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Title image above is copyright © Kelly Trevisan
First published 25th June 2025
Kel and I first “met” when she rang one afternoon from Queensland, to discuss Air-Pot bonsai containers and her new baby, a Western Australian Saltwater Paperbark (Melaleuca cuticularis). This was a week before Cyclone ..
25 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Helen Flynn
First published 25th June 2025
Following the Lone Pine article, two pals have since shared their own sightings in Victoria of this magnificent tree. How could I not do a followup and help spread the word?!
Local pal Sandra was first, seeing a tree here,..
23 Jun
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Title image above is attributed to CoolKoon [CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)]
(This article was originally published 16th April 2019 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 23rd June 2025.
[This post] examined the chemistry behind pH, where we saw how pH..
23 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 9th April 2019 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 23rd June 2025.
Most people have a vague concept of pH in that it has something to do with acidity and alkalinity, but what exac..
22 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Ezehelm
First published 22nd June 2025
This post is my reply to Ezehelm’s questions in Part 1, in the original inline email style.
Please note: the images in Part 1 are not of an Air-Pot®. The name ‘Air-Pot’ is a registered trademark and can only be used for Air-Po..
22 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Ezehelm
First published 22nd June 2025
This post arose from questions Ezehelm left — and tried to leave, poor thing! — under this post.
The commenting system on this blog is really not designed for mini-essays, and Ezehelm sent what he tried to post as a comment, t..
12 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 12th June 2025
Hello everyone, again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things of Beauty
The Lone Pine descendant is both the Thing of Beauty Item as well as the Wollongong Botanic Garden feature fo..
12 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 12th June 2025
If you love alliums (of genus Allium) — onions, garlics, leeks, shallots, chives, and garlic chives — but are unfamiliar with society garlic, you may well need to become acquainted!
The name ‘society’ garlic comes..
11 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 11th June 2025
Some strong winds recently snapped at the base a bunch of canes growing at an angle out of a tall concrete pot. Decision made: it’s processing time!
Sugarcane is typically processed anywhere between twelve and eig..
11 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 11th June 2025
Introduction to the Structure of Sugarcane
Sugarcane is super easy to propagate — possibly the hardest part is deciding which of the three different ways suits you best!
(There is a fourth way not covered here, an..
04 Jun
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Title image above is a still taken from a video by Sabine Hossenfelder entitled “AI Slop Is Spreading In Science, Too”
First published 4th June 2025
Science has been corrupt(ed) for ages. I can’t point to a specific decade or even century, but I know I’ve been jaded since the 90s, and I came to th..
01 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st June 2025
Botanical Bits
Botanical name: Smallanthus sonchifolius
Family: Asteraceae (the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family: includes daisies, sunflowers, Curio sp. succulents)
Growth: Herbaceous (no woody stems)
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