Catha edulis in Yemen

[Guest reville]

http://www.geocities.com/forceps1974/

[Guest reville]

Ah.. Heres some explanation of that narrow leaved form that some of us have...

http://www.undcp.org/bulletin/bulletin_195..._2_page007.html

[Happy Cadaver]

bodo can't even strike a man plant from his own knob.

Edited April 19, 2007 by darcy

[Darklight]

The ones which had roots off the sides of the tree? Or the actual cuttings?

[Torsten]

Damn, I wish I would have read that botanical description sooner (have read the rest of the article many times). I finally worked out the source of the narrow leaved strain about 6 months ago when I bought a book on african plants and they howed the difference between sourthern khat and the norther varieties.

As for the cuttings.... no problem with growth as they usualaly doubled in size. Its the roots that don't seem to be forthcoming.

[Darklight]

Originally posted by Torsten:

As for the cuttings.... no problem with growth as they usualaly doubled in size. Its the roots that don't seem to be forthcoming.

I think they found some rooted shoots at the base of the plant...only small roots but they were def present. Amazing what you find while mowing the lawn ( not like I'd know )

The tyre still has to come off round the base of that plant, so ther emight be more. I have one here with roots on it, no idea how its going beneath the soil line, but if it takes off I'll donate it to Wandjina. Stay tooned...

[Happy Cadaver]

There should be quite a few when that tyre comes off for the night.

Edited March 13, 2007 by darcy

[planthelper]

hi, all !

still got seeds of the narroleaved.

and cuttings aswell.

once you removed those suckers for

probagation, the witches broom effect

will take over and you get more cutting

material coming up this way...

spoil the young cuttings indoors.

even the sucker will produce more

suckers if you do the right thing.

but all forms of cuttings work with

the narroleaved khat.its just like

with eucalyptus cuttings... the further

away from the roots the harder, and

juvenile grow, not old grow patterns

like alternating instead of spiral leave

arrangement.bla bla..

i posted all how to take those cutting

before all crashed here.

so simply said yes bend down if you want

striking cuttings.

hope it makes sence

grow this one since 12 years,

c,a w

[spikey]

plant helper

u got some seeds of narrow leaved??

i'm intrested

[planthelper]

re,

yes,i have!

bottom heat realy a must! 4 germination.

but catha edulis does not realy like

glashouse conditions...

bla, bla.

once taken out of the grow-room

the leaves turn smaller telling me,

she likes it just perfect,well no one

can blame her.

catha edulis is more than a shrub, so for maximum returns you have to plant her in open ground.

narroleaved Khat survives cold spells better than the brod leaved ones.

i rather sow them not too deep..

but they need a century flood to germinate.

the flower are most special.

the anthers first bend away from the

mostly

octonal,save sometimes quadpetals.

later once the idividual flower cant selfpollinate, the pollen stalks bend towards

the ovaries to get all the insects body rub.

catha edulis seeds have a wing that i leave

on so to indicate the polarisation.

if you give the seeds a chance to fly,

they will land wing facing up..bla.

copy nature shall be right mate (ilex para)

[Phalenopsis]

Reville,

Did you get my seeds? I've sent them early last week?

Have you tried to germinate any?

Vanda

[Scott]

Hey Rev, you havn't been jumping people's fences to get to their khats have you?

http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20000722/.../news/007.shtml

[Scott]

Here's another one.

http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20000805/.../news/006.shtml

[This message has been edited by Scott (edited 08 July 2002).]

[Torsten]

"Wembley police chief Sgt Peter Woollons said the plant was legal in Australia."

I might just save that interview for future reference

[theobromos]

One paper I read stated that Ethiopian Catha was the strongest by alkaloid content.

[planthelper]

i knowe there are many different

cultivars in production.

i got 3

a white one

a red one,and

the narroleaved one

i sell catha edulis at bangalow

market N.S.W. or e-mail me!

soon i will pollinate the

southafrican narroleaved with my

white strain.

i have for years bothered sowing me catha seeds...

bla, bla what a fool i was.

but it requieres some skill raising tiny,

seedlings, perhapse more than striking

cuttings which are less sensitive.

damping of fungus is often to blame.

but sterilized and well cared for cuttings

will strike up to 80-90%

if cuttings damp of try cold house,

if roots never form... try warmer,

often i mostly only remove the young leaves

on cuttings, because the old ones (reduced in size) will not wilt and are acting like

storage tanks.

[Guest reville]

Originally posted by Phalenopsis:

Did you get my seeds? I've sent them early last week?

Have you tried to germinate any?

got'em.

Havent tried yet. Still potting up the dozens that came out of my seed. run out of space ATM. Next up....

[Guest reville]

Originally posted by Scott:

Hey Rev, you havn't been jumping people's fences to get to their khats have you?

Well no and really its not a rare plant in perth - neville obviously hasnt been looking very hard - theyre all over from redcliffe to ascot to hilton almost every suburb has a few and most are big - a friend has found dozens so far and thats just in the southern suburbs.

I should really approach the Middle eastern grocery stores and sell them some catha trees so they can stop hassling old ladies