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If you are going to launch shoes at him make sure they are a size 12 steel cap Blundstone. Oops just saw the above posts. Maybe the steel caps are a no no.

No probs, I live to give

***All Gone**** Hey guys, I have 5 packets (2 left) of Bhut jolokia seeds to give away. There are about 25 seeds per pack. Pm me with your address and i'll post them out. First in best dressed. All gone. Heading to post office tomorrow. Be warned, they are bloody hot. Might want to prepare by putting your toilet paper in the fridge.

Hi, I ordered a cd the other day over the net and got this order confirmation. I thought it was quite clever and funny. Thanks for your order with CD Baby! USPS (1) Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys: Vesica Piscis Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow. A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing. Our world-renowned packing specialist lit a local artisan candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy. We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved "Bon Voyage!" to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, August 31, 2012. We hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. In commemoration, we have placed your picture on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Sigh... We miss you already. We'll be right here at http://cdbaby.com/, patiently awaiting your return. -- CD Baby You should also check out these musicians." The Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys" They play some really cool music with a Hang drum. Created in Switzerland in 2000, it has a very unique sound. Great for relaxation and meditation

Hey guys, Just wondering, when doing a trade or sale with someone, what is a reasonable amount of time expected from trade confirmation/money transfer to actually getting your goods?

I have a Loph that i grafted onto a myrtillocactus at a young age, it was about the size of a 20c piece. It grew quite fast and started getting lots of little lophs clumping from it. I cut all the little ones off so it remained a single head and let it grow to 5 cm or so. I then de grafted it and sat it in some dry sand to strike its own roots, misting occasionally. Its now 10- 12cm in its own pot and has an awesome spiraling growth pattern, and its actually flowering today. I might post a pic if i can find my camera.

Howdy doody everyone, I am currently on the lookout for a healthy NL kitten cutting to trade or buy. I have a nice sized Loph on its own roots i can trade. Its approx 2 cm in diametre and is strong and healthy. I can also throw in some Datura stramonium, Datura metel seeds and Acacia sophorae seeds to sweeten the deal. Shoot me a pm if you are interested. Thanks.

How does the finger lime compare in taste to your ordinary tahitian lime? What sort of recipes would they be suitible for?

Oh and BH i haven't forgot about the tiny 'Nergos' chilli seeds i said i will send to you. My plant is just about to flower so should have some fresh seeds for you soon.

I believe it will work with most chillies. Bhuts are from north east india and neighbouring Bangladesh, a pretty hot climate so i imagine bottom heat while germinating would be greatly beneficial. Another bit of info- Scientists working for the Indian military have created a non-toxic weapon to use in the fight against terror, using a special local ingredient — the world’s hottest chili the bhut jolokia. This pepper is hot. Very, very hot. In fact, it’s listed in the Guiness Book of Records as the world’s hottest chili, and on the Scoville scale (used to measure spiciness) the bhut jolokia rings in at a mouth-melting 1,000,000 Scoville units (comparatively, the spiciest variety of jalapeno registers at 8,000 Scoville units). However, these won’t be served up in a curry delivered to the doors of unsuspecting terrorists. Scientists are working with the Indian army to create chili grenades, using the seeds of the pepper to create a smoke bomb which could be tossed in to immobilize hard to reach terrorists and insurgents. Of course, this isn’t the first time chilis have been weaponized, with pepper spray being the most common application of food warfare. Now, the powerful chili is to be used in a series of non-toxic weapons developed by scientists at India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, to immobilize suspects and also to create a smoke screen that will prevent snipers from using night-vision devices. The effects of the “curry bomb” are much kinder than ordinary weapons, allowing the enemy to be captured without long-term injury. RB Srivastava of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told the BBC that early test show that the bhut grenades will be very effective: “It will immobilise them but not kill them… Its pungent smell will force the target victim to throw up and the eyes will burn like hell, but all without any long-term damage.” The BBC also points out that a small number of people will not react to the pepper’s spiciness at all. Anandita Dutta Tamuly, a women from Assam, India demonstrated her tolerance for the pepper in 2007 as she consumed 51 bhut jolokias in only two minutes. While chili peppers are known for their health benefiting properties, this variation certainly packs a punch. With the fiery jalapeno measuring 8000 Scoville units (the scientific measurement of a chili’s spiciness) the bhut jolokia measures a staggeringly hot 1,000,000 units. I have also seen farmers use it as a elephant deterant. They mix the crushed chillies with a sticky mollassus and smother pieces of cloth with it. Then they hang it around the perimeter of their farms and crops. Its said to be effective at keeping the odd hungry elephant out of their veggie patches. Cool eh?

Happy to help out. BabaBudh and EssEllbee, I'll try to scrounge some more if i can find them. You might have to wait a bit. My plants are just starting to produce a flush of flowers so fruit should follow soon. Keep an eye out in the near future for another give away. I have grown my plants from small seedlings, not propagated from seed as yet. I got this info from the chilliseedbank.com.au Germination - starting chilli seeds 1. Heat Like all seeds, chilli seeds are reasonably easy to germinate. Initially their main requirement is heat. Obviously it is best if possible to keep the seeds indoors, if not in a house or garage then at minimum in a greenhouse. Even when they are in a centrally heated house there are things you can do to maximise the heat. Try putting the seed tray in warm spots such as on top of the fridge or in an airing cupboard. Alternatively you could buy a heat pad from a garden centre and place the tray on top. This will ensure a constant warmth is supplied to the chilli. 2. Moisture During germination, moisture helps the seeds by softening the pods from which they sprout. Pre-soaking the seeds in warm water (not hot) prior to planting in compost can help speed up the germination process. If you have the seeds in a warm area as suggested in tip 1 above be sure to not let the planting medium dry out. Try and keep the medium moist to touch but not wet. A small water mister is best to use rather than pouring water straight in to the seed tray. 3. Planting You can plant the seeds straight into individual pots however a seed tray will allow you to plant more in a confined space. Fill the tray 3/4 full of fine compost (sieved if possible). Then add the seeds in straight lines leaving about 5cm between seeds. Next sieve over another 3-5mm of compost. Be sure to label the seeds if more than one variety is being grown. Place a cover over the tray and place somewhere warm. 4. Thinning Out The seeds should sprout after anything from a few days to a few weeks. You should try and leave the seedlings in the seed tray until they have sprouted their first true set of leaves (the second set that appears). It is a good idea at this time to throw away any weak looking plants and only pot on the strongest plants. This of course depends on how much space you have available to grow them, just remember they take up a lot more room once they are fully grown plants! Hope this helps out a bit. Happy growing

Its becoming obvious that we have some really talented producers lurking round this forum! Im really impressed.

Yeah!! bring on da bass Nice chilled morning tune. Having a coffee and smoke and loving it. Great work.

Cool man! great work. I really like this style of music. Mellow but powerful at the same time. Could imagine the music video being something in super slow-mo. Keep up the good work.

If it is, thats one brave dog, better be careful where its squats!

NL stands for Narrow leaved. Kitten is a young.... meow. .

Shit man, glad you are ok. Scary way to start the day. Did the accident investigation guys turn up? If so they usually take measurements and stuff to piece together where each car was at time of impact and what speed they were travelling. If they guy was speeding through the intersection to beat the light they wil probably find out. Did you get any other witnesses names or details? Relying on one witness statement might not be enough. Hope you get it all sorted.

Woke up this morning and first thing on my mind was the romanesco broccoli picture! Such beauty! Might just have to make it my screensaver.

Fibonacci spiral!

Crikey Jack! you've got a couple of rip-snorters there my friend I am sure i could distinguish the difference between the varieties at that size. Mine are just wee babies compared to those bohemoths

I think this is the pic i was drooling over.

Yep, labels are definitley the go. I have been a bit lazy with the labelling lately hence the problem i am having. I have noticed one of the ceaspitosa i did keep track of tends to have a larger area of tightly packed very small pups. Jack, i think you are correct, i have seen pics of a very large ceas. that did look like half a basketball sitting in a pot. It was a sight to behold for sure.

Very cool, I would love to have a room set aside in my house such artefacts. It would be a great topic of conversation when friends came over. Recently came back from Fiji and in the hotel lobby they had a massive Kava bowl that could fit my 2 nephews and their friend. It was about 2.5 feet high and about 4 ft across, Huge! I joked that thats what they used to cook up humans, they almost believed me. (I was very aware to be respectful, and asked if they could climb in the bowl. They had no problems with it, as it was just a show piece not used for Kava.)

I just wanted to post a quick message the all the SAB members. After a period of being away from the SAB forum due to travel and a few issues in my life I have returned with a rekindled passion for ethnobotany and gardening in general. I forgot how much i love this community and conversing with genuine likeminded people. I really enjoy siting down with a cuppa and browsing all the different threads, having a good chuckle at some of the comments and learning about a whole range of interesting techniques, discoveries and ideas. Im at stage in my life where i really appreciate the little things, such as the time i get to spend in my garden, catching up with friends and spending quality time with my family. I have recently become involved with our local community garden and it is something I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to every week. I just want to say thank you i guess, to all the members here, for making this such a great community. And a big thank you to Torsten for putting in the hard work required to keep this place up and running. I'm sure for a lot of us it is a big part of our lives and it is hard to imagine there being no SAB. Its one of a kind really. So thank you all for making this place what it is.