Hello everyone. I am quite new to growing bulbs but i've been reading all the info in the emails. Recently there has been a subject which i know a bit more about. I am a member of british cactus and succulent society. I wanted to share some information about peyote in this country. I am not sure if it has been confirmed as illegal but i know that it is being sold everywhere - garden centres, cactus shows and mail order. It is not hard to find! I understand that a few decades ago this plant has been used for it's hallucinogenic purposes but i don't see that happening amongst cacti growers :) On 7 Apr 2013, at 17:00, pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Peyote?? (erick lux) > 2. Re: Peyote?? (B Spencer) > 3. Converting units (J. Denys Bourque) > 4. Re: Weeds invading paved walkways (J. Denys Bourque) > 5. What may be blooming in fall, 2017 - Brunsvigia litoralis > seedlings (Ken) > 6. Re: Nematode control of Narcissus bulb fly (Mark BROWN) > 7. Re: Converting units (B Spencer) > 8. Re: Peyote?? (Shmuel Silinsky) > 9. Re: Variegated Society Garlic - Winter Hardy? (Shmuel Silinsky) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:05:08 -0500 > From: erick lux <ericklux@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Peyote?? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: > <CAAHMFF0wQrzYQ1LfT+ySPdKLKeAauDirXdO+tB5rrMwbwSPhCg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Having been in the nursery biz in Southern California for 20 some years, I > never saw peyote in the trade---and I looked! I knew people that had them > in their private collections. I always thought Matucana sp looked similar. > > When I went to Amsterdam a few years ago, and was glad to see so many plant > venders selling them openly. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more > Lophophora plants in The Netherlands than in the Southwest. > > Cheers, > Erick > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:16 PM, David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Sue, >> No one who really knows cactus would ever confuse Ariocarpus with >> Lophophora. >> And Lophophora was certainly sold as part of a dish garden in gift shops. >> I >> think Tim and Jadeboy are confusing the harmless commerce in gifts with >> genuine >> drug trafficking. The DEA certainly does not confuse the two. And I >> certainly >> would not confuse Ariocarpus with Lophophora! >> >> David E. >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Sue Haffner <sueh@csufresno.edu> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >> Sent: Sat, April 6, 2013 4:18:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Peyote?? >> >> I wonder if the original post might refer to Ariocarpus, rather than >> Lophophora. I've seen ariocarpus plants in touristy dish gardens. >> >> Sue Haffner >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 21:56:19 -0400 > From: B Spencer <bea.spencer@sympatico.ca> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Peyote?? > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP98B33BBF0914208FDD5B0E85C40@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Do they not do everything under the sun openly in the Netherlands? Sorry it > is not about bulbs. Could not resist! > Bea > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 07:36:52 -0700 (PDT) > From: "J. Denys Bourque" <jdbourq@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [pbs] Converting units > To: "pbs@lists.ibiblio.org" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: > <1365259012.43306.YahooMailNeo@web161805.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > One member wrote recently that he didn't feel like looking up some conversion from US to SI. > To convert anything to anything else, see the following site. > It's really got everything in SI, Imperial US + many, many other units, like league (several kinds). > > http://www.onlineconversion.com/ > I have it in my bookmarks and can access it fast. > > ? > J. Denys Bourque > Saint-Jacques, NB?? CANADA > > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Leo A. Martin <leo@possi.org> >> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 5:29:17 AM >> >> ...(I know it isn't measured that way in SI but I don't feel like looking up the density of >> granulated sugar) and 1 pint / 480ml 3% hydrogen peroxide. >> >> Leo Martin >> Phoenix Arizona USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 07:48:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: "J. Denys Bourque" <jdbourq@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Weeds invading paved walkways > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: > <1365259703.95188.YahooMailNeo@web161801.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Another member writes he has some > areas where couch grass (Agropyrum repens) is invading and that he will > have to redo the paving! > > For what this is worth, I have a patch of creeping thyme [= serpolet??] that flowers beautifully and that I am extending throughout my lawn. I have observed that very few weeds grow in it, and those that do are very shallow rooted. I am now also considering it for the interstices between the flat stones in my footpaths. Anyway, they are steppable on. > > ?J. Denys Bourque > Saint-Jacques, NB?? CANADA > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 21:13:55 -0700 (PDT) > From: Ken <kjblack@pacbell.net> > Subject: [pbs] What may be blooming in fall, 2017 - Brunsvigia > litoralis seedlings > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: > <1365308035.25337.YahooMailRC@web180903.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > just thought I'd share this shot of some 18-month old Brunsvigia litoralis > seedlings ... just another?4 or so years to bloom. > > http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/… > > Ken Blackford > happily back in San Diego, California! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 09:41:24 +0200 (CEST) > From: Mark BROWN <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Nematode control of Narcissus bulb fly > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <873840090.2839.1365320484839.JavaMail.www@wwinf1f16> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Many of my fellow gardeners use neem oil on their snowdrops and narcissi. > They are all very happy with it. > I have zillions of Narcissus pseudonarcissus wild in my region,(Haute Normandie) and never once had this pest. Most odd! > Kind regards, > Mark > > > > > >> Message du 06/04/13 23:05 >> De : "Gene Mirro" >> A : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Copie ? : >> Objet : [pbs] Nematode control of Narcissus bulb fly >> >> This writer says that Narcissus bulb fly can be controlled by nematodes: http://ipmnet.umd.edu/landscape/lndscpalerts/… See page 5. The nematode is Steinernema feltiae. It?s available from Home Depot (what isn?t?). http://homedepot.com/p/t/… Has anyone tried this? Any opinions? _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 07:35:09 -0400 > From: B Spencer <bea.spencer@sympatico.ca> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Converting units > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP622205F29838E3F2A341E385C40@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Thank you Denys. I bookmarked it too. > Bea, Ontario > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. Denys Bourque > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 10:36 AM > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] Converting units > > One member wrote recently that he didn't feel like looking up some > conversion from US to SI. > To convert anything to anything else, see the following site. > It's really got everything in SI, Imperial US + many, many other units, like > league (several kinds). > > http://www.onlineconversion.com/ > I have it in my bookmarks and can access it fast. > > > J. Denys Bourque > Saint-Jacques, NB CANADA > > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Leo A. Martin <leo@possi.org> >> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 5:29:17 AM >> >> ...(I know it isn't measured that way in SI but I don't feel like looking >> up the density of >> granulated sugar) and 1 pint / 480ml 3% hydrogen peroxide. >> >> Leo Martin >> Phoenix Arizona USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:04:28 -0400 > From: Shmuel Silinsky <gardenbetter@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Peyote?? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: > <CACHBJeEqNPWSF5Ah=WkW3LaAa5ew-94aWZ05Dnf2Ek8duLLttg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Lophophora is often found in cactus sections of nurseries here in Israel. > > Shmuel > Jerusalem, Israel > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:56 PM, B Spencer <bea.spencer@sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> Do they not do everything under the sun openly in the Netherlands? Sorry >> it >> is not about bulbs. Could not resist! >> Bea >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:09:10 -0400 > From: Shmuel Silinsky <gardenbetter@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Variegated Society Garlic - Winter Hardy? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: > <CACHBJeFkhvarDrkD4eBK=5YckCEudR4A-K1KYZNMFfpsQBRYyQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Excellent, Jerry! > > I usually consider the variegated form less vigorous than the all green > form. > > Was it covered by snow? That can have a nice insulating effect - and it > sounds like your garden is pretty windproof. > > Enjoy! > > Shmuel Silinsky > Jerusalem Israel > USDA 9 > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 8:32 PM, <Jtlehmann@aol.com> wrote: > >> Last year I planted in my back yard a one-gallon pot of Variegated Society >> Garlic, Tulbaghia violacea 'Variegata.' >> >> Today I had a big surprise...it survived the winter and is growing. I >> didn't expect it to survive; it wasn't even an experiment. >> >> My back yard is a postage stamp, bordered by a 6' high solid wood fence, >> and the plant is by a flagstone patio. Even with that, I can't justify my >> back yard being two or more zones warmer, else I'd be growing palms. >> >> Does this surprise anyone else? What really is the winter hardiness zone >> for this plant? >> >> --Jerry Lehmann, Olathe, KS, USA, zone 5 >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 123, Issue 27 > ************************************