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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 10, 2015 6:27:31 GMT -5
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Post by Apoplast on Oct 10, 2015 13:54:48 GMT -5
Great looking plants Snapperhead! I must admit I was checking out your tuberous dews a bit more closely in those photos though. Looks like the end of a good season for them.
At the back left of the second shot, there are two pots with orange structures on the surface. What are those? They look a bit like tubers that formed on the soil surface. I've had that happen a few times with D. bulbosa. Anyhow, just curious.
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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 11, 2015 3:46:58 GMT -5
right yer there a lot of pot of tubers yes, all gone to sleep now , there were D.whittakeri , D.preafolia and several others, where the weather gets a bit hot the just the foliage drys off black like that its quite normal , now the seed on the top of the mix will get heat stratified and germinate next winter along with the awakening under ground tubers
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Post by Apoplast on Oct 11, 2015 10:01:55 GMT -5
Hi Snapperhead - Thank for the information! I do understand a bit of the life cycle of Drosera subg. Ergaleium. I grow quite a few of them myself. Have for years. They are my favorite group of CP and one of my favorite group of plants. Indeed, I am jealous you can grow them outside. I have to grow them in a climate controlled grow room I built under my basement stairs. Feeding them is a chore, as opposed to letting them capture prey on their own. I can only dream of obtaining the results you get. Your plants look like they had a great year.
What I was curious about are the orange/rust colored orbs on the surface of the pots behind the VFT plants. What are those?
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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 11, 2015 16:52:07 GMT -5
the orange red balls are Kangaroo poo from big red kangaroos that hope down my street , as natural fert
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Post by roraima on Oct 11, 2015 16:56:37 GMT -5
Amazing/hilarious! I don't think anyone was expecting that answer
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Post by lloyd on Oct 11, 2015 17:16:34 GMT -5
Kangapoo
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Post by kiwipete on Oct 12, 2015 0:00:01 GMT -5
In New Zealand there are two wallaby (small Kangaroo) species introduced from Australia. I use the wallaby poo in my Ping mix as you can see below.
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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 12, 2015 16:38:30 GMT -5
ha ha ah you picked up on it Pete ha ha ah , all ways good to have a supply of the kanga poo on hand hay ha ha ah
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Post by Apoplast on Oct 12, 2015 19:34:08 GMT -5
Hi Snapperhead - Yup. Didn't anticipate that one. I can now confidently move forward in life having a better idea of what kangaroo scat looks like. Not sure I needed to... But I now can.
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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 13, 2015 18:20:52 GMT -5
Apoplast , well I am sure you will find the strength to work your way through it ,it was a bit kanga poo naughty trick . BUT in truth I did used to use kanga and emu scats in my tuber pots, as when we go on field trips to see the many many millions of them here in secret locations, many of the plants grow very well on the cris cross trails that the roo's to go around the bush areas , but found it just a bore to use it , some regular fert dose the just 10 times better really
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