BillyThKid

Mine flowered today so now i will have my own seed to try

He keeps "pure" genetics but i personally think he has some kind of inbreeding going on with his plants causing this issue. use to be that he was the best around i think in the 90s but then the 2000s came along and he said "fuck it" lol at least thats my guess

How long did you have the aztekium seeds in the sprouting area before you gave up? even once they sprout they are smaller than grains of sand and many times the seeds are still covering them. I watched a seedling tray for 6 months before i could see any growth at all, Aztekium ritteri is what i planted and i had decent germination rates of it too. its just a huge pain in the ass to not splash the seeds around with watering and they are just in General the hardest species of cactus to grow by seed. i used an old syringe without the needle to drip the water in carfully to avoid disturbing the seed or the sprouted cactus. it is so easy to kill them. Also depends on the soil you used. If there was no lime stone then you were fucked from the start. I have never been able to sprout aztekium without it I went ahead and bought two nice Aztekium grafts one 14 headed and the other 36 headed. I cant wait 2 years to graft seeds and wait another 4 for it to get bigger.

First off i think its funny that the Author never mentions Delta-8-THC which is found in all Cannabis plants so far as i know. it is no where near as much as delta 9 but it is enough to matter. Delta-8-THC is also the THC used in the prescription drug Marinol(of which i am prescribed legally). Over the past couple years of my being on Marinol i can tell a huge difference between pure Delta 8 THC and smoked cannabis. Firstly is that i prefer the natural product over the pill form. the main reason is that MArinol has no CBDs or anything in it other than THC so you have a lot less of those really nice other chemicals in it, As a result though the "high" off delta 8 THC almost feels like a stimulant and it would not surprise me to find out that it is what makes Sativa more of a mind high and aware feeling. you still get the relaxed feeling and all the normal effects but your head feels much cleaner while your body is relieved of pain. Anyway sorry to get so off topic. I personally dont see medical legalization of cannabis happening in America or Auzzie anytime soon. Both countries have similar laws and act about the same when it comes to over reacting in the "war on drugs" which is sickening. we just had two states legalize it for recreational use. thats fine and all, but as a PLANET we need to at the very least legalize medical use across the globe. i could care less about joe smoe getting his head right, im more worried about people like myself and others who live in day to day pain and suffering. Hell Marinol is not even allowed to be prescribed as a pain killer in america but my doctor flat out told me thats the main reason he was giving it to me, he was able to prescribe it because my BMI is only 15.2 due to a connective tissue disorder i have which causes my joint pain, heart problems, and a lot more. This same doctor told me that i could contact a person in a green state he knew who issues Medicinal cards and even got me one. I could have ordered from that state and had it shipped but i did not want to risk the legal issues of that and just went with the marinol. At least i can say my doctor has sense enough to know that cannabis is a medicine especially if he would put his whole carrier and lifestyle on the line to help a patient in a non-medical state that we both lived in. Also, HOW THE HELL did the cops know you had been smoking 24 hours prior? the only way i know to test quickly is with a blood test but those show up possitive if you have had it in the past month.

Agreed that the germination rate is bad for his plants but im suprised you could even see or not see the Aztekium because most people cannot spot them until they are around 6 months old due to being smaller than sand.

I know its not yopo, i can tell by the name. and you already said there were no tryptamines in the OP. so how about this, WHY do people use it. what is the effect. what IS it. i know how you apply it, i just want to know why you would use it

It is fully attached and sprouted at the same time as the main head 10 months ago. the seed was probably a double embryo. i know it is attached because i transplanted this one and saw where it was attached. I dont know why it is so much smaller than the other but i think it is because it has a not-so-good attachment to the watercore or something.

Sounds a lot like Yopo. any idea if there is a relation?

there is nothing wrong with shortening it to ariocarpus trigonus for the purposes of a post or in conversation. But when you specifically brought up the issue after i mentioned it, i felt the need to offer information that might change you mind. most of the time if im making a forum post or on my Instagram i use the full latin name of Ariocarpus retusus ssp Trigonus. but when others involved already know about trigonus and retusus it becomes kinda crazy to keep saying it.

Im with you. i have a huge little green dot collection. 10 month old ariocarpus from 4 different species/subspecies. De-grafting ariocarpus has been reported to be very very hard. what was your method? with aztekium hey actually require a slight amount of moisture to root and not shrivel up. WB ariocarpus? how many ariocarpus plants do you have roughly? if my count is right i have at least 25. I have an Ariocarpus which i want you to take a look at. It is a natural Twin ariocarpus trigonus. it came up from seed with a little side shoot dwarf twin. it has grown some. this picture is about 2 months old making the plant 8 months old in this picture i believe. I had minor sun stress in the early months of winter while i was working under artificial light, but they recovered fine.

I need grafting stock other than peres. Im grafting quarter sized grafts of aztekium ritteri, and i just ran out of myrtillocactus to graft to. I have tried one aztekium pup to pereskiopsis and its alive still, but i dont know if its attached still or not. the root stock started to pup with is sometimes a sign of a failed graft but my ariocarpus seedling grafted to peres did the same thing. i just cut off the graft and it did not produce another one. but i have at least 6 pups of aztekium i need to get grafted and a main head as well. the root stock is on its last leg and i need to remove the pups so i dont cut them when i cut the main head for re-grafting. so i have the option of using peresiopsis which i really dont want to do with my aztekium as they tend to split on peres. we all have out current issues. they are not bad issues, just challenging. Good luck on your grafting, do you typically use plastic wrap technique?

thats what freedoms are, allowed choices. but when we are not free to do what we want(so long as its not harming anyone) than we are not free. Freedoms are not freedoms if they can be given and taken away. The only way i will live my life is how i want. grow what i want, and do what i want. is that so much to want?

Oh well, that sucks. And Hey now, america is not much worse. you guys take a lot of the restrictions from us. Plus i here america will be banning all trichocereus cacti and mescaline containers. They will be put on the schedule 1 drug listing along with most of the other currently legal plants here like mimosa hostilis, woodrose vines and more. At least thats what i hear from the people i go to for this sort of info. Hell i had an aztekium ritteri graft get held by customs for almost a month while they debated if it was a lophophora or not. The true crime here is that humans are banning nature. that should be the part that is illegal, the banning of nature.

A few things: first off im not sure if Iboga is legal in your country but it is not in most of the world so good luck finding seed. Second is Kratom seeds are viable for about 36 hours after they are taken from the plant, after that they die and wont sprout which is why you cant find Kratom seeds. so i cannot offer you any of what you wanted but let me know if any of these interest you. Calea zacatechichi/ternifolia(aka dream herb) seeds 25-50 depending on how many are in the pod i would send. dont want to send without the pod with this species. Valeriana officinalis (aka Valerian) 20 seeds Basil 10-20 seeds Ariocarpus Retusus V. Trigonus 5 seeds 20 trichocereus peruvanus seeds from Koehers cactus place in germany 10 san pedro seeds 40-60 Aztekium Ritteri seeds 8 Astrophytum asterias seeds which had the name Kultur after it on the name label. it was also from Koehers in germany. Kultur translates to culture but i have no idea why it was listed after the name 20 Parsley seeds 500+ Pink ruffled poppies two watermelon cultivars one with leucistic fruits though its only a first genoration mutation i have no idea if it was passed onto the seeds. i have like 10 of the possible mutants and 50 or more of the normal melons. i have at least 300 heal-all seeds to offer aka prunella Vulgaris. good god, at least 100 or more dill seeds taken from the west virginia Mts where it has grown wild for over 40 years. dutch poppy seeds at least a got 20 or 30. 5 blue flax seeds 20-50 lemony catnip seeds Nepeta cataria var. citriodor 50+ summer savory seeds 50-100 money plant seeds lunaria annua 20-50 seeds of a random Aquilegia species aka combines. And buck wheat 100 seeds or so. Anything interest you? im interested in 95% of your list. and more.

Hey i saw cacti like this for sale like MAD on ebay but they all got insane priced within a day or two. Where did you get yours? I heard it depends on growing methods. Flowering happens in the fall in their natural habitat, Then they go dormant. I think maybe the plant needs to be dormant to produce proper seed and flower. maybe not. we shale see

I got 500 seeds, though i cant offer all of them. im most interested it cacti and other shamanic plant seeds for trade. Though, i am in America so i dont know if i can mail you seeds or not? im not sure about your customs agents there.

I was going to ask what seeds did you have to trade but he got to you already.

Any of the Virginia Strains are really good. I especially enjoy those which fall under the brightleaf category, thats one of the first kinds of tobacco which was brought over to America and was grown in virginia along side Hemp. This website has many good listings of brightleaf. My personal favorite strain is cherry red. http://sustainableseedco.com/bright-leaf-tobacco-seed-types/ Its funny that the best tobacco comes from my home state

Some ariocarpus are self fertile but not all of them. Personally i collect pollen when my cacti flower and store it in glass slants and it keeps good for a long ass time. Some get good results by just self polinating the single flowers by rubbing a cue tip around inside of it to fertilize it. The flowers form berry pods like most plants and in nature they typically shoot out the seeds, though i think this is from them sinking into the ground more and pressure is put on the dry seed pot which then bursts. ever notice any berry seed pods? what happens to the flower after it is done? Thats a damn big ariocarpus retusus, furfuraceus taxonomy is an interesting one. So many ariocarpus are sold as that which are not actually that Var of cactus. where did you get this one?

@myeloblast You have an amazing collection. Your Lloydii look almost like haworthia plants haha. on the note of Trigonus and confusus though: To my understanding they are both sub species of retusus. At least according to E. F. Anderson, read the first paragraph which is the summary it says trigonus is a sub species of retusus http://www.living-rocks.com/anderson.htm That website has the most up to date info i can find on Ariocarpus other than a few minor things.

Technically speaking all tobacco plants are in the same genus of nicotiana which is in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family of plants. What you were thinking of is species name. like Nicotiana tabacum. Here is a basic rundown of the known or used "species" of tobacco though they may not have any particular latin name. Your cowboy blend falls into the Burley category of smoke. from Wiki

Just so you know "cowboy lite tobacco" is a Burley Tobacco and burley tobacco is not an exact genus or species but a general type of tobacco most popular in its use for smoking. If you know the exact species it helps. With my searching for your named cowboy lite tobacco i came across an amazon page which sold it so i assume you bought it there? And TBH i dont know how much 4 plants would yield, most of the work i did was with fields of the stuff and we never gave 4 plants much thought.

I cannot bring myself to say i am a Shaman, because im not. i am but an acolyte training under a shaman, but even still i have gleaned some shaman wisdom and words. Shamanism to me means many things but the following helps put some of it into words: Shamanism is the belief and realization of the spirit world around us and its importance in everyday life and how to best understand that spiritual world of sorts. However, the human brain has long since developed barriers in the brain which prevent us from seeing or interacting with the spirit world around us. It is the use of Psychedelics by a shaman to "spirit walk" which helps break down that barrier in our minds to allow us to see what we are intended to see for a time. It is a Shamans "job" to make heads or tails of what he or she has seen. depending on if the shaman is spirit walking with a patient or not changes many of these factors. Shamans (as i know them) are "witch doctors" of sorts though i dont really like that term. They practice Natural healing though the use of plants from psychedelic to herbal. I myself practice in natural healing of myself and others. It has been an area of great interest to me. While Psychedelics heal the mind, they only do so much for the body, so it is important to know how to care for that as well with the hundreds and thousands of plants which have medicinal properties. Being that i still consider myself an Acolyte i have focused on practicing the Medicinal healing more than the spiritual healing because i do not feel like im ready to take on the responsibility of another persons spiritual being or anything related to that. I can hardly make sense of my visions much less someone else's dream. Shamans are the bridge between our world and the spirit world, it is said that a blind shamans vision beats the vision of a thousand seeing men. that would be because a shaman looks at things with his spirit and not his eyes. Im sure not everything i have said lines up with "shamanism" or what everyone thinks shamanism is, but this is just how i have come to see it, and i see it in many other ways as well. Also, shamanism is thought to have been the very first religion dating back more than 80,000 years.

Most tobacco i have ever had the leaves 3/4 the way up are normally the "best" because they were developed right before natural flowering where as the ones towards the bottom were used for getting the plant much larger, and the ones after 3/4 up are normally malnourished from flower development or the possibility of development. anything from halfway up to 3/4 up should be your grade A crop, everything else is just side product. What kind of soil is it in? Tobacco thrives in the worst soil conditions, and does not so well in organic full soil. Here in America we grow them in pure clay with no other soil, in fact we remove nutrient from the soil as best we can to make it the worst possible conditions for any other plant. wild flowers and any kind of flower weed are used to grow in the fields during off seasons or years where it was not grown in that field. its a good tactic to get the nutrients out. it also really depends on what kind of tobacco you are growing.

So, have you had any sprout? these seeds/nuts are mighty expensive, though i have found no shortage of places selling them. a very interesting plant, it seems the sap of the tree may have been used to treat tooth aches and head aches much like many other mimosa/acacia trees. wonder if there is any "blood" between the plants that might explain that.