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In Mj Botany it says gibberellic acid encourages stamens and indoleacetic acid, ethrel and kinetin promotes pistils. Later
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I got one growing in the ground in my shade house which survived the winter cold and frosts. I think our winter temps over here are probably at salvias lower limits though.
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could they just be a natural variation in the persian white variety as I think theres some persians on the poppies website with pink in their colouring might be able to add something else in a few weeks later [This message has been edited by garret (edited 21 October 2001).]
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They have info on illegal or controlled imports at the health site. www.health.gov.au/ Doing a search of the site usually brings up something not to be happy about. Later.
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Found a botanical name for it Fritillaria cirrhosa. I'll have a look in some of my catalogues for it. Later
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Spose it could be interpreted to mean any plant with tobacco in it's common name. wonder how far they would go to police it?
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i would plant it with the casing on. Don't know if it would survive if this was removed as rot might take hold.
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I read a while back that at a certain moisture level they pack tobacco into airtight containers,( could be called hogsheads or something similar ) and leave it to age for up to a year, and it loses part of it's nicotine content and develops the required flavour. I think it was in an old encyclapedia. I used to just chop off the leaves and hang them from the roof of my shade house until they went a medium brown colour. I put some chopped up stuff in a small container for a few weeks and I think it did improve it's aroma although it's probably difficult to get it to burn like commercial tobacco. I made a cigar, if you could call it that, but all it did was taste like shit and make me spew.
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Hi all, Western Australia seems to be one of the strictest in regards to Kava although I don't think you can bring it into the Northern Territory at all. From what I have been told a West Aussie can buy it in Australia but if they want to import for personal use from overseas then you will need to get permission from the WA Health Department and after that you can apply for a licence from a special Kava Treaties department (or something like that) for a licence to import. They also told me that because I am not an ethnic Kava user I will not likely get permission from the WA Health Department. Is this descrimination I wonder? The rules for Kava are very strict compared to alcohol yet which will be more harmful to the community. Hope you manage to get some reville Later
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the easiest way to collect the resin is from the large globules that form around the base of the plant, although there does appear be a bit coating the leaf bases that make up the trunk. The largest quantity would be from the globules though and it won't harm the plant. I think they can be germinated by burning some debris over where they are scattered/planted.
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Some years back I used to smoke leaves from the banana plant in the back yard, I suppose because it was pleasant and relaxing to smoke, and I was in a smoke anything phase. I was just looking at a site and this is what it said "Banana - Musa sp. - leaf. Contains seratonin, the neurohormone which is released by LSD. Slightly euphoriant, calmative, stimulant." at www.webcom.com/haight/columns/health/health3.html Don't know if the relaxation was to do with anything in the leaves or just that I sometimes enjoy a smoke. Later
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Hi reville, I've found a way to get the book I mentioned. Also there seems to be some good books at www.coyotepress.com in the used books.
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I was just looking at a seed site and saw Ipomoea costata listed. Don't know if there legit or not but here is their site. http://www.omninet.net.au/~mark/index.html Also this is the page its on http://www.omninet.net.au/~mark/biglist/seed10.htm Later garret [This message has been edited by garret (edited 28 May 2000).]
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Could the Pancratium species you mentioned be Pancratium trianthum as I have seen it mentioned somewhere on the web that it was used to produce hallucinations. I have one species of Pancratium, but it is most likely P. maritimum. Also has anyone read this publication or seen it, 'Zulu Medicinal Plants, An Inventory' by authors Anne Hutchings, Alan Haxton Scott, Gillian Lewis, Anthony Cunningham ?
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Had a look at a site on Salvia d. botany www.sabia.com/salvia/ It says that it is a diploid and has 11 chromosome pairs (n=11) I think I may be getting a flower on my plant, hope so. Later.
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Does anyone know the number of chromosomes that Salvia d. has? Has it got the same number as any other Salvia species and has anyone produced a hybrid with any other Salvia species? Just a wondering. Also saw 7 or so seeds for sale for US 50 dollars on a website recently.
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Also a site with info on cultivation and other stuff is www.poppies.org
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Paeony flowered poppies are pretty common in gardens and they look identical to opium poppies. These are legal to grow, Over in the west anyway, but are just a double flowered opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum paeoniferum? ). I don't know of any similar looking species that is commonly grown. These are usually sold as Paeony Poppies. [This message has been edited by garret (edited 30 April 2000).]
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I read an article about this on the net and was wondering if anyone has any experiences with it or other species of Sceletium. Also is it available in Oz as I have seen something similar that is common in gardens.