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Just reading through the course now, so far it looks like a decent course How long do you have to go with your degree?

Today I repotted my Alicia Anisopetala vine into the pot she shall remain until I move out and and can get her into the ground. It's a nice 50L pot so it should give her enough room for a while anyway. Might keep her inside of a night time for a few more weeks though. Featuring part of a cereus I've had for a few years. Speaking of Riveas Simhanda here are mine, I was very happy with the germination rate. Only 1 hasn't germinated so far.

Good to see that this information has come out. I just hope that this momentum keeps building and doesn't fizzle out like a lot of other big stories have. Nixon stepped down because he wiretapped a few journalists and I'm pretty sure some political opponents. Barack effectively wiretaps the whole world so I could see this going big but I'm of the oppinion that he will not step down at least willingly like Nixon did. I don't want to see a violent revolution but if momentum continues then a revolution is at least on the cards if not likely. Another thing is how interesting it is to see the media being so polarized, though I am not sure how anyone can really defend it, it goes to show that not all hope is lost. Quite interesting times we live in right now, popcorn anyone?

While I don't agree with you 100% on all things, for example your inclusion of Ketamine as a 'Transcendental Compound' which is known to be accutely addictive though you may have changed your stance on this compound I am unsure, I do agree with the basic premise that we should be allowed to ingest these compounds if that is our desire and our actions do not hurt anyone. I think more people who disagree with you should look at the similarities of our various ideals than the differences. I admire your persistance and your willingness to take on our fight in a form that no one else does. I'll be donating what I can in your campaign.

Hey toast I know it's a little late to try now but a while back I got spiked by a cacti as well. I found rubbing the flesh around where I was spiked to be incredibly effective in helping to reduce the pain and it didn't end up getting infected. Before trying this I'd been spiked previously and had a sore hand for a week. Something to keep in mind next time.

Sorry to hear your bad news man. Like others have said it's an emotional rollercoaster but in my experience I've always came out much stronger and I think that's true in all cases.It's really probably the best idea to contact her however hard that may be because it will probably just make things worse, trust me I know from experience from both ends. See it as a time for transformation rather than decent and before you know it you'll be back on your feet and while feelings may still exist within they will not bother you in the same way as now. Last break up I had I was pretty shattered but then I had a dream one night which helped me through it. To make a long story short I smashed my phone in the dream and went to try get it fixed. Was told it couldn't be fixed and it had to be thrown away. The shop keeper said that I could take this opportunity to perfect the phone I had to the ideal phone for me and I said but it really did everything I wanted. Then he replied, but did it do anything you don't like. Not sure exactly how long the dream went on after this but I soon woke up. I didn't really think of it in the dream but when I woke up I saw how this could have been related to my recent break up and that I could use this time to find someone else who before that dream I was duped into thinking they couldn't possibly as 'right' for me as someone else but after that dream I considered the situation from a new angle. I'm sending the best vibes I can, good luck man. Just remember not to be walked all over thinking that the best thing is for you two the get back together. While it could be, there is also a possibility that it's not.

I can donate some 50 acacia acuminata seed, especially to a cause like this

Bigred, If you're interested in making a ram pump you might wanna check out: http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/GravityMotors/Art_Shaefer/Water-Lifting_device_21pp.pdf Which describes an improved ram pump. Water hammer is an incredibly interesting effect imo. There is also a very interesting theory that the great pyramid was actually intended to be some sort of ram pump, then again there is a theory for the great pyramid being everything from made by extra terrestrials, spiritual temple to a bloody tomb. If you are interested you can find more on that here: http://sentinelkennels.com/Research_Article_V41.html

I quite recently found out that there is a fair history of freemasonry on my mums side of the family. Had my nans brothers come and stay with us about 4 - 5 months ago, two of which were freemasons and apparently 2 of her other brothers and my great grandfather were/are also freemasons. It seems like an interesting sort of organisation and I was quite intrigued when he was talking about higher degrees of masonry, although it was quite vauge. He said they can't talk about a lot of stuff with non-masons. I'm sure he was making it sound a lot more mysterious than it needs to be though since he was trying to get me interested in it. If he didn't live up in QLD I'd probably go along to a meeting with him. I'd recommend checking it out, even just to have some time with your dad and perhaps see another part of his life that you've otherwise been compltely unaware of.

Very enjoyable/amazing read! I agree Holymountain, with stories like this I wouldn't be able to put it down I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering what tales that knife could tell since it was taken from you.

The seeds arrived today, thank you very much!

I'd be interested in some if you've got any left aswell

Sorry to hear that bro, fuck that must suck. I think you should go ahead with your idea with compiling a list of suppliers which supply these cacti. Just worry about yourself here man I don't think you providing a list of suppliers is going to be terrible for us all, at worst we just won't be able to get cacti from bunnings etc anymore. Somehow I really don't see this happening because once it starts encroaching on a businesses profits is when money will get poured in to stopping these sort of nonsensical laws which will only help our cause really. Plus when you goto court and it is shown just how widespread these cacti are then it'll demonstrate just how illogical and unenforceable these laws are. I'd include in this list not just the cacti but also the hordes of native, not to mention endemic, plants which are effectively illegalized by these laws. I wish you the best of luck Myco!

Happy birthday mate! I know you said any charity but what charity would you donate to if it was you?

Thanks for the update Torsten. These parliamentarians really frustrate me at times, well a lot of the time. Someone should graffiti all coffee shops saying that the coffee may cause effects similar to MDMA and see how long those pollys go without their coffee. Times like these we need a facepalm emotion but I'll just settle with this one

Hey all, I've done a few successful psychotria leaf cuttings before but have only ever cut them in half. I was thinking that it might work if I divide the leaf into 3rds (perhaps even 4ths) for even more sprouts, anyone have any experience with that? I mean as long as the leaf is in the right orientation I think it should work. Also has anyone rooted psychotria leaves in soil because I've only ever tried in moist paper towel and water. I'd say it might be a go-er but I don't want to waste any leaves Thanks heaps!

Herbalisitcs has Alicia Anisopetala and some of those caapi varieties in stock but they don't come back online until the 18th, check them out.

Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the scanners do pickup biological materials. I'm honestly unsure but I remember when I was looking frantically for this plant I saw in a thread that someone claimed to have DC seeds and it was found that they weren't dc seeds because they didn't have a wavy skirting around the seed (I forget the technical name). I'll go and try and find this topic I am talking about. From memory they don't set seed in peru but do in brazil or something along those lines. If you search around you'll also see that people are talking about how it's here in Aus but no one who has it is willing to share Now off to find that thread Here's a post by Torsten that says he knows people who have it; http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1401&p=10266 Bare in mind that was in 2000 so nothing has come of it, not even 13 years later. Heres another thread with the seed morphology in it (although not the one I am talking about): http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17619&hl=%2Bdiplopterys+%2Bcabrerana *goes back to searching*

Well customs wouldn't have had the same tech that they do now so even if they weren't more lax it would have been easier to get things in then than it is now. Oh and also Diplopterys Cabrerana does set seed but not very often.

From what I can gather salvia was imported well before it was made illegal and at a time when things may have been more lax in customs.

I would be down on throwing in money to source these plants too. Would be nice knowing that chaliponga exists in aussie. Alicia shouldn't be too hard to source, like poisonshroom said herbalistics have a few in stock.

Hahahah, you got quite a chuckle from me. I had a similar thing happen to me when I was a young teen and I ended up finding it on the bottom of one of my shoes, no idea how I got there considering I wasn't wearing any shoes, plus I only walked on the floor not the bed If you do end up finding it I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one who'd be interested in hearing, or maybe I'm just a lone sicko

Thanks everyone. Had a blast today in more ways than one. Yeah Sally my cuttings rooted real well. Couldnt get enough of it

Thanks for the advice guys, it is very much appreciated I went ahead and cut some leaves into 3rds and some into 4ths and then put them into trays and some I'm doing a water rooting because all my others have been successful this way. Planthelper, Yes you are right, my viridis leaf cuttings weren't in ideal conditions and I believe that mainly was to do with the heat as it was nice and humid in there. These ones will be kept at a nice temperature. Most other times I've just done Psychotria Nexus leaf cuttings and they've sprouted in the same conditions but we all know that Viridis prefers a more stringent climate, much to the dismay of the members who aren't further in the tropics Edit: By the way it's Psychotria Nexus that I'm making leaf cuttings of in case anyone was curious.

Alright sweet thanks heaps for the heads up man. The leaves I'm cloning off are fairly big that if I cut it into 1/4 it would be roughly the size of ones I had done before but I just wasn't sure if there was another factor which would complicate things. Tell me about it, it's probably the biggest lesson plants have taught me so far. The last viridis leaf cuttings I made took 6-8 months to grow new shoots but they were looking alive and well so I knew that they'd shoot eventually. Also my caapi has taken best part of a year and a half to start growing properly, patience paid off when I got the joy of seeing it starting to grow