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    Ray replied to the thread Paph. (sukhakulii x Stone Lovely).
    I’d be happy to have that in my collection.
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    I read an article about them a couple months back. That whole area (Ottsville, PA) has become a home to some really nice “back to the...
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    Ray replied to the thread Trade Free Cycad Seed.
    Will go out to the Fishers address today.
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    Ray replied to the thread Trade Free Cycad Seed.
    This is my first try with this technique, obtained via a YouTube video of some old guy in Florida. Thought it might increase the odds...
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    My take: grow it well, as you know how, and don’t worry about the streaking unless it spreads or deteriorates. It’ll probably just grow...
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    Ray replied to the thread Pale leaves with green veining.
    My first inclination would be to interpret poorer growth in barren locations to a reduction in the available water supply more than...
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    Ray replied to the thread Trade Free Cycad Seed.
    George & Walt - packages will go out Tuesday
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    Ray replied to the thread Pale leaves with green veining.
    If you are open-minded enough and wiling to take definitions to extreme, one might consider all orchid growing to by hydroponic in...
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    Ray replied to the thread Trade Free Cycad Seed.
    Well... They're living in my yard here in southeastern NC. Summers in the 90's+, winters as low as the 20's, but usually not so cold...
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    My large cycad (Cycas revoluta), AKA sago palm, has bloomed and fruited out like never before. If anyone wants to try their hand at...
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    Ray replied to the thread Pale leaves with green veining.
    Of course it's hydroponics. "Semi Hydroponics" is simply a term coined to differential this passive method from those active ones...
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    Ray replied to the thread Pale leaves with green veining.
    I am wondering what your understanding is/was of "semi hydroponics"? You stated you "didn't do" it, but your description of what you...
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    Ray replied to the thread Pale leaves with green veining.
    It wasn't meant to be condescending - I was laughing as a typed that, and wondering what you must have that S/H was. My apologies if it...
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    Ray replied to the thread Pale leaves with green veining.
    It takes roots under a minute to become fully saturated. No potting medium is “buffering” the applied solution that quickly, so they...
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    Ray replied to the thread Pale leaves with green veining.
    Adjusting that pH of the solution is not a particularly effective way of managing ththe substrate pH. Nor is messing with the minor...
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