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Yup, it shows from late 70's thru to late 80's. From what ive watched, it ties in rather neatly to blow, blow being on the lighter side, just like the american beach side. The colombians and cubans are the ones that seem to have brought the violence(by no means i mean this in a racial context.). But so far as blow goes, yep, this story mingles in quite well, and really makes both movies/doccos stand up rather well. Blow isnt that far from the truth at all, maybe even a lighter version of the truth. Apoth, have you seen the dvd extras(blow) on George Jung? Looks like these guys were in it together around the same time.

come to think of it, it may also be the"root" of a flower bud, or a flowering site that has fallen years ago. They can sometimes make a taproot kinda like this one. I wouldnt worry to much unless it gets bad, quick. *edit* i thought it may be a flower site, but it doesnt match the areole spacing or alignment... Arial root that you happened to cut thru is my other guess.

If its worrying you, and you think that dark area may spred, recut it a few cm down and be sure to dust with sulphur to prevent any further contam. Also start the cut at the opposite side of the cactus, so you dont drag the nasties thru the cut if you decide to clean it up.

Maybe previously been spiked by a peruvianoid or similar? Is there a chance that it it a spine?

I have herd that fresh/new/short pups freash may cause unwanted(or not prepared for) psycologial disturbances in time/space that can last for 3 weeks or more. Sometimes they never quite leave, although this may be percived as unwanted effect, it may also be part of the long term teaching aspect of the journey.. a reminder if you like. It seems these other actives may break down through heat(suspected so). * edited* well put Ace, thanks for clearing up my "path" story your post is what i tried to convey!

Ok, dont go to the video store and rent spin/blow or anything for that matter. Pay for this docco with paypal or your visa. I dont see me asking any prep questions in this thread. Please dont chase me around

Shroomytoon, just look at the cacti potency thread pinned to the top of the pharacology/chem forum. Thats should give you the best idea on what you playing with. Ganted, I am a knob. You may also be warned that bridgesii can cause some long term effects that may not be wanted(depending on age). Like foolsbreath said, viaiability is too great to for most of our info to be really helpful. hypothetically, start very low and i do appologise for not bringing anything helpful previously.

Shroomytoons, I bet your are one of those kids that was always the teachers desk asking for help wernt you? Did you ever bother to read the instructions first, then comprehend your method, then follow through at school, or hang onto the teachers leg all the time?? Seriously man, if you dont learn these things for yourself(with our help AFTER you have a rough idea what your talking about) your could end up serously hurt or damaged. These substances arnt off the shelf items, so dont expect a step by step instruction to be given. We all have to learn, and UTFSE(or google if ours is to hard to work) is one of them, im sure we have all been in your position before, I just remember reading a whole lot more than it seems your willing to. Good things come to those that learn, and once your on that path alone, not holding hands with anyone, you will realise that there are many helpful people along that path. These helpers deserve some respect for their efforts in transposing info, and not disregard becacuse they dont want to "discuss" the same crap over and over, or moreso, preparation of an illegal substance. Dont think of us as not wanting to help, on the contrary, we ARE helping you by not discussing this all over again. We are helping you stand on your own two informative feet, from that we can olny hope you'll walk forward.

Ahh, Cheech wizard and Vaughn bode' EROTICA series, an absolute graffers dream.... Got a small collection here with me... Ah...rembering long nights of full colour throw-ups, chromies, characters, smoking kush and running from transit cops... Ahh... what a childhood! Yes the early MTV'ers were great. The maxx(still have a video) and aeon, along with the great ol FFFB and "rip snorting cocaine comix", a true coke lovers comic. All classics. And of course MAd comics... boy did i get in trouble when mum found them when i was in primary school! I also have some old jap comics that are along the same, twisted mega violent lines. Most enjoyable And the good lo VIS, pure english toilet humour and the first pot seed catalogue/mail order i had ever seen! Gees peeps, you have made my childhhod memories flood back to me!! Thanks!!

Nice series Ace, great thread. Another possible "streachy" item used to apply pressure to grafts is "tree tie" from nurseries. Its like a long thin piece of streach t-shirt material. You can cut it to any length you need, and tie it up in a loop. Its great, it applies even pressure, with maximum breathability for the loph on top. Great stuff. Cheap as. Bd.

Thanks for the mealy tip Andy, I have never seen root mealy bugs down here, only mealy on badly cared for palms. Luckily none on my property. The coco was only really to try to get some roots generating, Im looking at transplanting soonish, hopefully making use of the last few months of warm weather. I would hate to see mealies destroy it now! I generally only grow from seed. Im paranoid about introducing nasties to my collection . This one was germinated around 98-99, so around 9 years. First 2-3 years as a seedling, the next 4 years (roughly) on myrtillo stock, the last year on myrt stock was useless, virtually no growth at all (i hadnt noticed it had almost consumed the myrt). Degrafted back in sept/oct 05. Failed root(see first pic). Overwintered inside last winter 06, and tried the pach graft etc etc.... Cant wait till next late next summer, then i should have my full baby back!!

Ha, great series of pics!! Nice Yep, ive had this cat loph attraction racket go on before, ended up with the loph coming off second best with quite a few scars from excessive scratching. I believe they are attracted to them somehow for some reason, maybe the domestic version of the caapi intoxicated jaguar? The sctraching did no damage, just dusted a little sulphur on it. Healed up fine. Cute cat too!

Pumice used to be my fav medium to mix up with my cacti mixes. Has made some of the best mixes for lophs. Unfortunatly, the biggest supplier of comercial pumic(yates) has stopped selling it for over 5-7 years now. I picked up my last few 100l bags from an old nursery shutting down that had some stored out the back for years. I phoned the number on the bag of pumice to get more stock. Well, the lady laughed at me and wondered how old i was! She said they havent sold it in sooo long that she cant remember anyone buying if for many years. I guess its another one of those good old items that has just been there for all my life memory, but when you go to get them thesedays, NONE of them are still around! Scoria should be widely available. If you try lanscape suppliers they will surely have some. Be sure to soak it for a few days tho, its got soo much dust and garb with it. Not sure if ive seem scoria in small enough diameter stones tho.. only quite largeish. Hope that helps RIP Pumice.

No not really, my collection is in a garden shed with that old crappy half see thru fiberglass roofing. Temps remain reasonably constant in there, and the loph in picture has planty or friends in there to keep her warm in the winter months, huddled together. No extra water is available unless i water them. Also as the coco darins so much better, if there is a slight chance of overwatering, you will have less time for 'wet feet' to be a problem. Aslo the extra available oxygen/air will reduce rot chances. I wouldnt recomend it if your lophs are out in full weather, full rain ect but i dont think too many collections are out in full weather exposure. No salts here, Im using Canna coco(best hyro stuff on the market, and ive treid 4 types now), premium stuff compared to that crap pressed into brick for 2 bucks. Virtually no salt and its been pretreated to prevent any nutrient lock-up that can happen almost always with crappy cheap coco. They all may be de-husked in srilanka or india, but the following decomp in FRESH and constantly changing water, not by brackish or salt water, which is where your salt and lockout problems start happening. You pay for what you get. Also there is NO fiber DUST at all in canna coco, you can play with it all day and get no dust under your nails or flying into your lungs. So hygenic!

Well they breaking info was a little off the mark! Its actually Sexcrazed Crickes on A bridgesii Thought it was worth posting the pic i took today... insect/ethno interaction i spose....

After the final callous, its taken only a matter of 4-6 weeks to generate the first roots in coco, I was quite supprised when i checked it, tried to pull it up and outa the pot and pulled a whole heap of rootball out with it! Yeah!! Oh yeah, its got roots!! Seem em?!! ROOTS!!!!!!!!! Woooo hoooo!! Since then, coco has produced the quickest growing roots i have seen so far. Gotta love coco. Hopefully she will re-flower this year sometime, then i know shes happy! Size at the mo, is just over 80mm X 45mm above the coco. I expect another 20mm or so when shes fully rehydrated. Pups are very plump now also. Cheers Pd and dodie, Im hoping i can save a few people all the heartache i went thru to get to this stage, thanks to tantra for the inital idea too.

Hell yeah, thats what i was telling the male cricket!! (no sexual disparities intended)

Heya'll. Just wanting to share this docco with you. Plan Colombia. Its basically about the US coca iradication plan, and how, well, its not really bout the war on drugs. Not at all. More like a foot in the door. The US have picked crop spraying(24th down the list of most effective intradictions) as a means of controlling the guerilla factions in colombia, moreso for the protection of Colombia's oil reserves. They allow the para-militaries to continue growing coca and destroy all the plantations owned by farq or similar guerillas near or around oil sites as prioritory. Therefore protecting and lining the corupt governments pockets while playing keeps with colombias oil, or as they put it, "our oil, that happens to be in another country!" Its discusting to see the planes and heli's spray Roundup ULTRA everywhere, and i mean everywhere... but I spose you have all seen that before... What also amazes is the small link made to the opium warlords of Afghanistan. Made me think more about this..... The US also needed the help of the tribal warlords with removing the taliban, as the opium lords controll much of the tribal lands. Uopn the desimation of the taliban(or what they have found of them) the warlords are again growing copious ammounts of poppy, and no US planes are there spraying are they? They(the US) fly daily over HUGE/massive poppy fields everyday with little or know irradication at all(yes i know there is a small poppy irradication party but its alomst insignificant) . Why? well because the US have rewarded the opuim lords for their help by allowing them to harvest bumber crops, higher than most years previously. Nice reward for helping them destroy the talibs hey? Well, now the US can start another war down the track on the opium... means to an end? I dont think so.... Heres the torrent link PLAN COLOMBIA BD

Thanks for the link Auxin, im sure ill find some good reading/viewing there and its amazing how these "powers to be" just keep making the same babbling mistakes... or setup their own vested future wars if you look at it like that. Where will it end?........... Anyhooo enjoy the docco. Bd.

Just remembered. Rabbits are known for self medication in the wild. I remeber a few years back at a pet/animal show there was a poster of "Rabbit Herbs" which depicted around a dozen european herbs that rabbits use to self medicate. Hopefully your rabbit is well rehersed in backyard ethnobotany !

Cant say much for rabbits but be careful if you have fungus sprouting in your area... Dogs or moreso puppies are extremely attracted to fly agarics. Not to be taken lightly as i found out. As for most cats, they know whats up. My cat was known to claw the occasional loph, so theres more chance of your plants getting attacked by your animals!! Good idea to ask the question tho! Bd.

Exactly what i was thinking Morg. Im sure these people think they can type what they want beacuse they are outa reach of that searing right uppercut that normally follows someone talking shit to you! Hiding behind a screen , as their respect and manners are. I had ticket #100, now im finished, and putting my used ticket stub in the bin provided. Bd.

Its simple. RESPECT. Joining this community is just like entering a private shop or room per say. There is a sign on the door that tells you how ur are expected to act when you enter here.. Its simple, follow the rules, respect people enough to no deviate to far from the general rules. If you cant or dont want to abide by the forums rules, simple, fuck off and blow your horn elsewhere. As you(the complied dickheads/sexists/whatevers) all say... its not the only forum around....well good, fuck off to that other forum you so wholehartedly enjoy. Just dont bring any racial or sexist crap here. HOW hard it this to understand?? Yes you will be censored here in a way, if you cant keep your shit fights nice. Geez, at least me and jono agreed to a naked mud fight!!

Um, well in light of everyones input weather it be support or dismay, I find the above statment most unsettling.

Hey Benzito, Are you taking a leak in the sewer or just going for a midnight graff? Nice photo tho benz, i like the contrast and hues.