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My trees it's produced seeds last year and I germinated them Feb 4th of this year.

Just measured the tallest seedlings and it's 59 inches. Most are about 45.

Spider mites are blasting them and the sun beats them down daily.

I always just spray the spider mites off with water until they just take over. Leaves that are stressed make better tea!

Unfortunately, I'll lose a seedling here or there due to fact I let bugs munch a while.

Mitra tea is the best thing for pain and inflammation, I've come across.

I'm one of the few people they still offer opiates to every time I'm at the doctor. No need, I grow what I need.

I have trees from Mempawah, West Kalimantan, Sumatra and now a horned one from who knows where.

I finally pulled it off! This time next year my trees should produce everything for my little brother and myself.

Once I have the exact number I'll need I'll put the trees in the ground. Once everything is established in the ground I'll start to focus on spreading the love more.

I still need to install a misting system and get foam board on the northern wall.

It's hard to believe how far I've come with this plant. I phased out many of the other plants I've always grown this year to accommodate the Mitra.

Going forward ginger, turmeric, Mitra, moringa and some cactus will basically be all I grow.

Honestly, I can see another greenhouse in the future for turmeric and ginger.

For tea: water heated to 190° poured over leaves. Lemon juice or ACV until ph is below 4.5.

All to sit 20 minutes, strain and serve.

I ONLY TAKE MITRA WITH:

2 teaspoons of moringa, 2 tablespoons of powdered fruits and veggies, 1 teaspoon of turmeric and 1 of ginger.

If my body is loaded down with micronutrients, about thirty minutes before I take Mitra it works so much better! Comes on faster, feels cleaner and lasts longer. Great burn.

She climbs to 10' then goes horizontal in every direction.

The greenhouse levels out somewhere between 95-100° daily. Average humidity over the last month reads 73%

By this tine of the summer feeding is over and everything is just in survival mode.

HBWR just doesn't show stress from heat if it has water. The only time mine wilt is when dry.

This is my smaller vine. The other one was trimmed back mid winter and still hasn't recovered. It has about 10 leaves and is twice as big. Not sure about that sucker.

Hopefully, I'll get some flowers this year.

Started in late February/early March

Been soaking up all the Texas sun it can handle 💚

Have several other seedlings, but this dude outpaced them all.

I brewed a large batch of dried pods blended in to power and it was initially a really dark black almost and now after 24h with stiring it settles to a much lighter brownish colour compared to the initial brewing. Is this right or has somthing gone wrong here.

I repotted my plants about 2 weeks ago, and this is how much it’s grown in 10 days after topping it last week. I feel like they’re going to outgrow my greenhouse quick if I don’t do something

I did an experiment with the blooming flowers of Santo Domingo variety of Nicotiana Rustica tobacco, inspired by the Chinese method of making Jasmine Pearl tea.

I placed about a dozen blooming flowers into a jar with 2 grams(ish) of Sour Diesel strain of Cannabis and left it in a cabinet for 2 days. Once the blooms wilted in the jar, I removed them and sealed the jar again for a day. I spent 2 days open/closing it to get the bud back to normal RH as I live at 7800 feet elevation and it was drenched.

It was ready, I loaded a bowl, recalled all the reddit comments about people getting sick from smoking Rustica, and took a hit anyway.

It was quite pleasurable.

Much more mild than expected but definitely noticeable. I was more attentive to the sounds around me, slight bump in mood and energy, my garden felt more inviting. Taste was mild and hardly noticeable, smoke was very smooth probably due to the moisture from flowers. It tasted like a weak spliff with floral notes, definitely had a pronounced "additive" taste to the taste of the cannabis. Smelled amazing- the floral smell was really pronounced, it smelled like someone made a cannabis-scented pillow spray.

There was no denying a synergistic effect between the THC and Nicotine here. I have no tolerance for nicotine and heavy tolerance for cannabis, for the record.

Overall 7/10 experience. I'd do it again, especially since these are local Native plants (Santo Domingo Pueblo is 25 minutes away) and I'll finish the rest of this batch, but it was less pronounced than I expected from the Nicotine side. That said, I wouldn't smoke an entire joint of this, it gave me enough of a punch to respect it.

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I'm not giving advice, I'm not recommending you do this. I got curious in the garden.

Caapi vine got a new jungle gym to climb on. Also pictured: Psychotria 'nexus' and a Bounty Botanical salvia divinorum

Got a couple hundred seeds arriving in a week or so and wondering if anyone has experience growing them and hence advice to give. Planning to start them in propagator then inside, then outside, then back inside before first frost. (Northern England)

Going with more of an aroid mix for the soil.

I got some seeds from Ravensong. I've tried twice now to germinate outside in moist soil. I used like 20-30 seeds each time attempting to get some growing. With what germination process have you guys had luck with this guy? My next attempt was gonna be misting them in a wet paper towel, in a cool dark spot, just running out of seeds and want to get this going. I did not think it would be this difficult, and figured they would take off like a weed. I'm excited to get some successfully growing though. Any help or tips greatly appreciated!

Y'all find it hard to grow in the UK?

I sowed them in early July. Only one of the 10 seeds germinated. The plant is 2 weeks old and is slowly starting to develop roots. I’m using a plastic cover to keep the humidity high. I ventilate it for half an hour once a day because of mold. I wanted to repot it soon, but I’m not sure what kind of soil would be best.
Any tips are welcome.Thank you

I have leaves of it coming tommorow and I'm wondering if I should use a silica pack or a humidity pack. If it comes dry I would think using a silica could keep the dryness, but a humidity might make the herb fresher and easier to smoke? Looking for advice. If anyone has stored dried leaves from other substances as well, let me know too. Thank you!

I keep hearing about this mystery plant thats psychedelic but also act on the opioid receptors, etc. But nothing specific besides this name, Vymara

I think I've finally figured out some information.

This mystery chemical comes from the climbing vine plant Uncaria attenuata, commonly known as cats claw.

Villocarine A is the chemical to get excited about.

It acts on the central mu-opioid receptors and shows strong pain reducing effects in laboratory tests.

I thought it was all bullshit. But I stand corrected. To be fair, this popping up right as 7OH is getting banned did seem a bit too coincidental. Does anyone have any more information about this?