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bardo

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  1. My peregrina plants survived a minus 2 winter night, there kicking along strong, tho no prolonged extremes of cold, they defo up there with the most hardy trees I got. 

    They have some flowers and tiny pods on them atm and I am hoping to grow some more from them,  if they develop well and I get plenty ill send some to you dropthehammer and infinity : )

    Hopefully ill remember but if ya hear nothing from me in maybe a few weeks or a month then send me a pm and ill let ya know how things are going. 

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  2. Its not about advertising its about research into actions and possible applications etc.

    All those things you listed are so much more than what you have stated, so very much more, one very basic eg is opiates and its ability and application to provide pain relief. 

     

    I doubt prohibition has very much to do with a substances appeal, look at alcohol and tobacco, both are legal but also widely used.  

    Are you saying those things you listed are boring without prohibition ? surely not 

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  3. The thing is that you are not your name, your name is fictitious made up entity for legal purpose , I think the controllers don't won't people to be entertaining thoughts or thinking the way your thinking, if you go to court and they call your name I wonder if you can just ignore it or just approach with the  birth certificate and say there you go lol, I am not that name that is something my parents made up without my permission, I am not that name or paper and don't belong to the crown, I am of the earth, I am an earth dweller and claim right to my own spiritual and physical experience 

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  4. It has flowered once before, has a beautiful purple/reddish colour, will post a pic when it blooms :  )

    Would like to cross it with a trich one day when the flower timing works out, last season had a couple of trichos flower but ruby skipped that year :ana: no signs of flowers so far on any of the trichos 

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  5. 17 hours ago, TheMooseZeus said:

    The wikipedia page on hopwoodii claims it would stun animals when laced in a watering hole... Seems interesting but im sceptical about the potency 

    I don't know but i wouldn't be surprised if it works for at least a short time, especially if you make a bit of a rock pool or in still water, they are strong alkaloids and as far as i know it has goodly amounts in it, D. Myoporoides x D. Leichhardtii has up to 7%

     I think a good sized bunch crushed a bit and added to the water as fish poison or to stun animals seems fairly plausible


  6. 17 hours ago, TheMooseZeus said:

    Does anyone have any book suggestions for ID'ing native plans as edibles or medicinal? :lol:

    The main book i go to is Wild food plants of australia by Tim Low, some others i have Bush tucker field guide by Les Hiddins, 

    The weed forager's handbook by Adam Grubb & Annie Raser-Rowland,  Plants of central queensland by Eric Anderson,  Australian medicinal plants by E.V Lassak & T. McCarthy and of course the internet is very handy : )

     

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  7. Native plantain

     

    edible leaves, the seeds when wet turn into a jelly/mucilage and used as a traditional herbal cure for constipation.

    Apparently when eating the dry seeds they swell in the stomach and add bulk to faeces.

    Colonists in NSW made "sago" puddings by adding boiling water and sugar to the seeds

     

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  8. Man that is a cool looking plant, would be great for the garden just to look at : )

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    Found this info - The plant has been cultivated as a cover crop and soil improver, This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria; these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

     

    Good luck finding it, it is a real stunner. If you find seeds available somewhere let us know :  )

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  9. I believe this is Cunjevoi - Alocasia macrorrhizos

    Wild food plants by Tim Low states The cunjevoi is one of the most dangerously poisonous of australian plants, and children have died from nibbling the leaves and stems.

    The rhizomes, though poisonous, are very starchy, and aborigines soaked and baked them to remove the toxin. 

     

    Settler Tom Petrie noted that rhizomes were soaked lengthily, pounded, made into cakes and roasted. 

     

    According to another report bulbs were scraped, baked, pounded and baked again, the process being repeated 8 or 10 times.

     

    Aborigines no longer harvest this dangerous plant.

     

    Sounds like a pain in the ass for a bit of tucker.

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