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mitchell101




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PostSubject: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptyMon Sep 03, 2012 5:14 pm

Yes. That's right. Just follow the ants... and they will lead you to seed! cheers

I had no idea that my parodia sellowii which I recently inherited had seed brewing but today there were probably 20 or so ants walking all over my parodia.

So I investigated... I couldn't really see any seed or pods or anything because it was covered in wool but when I pushed the wool away with a stick I found some seed.

After carefully getting all of it out I was left with 50 or so seeds. It's my second plant to give me seed I think. The first one was an orbea variegata. I checked out my other P. sellowii but I don't think it had any seed.

Will do another post soon with what I've sown. I've got lots of other seed to sow thanks to IXOXI.
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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptyThu Sep 06, 2012 6:49 pm

I love a nice Parodia, any pics by a chance Mitchell?

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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptyFri Sep 07, 2012 12:55 am

This is how I found out the first time my Copiapoa lauii had seeds. I managed to save a few of them, but the ants were doing as conga line all the way back to their hill, each carrying a seed on their way home. I sat for half an hour by the hole collecting the seeds back as the ants thoughtfully harvested them for me...
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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptyFri Sep 07, 2012 1:58 pm

I've got ants here that are jumping the gun, rather than wait for seeds the little mongrels are instead making off with the flowers antlers. Got a madly flowering M. mystax they have absolutely ravaged!
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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptySat Sep 08, 2012 8:51 am

I hope there's enough left in the flowers to be able to pollinate despite the ants attack.
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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptySun Sep 09, 2012 10:19 am

The mother plant which I collected the seed from is just over 10cm.
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My other P. sellowii's with different numbers of spines:
Terribly underpotted
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and covered in weeds (is this one also P. sellowii? It doesn't have fluff at the top)
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Lots of my plants really need to be potted up but I don't know what to use in my mix. I need to find a pumice substitute if anyone knows of any? Tried kitty litter but cannot find the right type. I've heard that Rich-Gro aquatic mix is suitable but it needs to be crushed up.
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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptySun Sep 09, 2012 10:53 am

I like to use decomposed granite, and some diatomaceous earth 2:1 ratio in place of pumice or scoria.
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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptySun Sep 09, 2012 2:17 pm

Any idea where I could get my hands on some DG or diatomaceous earth in Melbourne?
I can get my hands on scoria. I'm pretty sure Bunnings Dandenong sells it.
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PostSubject: Re: The Ants Show Me The Way   The Ants Show Me The Way EmptySun Sep 09, 2012 5:11 pm

Scoria is easy to get, but PROPER sized scoria is not. Until I found where to get good decomposed granite, I was smashing bags of scoria by sledgehammer, and then screening it for the right sized bits. Bags of DG are easy enough to find at many soil & garden centers, though they often have a lot of microparticles and need to be watered, screened & sifted to get what you want (and you can easily lose up to half the weight in the process). It's well worth the effort though, and a lot easier then smashing scoria.
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