We are now accredited and approved by Agriculture Victoria to resume shipping epicactus cuttings to our interstate clients in QLD, NSW, ACT & SA. Every interstate order will be shipped with a Plant Health Assurance Certificate (PHAC). At this point in time, I believe only Michael Guillot of ‘Michael’s Epicentre’ and myself have been approved. I will be editing our website today to enable our interstate clients to resume placing orders. I expect it will be a week or so before

When a cutting ROTS from the base up, it is usually because of too much water. If you are planting a ROOTED cutting, do not water for about one week, to give the roots time to adjust and take hold of the new medium. If you’re planting an UNROOTED cutting (without roots) do NOT water for at least 3 to 4 weeks when a gentle tug on the cutting has ‘resistance’ which indicates the presence of roots. In all cases, plant new cuttings in a relatively dry mix of coarse orchid bark m

Flowering season is over. I’ve given the plants a feed with some GoGo Juice and Nitrosol, so it’s now time to spray with some broad-spectrum fungicide, Miticide, Insecticide and White Oil. The WHITE OIL helps to stick the fungicide and insecticide onto the surface of the plant, otherwise it tends to just roll off when I spray it on.

We’ve now imported around 100 new hybrids into the country. Our most recent shipment includes 60 new hybrids from Germany from a world renowned nursery that is over 400 years old. The process is always fraught with risk and stress. We rely on the sender to not only package things correctly, but include all the correct documentation and send it with a freight forwarder. On arrival in Australia, the box is inspected by customs, then forwarded to a DAFF approved provider for pac

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