Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
Subject: Have you seen these balls Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:10 am
Faye got a couple of packets of these little balls called" Enviro Soil" at a novelty shop, the amount of these jellylike beads in a packet would fill a teaspoon but when added to a litre of water they swell up and absord all the water, they look pretty but have no other benefit .I am striking a little piece of a white native Hoya here . I did'nt know till last week that you can strike Hoya in water ,I 'vs struck lots of plants in water but never Hoya, there's a first for everything and there are little roots starting after 4 days in water.
Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
Subject: Re: Have you seen these balls Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:16 am
Never seen them before... strange looking things Didn't know that about hoyas either. I was just looking at those hoya cuttings you sent me. They are doing well, haven't grown much but look to have a good set of roots. I moved them into the new shade area this morning so hopefully will start to grow once the weather warms up.
Marleneann Garden Sherpa
Posts : 302 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Buderim
Subject: Re: Have you seen these balls Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:28 am
How interesting! I'll keep a lookout for them.
Mary-Anne Unionized Gardener
Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
Subject: Re: Have you seen these balls Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:18 pm
I have never seen them before either..
Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
Subject: Re: Have you seen these balls Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:53 pm
Marlene , I think you could try any novelty shop or cheap charlie shops .Faye has had them for ages and can't remember where she got them , they are They are made in China. Gail I think as soon as you get warmer weather those Hoya will power away. Marlene any flowers on your Hoya yet . My macgillvrayii are flowering again , they flowered when the Darwin family were here mid June and now a new lot of flowers opening. They are Australia's largest Hoya flower.
Marleneann Garden Sherpa
Posts : 302 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Buderim
Subject: Re: Have you seen these balls Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:41 pm
Pitta wrote:
Marlene , I think you could try any novelty shop or cheap charlie shops .Faye has had them for ages and can't remember where she got them , they are They are made in China. Gail I think as soon as you get warmer weather those Hoya will power away. Marlene any flowers on your Hoya yet . My macgillvrayii are flowering again , they flowered when the Darwin family were here mid June and now a new lot of flowers opening. They are Australia's largest Hoya flower.
No flowers yet Gwen but the weather has been chilly. They are very healthy plants.
Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
Subject: A site to coloured warer balls Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:09 pm
Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:10 am
Didn't know that about hoyas either. I was just looking at those hoya cuttings you sent me. They are doing well, haven't grown much but look to have a good set of roots. I moved them into the new shade area this morning so hopefully will start to grow once the weather warms up.
