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    Just got it from a small local nursery, informed the owners of my ID, they didn't believe me so I pulled rank (I'm a botanist :P). Very velvety (pubescent) and sassafras smell, part of what led me to the P. auritum ID. Not kava, but still not a bad plant at all (unless planted in the ground! *invasive*). Used in Central American cuisine and also a commercially-viable source of safrole!

    My heart just skipped a beat. *Commercially* viable?

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    Pic 2 reminds me of some scrappy little mushrooms that I came across recently (unlike these on a grassy suburban lawn). Of late, I have been keeping an eye out for anything that looks like a sub/cube and it's really shown me how much variety there is among the local mushrooms/toadstools. So far I haven't come across any of the magic ones, but I'm savoring the satisfaction just thinking about it

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    Looking forward to this. It would be nice if Australia adopted a similar approach, but with psychoactive plant material automatically being legal unless a decision is taken to schedule it. The New Zealand laws are a compromise in the right direction for psychoactive chemicals but bad for anyone that wants to grow medicinal plants.

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    from what I understand there was already a case against iinet in australia where these companies tried forcing ISP's to legally be bound to enforce their copyrights, and that case fell flat on it's arse, with the judge ruling that ISP's are only providing internet access, and that they have no burden to filter that access. I'm pretty sure it went along those lines anway. So there's a definite precedent in that case to tell these right-wing nutjobs that somehow got our top jobs to get fucked.

    But that case was fought under existing law. The government can change the law.

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    Noob here. I think I have given my tiny (roughly) 8 week-old lophs sunburn. I have had them on my (partially) shaded window sill for most of the past 8 weeks no problem. I've been misting them every so often and when I did so today they are a redish/brown colour. I think it’s the high temperatures and the high UV rating that we’ve had over the past week or so that has gotten to them.

    I have since moved them further indoors underneath my frosted skylight and given them a drink of water.

    My question is, how resistant to this sort of thing are they and what can I do to help them recover (other than moving them further indoors)? I'd also appreciate any growing tips you have for young cactus seedlings since this is my "first time".

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