Once again this here stargazer has been reminded once again that nothing in life worth having comes easy.
I was looking into cultivating a few cacti for entheogenic use, but I'm now starting to realise that it's not as straight forward as eg. cannabis - get seeds, plant, grow, harvest the all too visible buds, then smoke... all within about 5 months or less.
Anyway enough talk... let's get to the heart off this beast! Am I correct in assuming that the majority of trichocereus species commercially available are of very little use to the entheogenist?
I know that there's always going to be a difference in potency from plant to plant, but if I'm going to spend who knows how many years growing these beauties, I want to be able to share the experience with at least 1 other person.
Rather than saying "fuck it... I'll just buy dried chips" which don't get me wrong, is a means to an experience 2nd to none, but for someone who seriously wants to cultivate a selection of very "useful" cacti, so far I see this as my only hope:
Buy as many cacti as possible, grow each one to at least 12-16 inches, make cuttings, harvest all but the tip, replant tips of the most potent cacti.
Obviously along the way if I keep my ear to the ground I can fall upon cuttings from good cacti which won't take 5 years of growth for a worthy test, but is the above the best course of action to take for the wannabe "useful" cacti collector?
I was looking into cultivating a few cacti for entheogenic use, but I'm now starting to realise that it's not as straight forward as eg. cannabis - get seeds, plant, grow, harvest the all too visible buds, then smoke... all within about 5 months or less.
Anyway enough talk... let's get to the heart off this beast! Am I correct in assuming that the majority of trichocereus species commercially available are of very little use to the entheogenist?
I know that there's always going to be a difference in potency from plant to plant, but if I'm going to spend who knows how many years growing these beauties, I want to be able to share the experience with at least 1 other person.
Rather than saying "fuck it... I'll just buy dried chips" which don't get me wrong, is a means to an experience 2nd to none, but for someone who seriously wants to cultivate a selection of very "useful" cacti, so far I see this as my only hope:
Buy as many cacti as possible, grow each one to at least 12-16 inches, make cuttings, harvest all but the tip, replant tips of the most potent cacti.
Obviously along the way if I keep my ear to the ground I can fall upon cuttings from good cacti which won't take 5 years of growth for a worthy test, but is the above the best course of action to take for the wannabe "useful" cacti collector?