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  5. Walking Stick 007.JPG

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    looking skyward Mr Stix frantically petitions the heavens pleading for the dying qat plant's life to be spared.....if only just this once....

    The Heavens: " Don't look at us Hendrys alledgedly "running that shit"

    Mr Stix : ...... Tight (shakes his head dissmisivley)

  9. Degrafted Loph

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    They all look great! Well done.

    Thanks for the heads up Teotz. As is readily apparent I have alot to learn. Went a lil batshit crazy over a fungus knat problem and somehow entombing my lophs in concrete seemed like a good idea at the time....famous last words. It feels nice to have a concrete free garden now... . I got to get my gravel on ?.....

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  10. blooming Lophophoras 006.JPG

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    man i have nightmares like this! looking out of a high rise window. you couldnt pay me enough to go to your house (1 storey is too high for me) anyways lovely loph! At least he doesnt get vertigo P

    I hear ya! Truth be known I recently discovered my preference for any balcony that you can fall off of twice. A planking accident up here would be a once in a lifetime experience.

    Nice urban Loph there Hendry, How old is that graft?

    Not sure I bought it from a forum member already grafted.I'm a newb. but plan on tinkering with grafting this season.

  11. Hookah

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    thanks Its my baby : )

    Not sure if it is brass, I haven't held a magnet to the couplings. It is very heavy.I know the inside tube (actually two pieces that thread together) are aluminum. Parts interchange as it is machine made.

    I originally figured on getting a traditional style hookah but most of them are dedicated 1,2,3,or 4 hose models . I couldn't decide on #of hoses. Some cultures employ one hose exclusively. …. Then again much to be said for dual hose set up when entertaining to suppress bogarting. Others figure multihosed variants come at the expense of how good it draws? All I know about hookahs I read online(no practical experience really). So essentially I have no idea what I'm talking about.

    I wound up getting a "modern" style one the Mya Colossus ($225) from a site in Texas(hookah shisha) itis made in China. The advantages to the setup are the ability to convert it from a one,two,three or four hose easily if you feel like it. It accepts "auto close" hose adaptors so when using multiple hoses the people your smoking with don't have to remember to cover their hose end for you to get a decent hit. This works by a small ball bearing inside of the hose connector/valve . Thing is pretty topheavy but it works fine and the parts interchange so you can remove the top two ball stem section and set it up as a foot or so shorter hookah than its original 40 inch configuration. Out of the box it tends to lean a little bit this can be fixed by reinforcing the seal where the stem locks into the glass base by either doubling up on the "rubber band" type silicone seal (if you buy an extra one.50 cents?) Or just using electrical tape. Have yet to do this mine still leans lol.

    I got two Nammor hoses (the ones in pic) separately for it after reading about them being good online.They were $20 something each . A vortex bowl (that has a post with the holes elevated to stop the tobacco/molasses/flavor being sucked into water) is supposed to be much preferred to conventional types as it prolongs the flavor/smoke. cost $14?

    I don't have a lot of money. But sometimes an idea/pet project takes on a life of its own. Shipping >$120 makes it pretty expensive. In for a penny in for a pound. They prolly sell the same hookahs in Aus. I wasn't able to find an identical domestic one online but I didn't look in any stores. Even though it cost me an arm and a leg (by my standards anyway) thing looks pretty cool even when not in use and its always good to have a fucking gigantro waterpipe around…just in case ; )

    P.S. The cacti in the backgroud are Psycho0 hybrids.Some Cathys on the right. My patio (having an overhang) is pretty shite as a growing platform but might as well keep gardening until the sun burns out or I get struck by lightning.

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