permatrip
Rising Star
I have TLC plates from bunk Police and Marquis reagent. I need to get another reagent though since I want test cactus and try growing and breeding Illinois bundleflower for increased alkaloids. Probably best to do 2 reagent test even better 3 reagent tests as outlined in one of the booklets that came with the kit.
I got enough cactus powder I made by removing spines, cutting off strips removing the core. I intend on using my soxhlet and extract with either ethanol or methanol , I got both. Yea I bought 10 pounds I now know I can get much better cactus for the money.
I have chromatography paper from a lab supply company. I was hoping to be able to use it since it cost much less. I might find I can't use it though. I can afford to buy 10-20 tlc plates a month but I know others might not be able to, and that's why I asked about using paper. I will experiment with the paper when I do the tlc plates and see if any thing useful comes from trying paper, spraying with the ninhydrin solution.
I feel pretty confident that I will obtain better stock after reading many threads and the very useful info I found in this thread. I think of screening cactus and growing them as an investment in the future that will benefit more than just me. I feel like I'm involved in something much larger than myself. I got about 20 trichs I started from seed and will start another 20 soon. I know that 10 years from now I will be glad I started this project. Thanks to all of you for the ground work you have done that makes this possible for people like me. I am still learning so any advise is welcomed.
I got enough cactus powder I made by removing spines, cutting off strips removing the core. I intend on using my soxhlet and extract with either ethanol or methanol , I got both. Yea I bought 10 pounds I now know I can get much better cactus for the money.
I have chromatography paper from a lab supply company. I was hoping to be able to use it since it cost much less. I might find I can't use it though. I can afford to buy 10-20 tlc plates a month but I know others might not be able to, and that's why I asked about using paper. I will experiment with the paper when I do the tlc plates and see if any thing useful comes from trying paper, spraying with the ninhydrin solution.
I feel pretty confident that I will obtain better stock after reading many threads and the very useful info I found in this thread. I think of screening cactus and growing them as an investment in the future that will benefit more than just me. I feel like I'm involved in something much larger than myself. I got about 20 trichs I started from seed and will start another 20 soon. I know that 10 years from now I will be glad I started this project. Thanks to all of you for the ground work you have done that makes this possible for people like me. I am still learning so any advise is welcomed.