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    Hi Planthelper. Monkey puzzle trees are very popular by some people here indeed. Yesterday I made a trip around town and found 4 trees in some front yards. One still with christmas decoration on it.

    I did a seed order that includes snow gum and Tasmanian snow gum, together with 6 species of Acacia that are growing in Tas and the south end of australia. I hope they arrive

    And as Waterboy pointed out the thread title would better be 'subalpine Acacias' as alpine by definition means above the tree line I think.

    Thanks for the suggestions so far! I hope the planting and testing starts soon.

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    Hey thunder! Are you sure the the German pachanoi isn't a Peruvianus? Great looking plant either way!

    I think thats the same pachanoi clone I have, and have seen in cultivation in several places locally. It has always short spines at the tip and do only grow few longer spines near the base on very old plants.

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    I'm using takeaway style, with this methode a glas like this would work. When you fill in substrate moistend and not too high, you don't have to add much water for some months. The lack of drainage is not a big deal if you don't have too much water in the mix in the first place. But the danger of mold is high. One other problem is the lid, your seedlings would only recieve light from the sides. Also getting the plants out of there is complicated. I think there are containers better suited for that task. More shallow, with transparent lid and squared.

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  9. Posted · Edited by kapitän kamasutra

    Thanks waterboy, I'm looking into the papers now, great read!

    Average winter temperature is about 2.5°C, with possible night frost and sometimes extrems down to -15°C. It don't last long usually but it can. Also lots of rain, occasionally snow, average rainfall between 40 and 60 mm. I think the problem is the unpredictability here in winter. There might be years where it rarely drops below 0° with lots of rain, but other years we have months with solid snow and ice cover, or very dry cold without any precipation.

    If anyone knows I'm also interested to hear if there are introduced Acacias a bit up the mountains in New Zealand.

  10. Posted · Edited by kapitän kamasutra

    AustraliAn SUBalpine Acacias

    I'm looking in those recently, trying to find an Acacia that could possibly survive winters in germany outdoors.

    A. alpina looks like a possible candidate, and also the related phelleb. I have seen here it is trouble growing it, I was wondering if it preferes more temperate climate. If yes i'm totally into starting a conversation program in the back yard, lol.

    Another cold tolerant candidate seems to be longifolia. The 3 or 4 Tasmanian endemic Acacias might be possible candidates, too.

    If you know of any other alpine cold tollerant Acacias or could direct me to a list of australien sub alpine flora please let me know.

    Thanks!

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  12. Posted · Edited by kapitän kamasutra

    Hi mutant, looks all right. I use T8 on my seedlings, I also heared T5 have more light/watt compared to T8, and those work good. And I have heared the 'cool white' light have more siutable spectrum for plants, so Its what I use.

    You could mask the back and the sides of your rack for more light efficiency, simply fixate plates of white painted cardboard or thin ply wood trough the holes in the posts. It makes big difference I think.

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    ja :lol:, capsicum do grow, but in germany ya better start them indoors and put them back indoors in the end of the season for a few weeks more fruiting. The chinene often grow only a few fruits in the first year, but can keept alive indoors over winter and grow more in the second year.

    This year I'll be growing lots of chillis thanks to you and terracotta.

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    I call it black rot, but don't know what it is or what is causing it. In my experience its not lethal for the plant, but the damadge will leave marks. I get it in winter sometimes on some bridgesii and on one particular peruvianus, while other plants are not affected.

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    Interesting. I can't say if the plant was a hybrid or not, and I have not seen the flower. I hope the seeds are viable, I just did put some on soil. Maybe If they are selfed seeds from a hybrid some seedlings will grow into Disocactus phenos?

    If they are indeed cross breed with another plant I'm hoping the curly mutation passes on to the seedlings.

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