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- From: joelong@cco.caltech.edu (Joseph Louis Long)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: HBWR seeds
- Date: 10 Jun 1994 05:11:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <2t8sm9$e47@gap.cco.caltech.edu>
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- I saved this post from a.d a year or two ago on growing
- LSA containing plants.
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- GOOD LUCK!
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- HAWAIIAN WOODROSE
- Merremia tuberosa
- Morning glory family (Convolvulaceae)
-
- A slender perennial vine with leaves divided into 5 to 7 narrow
- lobes. The flowers are yellow, followed by a smooth round
- capsule, surrounded by 5 petal-like sepals. Native to Asia;
- naturalized and cultivated in Hawaii.
-
- CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATION: The large woodrose may be grown
- outdoors in southern California and the South. The seed of the
- large woodrose must be nicked well before it will grow. Cut a
- nick in the seedcoat with a hacksaw, or cut the small end of
- the seed off. Soak for 24 hours or until it swells. Then
- place the seed in a bowl or cup of damp peat moss, cover it
- with plastic wrap, and put it over the pilot light of your
- stove, or anywhere that maintains a temparature of 80F or more.
- Ordinary bottom heat usually isn't warm enough. Check every
- few days until it sprouts in 4-10 days. Once sprouted, plant
- in a 3- to 4-inch pot if grown indoors, or start seed in May if
- to be grown outdoors. Place the pot in a large sunny window
- and give the vine something to twine around. I have seen these
- vines grown one foot or more per week. It is very easy to grow
- after sprouting. It can take little or much watering and much
- abuse. The vine will flower the second and subsequent years.
-
- HARVESTING: The pods may be harvested when they are thoroughly
- dry. Its storage properties are the same as those of the baby
- woodrose.
-
-
- So, onto the baby...
-
- HAWAIIAN BABY WOODROSE
- Argyreia nervosa Bojer.
- Morning Glory family (Convolvulaceae)
-
- A large perennial climbing vine with heart-shaped leaves up to
- 1 foot across, backed with silvery hairs. The flowers are 2 to
- 3 inches long, rose-colored, on 6-inch stalks. Pods dry to a
- smooth, dark brown, filbert-sized casule containing 1 to 4
- furry brown seeds. The capsule is surrounded by a dry calyx
- divided into 5 petal-like sections. Native to Asia;
- naturalized and cultivated in Hawaii.
-
- CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATION: It may be grown outdoors in
- southern California and Florida. Elsewhere it should be grown
- in a large pot or tub outdoors in the summer, brought indoors
- in winter. It may be propagated by cuttings or seeds, and in
- the spring by division. The seed may be sprouted by making a
- small nick in the seedcoat away from the germ eye. Soak the
- seed until it swells. Plant 1/2-inch deep in loose rich soil.
- Do not use bottom heat. After the cotyledons appear, water
- sparingly, letting the soil surface dry out to a depth of
- 1/2-inch. Over-watering causes stem and root rot. The plant
- grows slowly until it develops a half-dozen leaves; after this
- it grows quickly. In its first year this plant grows into a
- small bush 1 to 2 feet tall. During this time it may be grown
- in a large pot and kept indoors in winter. The next spring it
- will grow into a very large vine and should produce flowers and
- seeds. In this second year it should be planted out, or grown
- in a tub. In cold-winter areas the roots should be liften and
- stored or the tub kept in a cool place until spring.
- The methods of increasing the alkaloid content of morning
- glories (which see) may be applied to this vine.
-
- HARVESTING: The seed pots should be harvested when thoroughly
- dry. They should be stored in a cool, dry place. Their
- potency may begin to decrease after 6-9 months.
-
-
- Okay, so now onto Ipomoea (Morning Glory):
-
- ...Various methods have been devised to increase the alkaloid
- content of the seeds by altering the soil chemistry and using
- hormones. An interesting account of these methods is found in
- the book _Home Grown Highs_ by Mary Jane Superweed.
-
- That's it.
-
- The above info came from the book _Growing the Hallucinogens_,
- by Hudson Grubber (Twentieth Century Alchemist Series, (c) 1973).
- This is the companion book to _Legal Highs_; it contains growing info only.
- I may have gotten it from loompanics about a decade ago (fifth printing, 1981).
- Don't know if these guys are still around.
-
-
- Morning Glory's are really weed-like vines
- (I believe another common name is pigweed, and have heard that a chopped
- vine can grow into a new plant from as little as a 3/4in length).
- I know of a few places around the city where it grows wild or semi-wild
- (at least sidewalk accessible), and have collected a good number of
- capsules the 2-3 times I strolled past. Some weevils lay their eggs in
- the flowers; when the insect matures (inside the capsule), it cuts out a
- small (3mm dia.) perfectly circular hole to escape. These seeds are now
- approximately 3 years old (I collect more seeds than I have time to care
- for (70-80 plants)), but I sprouted some of the Morning Glory a couple
- months ago with a fairly good germination rate (~75%).
- However, overly-humid conditions caused rotting and their demise.
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