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Mar 13, 2015 4:17 AM CST
Name: della
hobart, tasmania
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Photo Contest Winner: 2015
You too, Anthony? Bottled pods!

Here's the magic water, Rick:

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mmhhmmm... tasty! nodding

It's rain water and certainly gets warm. Really warm to the touch, so I guess it passes the baby bottle test and reaches body temp at least. The bottles have been sitting out in the sun. I've never cut the stems or changed the water! (Can you guess? Green Grin! ) Topped it up once in a blue moon though.

Last week I added a little dilute seasol and powerfeed.

How have you been treating yours, Anthony?

Overnight some evil in the darkness decided to munch one of the five Regal Star pods. It was sticking over the chicken wire. Silly me. Can't see embryos - too opaque and green? - but other than that the immature seed looks good, I think. Oh, and this is the leaf condition of Regal Star, too;

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Here's a group photo of my bottle pods. Sunny Crown is trying to set some too but unlikely they will mature. All stems just over 2 months since cutting;

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