General Interest
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Back on 28th August 2025 I received a magnificent silk floss tree cutting (Ceiba speciosa) from my wonderful pen pal Helen, and potted it right there and then into a used 4.1 L Air-Pot seed tray. If I didn’t a..
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Some time around winter 2025 (I stupidly didn’t take notes) I uprooted a self-seeded sandpaper fig (there are several species buit this one is most likely to be Ficus coronata), took a bunch of cuttings, and p..
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Some time before 2020 (exact date unknown) I potted up some tiger grass (Thysanolaena latifolia) in a 9 L Air-Pot. More for the aesthetic than for root development as I really like the look of Air-Pot containe..
21 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 21st November 2025
I like to grow saffron in a 38 L Air-Pot. The 20 L Air-Pot works too but you can’t fit as many in :)
Mind you, when I first began with just three corms, I grew each one in its own 3 L Air-Pot as a hedge agains..
20 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 20th November 2025
I still don’t know why, but several of my potted citrus all decided to die together. It was very gradual and I wondered if the compost I had top-dressed them with was compromised in some way. Yet that didn’t e..
20 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 20th October 2025
The series on the The Wollongong Botanic Garden continues here, this time with a photo essay on its Azalea Collection.
From their website:
This collection features plants found in Asiatic regions including Chi..
03 Aug
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 3rd August 2025
The Araucaria genus comprises twenty species, now native only to the southern hemisphere, though they were once worldwide from 66 to 200 million years ago.
The Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and Hoop or Moreton..
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..
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..