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hmm I live in USDA bordering zone 4/5, 2 years ago it got -20F for a couple days outside that sucked and it still rarely ever gets that cold inside. Maybe cover your windows with that clear insulation you can get for the winter not sure if it's common in norway. I think caapi might do ok inside get a more hardy variety,kanna would be ok possibly and some trichocereus they'll go dormant in winter which is natural I think peruvianus can withstand the most cold, but bridgesii would be more desirable.

I've been thinking of growing pereskia myself. I can get a different type of pereskia(sacharosa) seed the fruits taste like anything else like a cherry,or certain berries, is it tart at all?

it gets to 50 degrees Fahrenheit inside doesn't norway have heat? Along with the already suggested plants I would recommend kanna, scullcap and morning glory annually if you want a big plant and have big windows people have done it before. For insect eating plants sundew(drosera) are my favorite species you'll just need a non tropical one that can withstand cold,or need dormant periods.

how many tips does a full grown bush produce and by tips only do you mean just the newest growth of leaves? If so I'd imagine you could continuously harvest them I've got some seedlings growing now about 2-3 months old.

how does scutellaria baicalensis compare to humilis potency wise? Anybody grow humilis are they easy to grow and germinate from seed?

just the tips not extracted,or extracted I thought it would be too weak otherwise? How old can the tips be before they lose some of their potency? Does heimia work better in a vaporizer like most others plants would?

Nice how big of a pot is that 5 gallon?

if you have started from seed I'm sure you can afford a couple grafts while growing the regular ones.

glad your cultivating the phleb is that only started from seed,or cuttings work too?

where's the pics, was it just astrophytums that got burned?

grafted they should only take 5 years maybe that's for pelecyphora, mammillaria can get a real good size in 2-3 years depending what you graft to could be slower,or faster.

yep any part works worms do seem to like leaf mulch,but if it's composted it doesn't borrow anything from the soil depending on the leaves composition it may need a little nitrogen to break down.

doesn't mean it can't be used,but does have camphor which is not good in large quantities kinda like sanguinarine it's the only reason I'm aware of they don't use it as a commercial sweetener cause it's sweeter than stevia.

Lippia dulcis is another one shouldn't be used often because of camphor though which is toxic.

Mammillaria species sound great I wanna try. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/inde...aded&start= Pelecyphora sounds almost too powerful here's some info It was first described as a peyote by Britton & Rose who state that "it is said by the Mexicans to possess medicinal properties." Schultes, citing Britton & Rose, regards P.aselliformis as a plant "said to be either narcotic or medicinal." William Emboden, the author of Narcotic Plants, is the only one who has claims to have witnessed the efficacy of this plant as a "psychomimetic," a plant that mimics psychosis. Unfortunately Emboden fails to describe any particulars of the intoxication. Anderson regards it as "unclear if it was ever used ceremonially." Mescaline levels are minimal, and it can be assumed other alkaloids, or non-alkaloidal properties, account for the plant's reputed psychoactivity. Once rare in cultivation this very slow growing species can often be found grafted. P.strobiliformis (=Encephalocarpus strobiliformis) has also been informally mentioned as being a medicinal peyote species. Local names include: "Peote," "peyotillo," "peotillo," "peyote meco," "piote," "hatchet cactus." ALKALOIDS CONTAINED: Mescaline (less than .00002% - dry weight) N-Methylmescaline N,N-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine N-Methyl-3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine 3,4-Dimethoxyphenethylamine Pellotine Anhalidine Hordenine Tyramine N-Methyltyramine Quinic acid Pelecyphora Pelecyphora is a well known cacti species related to the hallucinogenic Coryphantha species but is restricted to Mexico (Benson 1982). There are two species with hallucinogenic properties, those being Pelecyphora aselliformis, and P. pseudopectinata. P. pseudopectinata is sometimes used by natives of Tamualipas and considered a peyote species there (Bruhn and Bruhn 1973). It contains only hordenine. The other species, P. aselliformis, which, because of its distant relationship to the former, may be placed in a new genus. It has been reported to be commonly sold in markets of San Luis Potosi (Bruhn and Bruhn 1973), and contains a plethora of alkaloid compounds (Anhalidine, Hordenine, Tyramine, N-methyltyramine, Phenethylamine, N-methylphenethylamine, 4-methoxyphenethylamine, N-methyl-4-methoxyphenethylamine, 3,4-Dimethoxyphenethylamine, N-methyl-3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine, Mescaline, N-methylmescaline, Pellotine, N,N-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, 3-dimethyltrichocereine)(Ott 1993).