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Hi, I am chasing Peres and am after several cuttings or rooted plants. I have the following to trade: Catha (narrow-leaf & red), B.caapi 'Cielo', P. viridis 'Shipibo' plus a few others, please PM if you wish to trade and are looking for something in particular. I can also trade AUD if necessary. Cheers

Thanks for all replies, I have got some pere now

Good point, I don't know why I assumed that's why they exist. If not to deter pests I wonder why cactus alkaloids are more concentrated in outer tissue

Thanks for the offer Gimli. I am based in Sydney though

Thanks for the info Glaukus and motherfirefly . I have given them a feed and it hasn't spread, although the lumps have turned black and will probably cork as Glaukus mentioned. I'm fairly confident that it was damage from the hose spray When I was trying to figure out what caused it I watched the above vid which shows similar bumps as on mine. It says that chemicals / physical damage somehow react with alkaloids beneath the skin of the cacti and cause the black pustules that ooze and then cork. They also claim that it occurs mainly on Trichos but also other cereus. This seems to suggest that alkaloids are released from compartments by chemical or physical damage, causing necrosis at site of injury. It's interesting because if these alkaloids exist to deter pests from eating the plant, an animal tearing into a cactus would be bound to cause extensive death of tissue which may be a vector for disease. Even an insect bite could threaten the plant. It seems like it's a necessary trade-off from an evolutionary perspective which makes me think the black liquid / ooze has antifungal and antibacterial factors or that the cork forming through this process is important to survival.

I'm would also be keen to come for a few hours on Sat. I don't use facebook, is there someone I should PM/talk to for an invitation?

By reproductive cycle I meant one episode of sexual reproduction / sporulation as qwertyuiop said. I was curious whether / to what extent the desirable phenotypic traits of a mushroom are preserved despite introducing genetic variation by sexual reproduction. One application could be a way around the culture licenses (if you were so inclined). This piece of info makes it seem unlikely to me: I mentioned sequencing / genetic variation because if a supplier thought you had pirated their culture or breached license and wanted to hold you accountable, sequencing techniques are the only way I know of to determine this (if there are others, I would love to learn). If the sequences are different enough, it would be difficult to prove. On an aside, Aussi Mushroom's license restricts what you can do with "any spawn or cultures subsequently derived therefrom".

I wonder if there would there be enough genetic variation in the culture after one reproductive cycle that you could claim it's a new strain, even in the face of sequencing.

G'day, Saffron milk cap and slippery jack are mycorrhizal, so you would need a living pine tree (or other compatible host) to welcome them into your garden. This isn't likely to be feasible for a tiny garden. You can definitely make outdoor patches without much difficulty. There is a thread stickied about this:

Thankyou withdrawl clinic/planthelper, I have contacted Torsten now. I will be very grateful to receive these plants and am happy the funds are going to a good cause. I also did not meet Christian but read many posts. While I do not post often and have not met many of the members on this forum, this community means a lot. When I started out years ago I received Trichocereus seeds from the corroboree which have grown into plants taller than I am. This forum has an amazing community and I hope in time I can give back to the resource of knowledge, plants and community people like AndyAmine helped create. Cheers

$465

PM'd, PM.

Responding to myself - seems plausible if the button was already 4 years old or so: +1. $1500 is an extremely ambitious price, even a third of that would be pushing it (IMO). This seems like a sketchy one.

that guy says he's grown that beast to that size in 7 years from a small button. Seems fast. Does that seem right to those in the know?

Good luck in your search

Isolated fruiting body found during April in SE NSW, on the border of a Eucalypt forest. Pileus was ~30cm wide. I suspect it is Phlebopus marginatus.

Another user was offering a concession ticket on this forum, so I emailed EGA on the 31st October asking whether you can use a concession ticket you bought from someone if you don't meet concession criteria yourself but I didn't get a reply. Does anyone have any info on this?

good idea! Saw some red khat plants growing along the main street in Nimbin a couple months back. I wondered if anyone who uses this forum planted them

hey there, I have a few lophs here and I live in a coastal area that rarely gets below 10 degrees in winter. do I need to stop watering the lophs in winter?

I have some cacti growing on my windowsill. Recently it flowered and gave fruit, and before I could harvest the seeds I noticed ants had eaten the fruit and taken the seeds. Also, the cactus seems less healthy since I noticed the ants, as if it is dehydrated despite it being free from rot, and being watered as it should be. Is there anyway to get rid of the ants without harming the cactus? the cactus is a lophophora

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hey, I had a closer look at the roots, there were no mealy bugs, but instead I found red spider mites, so I used dilute pyrethrum in the soil. I'll see how it goes

Thanks for the suggestions! I was wondering if i used pyrethrum next watering, would that damage the loph?

hey there, i was looking to buy some crocus sativus bulbs if anyone has any available. I was after approximately 10 of 'em Let me know via PM for your price etc cheers!