Shroomie the Shaman

Can anyone please tell me what this is on my Psychotria Viridis? I have 2 and the are both suffering from what looks like little eggs (there are alot of ants too) I would like to avoid pesticides if I could, I tried scraping as much as I could off, also using water, but it all comes straight back...Anyone???

I have two fresh, healthy looking Psychotria shrubs (not yet develloping berries, but getting there) and don't quite know the best thing to do with them. Are the leaves active when dead? Do I wait then cut the lot next year? I used to grow phalaris grass but need a course in Psychotria usage...methods ect...please help this curious psychonaut!

***They now love me!*** I did only have two plants infested but I used a toothbrush (taking more care than when brushing my teeth!) and a spray bottle set on jet, rinse n repeat every afternoon...by the second afternoon there were only a few! As I sit here looking, they're blooming up in the sun. THANKS ALL!!!

It just has to be said, here in SE QLD we are having the best weather for us plant lovers. A little water at night (if it doesn't rain) and sunshine all day. Got rid of my "scale" infestation (thanks guys!!! ) and things are booming. *Happy Gardening*

You are both my kind of gardeners...I only have 2 infested plants, so this afternoon they will both get a hand scrub with an old toothbrush, a jet stream clean off, I might even be able to go without using anything else...once again, thanks all!!!

Absolutely brilliant people. I took the photo this afternoon and now (6:07pm) I have several different opinions, all the same. The plants have been quarrantined...well away from my beloved cacti, THANK YOU for there is no sign of spreading. Shall mix up some "white oil," test...then save my only two Psychotrias. Once again, cheers! Your helpfulness will be well used and much appreciated.

Cheers, can someone please stop me from having to goto the nursery, photo in hand to buy a spray?

Thanks for that Torsten...I got some "can't believe it's not moroccan hashish" and was VERY dissapointed. Now I know why as I take benzos every day for epilepsy. 6mg of "Rivotril" a day to be exact, so obviously I'm not gonna get much from it. I thought it was a real let down but now I know why...It's my medications interfering with it! Can you tell me if the "not opium" will do much for me while being on 50mg of "Kapanol" a day???

I remember those days...emerging from a sweaty wharehouse at sunrise to see dozens of "Sudafed" packs (empty) scattered across the carpark. I distinctively remember a friend habitually getting a tray per pill of "X" to mix, and apparently they mixed well...he was always the last to leave and then the first to arrive at the recovery party...*sighs* Oh those memmories of the early 90's rave parties. "When the music was good, the lollies were cheap, and the only thing that mattered was the fact that everyone had a good time." Are there any real "underground" dance parties around anymore that don't get stopped by the police at 1am???

I got some of the Theobroma extract and arent quite sure how to "make the most of it."

Greetings all, Just trying to close my computer world a little, and wondering, does anybody reading this have a "MySpace" page? If so, that would be cool-"You can't have too many friends"-Me. So if you do, just add me at http://www.myspace.com/shamanicsounds and let me know where your from! (i.e: The Corroboree) Just trying to get all my "chat buddies" in the one place. Dave.

I have a FOAF who has problems finding friends and like minds because of his beliefs. The best way to describe him is a Terrence McKenna like soul that lives by his own beliefs every day, most people think he's a little nuts, but then again he can see illness, auras and forthcoming events. This makes his beliefs undoubtable, espescially when he sees what you are wearing over the phone! Does anyone else know anyone like this, I think he needs help because he has very few friends from his lifestyle...he does not need psychiatric help, he needs like minds to talk to because he even talks to plants and "spirits" Can anyone relate to this? I mean, he grieved for months when Terrence McKenna died because reading his material made him feel related. He is VERY personal, and in this day and age, he does not find like minded souls anywhere, I mean, if he told the wrong person these things, he would be locked up in the psych ward! Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?

O.K...If this classes as sane (been away GD and others...) then I hereby declare sanity as a Social disorder! Watched the lunar eclipse the other night, sat on the beach with others coming for a quick look, looking at me like "freak" saying it's too cold and going inside, call me archaic but to me a lunar eclipse has to be sat through to benefit from its cleansing properties!!!

You guys are all crazy...j/k (LMFAO!!!)

I've been waiting for this all winter, and here it comes...SPRING! The best time of year as your days get more sunny and alive, so does your garden. I just grafted a few more cacti and aloe, but I will take some photos near the end of spring, it'll look good then...until then, HAPPY GARDENING!!!

Well, here I am in Sydney for the weekend...just made my first (hopefully first of many) swapsies with a "stranger" I met through this site (lol...all legal, grafts ect...) and it has really made me think. How long would it have taken me to met this person without this site? I dare say maybe never considering location, but this all just adds to the light I was sent last night. I lay there thinking of how giving gives you more than taking, This person proved themselves so I provided a couple o' grafts (the best I had) to build his collection and after sleeping on his reply, and "thank yous" I awoke with a sensation taking could never give. It cost me the crowns of my 2 favourite San Pedros, and around $8 p/h but his grattitude gave me a feeling nothing else could! OH HOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE IT ALL BACKWARDS!!! What is the price of mateship and trust? "Priceless" I refused his offer to pay p/h insisting "no promises, just favours" and haven't felt this good in a while:) Of course he replied with an offering of "seeds ect..." This all floods me with light, Have we reverted to true Archaic barter on trust my friend? I think so and it is a great feeling, one which I do not want to lose! So, whoever is reading this, take a leap and give, not just what you can spare, give the best you can for free! Trust me, the feeling you recieve is better than any pill you may have popped and stronger than any man you have battled!!! So today, think of what you would like to recieve, then give that to a "nobody" for no reason...I assure you...better than drugs, sex...hell, even sex on drugs!!! "I know it's far fetched, but we really could make the value of money non-existant, by using trust, mateship and plain, old-fashioned purity, I think an Archaic Revival may be a big ask globally, but you can create it today within yourself, which is a good start, after all, wasn't the biggest tree in your street once a tiny seed?" -The more closely you look at something, the bigger it becomes- Shroomie the Shaman

I have been ordering the odd thing or two from "Shaman Australis" for a while now, but just recently have started to contribute to the forums. Once I did, it took about 48 hours for me to turn from a soul that thought he was either looking at everything sideways, an outcast from all society..."Why am I the only one that thinks like this?" and the rest of the world was mad...to a openly practicing Shaman, standing tall and proud while finding like minded people taking me seriously, even to the point of sharing similar experiences and thoughts. Searching yahell chatrooms for truly open minds was a complete waste of time because I have found 3 friends (all in U.S.A) through yahell (and that took 3-4 years) and now am linking up with many like minds...Once again, to all that have saved this Shaman from insanity...THANK YOU. This shall now be "home."

CRAP!!! I have to look after my Mother...I could use an excuse to cut n boil...

Oh man! These things are so great to read...I can relate alot to both of you. Firstly, I too lost my virginity in a dream when I was young, then, when it finally came to "doing the buisness" it was with an older woman *getting a little graphic here* but I just dove down on her and knew exactly what "buttons to push" and gave her multiple orgasms, just like I had done it before...and when it came to the crunch (penetration) she would not believe me that she was my first. It was exactly like I had practice, but in my dreams... Also, when I was younger (not so much now) I used to get those flying dreams...one time I flew directly upwards and there were others there, lights and sounds, I spun out and then heard a female voice say "we're scaring him!" Then wham, I woke up in bed, tingling all over...since then I have related that voice to my long passed grandmother, as I have seen her and heard her since. Lucid dreaming is one twisted topic and am glad to hear others with similar experiences!!!

Oh yeah, I forgot to add that anyone that has knowledge of any of these "gatherings" on the Gold Coast please p.m me as it would be greatly appreciated...

As the topic says, my psychotria viridis plants seem to have alot of tiny, tiny black things covering the new shoots. Also, normal black ants seem to live on my psychotrias. The ants seem to just be happily running around the plant, causing it no grief, but these little black things are filling the new shoots stunting them. I do not want to use chemicals if possible but I only have two, very healthy specimens and can feel the plants being stunted...(yes, I talk to my plants) Does anyone have, or has seen this, if so, what do I do?

Well...thanks for all the info, but I came home (cam in hand) after 48 hours of belting rain and powerful wind...and the plant is now rid or all ants and little black things...whatever they were, they can't handle rough weather very well and he is now smiling!