PhantomTurkey

My solution was to fence off part of the garden thus eliminating any chance of damage. I suggest fencing.

If not for the woman dying this would be hilarious.

The usage guidelines on a Red Bull can are there for a reason. A bit of common sense on his part wouldn't have gone astray.

Excuse my not knowing, but why bother with a substitute? Is kava illegal or likely to become illegal?

I saw an instance on the news of someone dying from that. It is so unnecessary. If people would only educate themselves before poisoning themselves. It not hard to find evidence that heroin and misuse of substances such as OxyContin can and do ruin lives, yet people still insist on doing it to themselves. People need to read up and make informed choices. If people are going to take any sort of mind altering substance, it makes sense for their own benefit to get as much info as possible about it.

Here are my new seedlings. Not in top shape but they are growing. The older ones, despite having the bug problem are still developing slowly.

Have an experiment for yourself. I am thinking of ordering some Blue Lotus soon actually.

*From Happy High Herbs by Ray Thorpe For Cocaine the book reccomends (Note some of these are restricted): HERBAL ALTERNATIVE FOR HARM AND USE REDUCTION Ephedra and Guarana Coca Leaf Catuaba NATURAL TREATMENT FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RECOVERY Nervine Herbs Tonic Herbs,foods Aminos Liquorice. Cayenne. Vitamin E, multi vitamins, multi minerals No meat diet Ibogaine (as suggested by others in this thread) Salvia Divinorum. I am no expert in this, I am only relaying what is written but it would seem some of the advice here checks out with advice that has been suggested in this thread. I wish you all the best in your endeavor to break this addiction.

Here are the plants in their present state. 2 have damage while one is relatively unscathed. Here are my Lions Tail plants. As you can see, some of my Coleus plants have also suffered some damage. I used white oil on recommendation from talking to some local gardeners after describing what I am growing. I don't see why plants should die from using white oil. As long as you dont spray too close it should be OK.

This recipe works well http://www.erowid.org/plants/kava/kava_recipe1.shtml

How are your HBWR plants going by the way?

I will post pics soon. Two of my plants have been damaged by bugs. I sprayed white oil on them yesterday but I should have done that earlier. No big deal...new leaves are still forming. Regarding Morning Glories and Rivea I might look at growing some later. I have some Lions Tail on the go and they are coming up quite nicely. I'll post pics soon.

My plants are still growing reasonably well. The other day I decided to plant some of the spare HBWR seeds I had lying around and they have just started sprouting. I'll post the pics soon.

Mugwort, passionflower and chamomile tea before going to bed helps enhance dreams. I also have some mugwort herb tied up in a clean sock and have it under my pillowcase. I can't say for sure that this method works but I thought since it works as a tea that it was worth a try.

Guarana powder. For extra endurance at work and driving it is my favorite.

This one allows you to DL a screensaver. I have it set as my current screen saver...page is here: http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/

This is brilliant... http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/zoomquilt2.swf

Thanks. Ideally I should plant them into the ground but I'm just not sure how long I'll be staying where I am. Hopefully the holed bins will be fine for a while after I repot. Good luck with that. Looking good. Hopefully they will survive the winter in Melbourne.

Still growing and they seem to be going well. I am looking to put these in holed bins for the next repot which will be soon. I seem to be getting some mite damage (my guess). I have been applying White Oil to try and remedy that.

Interesting...according to this graph Cocaine is almost safe. Shouldnt coke be ranked deeper into the danger territory?

I aim to go for bigger pots. Your post prompted me to repot which I did. I could have gone another while in the small pots...the roots hadnt reached the sides of the pot yet but it was still a good time to repot. What I am thinking of doing instead of spending a lot of cash on large pots is buying some plastic bins, about $10 each from Bunnings and put holes in the bottom instead. I want to plant directly into the ground but am holding off till I get my own house. Absolutely. Good idea. I'd like to see your progress and take on board whatever relevant info I can from your grow. Its looking good..I might buy some wire trellis or something when mine gets a bit bigger.

Here are my plants after approx one month of growth.

People talking badly about kava's taste isn't disrespecting the plant by any means. I see it as being honest. There is no big deal really...if you like taste of kava, great...if not, no problem. It is possible to love the plant but hate the taste as I do. I usually add several heaped spoons of Milo to a glass of kava with milk to make it somewhat palatable. This does the trick for me. In regard to Baileys as a mixing medium, I havent tried it but I think it would go well. I read about it in the book "Happy High Herbs" by Ray Thorpe. (A reccomended read btw).

I usually have it with Milo...it goes well. I've heard Baileys is a good choice when ingesting Kava...havent tried this though.

Thanks Jono.Yes they are Leonotis Leonurus...most of my seeds have sprouted.I'm thinking that I'll water them everyday for a bit longer, then drop it to every 2nd day....then drop it to every third. Cheers.