After reading here and there that keeping a cutting in the dark for a while increase mescaline content, i thought i could make a little experiment.
Process :
- Find a nice specimen like this little fellow named #P5. A T. Peruvianus started from seed, 2 years old 60cm tall :
- Take a cutting :
- Cut the tip to grow it and have a nice piece you can share in 2 almost identical bits :
- The sample will be extracted fresh after the cut :
- The test will be kept in a dark room rolled in a newspaper for 3 month :
- The test after 3 month. Amazing, it lost only 10% of its weight and it's ready to be extracted :
- Weight the result of each extraction :
- repeat with other specimens :
As an aside :
In order to get the ratio fresh weight/dry weight i did dry one of the cutting. It was Sample of #P3 :
Despined :
Cut in stars and drying :
Dry weight :
As you can see, dry matter if only 3,9% of the fresh weight but for future calculation i will take 5%.
Bunch of numbers:
The P# : Trichocereus Peruvianus started from seeds (between 2 and 3 years old).
The named (Katinka, Niño, Humberto) : cutting brought back from Peru and started to grow 2 years ago.
%fresh = ((extract)/(fresh weight))*100
%dry = (%fresh)/(5/100)
%3 month = ((extract)/(weight test+3 month))*100
gain in % =(((%dry test)/(%dry sample))*100)-100
Anecdotal evidence : Niño is the only one planted in the ground (shady area) and, so far, gave the best yield.
Any question is welcome.
Disclaimer : i'd like to think i have a scientist soul but in fact i lack rigor (e.g : i don't weight anything when i run an extraction) so all the results have to be taken with a grain of salt and if someone wants to run his own experiment, it's welcomed.
Process :
- Find a nice specimen like this little fellow named #P5. A T. Peruvianus started from seed, 2 years old 60cm tall :
![8TByHdTm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8TByHdTm.jpg&hash=a72a888b6edaa9eab703629a0c38e02e)
- Take a cutting :
![LtLBRxRm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLtLBRxRm.jpg&hash=cb79552c4f681fd4e69a5160c741b3a1)
- Cut the tip to grow it and have a nice piece you can share in 2 almost identical bits :
![ulxGPt7m.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FulxGPt7m.jpg&hash=dfa1e8714608a1f791c37ece49c876bb)
- The sample will be extracted fresh after the cut :
![90Wwncxm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F90Wwncxm.jpg&hash=532cbca2615923e88c26213913f7a333)
- The test will be kept in a dark room rolled in a newspaper for 3 month :
![lKjx9drm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FlKjx9drm.jpg&hash=d52e18bd9753c52a859a82fd337de1da)
- The test after 3 month. Amazing, it lost only 10% of its weight and it's ready to be extracted :
![EfI2lJHm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEfI2lJHm.jpg&hash=eb760cf5e1d04eb28666490140a51e5e)
- Weight the result of each extraction :
![5dMca8xm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5dMca8xm.jpg&hash=7776b15376e5d4b86f53192ee072c07f)
- repeat with other specimens :
![bmoWPUzm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbmoWPUzm.jpg&hash=8d1fb203d65c2bb11918211e9ad16ed2)
As an aside :
In order to get the ratio fresh weight/dry weight i did dry one of the cutting. It was Sample of #P3 :
![HgE2pS8m.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHgE2pS8m.jpg&hash=554f6f5cb196373ea65d391f5e21cafa)
Despined :
![byHlLEjm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbyHlLEjm.jpg&hash=3044a8633e2b726379d23ebbdb09c502)
Cut in stars and drying :
![TERYIIWm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTERYIIWm.jpg&hash=d48589f6071fd5de3f4643c2cfd9ffae)
Dry weight :
![H1HaqiTm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FH1HaqiTm.jpg&hash=ad4f3bdd410105550dbd488306bbc6f8)
As you can see, dry matter if only 3,9% of the fresh weight but for future calculation i will take 5%.
Bunch of numbers:
![mJsSJvh.png](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FmJsSJvh.png&hash=332f300928ffac31f30ed74e74c72a02)
The P# : Trichocereus Peruvianus started from seeds (between 2 and 3 years old).
The named (Katinka, Niño, Humberto) : cutting brought back from Peru and started to grow 2 years ago.
%fresh = ((extract)/(fresh weight))*100
%dry = (%fresh)/(5/100)
%3 month = ((extract)/(weight test+3 month))*100
gain in % =(((%dry test)/(%dry sample))*100)-100
Anecdotal evidence : Niño is the only one planted in the ground (shady area) and, so far, gave the best yield.
Any question is welcome.
Disclaimer : i'd like to think i have a scientist soul but in fact i lack rigor (e.g : i don't weight anything when i run an extraction) so all the results have to be taken with a grain of salt and if someone wants to run his own experiment, it's welcomed.