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  2. Posted

    can anyone tell me how long i should leave downward pressure on the scion for ? Its been three and a half days now and the scion (lw) seems to still be quite firm and green and doesnt seem to be dehydrating !im just using two flat smooth rocks ( not too heavy ) to weigh down the graft.

    One of the scions has a larger diameter than the pup its grafted too... but seems to have sealed around the edges. The other scion is much smaller than the grafting stock and seems to have lifted away slightly on one edge.

    Ill try borrow a camera today for some photos - but until then can anyone give me any advice just going on the info above ?

    pleeeeease ?

    Any advice would be very much appreciated

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    Id be keen to drop in for a chat - but im a bit of a tard when it comes to internet technology and dont have much of a clue how to set it all up. If ya feel id make a good contribution to the chat room drop me a pm and give me some rough instructions( or *the secret password* ) nights like tonight when im stuck at home with the flu it'd be good to drop in and say hi and maybe get to know a few of you weirdos a little better :wink:

  9. Posted · Edited by tipz

    here is a list of the acacias available as tubestock at the belair national park nursery in adelaide. I have stocked up well on acuminata and floribunda and have heaps of these ready to post to anyone interested - but there will be many more in this list that may - or will be of interest... but i will have to go purchase them on request. The plants cost $ 2.95 ( as tubestock - 10.95 for larger specimens ) from the nursery but will bump that up to cover travel costs, time expenditure and postage. Happy to do trades and negotiate on price for larger orders - but i was thinking 2 plants of your choice for fifteen plus postage ! ( like i said - negotiable )

    anyway here is the extensive list:

    acacia:

    floribunda **

    montana (mallee wattle)

    notabilis (flinders wattle)

    cultriformis (golden glow)

    anceps (two edged wattle)

    spectabilis (mudgee wattle)

    gilli

    pendula (weeping myall)

    papyrocarpa (western myall)

    ligulata (small cooba/umbrella bush)

    boormani (snowy river wattle)

    oswaldi

    verticillata (prickly moses)

    melanoxylon (s.a form, blackwood)

    aneura (mulga)

    paradoxa (hedge wattle)

    microcarpa (coonalpyn)

    verniciflua (varnish wattle)

    nematophylla

    cupularis (coastal form - umbrella buh)

    argyrophylla ( golden grey mulga)

    wilhelmiana

    acuminata ( raspberry jam wattle) ( edit to limit two per person - too many requests )**

    rigens ( needle wattle )**

    podalyriifolia (mt.morgan wattle/qld silver wattle)

    beckleri

    iteaphylla (flinders ranges wattle)

    brachybotrya (grey mulga)

    longifolia (var.sophore)**

    baileyana - purpurea**

    merinthophora

    salicina(native willow)

    imbricata

    allocasuarina striata ( small bull oak )

    vestita ( hairy wattle )

    stenophylla ( river cooba )

    pravissima (ovens wattle)

    retinodes.var.retinodes (wirilda)

    estrphiolata (ironwood)

    fimbriata (fringed wattle)

    howittii (sticky wattle)

    calamifolia (wallowa)

    leiophylla

    macradenia (zigzag wattle)

    pycnantha (golden wattle)**

    edit = in case of misunderstanding it is the tubestock i am selling ! the plants are at least a year old and average 40cm+ in height. The larger specimens are not that different in size except have a much larger root mass. The cost in postage due to weight and size would make it impractical to send ! the costs i put here are what they cost from the nursery. So asking 15 for two tubestock is not unreasonable ? ( i just had someone thinking i was selling the large ones which cost me 10.95 to purchase - at the two for 15 dollar deal ) :scratchhead: So in case anyone else who is making a purchase is confused ! thats the deal !

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  11. Posted · Edited by tipz

    i think the sausage plant is just a cacti that terminates growth every season and starts to pup again from the termination point at the start of every new growth spurt. There is someone selling a pachanoi sausage plant on gumtree adelaide at the moment ! not sure if this growth charecteristic is exclusive to the pach. There are probably more people on here that can elaborate further but thats my understanding of it anyway. Hope that helps

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  18. Posted

    I grafted this morning ! my first two grafts ever :D , One onto a pach pup and one onto an unkown trich - pictures to come soon ! ( to quell any skepticism ;) )

    Nervous and excited ! Just have to play the waiting game now !

    Ill give the whole grow tent a spray with mite-rid as I had a major infestation in the room next door, so its likely they may have found their way into the tent. Cheers anyway EG

  19. Posted

    No camera unfortunately eg - I had a waterproof lumix but left it down on the beach on the sand-dunes at deepcreek after a surf a week ago. :bong::BANGHEAD2: I will be purchasing a new one this week.

    Best i can offer is the description. Its just i have never attempted a graft ! I have researched it thoroughly though and am confident i can do it, it just makes me nervous. But i have the stock ready to go, maybe ill take the plunge and just go try graft them. I have plenty in reserve ( although they are much smaller ) so if they die then its a lesson learnt !

  20. Posted

    i am a little worried about two of my lophs.

    Two seed grown lophs about 4 cm across are going soft and wrinkling at the fold where the tap-root meets the button ( wrong terminology i know ) The affected area seems to be turning grey but the rest above seems very firm and healthy.

    Its growing indoors under hps lamps. The lws are a good 1.5 metres from them. My temps are ranging between 16 and 30 degrees. Medium is 50 percent coarse sand, fourty percent premium cacti mix and a bit of perlite. I have been watering every four to five days. I wait for the medium to dry out completely before the next water. Im using quarter strength nutrient ( high quality hydroponic flowering nutrient and a little rhizotonic ) I have quite a few and the rest all seem to be powering along and looking very healthy !

    Anyway i have the feeling it may be the start of rot. So my question is do i chop and graft asap or am i freaking over nothing ?

    Tried utfse but couldnt quite find an answer.

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