Milde's Smoking Lounge

[purple_man]

you really seem to be into succulents

reminds me i got to transplant my peruvian torches and lophophora williamsii... used to have some aloe succotrina as well, but ran out of space so gifted her to a bro...

any experience with grafting succulents??? been thinking to graft a williamsii on a torch, but not sure yet.

also, i heard from a couple of folks that one can use regular potting soil for the torches, ever tried it out? (got lots of potting soil left)

blessss

 

[shokdee]

!! Wow man, stunning work, this last page is the best of the best !!

Very nice fotos and good mix of words and pictures, all very informative. For me, this is a pleasure to read, more like this please!

Loved the foto of the laughing buddha, your creativity coming through.

 

[MildeStoner]

you really seem to be into succulents

How did you guess?

any experience with grafting succulents??? been thinking to graft a williamsii on a torch, but not sure yet.

It works incredibly well, my mate has a good few grafted on to pachanoi, growth rate is so accelerated, no joke!

also, i heard from a couple of folks that one can use regular potting soil for the torches, ever tried it out? (got lots of potting soil left)

Yes, works fine just be careful of overwatering, they will rot if too moist. All my cacti and succulents are in one third building sand, one third garden mulch and one third worm castings, they get a top dressing of castings or a seaweed and fish slow release feed at the beginning of summer, and they're healthy as can be! All "weeds" are recommitted to the soil upon removal, waste not want not..

Very nice fotos and good mix of words and pictures, all very informative. For me, this is a pleasure to read, more like this please!

Loved the foto of the laughing buddha, your creativity coming through.

Thanks man Informative indeed, rate there's more where that comes from

 

[MildeStoner]

First one thousand views on the thread, here's to many more!

An as yet unidentified crested beauty:

Another I am unsure of, possibly Echinomastus erectocentrus

An aggressive bromeliad that often makes my guests bleed a little, mean:

Haworthia coarctata just starting to grow:

 

[MildeStoner]

A few more pictures from recent times, a majestic mountain to start:

Some kush:

Trains, trains, trains!

Is it just me, or is it really quiet in here?

 

[oldbootz]

awesome pics im loving it all makes me a bit nostalgic about my times in the cape

 

[MildeStoner]

Thanks man, glad you're enjoying the show!
Here is some Big Bang from GH seeds, not bad actually..

A few books that caught my eye from a friends couch:

An Amanita Muscaria I spotted walking through the forrest couple days ago:

Another:

The deadly relative, Amanita Phalloides

 

[MildeStoner]

An aminita I don't recognise:

A perfect boletus edulis my friend found, picture makes it look darker underneath than it was, still white and pristine:

Another unfamiliar organism, lots of logging going on in that pine forest so fungal diversity is changing :

Some lithops in my friends conservatory that look like eyes:

Drosera capensis, same spot:

 

[purple_man]

dang bro! nice stuff again... nice to see the amanita also doing her thang in SA (wasn't sure if she actually was growing there). the lithos looks nice, had a few but while on vaccation the dude responsible for watering my orchids, thought it was a good idea to water the lithos, and wiliamsiis too :/ the drosera looks freaky, must google it, never heard of it before.
is there cubensis growing "wild" in your neck of the woods? cultivated some south african cubensis, few years back, and to date those were the most paranoia/fear inducing ones (during the first 1-2 hours) during the comming up. or they were never meant for a white boy loolz.
k+ bro, and keep em coming, is like a mini trip to SA every time you post

also could you PLEASE share some pix of the bushweed? (landrace/mucho sativa), i love the african sativas! (i know must sound crazy, folks smokin on the sours, blues, kushes wanting to see the old school dagga

blessss

 

[MildeStoner]

Hey PM,

Yeah amanitas seem to have spread globally with commercial pine forests, mycorrhizae in the roots of seedlings, etc.

Always a worry leaving ones collection in the hands of another, there are few I would trust to look after my plants, but hey, at least lithops aren't rare, get more!

Droseras are awesome, many indigenous here, got to love any plant that uses glandular trichomes to trap prey. Wonder what would happen if I made some drysift from droseras? Hahahahha

No wild cubensis here, but if you go north they start to occur more frequently. One of our traditional marijuana growing regions is equally renowned for it's season wild cubensis, can buy them from any locals who gather them for next to nothing, or trade some clothes, or anything else hard to come by out there (this barter system is often utilized by people buying herb up there). Often very strong mushrooms, but yeah, very strange somatic symptoms and sensations, not my cup of tea either to be honest.

As far as bushweed goes, I can't promise anything, I don't go anywhere near the stuff any more myself, if I stumble across an unfortunate friend smoking something local and not so lekker, I'll be sure to snap a few pics with you in mind.

Just bought a new roor, I'm off to break it in!

All the best,
Milde

 

[purple_man]

nah man, i wouldn't touch the extract unless you plan on producing a tincture with it, just checked for some infos, and it seems drosera tincutes were used in medicine in europe (19th century or so).

done know, seems gettin harder and harder to meet straight people nowdays... yeah the lithos are like 2-3 bucks around here -> not a big issue.

good to know about the bartering thing! i told myself i want touch the african cubensis ever again, ill stick to the mexicans.

no probs bro, only thing i find strange is you mention it not being as lekker (as in tasty, if my afrikaans does not fail me) as the indoor stuff, is that due to poor growing/drying/processing technique or how come?

have fun with the new chalice, fiyah inna hole

blessss

 

[MildeStoner]

Lekker means nice, good.
And yes, its due to bad curing, drying and often growing practices (no males removed, etc). It's like comparing Mexican brick weed to whatever good indoor is staple in your town, one simply outshines the other in all categories. We get a lot of good outdoor, but my tastes are not satisfied by the local genepool, I prefer to smoke European and American strains grown under African sun than almost all local stuff.

 

[Donald Mallard]

As far as bushweed goes, I can't promise anything, I don't go anywhere near the stuff any more myself, if I stumble across an unfortunate friend smoking something local and not so lekker, I'll be sure to snap a few pics with you in mind.

Just bought a new roor, I'm off to break it in!

All the best,
Milde

Is that due to it being poorly grown and presented ,
or you prefer the high from more modern strain types ??

 

[MildeStoner]

Yeah as mentioned above, poor growing and harvesting methods definitely affects the end product vastly, but that's not my only issue. I still don't really like most South African genes even when grow seedless or indoors, the terpene profiles and high just don't grab me.
A friend has just harvested some pure Malawian landrace from one of the countries top growing regions in his tent, will certainly be partaking in some of that, the exception to my above statement

 

[MildeStoner]

Mushroom season in full swing, a few random photos from a nice little morning walk in the forest after a storm. Very wet and lots of tiny hail damaged mushrooms.
Aliens:

Another fine aminita:

Lactarius deliciosus:

 

[Donald Mallard]

that first pic looks like it could be in Australia,
our eucalyptus forests are exactly the same ....

 

[MildeStoner]

Yeah, a lot of our indigenous fynbos has been decimated by forests of Australian trees that spread like wildfire and drink up all the water ( often with the help of deeper roots than local plants can send out), black wattle and eucalyptus are the major protagonists.
That particular clump is in an arboretum though, they are supposed to be there, an exception to the norm.

I'll be back with some pictures from my last week shortly

 

[moses wellfleet]

That top picture looks like magoebaskloof limpopo province, with all those gumtrees!

 

[MildeStoner]

So magoebaskloof looks like Australia?
Pull up a chair, local is lekker and such

 

[noyd666]

nice thread, enjoyed the read.