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
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
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.
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
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
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Wanted; King Straph/GardenGiant/Winecap
Wanted; GGMM and other Stamets books on edibles
Wanted; Warm Weather Shitake
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.
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.
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'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.' [...]
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.' [...]
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.' [...]
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.