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Some useful information here, thanks for the tips guys.

Is it possible to reap to the full benefits of an HPS light by bouncing the light from it onto plants via a (large) mirror. Would the lumens reacing the plants still max out at around 40K and would the wavelengths reaching the plants stay the same? I am by the way having problems finding a way to position my light and ballast above my plants without erecting an hideous wooden scaffold. bsm2wr

hi Hagakure, Amazing site well done. You should find a good teacher to introduce you slowly to key lessons. bsm2wr

Hi, Interesting research... I am intrigued to find it is a kappa receptor agonist that has putative benefits for opiate withdrawal rather than a mu receptor agonist. Buprenorphine (tradename Tagamet) is a highly selective mu receptor agonist and it is used successfully in this role (heroin withdrawal) without apparent serious side effects. Apothecary, is it interesting and perhaps relevant that kappa receptor activity is associated with dysphoria whereas other opiate receptors are associated with euphoria? bsm2wr

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Good perspective. But increase the technicality/accuracy and you lose overall perspective. - concentrate on one piece of the jigsaw like protein reception etc. and you get well defined answers but lose the bigger picture. In short I don't know. But the control of anything especially major organ function is complex and interacts at many levels and throwing around concepts without interelating them is probably worse than absolute ingorance. Still this you must know already through your own research and how you integrate information is your own responsibility. 1) I would myself say that the stomach would not actually sense the splitting of proteins at all. Rather it senses initial amounts of proteins and types. This information is relayed to glands and different glands release appropriate enzymes for splitting the proteins. 2) Receptors will be present for certain marker peptide yes. Rather than a comprehensive array of receptors. 3) I do not know. I agree with your speculation that many proteins would simply pass through. I doubt strongly that toxicity would be an acute problem. Molecular detoxification mechansisms exist in the stomach and intestine. 4) I speculate constipation would be only significant effect but diaorrhea would be the likely effect of a particularly bad/irritating protein soup. Perhaps it is relevent that meat eaters have more faecal matter stuck in their colons and thus have higher bowel cancer than vegetarians - perhaps the said gooey protein? PS, I am given to believe that overly high pH levels and stomach muscle tonicity + sphincter opening/closing are the most likely loci for inefficient stomach action. I hope this helps and I haven't repeated what you already know

Your questions are simple enough to be answerable easily by someone with sound knowledge and some skills in translating into laymans terms (less common than you might think). A friendly, patient gastrologist should be able to tell you these things. 1) Stomach has control and effect by muscle, hormones and nerves. Said factors are routes whereby "knowledge" of digestion status is passed to brain. More specifically: stomach muscle/nerves "feels" food in it and subsequent breakdown of food. Endocrine system knows which glands have been stimulated, receptors tell nerves what has been going on inside the stomach e.g. H+ pumps for acidity. All of the above interact and are controlled autonomically and at the brain level. Imagine the stomach is an interface between you and the outside world. It needs sensors and feedback control/effect mechanisms. An anology is one's face I guess. 2) I can say that there are receptors for all different sorts of proteins all the way through the alimentry canal and proteins in the AT can be detected by- and have an indirect action upon the brain. Monosodium glutamate in the mouth has specific recptors and tastes 'meaty'/ 'Umami'. 3) Millions of ways of 'not doing a job properly'. Badly defined question. Facetious answer = you die. 4) Depends on the food, level and type of dysfunctional digestion. Define. 5) Don't know. And in fact I'm guessing at all of the above but thanks for your indulgence. Good luck Torsten.

That fungus is simply "damping off" there are ways to prevent it. Plant seeds well apart in seperate containers and water with dilute CHESHUNT COMPOUND or copper based fungicide. Alright? By the way I live in the exotic northern island of UK and here it is legal to grow poppies. Ha.

Bearing in mind the illegility of this entire thing: if someone wanted to purchase some legally.... there IS a company that sells them. Forget the name just do a websearch. It is a US company, maybe based in Hawaii. And probably won't ship to Australia... lol. You'll find 'em.

For accelerated drying of any plant material or keeping air in a closed area moisture free calcium carbonate crytals can be used. Buy from any DIY store for a couple of dollars. An 'iranian friend' has used this method to dry his poppy heads. Word of warning the superdry air can simply make moisture move out of a (wet) plant core to its surface where mold will then form. Better to break the material up thouroughly first - to increase surface area and also to prevent moisture gradients within the plant material. I personally reckon it is best to dry stuff naturally for better potency. Don't think much is lost this way and it surely is fast but nature's best... bsm2wr [ 02. October 2005, 11:55: Message edited by: bsm2wr ]

I don't need fans. I have a lid and wet sand at the bottom of the box and on sunny days I need two large vents to prevent excessive humidity and overheating.

"religions have degraded to the degree that misinterpretations of texts often lead to a "if you don't understand it-kill it" mindset." & "only if the subject be mechanised" That's a fair cop me old guv' - well said. It is the effect of institutionalisation - it doesn't have to be religion. Only what other establishment has authority to judge matters of the 'soul'? These days it is our culture/beaurocracy that seems to do the job instead. Aren't there are still witches and witch hunts going on. Wonder if anyone can come up with some of them. [ 14. September 2005, 11:01: Message edited by: bsm2wr ]

So...(respectfully) why did you join Amulte?

Ok I've done a search on the web and this site, and as usual the emphasis is heavily on the human effects (pychoactivity). I'm really intrigued by this substance. What I want to know is what it does in the plant, it's function. And also how it circulates and is made-ie, is it concentrated in the veins/stem also. Also if Cathinone degrades in the plant leaves while they are still on the leaf - is it continually breaking down and being re-synthesised. Ultimately I want to know if a leaf freshly dropped has significant levels of cathinone compared to a freshly sprouted leaf. Any of you plantsmen out there help me out? Thnx PS, and while i'm here - would hot tea from fresh leaves degrade the cathinone? [ 11. September 2005, 14:53: Message edited by: bsm2wr ]

Hola, I use a purpose built mini-greenhouse. Thermostatic heating coil at bottom in wet sand plastic sides and lid and good ventilation. Lights above in winter too. Like humans who fail to thrive in adverse conditions: total pampering. bsm