Bay Area in flames. Mendocino county falls into the ocean (drug war in
that area called off). Martial law declared.
Well, that's the news' perspective anyhow. But it has been a bit hairy.
A 6.1 (?) in L.A. a week ago, then a 6.9 in Mendocino area (the '89
quake was 7.0-1), plus I caught an aftershock about 4:30am this Sunday.
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>>My D. falconeri has produced its first leaf. VERY tiny - about 1 cm
>>including the petiole.
Mine is finally coming up to.
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>>My Mexican Pings are successfully being propagated by leaf cuttings
>>now. Since November, I had tried propagating them, but all the leaf
>>cuttings failed. Before that, and since a few weeks ago, I'm getting
>>a high success rate from P. kondoi and P. rotundiflora. Seems only
>>leaves made during certain times of the year are able to reproduce by
>>leaf cuttings.
This is Peter D'Amatos observation also. As I recall he uses the
smaller leaves which start to come up during the spring (?).
I've taken further squirrel-protective (would that it could be anti-squirrel)
measures. I've moved the pots on the ground and near the fence out to the
middle of the yard, and I've wired the pots. One has wire across the top, and
the others just have a wire fence about 10' tall around the edge. I don't
think the little buggers will climb down inside, and this leaves space for the
leaves to comeup.