Share The Seeds Site => Welcome and Introduction Area => Topic started by: bosqueberg on October 07, 2014, 02:12:02 AM
Title: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on October 07, 2014, 02:12:02 AM
I'm very happy to have found this site and looking forward to learning much and sharing knowledge.
Seems plants and animals are in my blood, my grandfather and a couple of great-grandfathers were farmers. I have always enjoyed growing plants and keeping exotic animals. Many years of reefkeeping knowledge (corals, inverts, and fish), along with caring for birds and reptiles. Currently am growing a variety of bonsai, cacti, vines, shrubs, herbs, and butterfly and other host plants.
I'm getting more into photography lately, so will try to share some interesting pics.
Thanks everyone!
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: Chicsa on October 07, 2014, 02:15:54 AM
Thats awesome man welcome! I'm up in Tampa Bay area :)
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: BubbleCat on October 07, 2014, 02:27:12 AM
Yeah ! Welcome and show em plants :D
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Post by: Greentoe on October 07, 2014, 03:39:24 AM
Welcome to STS!
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Post by: MadPlanter on October 07, 2014, 01:22:25 PM
Welcome man! Lots of FL guys on here! Seems like the grow it all state.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: fairdinkumseeds on October 11, 2014, 03:07:35 PM
G'day roblack! Nice to meet you, and I am sure you will like it here.
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Post by: gnosis on October 11, 2014, 03:52:40 PM
Welcome to STS!!!!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Post by: marshmellow on October 11, 2014, 10:50:49 PM
Welcome , I love Miami use to go down Evey weekend when I lived in west palm
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Post by: Morpheus on October 24, 2014, 08:45:07 PM
Welcome to STS!!! :D
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Post by: Frog Pajamas on July 24, 2015, 07:27:47 PM
Welcome, roblack! You should be able to access the whole main forum now. :)
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: Ian Morris on July 24, 2015, 08:41:02 PM
Welcome. Id love to see coral in POTM threads but they are animals but if we are allowing fungi....
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: Mangrove on July 25, 2015, 02:48:56 AM
Welcome to the site!! Hope you enjoy your stay.
FL is a magical place-growers paradise if ever there was one! I hail from the SFL area as well. Hope to trade with you soon.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: sporehead on July 25, 2015, 03:58:34 AM
Welcome! I love the Florida members. Always have such nice stuff.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on July 25, 2015, 08:10:13 PM
Thank you for the warm welcome everyone. Lots of change, moved our garden recently, and have begun to add all kinds of interesting and useful new plants.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: hereje on July 25, 2015, 11:00:22 PM
Like this
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on August 05, 2015, 06:52:13 PM
Noni fruit. Already starting to fruit. I'm a little afraid to try it, but going to give it a go when ready.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on August 05, 2015, 07:54:16 PM
pic 1 Miracle Fruit. Tasty little berries that make sour taste sweet for about 30 minutes. Since repotting, it can't make up it's mind whether to fruit or send out new growth. It's been teasing me with little nothing-berries. Soon!
pic 2 Hybrid cactus, will have to see if I can find the names of the parents. It's one of the few that survived psycho-landscaping-man with his high powered blower. Blasted my collection of cacti seedlings all the way to Narnia.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on August 05, 2015, 08:43:11 PM
Thanks Hereje for the pics help!
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on August 08, 2015, 06:33:14 PM
Pic 1 Calea Zacatechichi
Pic 2 P. alba
Pic 3 jasminum humile
Pic 4 white caapi
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on August 08, 2015, 06:52:56 PM
Welcome. Id love to see coral in POTM threads but they are animals but if we are allowing fungi....
Me too! Coral actually get their color from symbiotic algae within the polyps that they extend to harness energy from sunlight and to capture prey and food items. So technically, corals should be considered part-plant.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: Bach on August 18, 2015, 03:37:03 AM
Nice pics and nice plants there roblack!
But see that's how it starts, a nicely mown lawn, a bare fenceline and a collection of potentially rambunctious plants sitting very politely (for now...heh,heh,heh...) in their pots. All bunny rabbits and rainbows.
But you live in Miami and that is going to be your downfall. In a few years that caapi will eat your neighborhood if not kept in check, and the albas will be following behind scooping up the crumbs...
It's gonna be an entheogenic Armageddon man!
And I'll be eagerly waitng for it to happen! ;D
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: Chicsa on August 18, 2015, 07:57:07 AM
very nice photos I tried the miracle fruit at my friends place the other day. What a remarkable plant.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on August 18, 2015, 04:43:43 PM
Thanks Bach, it is already getting out of hand down here. Unfortunately, the varmints are out of control too. Something has been eating cacti and a rainbow eucalyptus seedling just got munched. The squirrels and rats mock me.
Thanks Chicsa. Miracle fruit is tasty, and then its action is really interesting and useful. Mine is finally producing edible fruit. Going to have to eat some lemons and limes and see how it goes.
No luck growing mf from seed thus far, but cuttings are supposed to work well.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: FewTrueSeed on August 18, 2015, 10:31:11 PM
Welcome to the community.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on August 21, 2015, 05:52:01 PM
Thank you!
Good news today, have several seeds of selenicereus megalanthus (orange dragon fruit) sprouting.
Bad news, snail infestation is killing off my pitayas. Time for some escargot.
Title: Re: Hello from Miami
Post by: bosqueberg on September 06, 2015, 10:24:18 PM
Finally figured our what this cactus is: Trichocereus Scopulicola x Puquiensis hybrid. Need an updated pic, has been growing...