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yeah seriously, What happened to those phlebs was fucked, plain and simple. If its not park managment slashing the crap out of them, it some dickhead harvesting them. This problem wont get noticed by the mainstream until there is a major harvest and hundereds of plants are lost. If anyone is contemplating harvesting live plants, just stop and think.... That mountain is the only place on this earth that they grow.

Well i got back out to the garden today and i asked the owner what this cacti was, as i didnt get to meet him the first visit. He said that he has always just called it a "super san pedro" and he has had the strain around twenty years.

Found this Rev, Cuy, alternately called Cobayo or conejillo de indias is a guinea pig or cavy. The taste is compared to rabbit, thought delicious, and though difficult to accept for people in other countries who regard guinea pigs as pets, the cuy is a staple of Andean cuisine. They are called "cuy" for the sound they make cuy, cuy. A typical recipe for baked or barbequed cuy with a hot sauce: 3 or 4 cuys 50 grams of ground toasted corn, or cornmeal 2 kilos of parboiled potatoes, cut in slices 8 cloves of garlic 6 fresh hot peppers, either red or yellow ½ cup oil ½ cup water salt, pepper and cumin to taste Rub the cuys with a mix of the pepper, salt, pepper and cumin and bake. You can also skewer over a barbeque. Prepare a sauce with the oil, peppers, garlic and cornmeal with the water from the potatoes or broth. Cook a few minutes until the peppers are cooked. When tender, place the meat in a serving dish and spoon the sauce over it. Serve with the boiled potatoes. Another recipe calls for: 4 cuys 1 teaspoon hot pepper 1 tablespoon pisco garlic to taste 6 fresh hot peppers, either red or yellow 1/4 cup oil salt, pepper to taste Season the cleaned cuys with salt, pepper, hot pepper and pisco. Fry in oil five minutes or until cooked. Serve with a hot pepper sauce, potatoes, either fried or boiled and a salad of cucumber, tomato, lettuce and onion. Chicha is often served with cuy, as it was in Incan times. Buen provecho! From wiki; Chicha is a fermented beverage brewed by the indigenous people of the Andean region, dating back to the Inca Empire when women were taught the techniques of brewing chicha in Acllahuasis (feminine schools). It is traditionally prepared from a specific kind of yellow maize (jora) and is usually referred to as chicha de jora. It has a pale straw color, a slightly milky appearance, and a slightly sour aftertaste, reminiscent of hard apple cider. It is drunk either young and sweet or mature and strong. It contains a slight amount of alcohol, 1-3%. Enjoy

hahaha so thats where all the UFO's came from and i would dare to say if Crowley was there so was charlie

The friend i mentioned that gets the paralysis is in no way unconsious or heading that way. He usually ends up just laying down with his angry head on(his usual head wear). The others that passed out, did exactly that, pass out. It was only for a very short time and only one of the two people i mentioned that passed out, had a negative experience, the other dude came to with a smile . It is like the mushies were "telling" these people not to get too worked up, just relax and go with it. Like they have told me before........ "Just be".

Only one of my friends gets the "paralysis" thing, but i know of two people that have passed out when intoxicated by the mushies. A drop in blood pressure seems about right, in both cases it was in a small, very well heated room and both people stood very quickly to tell me they didnt feel too good. With this their eyes rolled back and they fell hard to the ground, very hard. There isnt much you can do, it all happened pretty quickly, and by the time you are saying "just lay down and relax", their head is hitting the ground. It has always passed as quickly as it started though, its just a massive head spin i guess. oh yeah, and no alcahol was consumed on these occasions, just mushies, and one of the people mentioned here has never had "those fuckin things" ever again, haha.

yeah, apparently around fifty percent of the tassie crop is now thebaine plants. Tassie poppies

Yeah i also know a friend that gets this from mushies. He is a really big guy weighing any where between 120 and 140kg. We thought it strange that he was getting this off the same dose as the other 80-90kg individuals, albeit a large dose. We just put it down to his extremely unhealthy lifestyle that involves alot of rest, couch, computers games, pot and take away food(usually the drive thru variety) He said it wasnt really bad, more annoying

haha it didnt show the buds but in the pic the weed looks as "real" as most weed on tv/movies.

WOW. I didnt think the illness you guys mentioned was so severe. I hope there is no major interaction between the two substances and you two get better very soon. As for not arriving at the said "celebration", due to the circumstances i think this once i can let it slide . but you guys better be there for the spring party.

Thanks T. my partner has sown some seed in rememberance of her sister who loved poppies. She put them in the front yard as an ornamental and we want to get the seed from them to share with the rest of the family. The seed was originally obtained from her sister who has since passed away and my partner nearly cried when i told her i had to pull them all out.

Torsten, what criteria do you think the poolice would use when it comes to deciding who they bust and who they leave alone? In this area there are hundereds of people throughout various towns growing poppies. How do i know? Because the front yards look amazing when you walk past and the poppies are in flower. Some of the gardens have ridiculous amounts of plants in them, well over fifty. Would the poolice ignore it because the flowers are in the front yard for ornamental purposes or is it just that they dont notice the hundereds of busts the could have every year?

WOW That is amazing. looks like something out of a Jim Henson movie

I wouldnt worry about taking them inside unless you are expecting snow. We have had a few severe frosts this year around -7C and it didnt bother the pachanois at all, even the little 6 inch scop i left out has suffered no ill effects from the frost.

Yeah i dont think anyone really cares, heaps of people have poppies in their garden, but like creach said

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I wouldnt "plant" them sideways either, just lay them on some soil. I dont really think it makes a difference which way they go. Out of the cuttings i took in late Feb. only 3 have pups and these are all on their side. The ones i planted vert are still to pup although you can see the lumps, i think it depends more on the age of the mother and where the cutting was taken from on the cacti. They are survivors so i dont think it makes any difference what you do to them, but if you want them to look nice in their own little pot then i would agree with Dodie and plant them vert.

haha most of the seed i have procured over the years have been from my partners Grandmother or from people of the same age, they all seemed to know that you arent SUPPOSED to grow them, but, like they said "if they want to come and knock my door down for a few flowers, so be it" lol, some of them even said that they occaisionaly make a "tea" from the flower heads. I only know of one person that has recieved a visit from the poolice in regards to the yard full of poppies he had. There as no action taken but they suggested he get rid of them all.

Hi shinnyo. Very very nice pic my friend :drool: :drool: keep 'em coming

Yeah i thought it was illegal to grow but possesion of the seed is fine People still sell seed on ebay and claim that it grows in their garden. I guess its ok if you are a "normal" citizen over 40 that is into gardening for beautifacation of your home and in no way interested in any plants psychoactive effect.

Yeah what E said. And it is good to use those "forestry tubes", the long square little pots. I have found that they like to shoot a tap root straight down, and they power along if they get this early root system devolped quick. A heat pad does work wonders, my little confusas were doin nothing for about 2 or 3 weeks, then after 3 days on the heat pad they popped.