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    salvia docco tonight sbs2

    I think I would have had much better success if I lived closer to, or up in the ranges of the caldera of Wollumbin, living right on the coast seems to alternate too much in humidity for sally. I always wondered what would happen if I were to plant a stand of sally up in the temperate cloud forests of the Springbrook plateau (around 1000m elevation). Obviously not the greatest idea as far as introducing a non native species to a national park but as a thought experiment it'd be interesting to see if she'd thrive in those conditions. Probably the closest she'd get in the SE QLD/NNSW area to the sierra mazateca. The closest I got to success with sally was when I got a plant that already was established somewhat. Didn't have any luck whatsoever if I had to establish it myself.
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    salvia docco tonight sbs2

    Hey Sal, That's me! I tried numerous times to grow sally and she inevitably keeled over and died on me. I tried at least 3-4 times, haha. Always was in spring going into summer and I couldn't maintain her with the jump between super hot days to mild weather in my neck of the woods (coastal Northern NSW). I'm admittedly a total novice greenthumb (more like brown thumb). T'was a bummer as I almost always had great experiences with the plain leaf and home made tincture, the plain leaf that SAB was selling when it was legal during a legal loophole in 2013 was potent stuff!
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    salvia docco tonight sbs2

    Hey od101010, The ads at the start ran fine but not the program itself which I found odd. I'll check if it might be ad blocker related anyway, thanks mate!
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    salvia docco tonight sbs2

    I watched this one a few months back when someone uploaded to youtube and thoroughly enjoyed it. Hamilton did justice to this wonderful herb and showed it in the best possible light, I definitely agree that buccal/sublingual is the most therapeutic route with Salvia. On another note, I can't get the videos to play in sbs on demand past the ads in either safari or chrome, it goes to play and then jumps back to the initial screen
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    The Stratocaster,a personal history.

    Hey Sal, I should have a spare saddle that's floating around in my pile of parts that you can have. PM me your address and I'll send it in a standard old envelope for you.
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    The Stratocaster,a personal history.

    I've gotten a few different chinese made fender knock off parts off ebay. I made a strat out of mighty mite parts, from memory the neck was a bit over $100 and the body was in the $200 range. Factor in hardware and pickups and the price gets higher but the basic neck and body I'd put on par with Squier quality. I've also taken a gamble on total no name stuff, one neck I had to send back because it was warped (probably made from wood that wasn't dried properly), another I had to basically learn how to do a fret level, fret dress and sand back the neck profile to make it play good. Those were sub $100 price range from memory and are more of a gamble and probably won't play nice until some work has been put in. Can't go wrong with Mighty Mite and All Parts for partsacaster/chinacaster guitars but will be more spendy. Go all out on Warmoth and you'll have a guitar that will rival an US fender but probably end up costing over a grand. Hope this helps at least P.S. Edit: I see 2nd hand SX brand strat copies in Cash Converters all the time and they always seem to be of decent quality and a lot of the time are anywhere from $75 to $150. Could make a cool project by taking it apart and upgrading and modifying.
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    The Stratocaster,a personal history.

    It's a squier super-sonic (made in Japan at the Fender factory back in the 90's). It has two humbuckers so kind of hard to compare to a strats singe coils tone wise. The shorter scale doesn't seem to affect tone, I put heavier gauge strings on which helps too. Keen to hear how your cigar boxes turn out
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    The Stratocaster,a personal history.

    I'm a guitar teacher by trade, your 10 year old might be fine with a full scale length, I've taught 10 year olds with full scale guitars before. Some chords can be a bit of a stretch but if you're in open tuning then I don't see a problem. Maybe go shorter for your 8 year old I reckon. I have a shorter scale fender guitar in my collection that is 24", that might be a good compromise without losing too much tone. Maybe even 22"? That's just my humble opinion, I hope that helps Sallubrious
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    Fear And Loathing, favourite quotes

    "Ah, devil ether. It makes you behave like the village drunkard in some early Irish novel. Total loss of all basic motor function. Blurred vision, no balance, numb tongue. The mind recoils in horror, unable to communicate with the spinal column."
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    The Stratocaster,a personal history.

    Here you go Horus. The neck is off a 50's road worn strat and the body is off a highway one strat so she's a mongrel. Super thin nitro finish, it basically flakes away if you look at it the wrong way. The neck has really nice V profile and I chucked a seymour duncan JB jnr into the bridge position for more grunt. You can't see the crack in the photo, it runs from the top of the trem cavity all the way to the neck pocket and on both front and back of the body. Nothing wood glue and some overnight clamping couldn't fix, I'm actually fairly careful with her these days as no other strat I have sounds as good. Real nice resonance when played acoustically which translates wonderfully when plugged in, especially running straight into my 64' BF Bassman. That's awesome that your daughter met Kawabata, such a guru of cosmic sound!
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    The Stratocaster,a personal history.

    Yes, another Acid Mothers Temple fan! The hour long version of "Pink Lady Lemonade" off of "Do Whatever You Want..." is one of my all time favourite tracks, Kawabata is an animal. I have a couple of well abused strats, my main one has a repaired crack that runs all the way through the body but none of my others sound as good as the busted up black strat that I call my main guitar.
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    Proposed change to DMT legislation in Australia

    Interesting! Will be very interested in the outcome of this. At least a small step in the right direction.
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    Any best way to prune back my caapi?

    Hi all, I am looking to prune back my caapi before winter hits and an online search hasn't given me any definitive answers. Is there any best way to prune my girl back, she's gone off over summer in the ground and has invaded all the surrounding plants in my garden pretty good through lack of diligence on my part Thanks for reading guys!
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    Any best way to prune back my caapi?

    Haha, good one d00d! I'll just prune away at the upper extremities that are going ape shit in the canopy above. Anything with woody vine/not green sections is fair game to make cuttings out of yeah?
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    My mother in law pruned my caapi :(

    Haha, thanks for all the interest guys! She is springing back as we speak, lots of new shoots all over the place, madre aya is a tough one, that's for sure! And definitely better than Miley Cyrus wearing a bikini... If only just
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    My mother in law pruned my caapi :(

    So, my mother in law is visiting from New Zealand and has been staying with us. She is an avid gardener and has been doing a bit of stuff in the gardens around the house while she is here. One day I noticed my main caapi which I put in the ground around 6 months ago and was growing super well and had taken over a few pickets on our fence and was starting to grab onto some overhead tree branches, had been drastically cut back to maybe a foot or two above ground level Do caapi take well to pruning, will she grow back bushier and stronger than before?
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    My mother in law pruned my caapi :(

    Thanks for the advice guys and for the detailed response endorfinder. And touch'e Toast, ha ha, I should've checked, maybe she's an undercover psychonaut
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    My mother in law pruned my caapi :(

    I think she threw out the cuttings I tried looking for them to no avail.
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    Psilocybin Mushrooms of SE QLD, Australia

    I haven't done any picking in a long, long time but I do have a funny little story... I was out in the Tallebudgera Valley a few days back as I had a bit of time to kill before I started work in that area and it had been ages since I'd been out there and wanted to soak up the beauty of the mountains and fresh water creeks and clear my head. I went down a little side dirt road to explore what is meant to be some rockpools and waterfalls and came across a parked van and a bunch of dudes looking to be doing a bit of mushie picking as we had recently had some solid rains. I didn't want to disturb them or make them paranoid so I turned around and left them alone to pick in peace. Next thing I know I'm avoiding a pothole and get an instant flat tyre, my side wall got a solid puncture and the tyre exploded and it went completely flat in a manner of seconds. Pull over and start to change the tyre and the van cruises by and the boys inside offer their help but I say I'm fine but thanks anyway. Next thing I see them appear across the road from me scouring some pastures which kept me entertained whilst I changed my tyre in the stinking valley humidity. Nice setting at least, better than the side of highway! Anyway, tyre changed and on my way, I reckon the boys would've done pretty well with the rains we've had. If whoever was out there happens to be reading this and is a corroboree member, thanks for the offer of help and I hope you got a good bounty of natures goodness!
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    Acacia ID

    Great, thanks again toby. It certainly helps that the council pdf for the conservation park I originally found these in only listed 5 acacia species existing in the park and A.longissima is the only narrow phyllode variety out of the 5 species listed so it was easy to narrow it down. After being made aware of this species I have noticed more on separate bushwalks in my local area, they aren't super common but are easy to recognise once aware. Most tend to be fairly young though I found a few mature specimens (3-4 metres tall) out of the many younger ones. Also good that it apparently has a good alkaloid profile in the phyllodes from the few reports I found online, anything to stop ringbarking and eventual death of the more popular acacias that seems to be happening lately.
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    Acacia ID

    Hi there my fellow corroboree members, I've been on a few bush walks of late and been trying to sharpen my acacia ID'ing skills. There is one particular acacia that has caught my eye in a few different spots close to my home. The first time I spotted it was in a conservation park and after I got home I found a council pdf that had the acacia species listed in that park which helped me narrow it down to what I think is acacia longissima. Here are some pics of the plant on location and a few small branch tips with phyllodes and flowers starting to bloom: Unfortunately no seed pods to help ID but the thin, straight phyllodes with prominent central vein and creamy florescence match what I have read online about this particular species. I'm going to keep my eye on them for seed pods and would like to get some seeds at some point to try and cultivate this one along with my baby confusa as from what I have read it isn't a super common acacia and it has a few reports of tryptamine active phyllodes too. Anyways, I would love to hear some opinions
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    Acacia ID

    Cheers toby. I couldn't see any seed pods when I looked closely, maybe I should have checked the ground underneath the tree? Anyways, I had a quick check on worldwidewattle again and it says it only fruits in November. The first time I came across the acacias I suspect of being longissima was just before xmas, should there have still been at least some old seed pods hanging off the branches and if so, does that mean I am looking at a different kind of acacia than I previously thought?
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    Acacia ID

    Yes, just one main vein down the centre then some other much smaller ones running parallel. I'm really waiting for seed pods to be completely sure for ID purposes. The ones I found in the conservation park I feel good about based purely on the information I found online in the council pdf about all the species documented in the park. That and the phyllodes and the flowering times match up too with what I found on worldwidewattle.com.
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    Suspected acacia longissima

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