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Same here. I bought a few small pieces of rhizome from the local green grocer. (wasn't cheap!) I broke it up and planted it all in spring, and all but one of the 8 sprouted. It's going well now, probably ready to dig some up. Anyone got any favourite recipes? Preferably quick and easy

Thanks @Alchemica. Might be hope for me yet

Sorry to dumb this thread down, but does this change in 5-HT2A receptors stay around after SSRI medication has ceased?

Sorted for 1 and 3, Still after some caapi though

Hi, I'm looking for a couple of plants for propagation. In order of priority; 1. A small/cheap piece of TBM to grow forth. 2. A section of freshly cut caapi vine to grow from. 3. Psychotria "Nexus" or similar fast growing variety. Fresh leaf to grow from. If someone has all 3 that would be ideal to save me on postage. I'd also look at rooted plants but trying to do this on the cheap, so by all means let me know what you've got, but my finances are fairly limited. Can PayPal if that suits. Cheers!

I've had this app for a while. It's great for helping to remember the names of plants I've forgotten, but it struggles a bit with Australian natives and lesser known plants. It's still worth the space on my phone though

Awesome! Thanks for your response

Hi, I was given 3 cactus cuts by a friend. I'm 90% sure that the right hand one is pachanoi, but not sure what the others might be. Any help is greatly appreciated. They broke off his plants some time ago and had been sitting in an empty pot in the shade. After I got them yesterday I put them into dry perlite. Is there anything different you would do to root them? Thanks in advance!

Thank you. I've picked some scale off it, hopefully I can get it rooted and into some soil soon.

Stumbled across this.. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-23/canadian-lynched-in-amazon-accused-of-shamans-murder/9688118

A couple of decades ago I was a semi-professional sportsperson. Since then my fitness has fluctuated between couch potato and fitter than I was back then. I find the biggest mental impediment to frequent exercise is the pain that comes a few days after you try to jump straight back into what you used to do. Nothing motivates you to stay on the couch like sore stiff muscles. Easing into it is the key. My sports were fairly hard on the body so I found glucosamine to be fairly helpful with the inevitable joint pains that come when you try to re-mobilize the creaky joints on a 40-something year old bag-o-bones. Creatine - I took that for a while but it gave me an uncomfortable sort of bloated feeling, not much else. My most recent fitness attempt was a 10 minute workout where you perform workout A on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and workout B Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. In the past 5 weeks I've done 2 workout A's and one workout B. Small steps

I'd usually transplant earlier than that. Say at 4-5 true phyllodes. However, transplanting a small plant from a large pot makes the job a bit awkward. You risk the root ball falling apart and damaging the roots. If it was me I'd start them in a smaller pot (Like the little orange pot sitting in the big pot) and when you see a root pop out of the drainage holes, whack it in the ground. As it is now, the plant looks pretty healthy so you could leave it in the big pot until the roots are developed enough to hold all that soil together, then plant it in the ground. Hope that makes sense

A useful book I've owned for years is "Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney" by Les Robinson. It has identification keys which are really useful when you don't know where to start. According to the book, a lot of the usual suspects are found in the Sydney area. Among them: decurrens, falcata, floribunda, longifolia, maidenii, and obtusifolia. Depending on where you are there's probably a bush regeneration nursery/Greening Australia/State Forest nursery that would have tubestock of many of those species, for a good price.

If you web search "simple plant deficiency guide" it'll show you a handy chart to identify classic symptoms of deficiencies. Often there are multiple issues or trace elements lacking. Depending on your location, Australian soils are often deficient in most things plants need. Potting mixes also, especially the cheaper ones. You can buy iron chelates to correct an iron deficiency, or a complete trace element blend, to correct multiple problems. That said, also check your soil pH levels, as nutrient availability varies drastically with soil acidity changes. Optimal for most plants is 6.5 - 7. Hope that helps

I might be wrong but that looks like a Photinia rubra

Thanks for your help!

Hi, I found this little fella in the garden section of my local big green warehouse. The label offers no more insight than "Cactus" so I tried a phone app I have which identifies plants from your photos (pic attached) The app is OK, not great. Anyway the app's 3rd suggestion is L. Williamsi. I'm pretty new to this and I don't *think* it's a Loph.... But, is it?

Thanks Mr B

Great information @Alchemica What would be the best method of preparation with respect to the cyanogenic glycosides? Not that keen on cyanide poisoning

I know what you're talking about. I gave up alcohol completely, almost 18 months ago, and I consider it the beginning of my spiritual and conscious awakening. I went from being a daily drinker, and an avid home brewer, growing hops, culturing yeast strains, and temperature controlled fermentations - to tipping it down the sink. A change in diet for me was almost unavoidable. I didn't really care what I shoved down my food-hole when I was under the influence. I didn't really care about much at all. Maybe that's one of the reasons alcohol use is so prevalent in our society. And culturally, not drinking is even more unacceptable and suspicious to the average bloke than not being interested in football (which I am also guilty of). These cultural obsessions, or lack of participation in them, tend to put one on the fringe of society anyway. And that's a good thing, for me anyway. So I try to eat what i know is good for me, and try to get my family doing the same.

Another great post. Common garden plant amazing potential. After your last mention of Gardenia jasminoides I picked one up from that big green warehouse as tubestock for ~$3 Just did a quick search on which part of the plant is used for GYP extraction, and it seems to be the fruit. Interesting... Because I don't think I've ever seen (or should I say, noticed) any fruit on a gardenia. Or is it just me?

@karode13 Received in the mail today. Thanks!

Very generous of you. May I have a pack? I'll PM my details.

Hi @Martyh64, I first started along this path, already being a bit of a gardener, and reading about Terence McKenna. That lead from mushrooms to Ayahuasca and on and on. So those would be on my "one day" list. One day being when I'm off the meds. Pretty keen on salvia one day too. One thing about my anxiety is that it makes me overly cautious, until one day I have a blinding flash of confidence and decide to challenge myself and do something outrageous, so I thought I'd forearm myself with some knowledge first in case that day comes soon and I can make a smart decision. I like the idea of growing my own plants, so some of what I have growing might give you an idea of my interest: T. Pachanoi seedlings Wild dagga Mugwort Calea zacatechichi Hops Passiflora Mild to wild I know, but some relate to my other interests (or former interests, like brewing) and others I started to help with sleep. Anyway I am open to any ideas I am just fascinated by plants and enjoy growing them for their own sake. Thanks for your reply Martyh64

Hi, I'm relatively new to this but I've read enough to know that it's a bad idea to mix plants containing MAOIs with the SSRIs that I'm currently on. Sertraline (Zoloft) 100mg daily for anxiety, depression and PTSD. I've been taking it for almost 18 months. In the long term I want to get off Zoloft. I recently tried (doctors idea) to reduce my dosage but that didn't end well. I have trouble sleeping, getting to sleep. I don't feel like myself at all. I can feel the medication not allowing me to feel as down or depressed, but more so I can feel it dulling any happiness I experience. My question relates to plant helpers. Which medicines can be safely taken with SSRI medication, that would aid in treating depression and anxiety? I am open to pretty much anything, but prefer something that I could grow at home here on the Mid North Coast NSW? Thanks in advance for your help.