planthelper Posted January 16, 2003 hi, all! thx to the white album i knew how to writte hapiness! torsten, you did well by sharing some of your seeds with me. i bet you knew allready 4 month ago allready that i (strikes eye brow with index finger)would succeed. in case that others out there have been /or are less successfull with these one, i say i did "things" to it. aswell i am greatfull to my late mother, green thumbs are genetic, and she tought me to be patient with seeds requiering long periods of stratification. her "thing" was growing ginko biloba from seed! that means chilling and a wait of up to 2 years! on the 14.09.02 i planted those seeds and on the 15.01.03 they emerged! surely by now you know what i am talking about. right away as a standard measurment i snail guarded those little beauties, nothing worse than after having overcome dormancy to see ones plantlets ending up as snailfood... bla, bla, bla, what am im talking about? ilex paraguariensis! others out there, pls tell me your mate story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterdragon Posted January 17, 2003 happiness can also be an emerging flower - i've waited for ages for the flower on my datura metel to open up, teased it, spoke to it, stood there in the sweltering heat of my hothouse pleading with the bugger to just get on with it....and today it finally opened. what a fucking show stopper, massive flower, petals are purple one side and cream coloured on the other, doubles(at least) and fragrant. i've had to show everyone, even dragged some guests down there by torchlight. happiness lives in the garden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted January 17, 2003 waterdragon, could you possibly post a picture? would love to see it! take care gerbil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adrian Posted January 17, 2003 Happiness is breaking through as we speak. It's Ms Frosty's 21st Birthday (my Brugmansia "frosty pink", about 175cm tall, sprouted from S.A.B seed about 21 months ago) She'll be doing lots of drinking and then I'm going to fertilise her (in more ways than one ph/ How many did you succeed in sprouting and did you have much trouble? wd/ Where did the D.metel seed originate? I just lost a large flower bud from my D.metel single (S.A.. Grrrr! [This message has been edited by Adrian (edited 17 January 2003).] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiraleyes Posted January 17, 2003 my first flush of about ten pedro flowers opened yesterday. during drinking time around sunset the bees went nutz. three different strains all flowered at the same time and i watched the bees fly from one to the other. waiting now for pods been getting fruit on my lophs too fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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waterdragon Posted January 17, 2003 Originally posted by gerbil:waterdragon, could you possibly post a picture? would love to see it! take care gerbil don't have a cam or a clue. when i get both i'll be happy to start posting pics. if you live anywhere near here you're welcome to drop in and see it. i'll try to identify the thing and find a link to a piccy of something similar. i got it from the afsr at eb2 so rev might know someone who has the plant and a cam and a clue on how to post pics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted January 17, 2003 mentel is a common sight in europe. [ 21. January 2003, 08:09: Message edited by: planthelper ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterdragon Posted January 18, 2003 gerbil if you're still interested i believe the plant to be datura metel var fastuosa and hopefully this link to a piccy will help. www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?image=datura/datura_metel_flower12.jpg if that doesn't work i'll edit it later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adrian Posted January 18, 2003 Hi Spiraleyes, I got my first Loph fruit the other day. Tasted delicious, only one seed though. Anyone else here eaten Loph fruit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted January 18, 2003 waterdragon, link worked thanks for that, love those colours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted January 18, 2003 lophs fruits are called chilitos (little chilis)and having many different gens certainly helps producing seeds(3 up to 4 in one red berry) lops are producing seeds and halus even if grown in canada or europe. so no reason to say it will not work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiraleyes Posted January 18, 2003 nope never thought of eatin the fruit. next one i will,looks tasty. how do you prepare the seed? ive just left it in the pup to dry out,then a few week later pull it out and let it dry out properly. do you guys take the seeds out of the fruit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
