Trip Dr

Hey ya'll here's a story, totally hypothetical of course, that was a real freak out to all involved. Three gnomes all with a fair amount of tripping under their belt decided to go a few shrooms one night. All ate the same amount(they also had the same amount and batch the week b4). After an hour or so effects were setting in, although not as strong/different to what they were expecting. Few hours passed one gnome insisting no effects were being felt, but huge dialated pupils were present. Other gnomes were feeling effects, perhaps a bit mild. All gnomes consumed one can burbon and cola. All were smoking weed also. However aprox 4 hours after the initial dose was had one gnome began acting weird after smoking another bowl(note: this gnome had been cutting down on weed recently, hadn't smoked all week). He stood up and began wandering around bumping into things, was unresponsive, then eyes rolled back in his head and fell to his knees. After the other gnomes dragged him out to the car came to. This was a real freak out to all involved, with the other onlooking gnomes wonderng if they were next! The trip to the hospital was cancelled, with the gnome seeming ok, but he was shaking for a fair while afterwards. My Q: to me i put this down to too much weed perhaps potentiated by the shrooms, or does it soundlike toadstool posioning? namaste Trip Dr

Here she is, first pic is pretty big so might take a bit to load. The specimen in question isn't flowering any more, but has flowers extreamly similar to the ones on link at the end which is from the SAB page. Id say it's about 3-4 meters high, well over twenty years old. Spines range from a few mm to a couple of inches. Some branches(?) have seven or more ribs, others six. The flowers are like the ones in this pic Flowers Trip Dr

I recently saw some 'Purple Om' havn't tried but AFOF did and reported huge amounts of laughter! This was confirmed by ppl witnessing his state. I's out there, just not in huge amounts. Trip Dr

Cheers Gomaos! I'll have to try that next time i go back to Peru. What about the spines, do you remove them? Trip Dr

Really? I read the white part of the flesh is what caused the stomach sickness. How far down from where the green flesh ends should one use? Trip Dr

Care to elaborate on this citric acid nd water extrazct?

No, no i succesfully only peeled the plastic like skin away. At first it took me a long time, but i soon picked up a technique where the last 6 or so inches only took about 10min. I only used the layer of green flesh(about 2-4mm thick), very little if any white material. I hadn't heard of any sun method for getting the skin off easier. Effects would have probably been 3 or more hours after ingestion, which is why i thought it was a dud cause reports i read suggested 2 hours for full blown effects. Trip Dr

Cacti potency test: Ok all here's a run down on my potency experiment. ~2 feet of cacti were cut, i section was over 100mm the other around 70mm. The bigger part was a light green/yellowish colour as it was the branch seen hanging down in the first photo. These sections wee remover of all skin and white flesh. Only the green layer under the skin was kept. The smaller diameter piece was much fresher and healthier, and it's inside texture was much different from the other piece much more sticky/gooy. I then dried all the bit of green flesh in a fan forced oven at 80 deg.C for a couple hours. These dried bits were broken into small chips <1cm sq. I tried eating a bit of cacti that was only a little dried out. ARGH! It was terrible, so i decided the only was to get it down was by eating pinces of the chips and washing down with heaps of drink. Me and a friend tried this. I guessed we ate about a foot of green flesh each. Took me about an hour to eat my half. I smoked a bit of weed about an hour later which kind of impaired my judgement, but my mate said he was having no effects. After two hours and still nothing we decided it was no go. Had a burbon each and waited a bit longer. Still nothing my mate went home, he and i both disappointed. This is where it got weird. I decided to smoke a heap of weed and goto bed. Instead after smokin a few cones, i had a huge anxiety feeling sweep over me thinking "SHIT! Doesn't cacti have a MAOI in it?!?" I then proceded to have a feeling of my heart racing and almost bursting. When i closed my eyes i thought i could see patterns. Now the bad thing is i can put any of these effects down to anything, cause i don't know if it was just all in my head or what? I should mention that these effects only manifested when i was alone. The next day my mate said the 15min prior to going to sleep he started feeling very weird and spinning out with a wave sensation through the body and other physical effects. Comments anyone? Also the cuttings i have arent suitable for consumption cause they have dry patches etc. Trip Dr

Hey everyone, sorry bout the slow reply!OK first off i did the finger nail test and found it to be very smooth and sort of waxy, although i could see very very small bumps. Mr b.cappi- it's growing in SW NSW about 150km from Wagga Wagga. Gomaos- hopefully i'll have a potency report after the weekend (anyone got a favourite pedro prep?) Cuttings- sure i've PM'd several ppl and those that indicated an interest i'll be in touch. Anyone who wants to trade just PM me and we'll see what we can work out, but it's first in best dressed cause supply is limited. Trip Dr

Thanks for the replies everyone! It's no probs to get a few cuttings, but would the smaller 'pups' that are growig off sideways be better? I have little knowledge of cacti care, but i'll do a bit of reading so i can try get some rooted cuttings. I know this thing must root fairly easily because numerous times the branches has become too heavy and fallen to the ground sending out tap roots everywhere. I don't know about pollen as it has just recently flowered all have now died off. If memory serves correctly(which it frequently doesn't ) it has a very smooth/waxy feel, however i'll confirm this soon. Trip Dr

Hey all i've got some nice pics of a huge cactus i reckon might be a San Pedro, exact same flowers etc. Anyone know where i can upload a few pics to show y'all? Trip Dr

Hey all the lab place im talking about is called Bacto.com.au not batco.com.au check it out Trip Dr

Hello all, after doing a number of extractions that im less than happy with i've decided to try and get my hands on some top quality solvents. Now i've been checking out batco.com.au and come up with a few q's The solvents come in grades like extra pure, reagent grade, technical grade and with other names like 'dried analaR' as well as chromatography and spectroscoopy types. Now we would want the most pure grade but which is it? Or which grade is suited for basic extractions etc. ? Cheers Trip Dr

I've done a very small amount of research into cultivating woodloving varieties. All info points to outdoor beds etc. Does anyoneknow if indoor cultivation is possible? Trip Dr

Hello everyone, once again i have come across these wierd shrooms i found once a while back. They have a yellow apperance with dark brown cap. Stem is off white, cap blues easily, an when stem is broken turns a very very dark shade of blue. The specimen has no visible segigated gills as such, but appears more sponge-like. Can someone pls advise! Very sorry i have no cam for pics! Trip Dr

Yes quite similar to the picture. If you had a picture of the underside i'd know straight away. TRip Dr

Just cut one in half. Stem is solid. Underside of the cap is deinatly very weird and spongy looking, definate yellow colour, bruises blue.

How long does a spore print stay viable for? Just wondering cause i've got some oldies i'd love to try. cheers Trip Dr

Hello all, my gnome friend has a nice little sally plant he's been trying to look after for a while now. After recently repotting the plant has been chomped by some insects. Gnome sprayed with bug spray (some stuff from woolworths, starts with ph or something) Can someone please help! TRip Dr

Some leaves have taken on a rusty apperance, and the new tops leaves are dying! Is there anyting i can do?!?

Unfortunatly she looks quite sick after the spray, not to mention the fact that the bloody bugs haven't died!

Hello, that yaccon you have sounds interesting. How do you go about cultivating it? Can you simply burry a tuber and let it grow? Would be an interesting addition to the garden me thinks. namaste Trip Dr

Hi there, does anyone know where i might be able to find info on cultivation of this species. I have searched and searched but to no avail. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Trip Dr

Hey there all, i looking for some syringes 2 innoculate some jars, but i've only got small ones, and the aren't long enough. Does anyone know where 2 get 2-4 ml ones with long needles ? :confused: Also are wide mouth canning jars avaliable here? I've just been experimenting with normal ones... If anyone has any spare petri dishes lying around i wouldn't mind a few also. Be well Trip Dr

Thanks for the hlp all! Hey that $20 ultra sonic humidity gizmo sounds good. Is it avaliable in OZ? Or is it an overseas item? Trip Dr