Hi Guys, i guess i´m a gonna use this feature a lot more in the future as it gives me the opportunity to show some of my crosses and newly produced seed. This year, i started growing lots of diffrent things and i´ll definately be able to give away some stuff to others in the future. Mostly down to earth botanicals like cacti, fruit trees and everything that has any value.
First thing that might be interesting is the Rhododendron crossing experiments that i started this year! You can find the T
I took a little bit of time today to put together a rough technique of how i take my psychotria cuttings. It still needs me to upload a few pictures but you should get the overall idea from the text. Apart from pictures let me know what it needs. Ignore the rest of the blog as it is mostly partially complete. I think that this method is probably my preferred but it is entirely upto the person i guess.
Australian Ethnobotany and Sustainable Gardening - Psychotria Leaf Cuttings
Note: I don't agree AT ALL with the aims of some organisations linked to below. But their effectiveness (or lack thereof) is worth studying.
Fundamentals For Effective Lobbying
Effective Lobbying Strategies
The Victorian drug statistics handbook 2003: Patterns of drug use and related harm in Victoria
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/drugservices/downloads/hbook_2003.pdf Not much use, messy and inconsistent stats - sometimes MDMA is included as a hallucinogen ( eg for health reporting purposes), sometimes not
2007 National Drug Strategy
Household Survey
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/phe/ndshs07-df/ndshs07-df.pdf Form of hallucinogens used, recent users aged 14 years or older - Datura/angel’s
Louisiana State law banning a number of plants, including such deadly varieties as Mugwort, Lions tail and Damiana: http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722309
and their law that banned Salvia Divinorum, plus datura, galangal (yes, that's right), Calea and many more.
But don't feel left out, our glorious federal government is giving their own band of stupidity a red-hot go
For NZ members only (for now):
Things I can trade:
---ready---
•Acorus gramineus plants
•Laurelia novae-zelandiae seedlings/saplings
---coming soon---
•Radula marginata fresh specimens
•Salvia Divinorum cuttings
•Sceletium Tortuosum cuttings
•Trichocereus pachanoi (various non-PC clones) cuttings
Things I would like (trade or purchase, seeds or plants):
•Acacia maidenii, phlebophylla, simplex, among others.
•Anadenanthera spp.
•Banisteriopsis spp.
•Calea zacatechichi
•Catha spp.
This blog is a growing log to document my first attempts at gardening; growing native and other plants from seeds and perhaps, in future; cuttings! Thus far, all of my seeds have been obtained from the following, reliable sources: Shaman-Australis Botanicals, Herbalistics and from the friendly lot on The Corroboree's Seed and Plant Exchange sub-forum.
"Naming a phantom – the quest to find the identity of Ulluchu, an unidentified ceremonial plant of the Moche culture in Northern Peru"
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/5/1/8
Also cool.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091220175502.htm
'Chemicals found in cannabis could prove an effective treatment for the inflammatory bowel diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease, say scientists.
Laboratory tests have shown that two compounds found in the cannabis plant -- the cannabinoids THC and cannabidiol -- interact with the body's system that controls gut function.
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, which affect about one in every 250 people in Northern Europe
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091219073005.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News)&utm_content=Google+International
'Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. Roughly eight to 12 percent of marijuana users are considered "dependent" and, just like alcohol, the severity of symptoms increases with heavier use. A new study has found that use and misuse of alcohol and ma
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091213164707.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News)&utm_content=Google+International
"Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.
Although delusions and hallucinations characterize the illness, people with s
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/pos...mult-2009-12-02
'Doses of cannabis might help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients subdue their body spasms and move about more easily, according to a new review of recent studies. However, the authors of the paper note, the patients' apparent relief could also be a matter of perception.
After reviewing six trials that tested the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) extracts on muscle spasms in a total of 481 MS patients, the aut
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/...e+International
'Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants -- carbon monoxide and nicotine -- as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher published in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
In the past eight to 10 years, smoking tobacco with a waterpipe, also called a hookah o
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Plants used for stress-related ailments in traditional Zulu, Xhosa and Sotho medicine. Part 1: Plants used for headaches Journal of Ethnopharmacology
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1809...ref=online-news
'Vital investigations into unexplored aspects of recreational drug use could be abandoned following the removal of the UK government's top scientific adviser on drug misuse. They include investigations of the impact of polydrug use, for example, in which individuals are simultaneously dependent on several drugs.
Last week, David Nutt of Imperial College London was sacked as chairman of the UK's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by the Guaymi Indians in Western Panama. Part I Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 2, July 1987, Pages 145-171
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Last night i smoked some Calea and Mugwort before bed and this brought on a deep sleep and dreams. I should have written my dream down as I have forgotten most of it but I remember in this dream smelling some freshly baked bread and trying some. The smell and the taste were so real that in the moment I had lost track that I was in a dream and this was the best bread that I had ever had. Also in this dream had some ice cream that was among the best i'd tried but funnily enough not as good as the
this is what i have at present:
mugwort
calea zacatechichi
zornia/sculletaria extract
lions tail
sense smoking mix
damiana
passionflower
blue lotus
turkestan mint
yuba gold smoking mix
