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Hello All,
I would be open to hosting a plant or cutting exchange at my home in Hawaiian Beaches in june with anyone that is interested in doing an exchange or just getting rid of extra cuttings, divisions or starts from shrubs, plants, etc.
If anyone is interested post a reply and i'll set a date early june when i fly back into puna for the week.
mahalo,
noel
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I am definitely interested. I have good quanmtities of a few things started to share/swap. I was so sad to miss the punatic party where the exchange was done.. this would be cool for me. Good Idea!!
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Since the punaweb diving is on sunday, how about doing this on saturday june 3rd in the afternoon.....hopefully we can get a few more people that would be interested in participating to this event even though its short notice....
please come if you can even for doing some garden talk.....my avocado trees should be full by now.
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This sounds like fun. I'll try and make it too.
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aloha,
for anyone that is planning on coming to the punaweb exchange - if you plan on bringing some cuttings, please bring them in a bucket of water so they will not wilt in the outside area while we are socializing.
same with starts and divisions - you can wrap them in watered towels and plastic so they can stay moist.
if anyone can bring some extra plastic bags that would be excellent for others wrapping-i will not have any handy since, i'm flying in the night before.
kindly,
noel
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You may want to carefully examine cuttings and plants for coqui eggs, larvae, and other critters. No need to spread anything, even if you already have some at your place.
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Good call, Les!
On that note - does anyone know of an online reference for common Puna pests and how to prevent the spread of them? Would be a good reference for newbies and wannabes, like me.
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While i am not totally and completely up on my CROAKY ( only good coqui is a croak-ed 'CROAKY') frog jazz, but i found their eggs yesterday.. Surprising was that they were under a rock which the eggs were at least a foot below the surface.. Seems to me they need dark, humid, not so airy place to develop.. I guess mother squeezed herself threw some very tight spaces wiggling threw dirt, soil and decaying matter, well below the surface to place them eggs in 'just the right spot'.. To bad i came along. Not to leave out, she took her last hop just minutes before i found her stash, whilst i was cleaning up some leafy and decomposing mess and rearranging some rocks. So, eggs might not be a big problem.
However, on a side note, we replanted some small plants while on our lot and brought them home the other night, (just in case somebody else, thought we'd left them, 'free' for them (thieves))) and what you know they's a CROAKY, under a leaf, begging for forgiveness.. Saying something like; it wasn't his fault he was here, but great, great, great, great grandfather's.. Since he was such a adventurous critter, direct decedent from the first line, Apparently hopped on our plant after potting it, we squished him just them same..
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Just as a reminder our punaweb party potluck/garden share is this saturday from 1-3pmish...please bring some chairs if you can.
i'm located at 15-2714 he e street, hawaiian beaches...when you pass Da Store, make a left on north puni mauka, then left on hee....the house is a two story plantation style with lava rock base level.
hope to see everyone there.
