Hoodia gordonii – vegetative propagation
Hoodia gordonii - vegetative propagation. 1. It is much easier to use the small side branches that appear on the main stem with age, the…
New Psychotria hybrid 2015
In our quest to increase the number of cultivars of Psychotria viridis we've been conducting some controlled cross pollinations; several worked successfully including the one…
Grafting cacti to Pereskiopsis spathulata
A member of the Cactaceae family, Pereskiopsis spathulata is used as a grafting stock for slower growing species such as Lophophora, Ariocarpus, Aztekium, Turbinicarpus, Pelecyphora,…
Vegetative propagation of Trichocereus cacti
Trichocereus cacti are beautiful, drought and cold tolerant, highly ornamental (flowers and form), medicinal and excellent grafting stocks for the propagation of other slower growing/rare/mutant…
Seed Dormancy and Germination
This is just a general guide to troubleshooting dormancy problems that may arise when you are trying to germinate seeds of varied species. Give Me…
Duboisia hopwoodii x myoporoides hybridisation
I haven't read of these 2 species hybridising before, there is the well known D. myoporoides x leichhardtii hybrids used for scopolamine production in Australia…
Preparation of Kanna from Sceletium tortuosum and other species.
Author: Darren Williams (B. App. Sci. Adv Dip. Hort.) Step 1: Gather your plant material from a Sceletium plant (Sceletium emarcidum or Sceletium tortuosum). Don't just add the…
Takeaway Tek (how to germinate cacti seeds)
The results of this adapted technique speak for themselves; this is a great way to start seeds of Trichocereus and one would assume all cacti.…
Tabernanthe iboga seed germination
I recently acquired seeds of Tabernanthe iboga directly from Africa, of the long fruited variety, what they call in the region 'male' iboga. The round…
Duboisia hybrid leaf comparison
Below is a picture of 3 Duboisia leaves, on the left, Duboisia myoporoides, D. hopwoodii X myoporoides in the centre and D. hopwoodii on the…
Brugmansia ‘Culebra’ hybridisation
Last year I decided to have a go at breeding with Brugmansia 'Culebra', a mutated and unusual Brugmansia cultivar from the Sibundoy Valley in Colombia.…
Building compost bins
My design of a large size (~2 cubic metres) composting bin for the cold composting of garden waste. It can also be used for hot…