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I've tried ones purchased from a local nursery (whom buys off of a national supplier) and from smoking one cone of leaf material dried quickly in the microwave (this goes against what is said about the 'actives' being unstable in heat) I felt like I was going to melt into whatever I was sitting on. The effects only lasted for around 30 minutes and were not the same as other herbs which have only had a light effect such as Lion's Tail (I guess this rules out deep breathing/oxygen deprivation?). If anyone is interested in a cutting of the same plant I smoked, just shoot me a PM. Regardless if it is placebo or not, it's worked at least 5 out of 5 times so far. That's enough for me to grow it/look further into it. Also got some seeds labled as "Coleus blumei" which I planted in the last few days :D Oh and P.S. Southerners, go have a look at Bunnings. They finally have them in stock (don't have in cold months) and I picked up 2 yesterday for $2.20 each.

Your PM box must be full, I get a "member cannot receive new messages" error. LOL.

Indeed! Still don't know when my exams are, but uni should be finished around that date!

Here are some photos guys :D T. peruvianus I harvested for areoles and re-grafted today. In my experience with Harrisia you NEED weight holding down the scion, with my Opuntia grafts I needed none. SS02 X Juuls seedling grafted 2-3 days prior. Hasn't shrivled up which is a good sign. PC Pach I grabbed from PD, also re-grafted today. It wasn't actively growing so I'm not expecting much for a while. Will let you guys know how it goes :D

Anyone keen to meet up there on the 11th?

What were the names? I can have a look in the ANU library if you like :D

Nice job man! I've got so much Harrisia Martini it's not funny, so if you want additional grafting stocks, shoot me a PM :D

I am keen but I think I shouldn't buy off you out of principle.

Interested in growing/trying if anyone has some spare seed. Cheers

Mine! Vvvvvvvvv gets chilli seed, harrisia martini cuttings and some unknown trich seed.

If anyone has some generic run of the mill edibles, I'm more than happy to take them off your hands ;) I've got 5 acres to work with and really want to do a massive grow for my parents. Can offer $$$$ or non-edible prints. PM if interested :D P.S. First grow, so something easy appreciated :D Thanks muchly!

Hi there, I recently purchased a plant propagator unit so that I could use it, on top of my dorm room's heater to propagate plants that wouldn't normally stand a chance in the freezing Canberra winter. I sowed a row of coleus and only had probably 3 or 4 of the 10 or so seed germinate, and then never get past the "baby leaf" stage where they have those 2 really small leaves. I attributed this to there not being enough light getting into the propagation unit, and I cannot leave the jiffy pellets beside the window because it is too cold. I've also read that a lot of species I want to grow (coleus, tobacco, etc) need light to ensure a good germination rate. So now, I've got a 100W tungsten bulb with a reflector which I picked up for something around 10 bucks from an ex-government store sitting approximately 15cm from the lid of the unit. Basically my questions: 1. Is the light of sufficient power to keep the seedlings going until they are able to be moved somewhere which will have sufficient light? 2. Is it close enough? Here is a picture to make things easier: Cheers

Sweet! Any luck? I tried one with a pachycereus pringlei seedling but it failed. However, I put this down to it being my first graft and me not making a clean cut on the scion. I wasn't happy with the originally cut because it was on an angle so I went against my better instincts and tampered with it, slipping and making a royal mess of the scion. Basically over the course of a week, the scion turned black and then disintegrated into nothing. Going to try with a few trich seedlings and such. Will surely take photos! Can I try with a section of a PC pach cutting I have? Bought it off of PD and have no idea how long it's been cut. Does the scion have to be actively growing? Cheers!

Exactly what I am going to do - dad has an account with a local Rexel supplier Here is my new setup, with the following strains (left to right, top to bottom) I estimate there are 500+ seeds in there. The photo is from exactly a week after sowing: Pachanoi x Rosei #1, pach x psych0, ICARO, Fields pach x Peruvianus, Peruvianus x pach, knuthianus Uploaded with ImageShack.us The temperature at the top of the tank is around 27C whilst the soil temp is 23-24C with no heating. The fluoro at the moment is the stock 8W one for the fish tank, just have to head to the supplier tomorrow. What sort of wattage am I chasing? Am thinking 30-40 if I can get If I'm not happy with what they have, I might just grab some LED lights off eBay. Thanks for all the useful advice guys, will post photos of the grow once they're bigger!

Do you have PMs disabled? The envelope button doesn't appear for you but it does for everyone else. Here's a T. peruvianus I grabbed from bunnings a few months ago. Once I removed it from the small pot it came in and put it in full sun, it's really fattened up: Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Does anyone know where to get these in Australia? I've found some overseas sites but I'm sure there will be trouble getting them in. Might have to go for a drive up north :D

Cool. I will keep that in mind. I have a few lamp holders that take those bulbs so I wouldn't even have to wire them up!

Tried Find someone with an iPhone and hum it into Shazam Or take a recording of the humming and I can look it up lol!

Indeed! The coleus are all toast. I've conceded defeat until I get the fish tank going. On another note though, the peres is LOVING the light. Check out the difference in 2 days: I also burnt the tip of a pedro cutting, hopefully it'll go back to the nice green it was before.

Ok thanks for all the suggestions guys :D I ended up transferring my coleus seeds from the jiffy pellets into some potting mix and rigged up some al foil until I can afford a nice big CFL (few weeks). I am concerned about the light burning the plants at this height and will probably move them down. When I head home in a couple of weeks, I'm going to make a seedling raising box from an old fish tank and heater as hutch suggested. I will just replace the fluro light with a more powerful one. Should be a good place to raise the 1000 or so cacti I want to plant :D

Hello once again, As the title implies, I am chasing bulk cacti seed to purchase. The SAB store has pretty cheap bulk ICARO seed, but I am chasing bridge and pach seed as well. I already have mountains of spach :D While we're at it, I'm always interested in bulk other trich seed. Just shoot me a PM with your asking price is probably the best way :D Cheers

There's also the hippy seed co, will be buying off of them soon :D http://users.comcen.com.au/~rev_neil/seedco2008.htm

Keen! VVVVVVVVV Gets: Some syrian rue Datura ferox seed Grafted cactus seedling of your choice (have got gold x spach, spach x gold, pachycerus pringleii and a few others). The stock can be either Harrisia or peres.

Have some for free :D PM'd!

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