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Ieponumos
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: karode13] 1
#12648293 - 05/28/10 11:04 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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What does a completely mature loph fruit look like?
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: karode13] 1
#12649702 - 05/29/10 09:38 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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karode13 said: The mescaline content in the fruit I would guess is negligible to none and you would have to eat a wheelbarrow full to maybe get any effects. If you want mescaline grow a Trichocereus.
It must be. Sugar ants love it. I came home this morning to my Loph covered in sugar ants with the flesh of one fruit almost completely missing.l They had just started to work on the other. so I pluck it off and manged to get 16 seeds out of the ordeal. Needless to say I was surprised.
I wonder if that is one of thier methods of seed dispersal. Next time it fruits, I'll see if I can film the phenomenon
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: karode13] 1
#12652225 - 05/29/10 07:05 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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karode13 said: The mescaline content in the fruit I would guess is negligible to none and you would have to eat a wheelbarrow full to maybe get any effects. If you want mescaline grow a Trichocereus.
It must be. Sugar ants love it. I came home this morning to my Loph covered in sugar ants with the flesh of one fruit almost completely missing.l They had just started to work on the other. so I pluck it off and manged to get 16 seeds out of the ordeal. Needless to say I was surprised.
I wonder if that is one of their methods of seed dispersal. Next time it fruits, I'll see if I can film the phenomenon
Yeah ants love them. I'm sure this is one method the plant uses to disperse the seed as the fruit itself just dries up and retains the seed until something either eats it or a torrential downpour knocks them loose. What I do to protect them from ants is to put the plant on a brick in the middle of a water filled saucer. The brick raises the container above water level and the water creates a moat which which ants will not cross as they aren't keen on getting wet.
That suggestion, sir, is epic win. Now I have to germinate those seeds.
Please pardon my reposting, but this is a loph thread:
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Srsly, this packing material earns a lolwut ...
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: Sir Cypher]
#12685634 - 06/04/10 02:46 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Srsly, this packing material earns a lolwut ...
Haha that looks like some sort of manga. Did you order the loph from somewhere in asia?
: : I'm assuming Thailand's equivalent to newspaper-comic strips.
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ferrel_human said: did you get that thing already calloused? it certainly looks so.
next step would be some soil for rooting purposes.
I didn't. The person ensuring its phytosanitary quality did so. I've got the clay pot and soil; I'm just waiting on a drill so that water can pass through.
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ferrel_human said: what exactly is a phytosanitary whatevrumecallit? i have seen that but never knew what it was.
It's to ensure foreign pests/organisms aren't coming along for the ride. They do this for individuals and for organizations like botanical gardens; it just costs money (about $15).
To quote the seller about this plant's "pedigree", "Father plants are diffusa cv."KOIKE" or Jourdaniana and mother plants are william or diffusa or fricii." Is this truly possible? I'm just thinking it's for advertisement's sake.
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I have some loph seeds I wish to germ and have a soil mix ready. In CactusDan's tek, it mentions microwave sterilization. How long and on what power level ought I do this at? It's in a microwave-safe pyrex bowl so it's all kewl there.
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: kadakuda]
#12716138 - 06/09/10 05:25 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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WTF is this, BAP?
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Do you see what I see? Not all are pictured. There are 5 in total thus far.


Also ...

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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: Sir Cypher]
#12736154 - 06/13/10 01:23 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ieponumos said: Do you see what I see? Not all are pictured. There are 5 in total thus far.


Isn't that alot of perlite on the surface? I mean I am no expert but I would think that having that much perlite on the surface may prove to be an issue with the seedlings?
I hope not. Let's wait till someone like CactusDan or Karode chimes in I guess.
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: Cactusdan]
#12736360 - 06/13/10 01:54 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Cactusdan said: Having an overly coarse surface will cause the plants to root into the cracks of material as well as block sunlight and cover the seeds when they are trying to germinate.
His look fine atm, but for the future its best to crush the perlite IME.
Thank'ee
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: Pacha]
#12754753 - 06/16/10 08:16 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Little buggers grow quickly. Too much perlite, though. Next time, I'll use mostly sand; this was a leftover from a mixture for my older cacti.
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My father used one of my lights and my plants have suffered for it. You think they'll outlive the stretching? Also the one in the second pic has a little bit of brown on the top. Hardly noticeable, but should I monitor it?
Also an update on the sunburnt loph.

Also, the Asian loph is doing quite nicely:
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: Simisu]
#12858343 - 07/06/10 07:01 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Simisu said: about the brown hue in the second picture, that's perfectly normal what you're looking at are the starting sign of spines (which are only there for a short time in the lives of Loph) it's the growing tip and it's normal that it's a little darker then the rest of the body.
about the etiolation i don't know what to tell you except good luck, do your best to keep them healthy and with time you could forget about them being etiolated 
you pulled the sunburned loph out to take a picture or you were transplanting it?
It's been recovering out of the pot it was in (which was outside). It is soon to go back into soil.
Also @ ferrel: the rocks do have a lot of surface area, but they don't retain moisture as well as one would think. They have been removed regardless. A bit of perlite has been mixed in to compensate.
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When should I remove?
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: karode13]
#12861274 - 07/07/10 10:27 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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karode13 said: If you're talking about the fruits wait until they start to shrivel before removing. That's when the seed will be ready to sow. Separate the seed from the fruit and let dry overnight, then sow in the morning if you wish. Once the seeds are removed you can eat the fruit, it's quite nice.
One of the was foun this morning with only remains of th efruit tissue and 10 seeds. I removed the other one so the like would not happen. It is in shape.
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Re: Loph Growers Unite! [Re: Simisu]
#12861706 - 07/07/10 12:24 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Simisu said: you have a cat i bet? 
Yes, I do. In fact, while taking pictures at my aunt's, one was sniffing it with interest. I followed karode's suggestion of the moat around my loph and it worked wonders despite the ability for one ant species to manage its way onto the pot. I need to learn some entomological taxonomy one of these days ...
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There are what look to be red dots in the epidermis of my L. diffusa occuring occuring close to the apical areoles. I know pics are almost certainly needed, but I have not access to the camera now (soon enough, I hope). Any idea what it may be?
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Mostly_Harmless said: Rust, or spider-mite damage?..
I recently sprayed it with neem oil. should I continue?
Please pardon the terrible pic. The spot is blurred and in actuality is made up of a couple smaller spherical sectors. Perhaps it is rust.
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ferrel_human said: my rust colored loph died. it was one of my best.
who knows.
That's a reassuring thought ...
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