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Hello Jupe

       1.  How did you "develop" your strain?

 That’s a fair question requiring a rather long answer but to put it as briefly as I can we took the
seed from the best plants in our breeding section.  Repeatedly over what turned into a long period
we grew the plants to maturity over and over again looking for the attributes we were seeking.
Those plants that had characteristics we were looking for were moved into the breeder section to
Ensure pollination of only the chosen breeders. The seeds from salvia d are extremely inefficient
In that they have such a poor germination rate usually less than 1/3 would produce seedlings and
Of those roughly ¼ would fail to survive into mature plants then it was a matter of testing for
salvinorin A content which varied considerably from very poor to mediocre to a few with strong
content. So after almost 6 years of rejecting all but a few plants from each set maintaining clones of
each to produce many clones to try to improve pollination results we ended up with the strain we
now refer to as Shamans Golden due to its coloring and the fact that it cost us quite a bit in actual money
to get to it.(testing fees, greenhouse maintenance and other not considerable costs which we hadn’t thought
about in the beginning.) The point of all this was to be completely honest a experiment by my husband (the Shaman)
to see if he could. We have at any one time a variety of plants, which he is attempting to breed for similar reasons.
Simply put its his greatest joy working with these plants seeing just how far he can push things and to see what
He can come up with.  We have a strain which is practically devoid of salvinorin but looks pretty that he has
maintained  for some time.  I hope this answers that question and now for the next

  2.  What variety of salvia did you "develop" it from?

The plant was developed from a Blosser clone and a number of plant samples brought back from Mexico
When he went down to look at the Las Ruinas cave system. (Its pretty much impossible to take him anywhere
Without coming home with some plant samples)  

I hope this answers those questions for you.
Thanks
Vanessa
Shamans Ridge Nursery

Hello
First I would like to say thanks to Space for inviting me to join this forum. It looks very interesting. I hope to be able to answer any questions you might have about our nursery and maybe even help with some of the other questions.
Such as senorsalvia’s temporary cold issue. If you have been made aware or suspect that there is going to be such a temperature drop you can take and build a tent over the plants the easiest way is to take a tomato cage and place it around the plant or some bamboo then a old blanket or piece of canvas can be used. Just place some old wood pieces or rocks around the edge to hold it secure.  Do NOT USE PLASTIC it will conduct the cold very quickly to the plant where ever it touches it and will allow condensation to cool the environment inside as well.  In addition it will heat up very quickly and in a strong sun can kill your plant just as fast as the cold. The tent should hold in more than enough heat for the short time you have described but a old 2 liter bottle of warm water will take it through a longer period if needed.
Now on to the questions I remember about the Shamans Golden strain.
Shamans Golden is a strain developed here at Shamans Ridge Nursery to take care of a number of desires by local Salvia enthusiasts.
The primary traits we were looking for are

1.   Heat resistance to stand up to our high temp summers here in eastern Oklahoma
2.   Resistance to pests
3.   Cold resistance
4.   Decreased humidity dependence

This breed was a very long time coming it took us six years to get it where we wanted but most that have worked with it believe it was worth the wait.
I am not familiar with the chicken diaper sketch? So I am really uncertain how to respond to that one. Could someone enlighten me on that.

Hmmm we grow both patchouli and a number of varieties of basil and I myself don’t think it looks anything like either but viewpoints are always a matter of perspective  
I am not familiar with the andromeda plant so cant really comment. The reason not a lot of people have heard about it is because there are not a lot of people with access to it we sold out early last year and only sold a few of them on eBay. And of those bought on ebay 4 were picked up by repeat buyers who were very satisfied with them,  And wanted to share them with their friends.
The idea of a scam is a sensible one of course there are a lot of people selling various things with lots of different claims its always a good idea to seek out more information and buy from credible honest sellers with a history of good customer service. I will be happy to answer
any other questions and provide additional pictures. We grow quite a variety of ethno botanicals many of which we may not be selling but can answer questions about

well enough for now I think hopefully I have answered the questions if I missed one please let me know
Thanks
Vanessa
Shamans Ridge