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nice one! may i suggest, your next post (or any) would contain not only pics of the progress (which i truly enjoyed) of the graft, but as well the "how you did it" meaning (probably) the holding down of the seedling with the above mentioned tape, and pics where you slice, etc... or is the para film used to create a mini (breathable) glasshouse?

thx 4 clearing this up! i have used the contact us button right away when this happend, but no reply so far. maybe you could copy and paste you method, to the contact us people, but than again they are probably told, 'LET THE TECH" PEOPLE DO IT AT THE NEXT FORUM UPGRADE...

drying the grains out must be the way to store them, my grains "stored wet" did not survive...

if you say they normally appeared at the front page, do you mean the pics which are displayed on top of the "starting page". i see the lotus pic and than just black ones to the right, you suggest to see different.

i believe this happens, without any intent, maybe our brains are hardwired to do so, so we can feel good about ourselves, even if somebody makes "big claims". certainly members at the aya forums reacted that way, i don't know if this forum still excists.

it just crossed my mind that, quite often people assume, if you say, "it was a very strong aya experience", they think it would not have been as strong, as the person say's. and i have never heard another source saying, what i claimed, a few posts above... but believe me if aya gives you halus for 12hours, and maybe more than halve of that time open eyes stuff (like dmt) than it was strong. many people can't experience aya for more than 3 hours or so, even if the brew was very potent. one more thing, as i side track talking aya, i definately think thinn stems of caapi are more potent than old thick ones. thick vines might give a more pleasurable experience...

i'm quite certain i had serotonin syndrome from a massive dose of aya, nothing else was in my body, very scary...

i think to remember, hearing that one can, "dry them out", and maybe this increases the shelf life. mine, got bought, a bit wet and i stored them a bit wet, in the fridge, not the freezer. you as well hint that at times you loose focus, with the grains, an issue, i have as well, as i don't want to be slave to the kefir grains. meaning i would be very interested to hear about how to take a break, from brewing, and how to store them...

guess what, i found my kefir grains today, and i believe they have been in the fridge in a clean jar, for at least 3 years. this might answer the question, which is often asked on the net, but hardly answered, to a satisfying degree. how long do cleaned kefir grains survive!! my instincts say, my grains are still alive. but time will tell, and i plan to let you know the outcome of my todays brew: 5 heaped tea spoons white sugar 5 thin slices of galangal 4 finger limes, two of them thinly sliced, the rest squeezed into the jar, and added whole partly emptied fruit 1/4 flat teaspoon of bi carb 1l of tank water, previously boiled and than waited to reach room temperature late edit: sorry to say those grains did not survive my storage!!!

pump! i think the upload to the gallery function doesn't work any more. thats why no new pics appeared since my above mentioned misshap.. edit: whilst i wrotte this the pic has appearde (pink lotus) but as well many black fields. what happens if you try to upload?