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xmas

what am I doing for xmas? absolutely nothing. It's the busiest time of the year for us and we don't believe in all that commercialism anyway. We'll take it easy for a few days and then go wild for New Years

Torsten

Torsten

 

TRADE LIST

This list is always fairly up to date Updated: 23/11/2013 Wanted Cactus Pilosocereus pachycladus (cuts) Astrophytum sp. Harrisia fragrans Echinopsis backebergii (lobivia_backebergii) Cactus suitable for building of things (furniture etc) Cerus Sp. with good fruit Freaks!!! (anything cool) Wanted Plants Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum Laurelia novae-zelandiae (Pukatea) Glaucium flavum (seeds) Althaea officinalis Star Jasmine Mucuna pruriens Wanted Fungi anything Bioluminescent What i have for trade ask me Free stuff peres cuts for newbies in WA

Foo

Foo

 

Seedlings

3 October 2010 Blogging desmodium cultivation: Seeds were germinated using light scarification with a razor then submerging in boiled water (not boiling) for 24 hours. Seeds increased size by ~50% and turned slightly reddish from original tan colour. Then placed in medium with sprouts emerging after several days.

Rabelais

Rabelais

 

Nursery

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ref1ect1ons

ref1ect1ons

 

mushroom cultures

No cultures available atm, sorry. . species / variety strain / source origin 1.Agrocybe aegerita / the strain / long time cultivated in Aust./ 2.Amauraderma rude / SAB member - wild collected Aust. 3.Calocybe indica / Shroomery member- India 4.Calvatia sp. / SAB member cloned from wild- 2010 5.Cordyceps hawksii / Otways / wild collected- Otways, Vic.- June 2010 6.Cordyceps militaris / USA 7.Ganoderma lucidum / USA 8.Ganoderma sp. (G.resinaceum) / SAB member wild collected from Maroochydore Qld. 2010 9.Grifola frondosa / Stamets / USA 10.Grifola frondosa / Thailand / Thailand(??!) 11.Grifola frondosa / 12.Hericium americanum / USA 13.Hericium erinaceus / USA 14.Hypholoma capnoides / 15.Hypholoma sublateritium / 16.Hypsizygus tesselatus / USA 17.Hypsizygus ulmarius / the strain / long cult in Aust. 18.Lentinula edodes / ww44 - warm weather strain / 'Field and Forest' WI, USA 19.Lentinula edodes / Safeway supermarket 20.Lentinus giganteus / Shroomery member USA? 21.Lentinus tigrinus / USA 22.Lepista nuda / Macedon, Victoria.- Aug 2010 23.Macrolepiota clelandii / Shroomery member 24.Macrolepiota procera / Shroomery member 25.Omphalotus nidiformis / Corroboree SAB forum member 26.Panellus stypticus / Shroomery member USA 27.Phellinus linteus / USA (?) 28.Pholiota nameko / 29.Pleurotus columbinus / Shroomery member 30.Pleurotus cystidiosus / Shroomery member 31.Pleurotus eryngii / var. nebrodensis / USA? 32.Pleurotus eryngii / strain / long time cultivated in Aust. 33.Pleurotus ferulae / USA?- native to Europe and Eurasia 34.Pleurotus nebrodensis / Prahran (market) / Cloned by me 1997-from fresh import from Japan 35.Pleurotus nebrodensis / from Shroomery member - USA 36.Pleurotus nebrodensis / A recent introduction Shroomery member USA 37.Pleurotus pulmonarius / Stamets / 38.Pleurotus pulmonarius / var. Sajor-caju / 39.Pleurotus pulmonarius / 40.Pleurotus tuber-regium / 41.Stropharia rugoso-annulata / 'Starseed' / wild from NNSW 2010 42.Trametes versicolor / collected from wild - Aust. 2010

gecko

gecko

 

Edible Trade List

I'm in Australia and on the lookout for; A flowhood or the HEPA filter and fan to construct one.(really, really want a flowhood!) A large Pressure Cooker (prefer all american model) Any gourmet mushrooms, spores/cultures. Stuff i have lots of; Earplugs for injection ports Tyvek overalls PP Test Tubes with caps Sterile disposable petries Large T3 Spawn bags Beef Jerky in 4 great flavours Species i already have; Hypholoma Sublateritium (cinnamon cap, Bricktop) Hericium Erinaceus (lions mane) Hericium Americanum King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii) White Oyster (P. ostreatus) Blue oyster (P. Columbinus) Abalone Oyster (P. cystidiosus) Pink Oyster (P. djamor) Bailin Oyster (P.Nebrodensis) Yellow Oyster (P.citrinopileatus) Shitake -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wanted; King Straph/GardenGiant/Winecap Wanted; GGMM and other Stamets books on edibles Wanted; Warm Weather Shitake

punkin

punkin

 

The beginning.

If i think about it i really dont know the interest in ethnobotanicals started. Probably riding in a car with a african and a friend of mine is a reference. When we pulled over they started eating a tree called juma. It was catha edulis. Meanwhile back in 99 when i had a primitive computer i recall gomaos garden, even emailed him enquiring re hbwr. My parents also scared me a bit when the story of fred was retold. Back in the 70's fred who was a good friend of my parents ingested 4 datura flowers. He tried to scramble out of the little toilet window 8 storeys up. Eventually after climbing the walls he slept at the base of my parents bed as he was big time scared. To this day fred is still partially blind in one eye. Over the years i here and there got on the net and the corroborree forums came up sometimes. It wasnt until i eventually tried DXM via drinking to much when i had the flu that obviously researching my strange effects that a cool thread regarding that exact subject came up. Lemon drops. So it wasnt a sudden thing, over the years i suppose i eventually said. "member please". For me it's about choice. I have the choice to escape my plain existance for if not a few minutes, im educated by comments, sometimes amused, always informative perhaps seldom bored by. This is my first blog. Now its all about the plants. When seeds sprout im a much happier person.

santiago

santiago

 

Have and want list

I'm in the US. I HAVE: (please note that this is the list of all the plants that I own. They are cuttings/pups in early rooting stage at this time except pc pach & monstrose/crestate which are already rooted.) Trichocereus (T) Lumberjack TBM A and B T Pachanoi (PC) T Pachanoi Crestate A and B T Pachanoi "Kimnack" T Peruvianus "Serra Blue" T Peruvianus "Southwestern" T SS01 T SS02 T SS03 T Juul's Giant T Bridgesii (standard) T Torres and Torres T Juuls/Peruvianus hybrid x SS02 T Peruvianus Seed T Peruvianus (Los Gentiles) seed MONEY!! I WANT: EILEEN!! Psycho0 Bruce Any other named/interesting clone PM me with any offers. Help make my garden more interesting. Thanks for looking.

eccentro

eccentro

 

Can the Peace Drug Help Clean Up the War Mess?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mdma-drug-ptsd-trauma-psychedelic 'Michael Bledsoe's story begins like that of many other Iraqi war veterans. In 2007, he was chasing insurgents through Anbar province when a roadside bomb exploded, breaking Bledsoe's back and both his feet. A former Army Ranger working as a security contractor, Bledsoe soon knew his high-paying military career was over. Back home, Bledsoe (not his real name) felt angry almost constantly. Nightmares haunted him. He withdrew and became isolated. "It was a serious sense of loss," he says. His psychiatrist quickly diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite months of talk therapy, the nightmares continued, and Bledsoe grew desperate. Then "something almost miraculous" happened, he says. An online search brought him to a unique study of the banned drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), well known as the street drug ecstasy. The 21-patient study, sponsored by the nonprofit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), launched in 2004 as the first U.S. clinical trial of a psychedelic drug in 35 years. After several bond-building sessions with psychiatrist and study leader Michael Mithoefer and a co-therapist, Bledsoe swallowed a white tablet, donned eyeshades and reclined in Mithoefer's comfortable Charleston, S.C., office. Over the next eight hours, Bledsoe revisited the explosion and recounted the trauma to Mithoefer. After two more MDMA-assisted psychotherapy sessions, Bledsoe says his PTSD symptoms were "completely eliminated." ' [...]

Ed Dunkel

Ed Dunkel

 

DMT is in your head, but it may be too weird for the psychedelic renaissance

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=dmt-is-in-your-head-but-it-may-too-2010-04-16 'You know that psychedelics are making a comeback when the New York Times says so on page 1. In “Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In,” John Tierney reports on how doctors at schools like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, UCLA and NYU are testing the potential of psilocybin and other hallucinogens for treating depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism—and for inducing spiritual experiences. Tierney’s brisk overview neglects to mention the most mind-bending of all psychedelics: dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. It was first synthesized by a British chemist in the 1930s, and its psychotropic properties were discovered some 20 years later by the Hungarian-born chemist Stephen Szara, who later became a researcher for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Why is DMT so fascinating? For starters, DMT is the only psychedelic known to occur naturally in the human body. In 1972, the Nobel laureate Julius Axelrod of the National Institutes of Health discovered DMT in human brain tissue, leading to speculation that the compound plays a role in psychosis. Research into that possibility—and into psychedelics in general--was abandoned because of the growing backlash against these compounds. In 1990, however, Rick Strassman, a psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico, obtained permission from federal authorities to inject DMT into human volunteers. Strassman, a Buddhist, suspected that endogenous DMT might contribute to mystical experiences. From 1990 to 1995, he supervised more than 400 DMT sessions involving 60 subjects at the University of New Mexico. Many subjects reported that they dissolved blissfully into a radiant light or sensed the presence of a powerful, god-like being.' [...]

Ed Dunkel

Ed Dunkel

 

DMT is in your head, but it may be too weird for the psychedelic renaissance

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=dmt-is-in-your-head-but-it-may-too-2010-04-16 'You know that psychedelics are making a comeback when the New York Times says so on page 1. In “Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In,” John Tierney reports on how doctors at schools like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, UCLA and NYU are testing the potential of psilocybin and other hallucinogens for treating depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism—and for inducing spiritual experiences. Tierney’s brisk overview neglects to mention the most mind-bending of all psychedelics: dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. It was first synthesized by a British chemist in the 1930s, and its psychotropic properties were discovered some 20 years later by the Hungarian-born chemist Stephen Szara, who later became a researcher for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Why is DMT so fascinating? For starters, DMT is the only psychedelic known to occur naturally in the human body. In 1972, the Nobel laureate Julius Axelrod of the National Institutes of Health discovered DMT in human brain tissue, leading to speculation that the compound plays a role in psychosis. Research into that possibility—and into psychedelics in general--was abandoned because of the growing backlash against these compounds. In 1990, however, Rick Strassman, a psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico, obtained permission from federal authorities to inject DMT into human volunteers. Strassman, a Buddhist, suspected that endogenous DMT might contribute to mystical experiences. From 1990 to 1995, he supervised more than 400 DMT sessions involving 60 subjects at the University of New Mexico. Many subjects reported that they dissolved blissfully into a radiant light or sensed the presence of a powerful, god-like being.' [...]

Ed Dunkel

Ed Dunkel

 

DMT is in your head, but it may be too weird for the psychedelic renaissance

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=dmt-is-in-your-head-but-it-may-too-2010-04-16 'You know that psychedelics are making a comeback when the New York Times says so on page 1. In “Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In,” John Tierney reports on how doctors at schools like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, UCLA and NYU are testing the potential of psilocybin and other hallucinogens for treating depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism—and for inducing spiritual experiences. Tierney’s brisk overview neglects to mention the most mind-bending of all psychedelics: dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. It was first synthesized by a British chemist in the 1930s, and its psychotropic properties were discovered some 20 years later by the Hungarian-born chemist Stephen Szara, who later became a researcher for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Why is DMT so fascinating? For starters, DMT is the only psychedelic known to occur naturally in the human body. In 1972, the Nobel laureate Julius Axelrod of the National Institutes of Health discovered DMT in human brain tissue, leading to speculation that the compound plays a role in psychosis. Research into that possibility—and into psychedelics in general--was abandoned because of the growing backlash against these compounds. In 1990, however, Rick Strassman, a psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico, obtained permission from federal authorities to inject DMT into human volunteers. Strassman, a Buddhist, suspected that endogenous DMT might contribute to mystical experiences. From 1990 to 1995, he supervised more than 400 DMT sessions involving 60 subjects at the University of New Mexico. Many subjects reported that they dissolved blissfully into a radiant light or sensed the presence of a powerful, god-like being.' [...]

Ed Dunkel

Ed Dunkel

 

Hard Coat Seed Germination (hot and arid plants)

When I look at a seed one of things that goes through my mind is how can I help this along? It's a question that I've been trying to answer for decades. i know that all seeds really want to germinate otherwise the mother plant would have committed her resources into something else than to go through all the trouble of generating a seed... right? The problem is that they can't tell us directly, we've got to be good listeners and thinkers most people have problems not because of bad seed Most don't get success due to bad technique and information. Sadly many that try to work with entheogenic plants or exotic seeds learning from trial and error is both time consuming and very expensive. So as someone that's lost hundreds of dollars in seeds over the years I've come up with a personal germination method that seems to give good results. So here's some of my thoughts and process I go through after reviewing any available instructions on the net. With any new plant seed I try to evaluate the environment it's evolved into as best I can many times a picture of wild plants will tell me a great deal about what I need to replicate in order to successfully germinate seed. Things like weather, climate, soil and even perhaps animal interaction all provide clues for successful germination and cultivation. with Ephedra, Acacia or other hard shelled dry environment plant species. I prefer to do a few things with these hardened seed types to speed up germination as they're clearly water repulsive coated we need to get that core moistened up a bit. Take the seed and lightly brush along the length of the seed casing with a emery board (finger nail file) or fine sand paper. you need not go very deep... just enough to roughen the surface. do not go so deep as to into the meat of the seed. First, I give them a nice soaking in warm /hot water to soften that seed coat up then in a mix of hydrogen peroxide household standard with about 75-80% tap water to sterilize the seed coat and also soften it up a bit more. Do not let the seed over swell pull them out early. I then prepare a soil type (this is where almost all brown thumbs go wrong imo) for these harsh environment types i'll make up a batch of sharp cut sand (aka washed sand to remove all fine grains) by putting playground sand into a wire strainer and hosing it clean after washing ... I might take the extra step of running boiling water over it to sterilize completely. ESPECIALLY if the sand is sourced from a riverbed. This is mixed up with about equal parts of pearlite and /or a peat based seed starter mix. for ephedra, I used 50% sand 20/20 starter mix. DO NOT USE any composted topsoil or planting soil mix! all will contain both destructive bacterial and fungal cultures that will consume the seeds. many herb and veggie gardeners don't experience problems because their seeds germinate rather quickly where as some of our seed types may take up to 6 months to show themselves. When the new soil mix is ready it is then placed into small 2.5" cups and packed down. at this point everything is fairly sterile Seeds are set 1/4" down and covered with the soil mix. The cup is then covered and sealed with saran wrap The clear wrap is tied it off with a rubber band or tape tightly This is to keep out bacteria, fungus as well as small fungus gnats that will destroy all your seedlings with their maggots. I've had a real problem with those pests once done and labeled with a sharpie (species and date) everything is placed into a tray and on a bright shelf with a tad of direct sunlight and that's it. You've constructed a mini greenhouse I've found that they can be placed in direct sunlight for hours without overheating and killing the seed (due to their small size ) while still retaining moisture. water should remain fairly constant with way with less flux in temperatures, there's still air exchange but it's going to be from the bottom and it's the best way I've got to keep fungus gnats from attacking the perfect little environment with their maggots. after germination hard seed coats that may be kept moist enough for the seedling to easily cast off easily. when the seedling is ready, either holes caqn be made in the plastic wrap or the rubber bands can be removed to increase air exposure and harden the plant over the following week. transplant when ready into a larger pot. Enjoy.

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