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Flowering is just starting here.
Looking good budsnblunts, had to look Australian/New Zealand oppossum after seeing that pic in the other thread. Barely any resemblance to the U.S. ones I’m used to seeing. Don’t think they mess with pot plants here, but they are omnivores so probably will if hungry.
Way to grow Budznbluntz! 
Looking good. Biggest fan leaf I've ever seen
Looking good. Biggest fan leaf I've ever seenHopefully your dog doesn’t take an interest in one of those, I bet most would have to learn the hard way. Have never seen a porcupine but they are supposed to be around
40degsouth
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I remember seeing a porkepine for the first time in BC. It took me a while to work out what it was. I thought they were about as big as a hedgehog, a bit bigger than a toilet roll but nooo a meter long....wtf David Attenbro, you never told me that??!!
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40degsouth
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Montuno,
here’s a photo of the unholy trinity, gorse, blackberries and broom. In fullest disclosure l had to move the broom, for the photo but only ten meters.
The other two are of the worst thing that has happened to me as a gardener in nearly 30 years, a leaf spot disease that l can’t get rid of and is so virulent I have watched twelve foot plants melt in inclement conditions over a matter of weeks.
My Blackdog mother is somewhat resistant but as you can see, not totally.
I’m not sure if it’s septoria or something else. Anyone got any ideas for an IPM or how to get rid of it??? It’s totally taken all the fun out of growing for me.
Cheers,
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here’s a photo of the unholy trinity, gorse, blackberries and broom. In fullest disclosure l had to move the broom, for the photo but only ten meters.
The other two are of the worst thing that has happened to me as a gardener in nearly 30 years, a leaf spot disease that l can’t get rid of and is so virulent I have watched twelve foot plants melt in inclement conditions over a matter of weeks.
My Blackdog mother is somewhat resistant but as you can see, not totally.
I’m not sure if it’s septoria or something else. Anyone got any ideas for an IPM or how to get rid of it??? It’s totally taken all the fun out of growing for me.
Cheers,
40.
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Way to grow Budznbluntz!
I have two dogs ,one is a 15-year-old Siberian husky ,when he was young he did get a muzzle full of porcupine quills ,it was a nightmare ,I had to find a vet in the middle of the night they tranquilized him and took out each quill with tweezers individually
40degsouth
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Is that how you spell it??
40degsouth
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Here’s an interesting thing.
I haven’t seen this before. These mites usually chase beetles across the soil and overwhelm them by sheer numbers. They must be able to track them by scent because there’s absolutely no way they could see them over the soil surface. They run fast enough to catch up with the beetle hundreds of times their size and attach themselves to the soft tissue between their plate amour and eventually kill them.
In my experience, they thrive and multiply on seed meals and are a great first line of defence against root eating beetle grubs.
But.......here they are having colonised and gorged, on a lizard.
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I haven’t seen this before. These mites usually chase beetles across the soil and overwhelm them by sheer numbers. They must be able to track them by scent because there’s absolutely no way they could see them over the soil surface. They run fast enough to catch up with the beetle hundreds of times their size and attach themselves to the soft tissue between their plate amour and eventually kill them.
In my experience, they thrive and multiply on seed meals and are a great first line of defence against root eating beetle grubs.
But.......here they are having colonised and gorged, on a lizard.
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Fitzera
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Most dont learn and will do it again given the chance lol
Montuno
...como el Son...
Snowy palm trees!
11-January-2021:
...By this day, (11--Jan-2021), only 4 days after the snowfall of the century, it was 16°C maximum in the shade, and the snow had almost completely disappeared from the ground.
I continued to harvest the olives that the snowfall had not spoiled. This is how the olive grove on my mountain was that morning:
Montuno
...como el Son...
Montuno
...como el Son...
Around here, after the surprising and huge snowfall in January (because of "Filomena Artic storm"; something very rare here), I've had maximum temperatures in the shade of between 18 and 21 °C all this week. Winter is finally gone, and everything is starting to fill up with flowers and birdsong.
I am already planning the cultivation.
However, I know from experience that I must wait at least until May to germinate or plant, if I don't want to grow monsters in which the Guardia Civil helicopters can get entangled,,, heh....
A big greeting full of spring's hopes , with some photos of the farewell of winter in my Monte Adentro:
Esta es la época más indeseable del año (estamos en transición) pero la belleza de la temporada de primavera está a la vuelta de la esquina ... No puedo esperar
Montuno
...como el Son...
I leave you some photos published in the web of ecological tourism of my region about the return (a few weeks ago) of the flamingos to some lagoons a few kilometres north of Monte Adentro:
I’m think early April for myself..... Genial ... ¿cuándo empiezas con tus semillas? Creo que a principios de abril por mí mismo- Status
