wachumacallit
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Does HBWR come in different strains, or is there just the one variety?
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Shipping to US got cancelled a while back, then reinstated, something to do with the whim of Trump. If it's not incredibly valuable or rare I'd probably risk it, the plants can survive a long time in transit as long as they're kept dry. Quarantine and customs could present an issue, same as for Australian states. Express post, definitely.
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Long, old-growth sections of PC up for grabs too, if you could be bothered cutting them.
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Looks like we're moving, after making ourselves right at home here in Smelbourne these past 10+ years. Lots of plants in pots that we won't have room for. My favourites are typically anonymous ones, NoID, but there's also Eileen, OzJuuls, TBM, Sausage, Psycho0, mixed seedlings grafts bulk logs etc. Tons of different succulents, medicinal aloes, sceletium, etc. Only some of these I would be able to post out as cuttings and/or rooted stumps/pups. Many are in large pots that would need a ute or trailer to relocate. Any interest at all and I'll upload some pics. Beehive and a greenhouse, potentially also up for grabs.
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2 hours ago, El Presidente Hillbillios said:
i know theres been a few copies sold in the last few years that are way more than that.
Probably one of the book dealers will snap it up at that price and add a couple grand on
I saw a copy go here for under $50. Not too long ago. Caveat emptor.
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17 hours ago, toast said:
^ I want whatever drugs they're on.
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I have had tinnitus for 20 years. It came as a result of an ear infection that ruptured my eardrum. It fades in and out of awareness, but is always there. Sometimes it migrates, from my right ear where the damage occurred. It doesn't usually bother me much anymore, but it did for many years.
For me, psychedelics often make the tinnitus louder, at least during a certain phase of the experience (most likely during onset). But I once had a nasty case of wood-lover's paralysis (from shrooms), which involved a very loud and painful tinnitus-like sound, i.e. inside my head.
The only time the tinnitus completely disappeared was after a visit to the dentist, with anaesthesia. For a few hours after the procedure, the tinnitus was entirely absent.
I don't have much hope of a psychedelic, or any cure. But one's attitude towards one's tinnitus can make all the difference, and I dare say that psychedelics could help with that.
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Could be what is called a "decurrent" stem (as in A. decurrens) - "referring to wings or ribs running down stems from base of leaves" - or "where base of phyllode continues down stem as a raised line or ridge" - ?
I'm not familiar with A. courtii growth habit, interested to hear what others think.
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More's the reason to rehabilitate this humble forum. It'd be a shame to lose it.
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I often just leave them to heal, they'll often start pupping from the damaged tip, which tends to look more natural than if they are cut with a knife. Depends on your aesthetic preferences. For fungal infections I usually wait and see - if the plant is healthy and there's enough biomass/energy in reserve, they can survive infection. You'd want to monitor it carefully, to see if it's spreading. Or you can cut them all nice and clean, that definitely sends a chemical trigger to produce new pups. Never seen a caterpillar that large near my cactus plants. Must be some huge mother moth. Never heard of golden maifan, sounds expensive.
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Bite marks at the tips remind me of snail damage. Not sure about the black stuff, but probably related to humidity as well. I'd make sure they get plenty of sunlight and ventilation. Snail damage nothing fatal, it'll heal. But I'd keep an eye on that black stuff, it may need to be surgically removed (or not).
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Handsome columnar variety with occasional melt, fast grower. Probably a Super Pedro/Scopulicola cross. That's what I was told it was, by the grower who supplied it (more than 10 years ago). It certainly resembles both of those varieties (larger spines than scop; smaller spines than cordobensis/super pedro).
Whatever this is, it's yours for the taking. Only pay postage.
20cm and/or 30cm tip cuts with calloused heels. And/or I can do a mid cut, and/or a rooted stump. YMMV. Let me know, but be quick.
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26cm cuts, thick and heavy. 3 cuts available. Classic peruvianoid originally shared by a grower named Skywalker.
Prefer trade for other plant/goodies/stuff. Otherwise 50c/cm plus postage.
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Going cheap. Some scarring, nothing fatal.
29, 36, 44cm.
Prefer trade for other plant/goodies/useful stuff.
Otherwise 30c/cm, plus postage.
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Too expensive for plebs like me. But looks great. I've been meaning to get along to one of these since before the pandemic (when everything was more affordable). This year, I couldn't even afford the volunteer pass.
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Psycho0 mid sections $10 per 30cm. Longer lengths available.
Plus postage.
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Is this new one an updated edition? I found an ebook version but it was pretty old (scanned library copy of 1997 edition, based on text going back to the early 80s). I dipped into that, and it seemed pretty well-written.
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pm sent! fingers crossed!
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I had a grafted LW on a Tricho base that *looked* like a perfect specimen. But it was rotting from the inside out. Since then, I withhold water from my grafted specimens. I seldom feed or water any of my cactus plants.
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New research/interviews with people who suffered ongoing existential distress following psychedelic experiences: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0322501
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From the piece linked above (The Conversation):
a future of precision phytotherapy (use of plants for medicinal purposes), where natural remedies are tailored not just to individuals but to selecting certain plant chemotypes that produce certain combinations of alkaloids. Manipulating the growing conditions and genetic make-up of plants to optimise for alkaloid content is an age-old art.
The researchers tested "two chemotypes" -- I remember these being discussed years ago, in an old conference/seminar video presentation, hosted online by one of the ethnobotanical organisations (speaker was the leading advocate and start-up entrepreneur, who'd already brought a kanna therapeutic to market -- but I forget his name). The existence of these two chemotypes was pointed out by Indigenous healers: "not this plant, but that one from over there" was the gist of their instruction to a westerner pharmaceutical researcher, who otherwise would have been oblivious.
Honouring Indigenous knowledge means ... paying for it. That's the fundamental issue for me: how the benefits will be shared equitably with traditional custodians. Western science is hardly known for its social conscience or sense of moral obligation. Its track record on biopiracy should give us all pause for concern. Not that that's a legal or regulatory requirement, by any means.
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Fresh seed is best - I'd say viability is less than a year.
Ziplock bag with a few drops of water (and air) works to germinate. Or you can just spread the seed on top of a pot, cover lightly with sand, keep moist. You don't actually need to remove the seeds from the husks (I had faster germination leaving the pods intact). Germination within 1-2 weeks, usually. You can transplant while small, no problem.
In traditional areas/markets, growers don't sow seed -- they propagate 12" cuttings of their favourite plants. 6" or so would suffice. Too easy.
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https://engage.vic.gov.au/hemp
Probably just another tax grab ... I think one proposal seeks to abolish references to "low THC" (<1%) strains in favour of "hemp" and/or "industrial hemp."
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It wouldn't matter which path performed best in clinical trials. The profitable, proprietary option wins out -- no contest.
It's potentially risky though, since everyone knows that isolating, concentrating, and commodifying plant alkaloids typically ends in social disaster. I'm not saying the novel drug is anything like crack cocaine (versus coca leaf). But it might prove just as harmful as, say, Prozac.
Most westerners -- health bureaucrats, prescribing doctors, as well as consumers themselves -- prefer the (illusory) "magic bullet."
Personalised plant therapeutics sounds like a time-consuming affair. At least in cultures with no established history of traditional use. But isn't that a basic principle of shamanic healing?
I can see the market opening up to accommodate both pathways. Big wins for Big Pharma (via the government-subsidised masses) and bespoke plant remedies (for economic and cultural elites).
What I don't see, necessarily, is just compensation being paid to the custodians of traditional plant knowledge. Colonialism in Africa, under the aegis of western biomedicine, is abysmal. It's essentially organised biopiracy, sanctified in the name of global health. And wouldn't it be a prudent strategy to ameliorate (if not remedy) the causes of social anxiety in the first place?
LOL, bitterly. Such questions only should play a more prominent role in determining how we should proceed.
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Variation in Spination of OP Trichocereus Pachanoi Timewarp from NZ
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I think natural variation is to be expected in any batch of seed. Those longer-spined progeny look suspiciously Peruvianoid. And those shorter ones, more typically Pachanoid. Being OP, could it mean that some of the seedlings came from different fathers? (Sorry, but my knowledge of botany is rudimentary at best.) Love those woolly areola.