01 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st March 2026
Common Fig Ficus carica ‘White Adriatic’ With or Without 3 L Air-Pot
Family: Moraceae (includes mulberry, breadfruit, jackfruit; Moraceae is also known as the mulberry or fig family)
Genus: Ficus (includes fig tr..
25 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 25th February 2026
Hello everyone, and welcome to a very belated first newsletter of the year!
Again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things of Beauty
Two to start the year with! The first is this..
01 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st February 2026
Common Fig Ficus carica ‘White Genoa’ With or Without 3 L Air-Pot
Family: Moraceae (includes mulberry, breadfruit, jackfruit; Moraceae is also known as the mulberry or fig family)
Genus: Ficus (includes fig tr..
14 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 14th December 2025
Hello everyone, this is the last newsletter for this year 2025, and thank you for all who choose to receive these by email at all!
Again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things ..
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 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Rob
First published 20th October 2025
Hello everyone, again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things of Beauty
The Azalea Collection is both a Thing of Beauty Item as well as the Wollongong Botanic Garden feature for this newsletter.
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17 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Ross
First published 17th October 2025
This post was inspired by Ross, who sent me photos of his wife’s orchid and his tomato plant in Air-Pot containers.
Ross said “The orchid flowered about two weeks after planting which was very unusual.”
Orchid in 7.5 L Air-Po..
17 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 17th October 2025
This is a sequel to Don't do This, Boys and Girls! — and again, please don’t try this at home!
As mentioned in that previous post, the roots of some species will go straight through the base of an Air-Pot if al..
14 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Jonathon in Bathurst NSW
First published 14th October 2025
This post was inspired by Jonathon in Bathurst NSW.
The timing was incredible as I had just written this on what not to do with roots and Air-Pot bases. When quite by chance and with no knowledge of this, J..