Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:30:32 +0100 From: S.Ippenberger@t-online.de (Ippenberger) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg101$foo@default> Subject: Re: U. monanthos
>
>
Last spring I sowed NZ U. monanthos seeds onto pure peat. One batch was
kept under high humidity in a normal heated room (windowsill), the other
one outside in the garden. The second one got temperatures down to
+5\260C but no frost. Both germinated within 4-6 weeks. Stefan
> Dear All,
> Reading in Lowrie's excellent Volume 3 he seems to be classing U.Monanthos
> with Dros. Arcturi (sorry if the spelling is a bit off) in that they both
> either require cold before germination in the Spring or are at least able to
> tolerate it.
> Has anybody had a go at cold-treatment of U. Monanthos seed prior to sowing
> and was the germination successful or do you specifically need the seed from
> New Zealand as opposed to Australia.
> Has anybody had any success germinating this Utric and what were your methods?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John Wilden
> Southport
> Lancs.
> UK
>
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> Topic No. 13
>
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 13:55:10 +1100
> From: "Paul Edwards" <edwards@net2000.com.au>
> To: "CP List" <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
> Subject: Re: "Best" Hot House
> Message-ID: <001801bf5ca8$88dfe960$641657cb@ibm9068k73>
>
>
> Sounds great.
> Where do I get one? And how much change out of $1,000?
> Will you talk my wife into it?
>
> Paul
>
> PS: Thanks to all the other comedians out there. You really made my day! :-)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Hinkson <sphinkson@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 6:54 PM
> Subject: "Best" Hot House
>
>
> > "Just how do we get
> > our spouses to understand us? No, sorry, wrong subject.
> > That's impossible to answer! What I meant to
> > say was, what's "the best" kind of hot house?"
> >
> > Paul:
> > As to your querry about the "best" Greenhouse LOL Perhaps it'd be easier
> to
> > answer "how to get your spouse to understand? *grin*
> >
> > I guess the best would be clear glass tempered thermo-pane incorporating
> > electrostatic
> > sunscreen. Heated with a forced air furnace equipped with a stainless
> steel heat
> > exchanger.
> > Cooled by both refrigeration, and on the low humidity days, an evaporitive
> > cooler.
> > Have the glass mounted in an aluminum frame coated with a baked enamel,
> > preferably a shade of white.
> > Don't forget to include a full pressure de-ionization unit to keep the
> mist
> > system and fog system realitively salt free.
> >
> > But it'll cost 'ya.
> > *grin*
> > Steve
> >
> > Drop by and see me at :
> > http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/6811
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Topic No. 14
>
> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 23:09:23 EST
> From: Hayes7@aol.com
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: Seeking volunteer for ICPS project
> Message-ID: <b3.b31e10f1.25ad5873@aol.com>
>
> Barry,
>
> >I would like to have a photo gallery on the ICPS web site. This gallery
> >would show the work of CPers who love photographing their "pets" in
> >cultivation, in the field, etc.
>
> ~snip~
>
> > Anyone interested? If not, I will probably take this on myself, but my
> > girlfriend will kill me for taking on another project!
>
> Perhaps this may become too much for one person to handle, but I volunteer to
> start the effort anyway. We have a scanner & an ftp site available for
> image uploads as well.... If anybody else wants to lend a hand on this,
> please drop Barry and I a note.
>
> Take care & keep on growing,
>
> Thomas Hayes
>
> DANGEROUS PLANTS
>
> www.dangerousplants.com
>
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