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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:44 pm
by dill786
no.
i didnt know that you had to, i sowed them but nothing happened...
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:27 pm
by mistergrafik
Bummer.. Going 2 try to find some ! Sounds cool
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:33 pm
by dill786
cool.
whats the technique to smoke em !?!
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:39 pm
by mistergrafik
I have no clue; It is part of my search today to figure that out also haha - It's my first time ever hearing it.. These things look familiar but I couldn't really pinpoint if I had seen them or not and where.. So it's the first time seeing them also! thanks 4 the inspiration
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:43 pm
by mistergrafik
I've heard of seeds needing to be digested by cows or other livestock .. I forget which in particular.
edits: I guess they make a disk you drop into water that makes a smoke like solution ** The smoke treatment is suppose 2 simulate a wildfire which is cool.
We are going to go all natur-aal ! Hopefully I don't burn anything down! (if I can find some nice seeds)
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:43 pm
by dill786
a friend of mine went to cape town south Africa for a holiday and to see family and he got them for me, i had no clue about smoking em, and neither did he. they wouldn't have grown well in the UK climate mind you unless i put it into the grow room, but are proteas photoperiod?
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:13 pm
by mistergrafik
AH man you had the legit ones... I think it would be OK to grow in the UK. Here is a bit 4 u
"The demand for Protea cut flowers in Europe peaks during the European autumn and winter, from September to February (Gerber et al., 2001a; Hettasch et al., 1997). Unlike Leucospermum (Malan and Jacobs, 1990) and Leucadendron (Hettasch and Jacobs, 2006), which are short-day plants, the underlying mechanism for floral induction in Protea has not been established."