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    anyone used this seed vendor?

    I say as well b&t is a good seed vendor. even there catalog, is worth more the many special books, because it's very comprehensive.
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    Youtube vids

    planthelper, playing one of his own songs.
  3. I believe the false calea z. is rare in oz, or even non excist. America had lot's of false calea issues, we ozzies did never...
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    Mitragyna speciosa reproduction

    I guess if you grow mitragyna under artificial conditions, it's a bit different at times. many plants make an easy cutting, if you use the young growth after dormancy was broken. best material, would be obtained by, parts of the plant which got pruned back previously, and now is re shooting. mitragyna is an easy cutting, if you use spring growth.
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    What did you do in your sacred garden today?

    spent a while in the shed, making a planter box for my bamboo, so some of my garden receives more privacy. one of the two bamboo's in the box was planted out in the garden for a while, and I had to dig it out, exercise in the garden is, only second to disco dancing for me. the box is made out of scavenged hoop pine, and I lined it with black plastic, it has no bottom board, I rested it onto some old roofing, the waves, give it drainage, if you get me right. anyway bamboo looks cool in planter boxes....
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    jwerta's heart break thread!

    jwerta, likes to meet people naturaly, and is not after beaver, incog wanker!
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    jwerta's heart break thread!

    composed that song after a minor break up... nothing inspires the artist more, than a heart break. instead of focusing on the negative, I just say, I was happy, when ever I met you. one can only make, one's life better, onwards from the, "right now", and any future moment. the past is the past, only the future and the right now can empower me.
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    Mitragyna speciosa reproduction

    some people claimed rifat is self fertile (?!!), the seeds are viable for a few months at least, with good storage. anyway, kratom seeds are very small, as do lose viability rather fast... easy cutting with first flush after the cold period.
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    Latest work

    two of her pieces of art. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/uploads_gallery/1138593788/gallery_70_7_631763.jpg http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/uploads_gallery/1138593788/gallery_70_7_127025.jpg
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    Has anyone heard from Nabraxas?

    I believe he's ok. my memory is so weak, but I know he was stacking super market shelves over night time for living. I remember his last created content was around "breaking bad", I really hope he is ok.
  11. you got some incredible nice colour perception! but I even like the one coloured ones more, specially the drawings showing humans.
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    What is this common Sydney weed?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_oil http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizinus%C3%B6l the cold pressed oil, becomes free of ricin, by heat. handling seeds is already dangerous. cstor oil (the most famous oldfashioned pranks involve it)was or still is used to induce bowl movement. not surprisingly the german wiki is more detailed...
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    jwerta's heart break thread!

    most of the pain, will go away after 4 weeks or so, let's hope faster, we feel your pain bro. jwerta, we can tell this woman is special to you, and although she broke up with you, she say's she still loves you, that's actually quite positive all around. be in the here and now, and reward your selfe.
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    Growing Lophs in the ground

    I have been thinking about this topic... halcyon, don't plant sceletium around those lophs, as it could overgrow thickly your buttons. but other companion plants, like kalanchoe and stapelia, or let's say many small succulents, ahem, which will stay small. than the area would have to be preferable in close vicinity of the home, so you can spot trouble right away, or pretty soon. as well if you could choose an area where a house or shed, cut's off all the run off, from the higher part of the planting. like this you can avoid, the too much rain issues. a few drainage channels (so to drain any rain water quickly), will help, and last but not least, some old framed windows, or better see through, shower panels (not glass doesn't break)can be fashioned, so the area can get sheltered from excessive rain. this could be as easy as leaning the panel against any upright structure. good luck!
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    Growing Lophs in the ground

    grafted specimens, can survive for a couple of years, like that, but periodes of prolonged rainfall (we had a few of them recently) kills them sooner or later.
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    ID game

    caapi!
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    ID game

    just to break the ice. hairy leaves, maybe a solanaceae? and boggy, I got a stiff neck now, better to rotate the pic, than the neck, but than chiropractors, would disagree.
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    Grafts -Photos & Updates

    ario. retusus (?!) first flower, grafted onto peres.
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    What is this common Sydney weed?

    let's not forget that this was a very important plant, because motor oil was pressed out of the seeds. anyway, it gave Castrol motor oil it's name! the plant was widely cultivated, and because of this, is now is a wide spread weed.
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    Best yielding backyard veggies...

    suddenly (it's the right time of the year), jumped up and cleaned a spot in the vegie patch (where the soil is super deep and friable), and planted radish. radish, sprinkle salt, and a beer, oh yeah! re seed in 14 day's intervals. you people made me do it, hehehe.
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    recycling potting mix

    hi! many years ago, a guy said to me, that he loves re cycling potting mix, and he thinks, the 2nd time around potting mix, is even better than, the 1st time around. i never believed, this but a few months ago, i just re cycled the old mix, to find out, if this claim has merrit... well, now i think, yes some potting mixes could get better over time, and i am converted. but i think some rules apply, being that you would have had to fertilize the potting mixture, liberaly over the periode, it had it's first life. i believe the potting mix get's better, the same way as old compost, has it's nutrients more available to plants than fresh compost. i did some small scale comparesment, old mix versus new mix, and the difference was very clear to see. the fresh potting mix out of the bag (top quality brand), produced yellow leaves soon, and even additional fert applications, could not produce, as a nice green plant, as the re cycled potting mix, which to my astonishment, never produced yellow leaves, and which i neither had to fertillize addtionally! edit: forgot to say, but for cuttings, i would still only use, fresh mix. aswell, one has to check the structure and water holding capacety of the re cycled mix, and make new adjustments (for example, add more gravel).
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    Happy Brithday Planthelper

    when I meet people, I smile towards them, and often I can make them laugh. this is a hair of the dog post, ups....
  23. komm, come on, click the link: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiS_NMAPFmA6djqwOjmMFg it's nice campfire music!
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    Free Trichocereus hybrid seed!

    anybody willing to share 10 roseii X , pls pm me. as well I want to graft.
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    Best yielding backyard veggies...

    in the subtropics, many vegies grow better over the cold season. if we talk, small space, and maximum return, I would go for herb plants or salad type plants which you eat raw. rocket, is my fav backyard veg, than all basils, parsley, everything green, you can eat raw. I think it's paramount to eat a little bit of ultra fresh greens everyday. I believe, some health giving compounds in vegies, decay extremely fast, say within 30 min....after picking. for a small space, it's more about flavour, than producing.
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