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if you have any Trichocereus Bridgesii,pachanoi .crested or montrose  to spare get ahold of me

right now i think the best i can offer is some salvia divnorum cuttings, please pm me and we can talk about what else i may have top trade

if you want some seeds to grow i could spare a few hundred but do not eat as these are treated.

about 6 months ago i started some seeds they are all about 1-2" tall so do not expect them to grow fast, but it is fun none the less, i was told i should graft these onto some pereskiopsis for about a year at wich time they need to be DeGrafted, and let form there own roots.

a question to those who know , what is the fastest growing of all the trichocereus?

with a paint brush i applied rooting hormone,cut away leaves and growth shoots where the rockwool is going to sit, then wrapped the stem with the rockwool that i had cut a slit in, wich went to the center of the RW cube, then twisty tied around that that. all and all it took 10 days , wich is about how long my soil ones took, to take. mind though the fact is the airlayered one had longer roots in the same amoutnt of time. honestly after seeing what a pain in the but air layering is, i will not use again on salvia cause she roots easy in soil. but for harder to do plants like kratom it might be worth it.

did the air layering thing and it works.

so they may not need high humidity to grow. but regardless they need to be adapted to what ever situation you put them in.

one qusetion For TM do you do daily sprays on your plants ?

there doing great now, just a little distortion in the leafs shape but growing good, was able to make 4 cuttings. so i think i got it pretty much figured out.

was thinking from what i have read it sounds like i want  to build a mini greenhouse for my kratom and salvia wich like the humidity high. once things get rollin i might need to have some plants out side the green house. of course they need good light. and if any one will volunteer any good info on rooting cuttings of kratom please feel free to do so.

hey stoney pm  with what kinda price you would want for a kratom my friend wants one. i got 2 now

and here is what greenman gardens has to say about this plants care feeding and light.

Mitragyna speciosa
Kratom

Care Instructions:

Unpack your plant carefully!  It has been lovingly packaged in order to survive the rigors of shipping.  Once unpacked water your plant only if it is dry, otherwise place it in a warm, humid, and shady location and let it rest for a couple of days.  After resting give a mild dose of transplant fertilizer containing vitamin B1.

Kratom is native to tropical South East Asia.  Kratom prefers full sun to part shade (50-60%) and a high humidity environment.  Plant in as large a container as you can handle in a well-drained mix high in organic content.  I use a mix consisting of 1/3 peat, 1/3 compost/worm castings, and 1/3 coarse sand/ perlite (with some larger aggregate).  No soil sterilization is necessary, and in fact kratom seems to benefit greatly from a well inoculated “living” soil.  Kratom’s growth can be somewhat restricted if needed by keeping them in a smaller container and periodically lifting and trimming the roots.  They also respond well to heavy pruning.  In a large container (I use 20 gallon for mother plants) they will amaze you with an incredible growth rate.  One of my mother plants grew over 12 feet in it’s first summer from a 10 inch cutting!  It is best to step up container size as the plants grow and fill their pot rather than to start them off in a large one.  Too large a container when plants are small promotes root rot as the excess soil holds too much moisture.  Once established these trees use lots of water and fertilizer.  They may require heavy daily waterings.  Feed them weekly or bi-weekly with a balance fertilizer while in active growth (less in winter).  I use bat guano and fish emulsions and mix it on the strong side of label recommendations.  Although tropical, I’ve found that kratom can tolerate temperatures into the mid 30’s with no adverse affects.  A light frost will cause it to lose leaves, but it will quickly recover and resprout.

woke up this mornin went to the mail box and wa la, my babys arrived. so i geus i gotta figure out how to edit that out of the original title.

also kinda wonder about watering schedule? i read they like a well draining mix so i went for 50% coir , 50% perlite then ontop of that i added about 1/2 cup of fox farm peace of mind organic fertilizer, i thought this mix seemed well draining, it has worked wonderful with other herbs i have grown.

I just recieved 2 kratom plants, was wondering when they say filtered sun does a south facing window qualifiy as filtered sun ?

the other day i took about a liter of distiled water, put in it about 2 table spoons powdered cinnamon, and about 1/2 a talbe spoon garlic powder, then i poured about a cup of mixture in there then topped the rest up with more distilled water then i gave each of my plants a cup of that each. it has been a week. when i first looked at my plants i would see about 40-or 50 gnats, over the last week since treatment i have seen about 3 gnats. also i have a cape sundew in that terraium too,(natural fly paper ,lol). this combe seems to reek havoc on the gnats.  not a bad job for some stuff from the spice rack.  the basis i used for this mix is the fact that i have seen miticides that used cinnamon oil, and another product that used garlic oil.


if you would realy like to make this mixture work to its full potenional add some sort of plant safe oil(ie castile soap, murphys oil soap, olive oil) i do recomend since theses oils have not been tested on sally d do so with caution. the oil should draw the oils from the garlic and cinnamon out along with suffication of the insects.

if you have seeds for any of the plants in the title please let me know what you want  for some. in a PM

has any body air layered sally D successfuly? if no body responds i will report my results later

Trichocereus Varients like cresta or montrose if you have a cutting of either of these let me know what you want in a pm.