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MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Thanks a lot for the greetings, glad to be here! I definitely will do some updates on the khat, I also lost a couple seedlings along the way, they seemed to have dried up no matter if the soil was moist or dry. I still got five or 6 seedlings going strong that I recently repotted in bigger pots. One is alone and the rest is in a clump that I couldn't separate without damaging the roots so I let them be. Hopefully I can get at least a couple mature plants I can take cuttings from in the future. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Thanks, my plant isn't woody yet and the cuttings I took always were fresh new growth, maybe that's the problem. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
How big were the cuttings you did? Did you put it in some sort of greenhouse for humidity? Maybe I'm giving them too much humidity. The first time I tried it pretty much like you said but in their own pots and in a mini greenhouse. they just wilted after a few hours and never came back up, the leaves were starting to get black at the tips after about a week. I tried in plain water and same thing, plus rotten stems. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Some new seedlings poked their heads the past couple days: - Psychotria elata ("Hooker's Lips") The picture was taken a few days ago, I see 3 more starting to pop up in the same pot now. Germination took a little over a week, straight to soil. I have a bunch of these seeds up for trades if anyone is interested. - Heimia Salicifolia ("Sinicuichi") Glad to see these seeds are easy to germinate. For some reason I couldn't get any sinicuichi cuttings to root on my last 2 attempts. I took 4 new cuttings today to try again. If anyone has some tips for successfully rooting cuttings of this plant it would be much appreciated. - Rivea Corymbosa ("Ololiuqui") A friend of mine gave me some few years old seeds a few months ago but I couldn't get any to germinate. Ordered some fresh seeds and they sprouted in less than a week. Bonus pic, 3 of my lophophora flowering at pretty much the same time -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Yesterday morning I woke up to a goddamn couple of hippie snails having wild phenetylaminated sex next to the pots of those poor cacti they munched on. The dirty beatniks were even fornicating in front of their children, suffice to say I flung the whole family for a one-way flight to the moon Anyways I tried to make the best of it and grafted a loph seedling on the munched pachanoi, hopefully this'll take. On the bright side, I also woke up to this nice flower I hadn't even noticed was forming. Two other lophs also have buds that should open by tomorrow. Oh and here are the peresks I was talking about in my previous post, the two pots with 3 little pachanois each are new buys too. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Of course brother, I PM'd you the link. Hopefully you don't have to order again and the ones you already ordered do sprout. I had pretty much 100% germination on mines, just make sure to plant them with the little tufty side pointing up or they'll have to turn around, that's were the cotyledons come out of. I also noticed it's good to cover them a little bit, don't let the tuft stick out of the soil or they'll have trouble standing up straight afterwards. They're pretty quick to sprout too, about 3~5 days. Never heard of a strain called Elite, not sure what species you're talking about, is that a weed strain? Who's the breeder? Thanks again for all the compliments dude -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Some flowers are starting to pop up in the garden, pretty hyped about that I love when plants reward your work with some beautiful flowers. My biggest Spilanthes starting to push out a bunch of flowers: First poppy pod of the year starting to form, although the plant is still quite small My Mexican Tarragon and Nicotinia Rustica plants are also starting to bud, I'll show you the flowers as soon as they open. Also I bought this little Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus graft which was labeled as monstrose for cheap on the bay Along with the ariocarpus came some very nice Pereskiopsis, 3 very thick ones labeled as Pereskiopsis sp. "Gigant" and a cristate one. They'renot looking their best right now because of transport but I'll snap some pics tomorrow when they have perked back up. -
Damn those are some nice plants Thunder! Very well done! Always love to see ethnobotanicals growing under LED as well since that's what I'm running too. For some reason I can't get any harmala seeds to germinate, I tried some from a couple different sources, even tried halo-priming since I read an article about it working well with syrian rue but always no dice... I guess since the seeds are sold mostly for consumption around here most vendors must have old and badly stored seeds, but I don't know, I heard they can stay viable for quite a while. Any tips?
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Pretty much anywhere in western europe I would think, the ones I see usually come from spain or morocco. I'll make sure to take a pic next time
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Very nice! Prickly pears are one of my favorite fruits ever, they taste amazing and they're easily found at the supermarket here. In Morocco you have people with horse chariots full of the things selling them in the street and peeling them off for you, it's awesome. Takes a little practice to peel them in one piece with a fork and knife, you want to cut slices off both ends then make a slit in the skin along the length and unroll the fruit with your fork.
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MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Thank you Skellum, much appreciated. This community seems a lot more welcoming and mature than the more popular blue one (wink wink), very happy to be able to share my botanical adventures with you guys. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Thanks, that's some good info right there about the Tasmanian poppies, thanks. Ithink I heard about this norman breed and people were saying it has red latex instead of white latex, is that correct? Not that I would ever harvest latex from my poppies, but if it is then it's good to know you can easily tell them appart. Because wikipedia says a high dose of thebaine can cause convulsions similar to strychnine (rat poison) poisoning, that's no good for people who grow poppies for consumption. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Thank you so much for the kind words dude! I definitely feel blessed to be able to go all in on my passion, I'm unemployed at the moment so I have all the free time I want, and hopefully I can make a little business out of selling cuttings & seeds. I'm a little worried for the winter but I think I should have enough indoor space to keep at least one mother of each perennials in my 2x1m tent. Plus I can overwinter some plants inside the house if needed. And yeah, sorry for the avalanche of pics & posts, I just had to kickstart the grow log, I'll make myself more discreet in the future. The plants I grow are legal for ornamental purposes here, which is the only reason I grow them for. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Look who came in the mail today, it's Sally and her twin! -
What did you do in your sacred garden today?
MeanGreen replied to theuserformallyknownasd00d's topic in Ethnobotany
I took some cuttings of my Sceletium tortuosum plant today. I was able to take 12 cuttings and that allowed me to harvest a little handful of leaves that I'm going to try and prepare. Anyone can outline the "oven tek" for me please? Sun fermentation seems a bit gross and I heard it doesn't really make a difference compared to oven drying. -
MeanGreen's Big Ethnobotanical Garden Log 2017
MeanGreen replied to MeanGreen's topic in Ethnobotany
Thanks man, appart from some of my cacti I started buying seeds & cuttings of everything you see 3 or 4 months ago tops. Most plants have been started inside under a 300w full spectrum LED before putting them outside.
