Gollum

Im staying with the oldies at the moment......I do this.... (Telemarketer)"Hello its so and so calling from thinga-me-bob, are you interested in...." (Me,) "oh,.... yep..., yep, just hang on ill get her for you" Mum gets on the phone- "hello? cheryl, speaking" I stand there smiling She gets off the phone, gives me the death stare, (Mum) "Thanks,...very funny Austin!" Makes me laugh everytime!

A friend of mime introduced me to a herbal tea called " Sleepytime" by Celestial seasonings. Its available in most healthfood depts. Ive never been a huge fan of flavoured or herbal tea but ive been drinking this now for about a week and love it! Ingredients are- Chamomile, spearmint, west indian lemongrass, tillia flowers, blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, hawthorn and rosebuds. I find it very relaxing with mellow non-overpowering flavour. I believe you can buy "Extra" strength as well.

Woah... they don't look good . I'd be extremely surprised if they resurrected themselves. In fact im sure they won't.Sorry. The discolouration on the sand looks like a type of mould/fungus. The smallest i have got away with( was around 1cm) in coarse propagation sand, kept completely dry, on a warm windowsill with indirect light. Still had couple of mortalities. Sorry to hear your misfortune.

Bought some chipped limestone just yesterday! Had to do some hunting around but found it a Ashmore garden world. Cost me $7 for a pretty decent bag. The also sell it by the metre. I put i fine layer on the bottom of the pot for free drainage. Filled with a good quality cacti mix then put another fine layer on top. * I should just add that the size of the limestone i bought from Ashmore garden world. On the top of the bag were fairly chunky pieces 25mm to 30mm. With a bit of crushing or sifting through to mid-way down the bag you get some nice 10-15mm pieces.

Hi all, I have two Trichocereus at home. One from SAB and one from bunnings. I have been looking at the spines closely and have noticed some difference. I was hoping someone could help me out with an accurate identification please. These are the two in question. The one on the right is bunnings, one the left SAB's This is the SAB Trich, Redish sort spines and quite a bit longer than the bunnings one And this is the bunnings job, White spines, very short. Anyone got some suggestions? Thank you EDIT- Sorry i should have been a bit clearer in my question. Yes, they are both T.pachanoi, i was just wondering why one has different spines that the other. Different locations? Age?

Hi all, I am heading overseas indefinately and have a few (approx 30) Lophophora williamsii and var ceaspitosa available for sale. Size range from .5cm seedlings to to clumps about 12cm across. The majority being single plants between 2-5 cms in diameter. Most are above 4 years old, have flowered and produced seeds. I also have a selection of Trichocereus available . Approx 3 pachanoi, 3 bridgesii, a couple of bridgesii monstrose, 1 scop and some myrtillo geometrizians. Sizes are from 1 to 6 feet. There is some succulents such as echevarias, and a few other cacti for sale too. Along with catci i have a few other plants dotted around the garden that are up for sale to interested people. At this stage i plan on having and open garden on a sunday between 1pm and 3pm, but would just like to know if there is any interest before i make a date. I live in the gold coast hinterland about 5 minutes off the M1. Unfortunately i will not be offering any of these plants for sale through the post, so it will be a matter of first in best dressed on the day. If i get a positive response from this post i will display some photos of the plants available along with a date and address to those who contact me via PM. Thanks everyone and i hope you all have a great weekend. Ok guys here are the pics i promised, hope you like. I have decided to have the open garden next sunday the 3rd of Feb. I will send out my address to all those that pmed me when i get home tonight. Thanks for all the positive reply everybody hope you all had a wicked Australia day long weekend. Gollum. Gollum

I was there today and got to have a really great chat with Gollum, he is such a nice guy and his parents are really good value. Thanks andy. Was great to meet you to...finally Hope to have a bit more of a chin wag again next time we meet I am glad my little babies are going to a good home. I am sure they will get all the tlc they need. I will be having an open garden again this sunday from 1pm till 3pm for anyone that missed out. Just shoot me a pm and ill give you the address and directions( its pretty easy to find) Still plenty of Lophs. kadakuda, Going for a snowboard holiday in Banff, but will be floating around between there and Vancouver. Hope to pick up some work after my holiday and spend spring/summer hiking, MTB, rafting and all things outdoors. Leave 1 week from tomorrow! Cant sleep! so excited!!! Gollum

Mate, a sad site to see. I know what you are going through as ive suffered the same type of rot with a few of my lophs in the past. The only advice i can give you is to cut away the majority of the rotted flesh let it dry right out then shallowly plant it in some dry sandy propagation mix. And keep dry. Once you see some roots developing give it a small amount of water and let it dry out between waterings. Good luck man. hope she comes good for you. Gollum

Thanks Sabretooth. Off to Canada on a snowboarding expedition. Hope to make contact with a few friends over there and work/live for the next 2 years. Leave in Feb, so i am counting down the days!

Update: Not sure how i have don it but somehow emptied my PM inbox. So could all those interested please pm me again and i will forward my addy to you. Ta.

I have about 8 rooted plants. I also have a couple of big plants about 1 mtr high that could be cut up into segments.

Hi everyone, I have some Pereskiopsis cuttings available if anyone likes. I am open to any trades or if you would like to contribute to postage i would be grateful, but basically just need to get rid of a few plants. please pm me if interested. Thanks

Hi everyone, I have some Pereskiopsis cuttings available if anyone likes. I am open to any trades or if you would like to contribute to postage i would be grateful, but basically just need to get rid of a few plants. please pm me if interested. Thanks

Yep, well said jono. To everyone, have a great festive season, stay safe, and enjoy the time you have with your friends and relatives. Its what its all about. Cheers!

I just had a shit day at work, My boss is a prick Why does he treat me like shit? Give me my money! I feel better already!

Hey Naja sorry to hear you are having such a rough time at the moment. I hope everything works out for ya man. Stay positive. Tomorrows another day.

Yeah Naja There was that 80 year old Lophophora you were going to send me and that sixty foot of bridgesii, its cool but. Next week will be fine. Ill be waiting by the letterbox

Thanks Mister Blister! Lets see if we can get this moving again VVVVVVGets Papaver somniferum(indian white)seeds, 20 Trichocereus bridgesii seeds,15 Phalaris seeds(not sure how viable they are) 5 Datura metel seeds.VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Well here are the pics. He was at it again last night! He tried some Pereskiopsis leaves this time and took a clean bite out of my caapi cutting. I got a funny feeling this critter knows what its doing! This is some damage from about a month ago

Well got home this arvo to do my routine inspection of my plants and cactus to find something had been on a bit of a taste testing spree! First plant i noticed that had damage was a little Lophophora i grafted onto a Pereskiopsis, almost half of it completly gone or should i say munched! Then checked my other plants close by to see that this little critter had also taken a liking to my Sceletium, my little native thai plant and a few little seedlings of the fan leaf variety I wondered what was making all that noise last night! It sounded like a drunk rat rolling around on the pergola. What a concoction!!!And what cheeky little feind!!! This little guy has visited a few times now, first time i noticed he had taken a few fair sized chunks out of my Monstrose Brigesii and normal Brigesii since then i elevated them off the ground. It worked for a while but no he just eats whatever he can get his little claws on now. Really can i blame him though? He just wants a good time. Ill post some pics tomorrow to show you exactly what i mean.

F@%k Yeah!!! That is an amazing collection you have ther Jack! :drool: :drool: