Are San Pedro Roots Active?

[MindsEyeHerbs]

Pretty straight forward question. Has anyone on here tested to see if san pedro roots are active? ive looked a bunch on the internet and can only find things talking about how to help your San Pedro Cuts root faster. but i want to know is there anything worth extracting from the root itself? Also if there is how does the levels compare to the cactus itself?

 

[endlessness]

There seems to have been no research into San Pedro specifically but some other cactus (including peyote) have shown mescaline in the roots, though apparently in lesser amounts (no further details provided). You can read a bit about it on page 17 here: http://troutsnotes.com/pdf/CactusAlkaloids_2013.pdf#p17

Why not keep the roots and grow some more san pedro instead of harvesting the roots, though?

 

[MindsEyeHerbs]

My san pedro gets root bound very quick so i was thinking it could lead to a quicker harvest just snipping a few chunks of root and a little bit of skin here and there.

Thank you for the link :thumb_up:

 

[MindsEyeHerbs]

Convinced a friend of mine to let me steal the entire root system of his san pedro to test on as long as i cut up and clones the entire cactus ( he has many more then i do) i will let you know what i am able to gain from doing an extraction of only root system.

 

[downwardsfromzero]

Funny, I was wondering exactly this shortly before you posted this!

 

[MindsEyeHerbs]

First attempt failed due to puppy dog interference

I will start a new extract when my cacti becomes root bound again.