hypnotoad Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Please excuse the language.Why the fuck is it so fucking hard to find either of these plants? Seriously, it's not like they're hard to grow, or illegal, extinct or even rare for that matter. I can buy 30g of cinnamon or nutmeg for under 2 dollars! No commercial grower is going to be cross with me for growing cinnamon or nutmeg in my backyard, because we'll both probably be stone fucking dead by the time it's worth something (nothing). Absoultely baffling!So please, I beseech you all for even the dullest of insight in to one of lifes strangest mysteries.Feel free to move this to degenerated threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_spirit Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Huh i am sure we all feel the same about a lot of different plants, I too would love to be growing these. From memory - and I may be wrong - Rev has nutmeg/mace, but like I said i could be wrong and it may have been on another forum??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr b.caapi Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rev still lives in Indo doesnt he? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 He does. So he may be able to send over fresh seed if there is something in it for him.Cinnamon is available in Australia, it's just difficult to get and erratically available.Nutmeg is a different story. You may want to PM Muskrat and see if he ever ended up having luck sourcing it. You already know my story with my attempts to get it.It is also understandable why it is so difficult to get. Seeds are only viable for approximately 15 days, during which they can't dry out. Getting them into Australia, still viable and not covered with mould, is challenging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnotoad Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Do any Botanic Gardens in Australia have Nutmeg? Brisbane has a cinnamon that I've been stalking for seeds for a while now but never seems to form them properly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Only cinnamon. Never seen it with seed, but then again, I've never even considered that it could have any.Muskrat heard of a guy in QLD with a private nutmeg orchard, so that may be an avenue worth investigating.If I were you, I would contact Rev and see if he can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwalker. Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) could try posting a request onhttp://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?board=2.0only takes a few moments to sign up...................and their are both many international (Asian) and oz members...........I thought you were going to discuss the mind altering element of nutmeg Edited December 16, 2013 by Dreamwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnotoad Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Sadly not, but we definitely could change the direction of this thread? I know many Cinnamomum plants contain safrole and that there are stories of nutmeg being smoked in prison?I emailed Daley's Fruit, and they said there was a 2 year waiting list for Cinnamomum Verum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Damn...those two plants I used to have were obtained pretty easily. Guess I lucked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teonanacatl Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 There are cinnamon and nutmeg plants in the centenary lakes area of the Cairns botanical gardens. Never seen the nutmeg fruit though so I dont know if its male or female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailthesnail Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 It seems as though it's a bit like the diamond trade, All is owned by a selected few. And they control the market depressing really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Frisson Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) My old boss has a cinnamon tree, so I will ask if/when or if it sets seed if I can grab a whole bunch.He would always brag about how nice it was to walk around the tree sniffing the bark.. Weirdo.. Edit: Typo Edited December 17, 2013 by Eternal Frisson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnotoad Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 In my part of town, if you brag, you get shanked for your rare spices. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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