus? Can get some fairly sizeable logs etc. Tips available.

    Just seeing if there is any interest before I go cutting big pieces off the motherplant.

    Can get pics. Pretty much any size available really. Would have to be chopped for postage. Or pick up in Sydney area could be arranged for bigger pieces etc.

    Trade or sell.

  13. Posted · Edited by tonic

    Thanks to those who responded so quickly.

    That's what I was hoping and had heard something to that effect a while back, Marcel.

    More what I was asking was if the spot I was looking in sounds decent/appropriate? Or should I be looking for something else? I always look in mulch beds too.

    There is hectare upon hectare of wild bushland adjoining my land, which could quite possibly yield decent results, but it is close to sea level, well some of it. Never seen much action, but would look harder if I thought there might be something interesting lurking. It's very wild, untamed bush and pretty hard going, and lots of it, so it's a bit daunting really. No one really gets up there though, which could be good, or perhaps not.

    Though it's tempting to ask haha, I know the etiquette. Though I don't suppose you'd like to go for a walk sometime?

  14. Posted · Edited by tonic

    Went for a bit of a hunt around the northern suburbs of Sydney today, since we have had all this rain I thought it might be good to check out a few places. Everything was pretty sodden and only found a few mushrooms, not what I was looking for, but good to see a few about. I don't think it's nearly cold enough in that area, but wanted to check out certain areas.

    Found a nice sheltered creek and reserve with a fair few Eucalyptus spp., Angophora costata, Syncarpia glomulifera mainly, fair bit of privet and creeping christian as well though, which kind of annoyed me (well a lot actually, I used to be a bush regenerator). Quite a bit of decaying wood matter and fallen old logs and the like. Found what to my mind looked like an interesting spot, it was South facing, fairly cleared, but the ground was littered pretty heavily with decaying branches, logs and twigs/sticks with decaying leaves. Very shady. A bit higher than the creek, maybe 15 meters away, give or take. Does this sound like a likely spot? A few other spots looked good around the base of large Eucs and also some very large old dead stumps. Keep having these dreams (never had them before) and it's like I am being called. Just wouldn't mind a bit of help with the habitat and such. Or if anyone was keen to go on a walk and teach me some things that would be great.

  15. Posted · Edited by tonic

    Regarding the association of Smilax glychiphylla and Cissus antartica. I would have to disagree to a certain extent. Where I live there are many Smilax glychiphylla but Cissus antartica isn't something that you will see really at all. Maybe a couple of plants, and not growing with Smilax glychiphylla at all, though would be more common to see it growing with Smilax australis. More common association I would note would be the one of Smilax glychiphylla and Cissus hypoglauca, although this is just from my particular area. This has been a common observation of mine though, and not just my area. Saw a bunch of Cissus antartica a couple of weeks ago growing in sub tropical rainforest, didn't note any Smilax glychiphylla at all, but did note some Duibosia myoporoides, Eupomatia laurina, Citriobatus pauciflorus syn. Pittosporum and Diploglottis australis, amonst other plants of some interest (most if not all plants are of interest to me though).

    Cissus antartica " The fruits are edible when mature, but rather acid, Aborigines used the stems as an aid for climbing trees by placing a long loop around both the trunk and the climber".

  19. Posted · Edited by tonic

    What do you mean RF? That's a pretty damn good price I reckon. Try buying a TBM of that size on ebay and see how much you walk away with in your bank account.

    EDIT: Proper etiquette would be for you to pm bℓσωηG regarding the sale.

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    We should have a "How to recognise a Cereus peruvanius" thread, or similar. The amount of times this one comes up in the ID threads is mind boggling. It would perhaps save some server space at the very least.

    Maybe a please read this thread before posting columnar ID thread with some clear pics that illustrate well how this cactus looks.

    Just a thought.

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