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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • When I was in China we visited the tombs of the ancient Emporers. Chinese culture dictates that respect for the dead includes absolutely no pictures and no gawking or unnecessary peering/staring at final resting places.

    There was one Emporer in particular though that has such a bad reputation as pretty much being rotten to the core his whole tomb is open for public viewing. We walked right through his area, gawked at his stone coffin and stared at everything in there, along with a great line of many other tourists.

    Yeah, fk that guy…



  • Hi Seleni, thanks for the reply.

    My location is South Western Australia.

    The pH of the soil I planted it in was around 7. It is high compost “bedding mix” made by a local company, something like a standard potting mix. I made an addition of mixed, composted manures of the spring on the season the brown tips started. The surrounding soil is barren, Australian grey sandy topsoil. The average pH of my property is around 7 also.

    It’s in full sun and has an olive tree 10m on one side and an endemic Hakea 10m the other side.

    It’s in a location that is 20m away from where there used to be a 40foot high and wide eucalypt tree that was at least 6 feet wide at the base. The stump has been removed but there are residual root systems remaining.

    I have it mulched with mixed species wood chips and around the base planted spring onion, fushia and burdock.

    Last week I made the addition of pig manure around the base and watered it in well.

    That’s about as detailed as I can get I think.