DreaMTripper, There is a technique I stumbled across by accident with my
A. acuminata broad and narrow variants.
Once they get to 6+ inches high, let them dry out in the sun to the point of death. They will drop leaves, some will go brown, and the top of the plant dries out and goes brown and hard.
Then take extreme good care of them giving them plenty of water and be
patient.... I'm talking a few weeks of NOTHING happening with the plant growing or showing signs of life, bot not deteriorating completely.. they will start shooting out branches wherever there is still life left on the plant.
It's a risky technique, and likely to result in a few acacia deaths(I lost 9 narrow and 3 or 4 broad acuminatas)
The one on the left is an acuminata(narrow) as it normally grows.
the one on the right is an acuminata from the same stock that I came back to life (with branches shooting out at the base). Even the tip of the plant became green again!
Below is an acuminata (broad) that I let dry out too much, and it is now coming back to life (shooting new branches at the base)
They indeed are a hardy plant
Below is a comparison of how acuminata (narrow and broad) grow normally. They are 1yr old now.
kerelsk said:
@--Shadow
Just looked up 'the secret life of alkaloids' ...
How did you come to find it? (it appears to be referenced on the Nexus Wiki)
kerelsk, I came across it whilst researching
Why excess rain drops alkaloid content, and what increases it