u/InTheShade007

Welp, I sold all of the seedlings I was willing to part with this year. The ones I'm keeping are 7' tall already!

I had to remove the tops of a Mempawah and a Sumatran today. This gave me dozens of cuttings. Both trees have dozens of seed pods on them that are pollinated.

I'll germinate a some this fall but most I'll hold off on until spring.

I've been at this a while not and over the years only kept the best trees. You can see from the photo I have need for relief of pain and inflammation.

I will not waste time growing trees that are not effective at both.

I know lots of people are seriously stressing due to all of the propaganda regarding this plant as of late.

So instead of my normal prices I'll lower the clones to just $30 each.

For some reason, people like to bring politics into the discussion about plants. If you do this supporting either side, the plants are $130 each. So don't be that guy or gal. I could care less how you feel about politics!

I should have these rooted in a month or so. Feel free to go through my profile to know exactly how I get down with these plants.

Reddit is often a cesspool these days, and I don't find much pleasure in it anymore. That said, there are some great people on here and I'm giving them the opportunity to snag a plant.

I have years of experience growing these plants and I have invested way too much money. I built a 1500 sq.ft greenhouse to grow my beauties. Please understand if you want to be argumentative or snarky I will not deal with you at all.

Send me a message if you're interested and I'll let you know when they're ready.

I won the event and it's actually the first one I've bought the extra blueprints for in years.

The Car Series is open and I can use the car in it but it's not in my garage.

Would yall please tell me how to actually aquire my new ride?

So I'm not a great driver. I've played the game for many years. Played for 3 years or so before I even knew there were vault events.

One of the first vault events attempted was M3 and that was enough to make me not even open another one for another couple of years.

I started to buy the 3 month gold package and invest more time. It was fun but I played every few days when bored.

Then I found this sub. What a gane changer! Within a year my enthusiasm to open the app was 10x what it was.

Without this sub I seriously doubt I'd play very much. Yall reduce my frustration by 90%!

Thank yall so much for all the time and effort out into this sub. For a casual player like me it makes a world of difference. Besides geeking out on botanical information this is the only sub I really open.

I bet this sub helps me gain 30-40% more cash on events. I still don't watch videos on how to run each race because heck there needs to be some surprises after all.

Yall rock!

I have 2 but this one is beautiful.

My pkan has akways been to have vines running 30-40 down each side of the GH to provide shade for the other plants.

Yesterday I had to get a ladder and untangle the vine 13' high. After getting them loose I ran them it along the horizontal poles.

It clinbs to 10' then runs horizontally 10-20' in almost every direction.

It might need a larger pot to bloom better. Of course they aren't 3 years old yet and I probably need to dial back the nitrogen as well.

At any rate the goal was a vine to block the sun and it's preforming that job perfectly.

When the weather is cooler I've been growing sugar snap peas under the HBWR. The peas have a natural trellis and shade helps them immensely.

Fun plant, looking forward to having a bunch of seeds!

My greenhouse has dozens of baby frogs this year. I have a few copes but mostly the greens.

It's funny because I've seen less adults these last few months but way more babies than ever.

I have a bunch that are very light colored compared to the others and they all live around the same area.

I have another group that are definitely darker than others that live in another area.

Many of the adults have been with me for years now and I can tell them apart from the marking on their back. Some are all but tame now.

I leave food out in tiny bowls for them. Earthworms, meal worms etc. If I go out there at night I find them hamging put around the bowls.

I love these frogs!

My trees it's produced seeds last year and I germinated them Feb 4th of this year.

Just measured the tallest seedlings and it's 59 inches. Most are about 45.

Spider mites are blasting them and the sun beats them down daily.

I always just spray the spider mites off with water until they just take over. Leaves that are stressed make better tea!

Unfortunately, I'll lose a seedling here or there due to fact I let bugs munch a while.

Mitra tea is the best thing for pain and inflammation, I've come across.

I'm one of the few people they still offer opiates to every time I'm at the doctor. No need, I grow what I need.

I have trees from Mempawah, West Kalimantan, Sumatra and now a horned one from who knows where.

I finally pulled it off! This time next year my trees should produce everything for my little brother and myself.

Once I have the exact number I'll need I'll put the trees in the ground. Once everything is established in the ground I'll start to focus on spreading the love more.

I still need to install a misting system and get foam board on the northern wall.

It's hard to believe how far I've come with this plant. I phased out many of the other plants I've always grown this year to accommodate the Mitra.

Going forward ginger, turmeric, Mitra, moringa and some cactus will basically be all I grow.

Honestly, I can see another greenhouse in the future for turmeric and ginger.

For tea: water heated to 190° poured over leaves. Lemon juice or ACV until ph is below 4.5.

All to sit 20 minutes, strain and serve.

I ONLY TAKE MITRA WITH:

2 teaspoons of moringa, 2 tablespoons of powdered fruits and veggies, 1 teaspoon of turmeric and 1 of ginger.

If my body is loaded down with micronutrients, about thirty minutes before I take Mitra it works so much better! Comes on faster, feels cleaner and lasts longer. Great burn.

She climbs to 10' then goes horizontal in every direction.

The greenhouse levels out somewhere between 95-100° daily. Average humidity over the last month reads 73%

By this tine of the summer feeding is over and everything is just in survival mode.

HBWR just doesn't show stress from heat if it has water. The only time mine wilt is when dry.

This is my smaller vine. The other one was trimmed back mid winter and still hasn't recovered. It has about 10 leaves and is twice as big. Not sure about that sucker.

Hopefully, I'll get some flowers this year.

I make mitra tea all the time. I've always used a single strain. Recently, I started doing a second pour and it's ridiculous how much I've been wasting.

Furthermore, one of the jars is made with leaves off trees germinated in February. You honestly cannot tell which from the seedlings vs the older mature trees.

I let several people try both and they all said the same thing. All of the jars basically feel the same.

I clean the leaves and allow them to sit in the dehydrator 1 or 2 days. Then they are dried and smashed up.

I've changed how long they sit in water recently now they only sit in hot water for like 20 minutes.

Water temp is 190°f when poured over the leaves. Lemon juice or ACV is added until ph is 4.5 or below. Sits for 20 minutes.

I'll always do a 2nd pour now. Obviously there is plenty left. It seems we'd even get some on a 3rd pour.

Tea is where it's at folks

Tree frogs love my greenhouse and the patio around our pool.

It makes me happy to see their little babies.

We finally got a break in the heat today. My plants enjoyed it!

I bought a horned mitragyna speciosa seedlings last summer. I'm thinking it arrived in the beginning of August according to the time stamp on my photos.

In September it was repotted. By December it was repotted again into a 7 gallon pot.

It's just under 8' tall now. My greenhouse is 15' high and I'll bet it hits the top before this time next year.

8 foot growth in a year is wild. These trees grow fast.

I have severe swelling due to an accident many years ago. They had to cut a muscle out of my thigh, a big muscle, and place it into the ankle of my other leg.

All of that added muscle produces some serious swelling even though a lot of the muscle has now dissolved.

The pain is now manageable without mitra but my days are better with it!

I started this adventure in 2018. At first I would bring the trees in every winter. I turned the closet into a grow room amd eventually a storeroom would keep them haopy over the winter months.

I seriously lucked out when a guy we were working for offered to sell me the greenhouse I have now for just $3k.

Unfortunately, the area the greenhouse needed to be placed had to be raised 3-5' which cost more than the greenhouse itself.

The $3k for the structure great but it's literally cost 10 times that amount to complete and I still don't have a floor. A layer of clear plastic and the black mesh is my floor.

Now that my trees are producing viable seeds I'm able to grow as much as I need. One of my main goals was to grow enough for mine and my little brothers needs.

This year I've kept over 50 seedlings from my trees and I'm hoping these and my current trees will be enough for my brother and myself.

If anyone is considering growing mitragyna speciosa I can assure you it is not as hard as people make it out to be on reddit.

Some of my best trees were germinated from seeds that were two years old. So the whole "old seeds won't work" is simply a lie.

Although they are rather sensitive to humidity under two months old they can handle low humidity quite well after that.

Last year, I tested the limits of cold weather by not turning on heaters until it dripped below 45° amd all the trees survived.

The year before heaters were set to come on at 50° and the trees did great! They do not like temps below 50° nearly as much. They lost their leaves and were not happy at all until it warmed up this spring. It took them much longer to 'wake up' as well. So keep them above 50° and you'll have happy, productive trees.

Additionally, I do not give my trees near as much water over the winter. I let them completely dry out between watering.

My largest trees are in 65 gallon cloth pots which they seem to love. The trees absolutely do not have to have wet roots 24/7

If I can help people in any way growing these trees let me know. I'd love to help prevent people from making the mistakes I did early on.

These corbaci have been a big hit around here. Everyone loves these peppers.

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I've enjoyed growing them because they produce tons fruit.

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They are sweet and crispy. I can't think of another pepper I've ever grown that was crispy.

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I highly recommend them for sweet pepper lovers.

My trees are from seed. My trees produced seeds themselves which I germinated.

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The seedlings are thriving so this time next year I'll have a greenhouse full of mitra.

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This has been an expensive endeavor but thankfully I got some great news yesterday.

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Some local smoke shops will now carry my seedlings. I did well selling them at first but things have dried up a bit.

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The owner of the shops was excited and seems to think they'll sell well.

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They also wanted crushed leaves. I was honest and told them "I cannot compete with big commercial operations on prices. Mine would be way more expensive"

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Getting American grown (TEXAS GROWN) leaves, fresh, pure, without chemicals or heavy metals would be worth the additional cost. They also thought many of their regular customers would happy to pay more themselves.

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At one point in time it was all a dream. Now my dream is becoming a reality.

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First and foremost I just wanted to grow enough to meet my needs and the needs of my brother.

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By this time next year I will have accomplished that and have extra to share with the world.

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It's been difficult at times but one hell of a journey. I don't post on here often as I've found reddit to be largely toxic, filled with misinformation or outright lies and unsupportive for the most part. This sub has been cool but the subs dedicated to mitra have been rather disgusting.

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I grow many different medicinal plants but the ol mitra consumes most of my time and resources.

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My website will be up and running soon and I can't wait to show off some photos of my seedlings displayed in storefronts!

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I thoroughly enjoy growing plants. It's been a hobby for over 3 decades. I never considered selling plants until I looked at how much I had invested in the greenhouse and everything else.

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The only ink on my ledgers is red! Hopefully, I can put a dent in that in the next couple of years.

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Our Presa x Boerboel is about 2 years old now. She's the most athletic mastiff we have ever owned. She's an absolute riot!

She's always chill in the woods but grasslands wake up a hunter. She slowly walks in a zigzag pattern making several passes near particular areas.

Occasionally she'll flush birds out. She springs like a cat, sometimes flipping as she strikes at the birds. If she takes an angle her success rate is commendable.

What's wild is a mastiff that catches birds as they take flight! She'll just jump and catch them.

She's an obedient dog when around the house but will continue to prowl deep grass even when called. This dog instinctively catches birds and just can't seem to help herself.

She doesn't run away whilst in birddog mode but when I'm across the pasture she will not even look my way. She hears me just fine.

She has full range of the backyard which backs up to our chicken coop. She's only barked at the chickens one time and this was when hens were bickering over a nest.

My friends call her 'alligator' or 'snapper' because as she grabs for toys you typically hear a snap as she clamps down. When we are cutting bamboo she loves to play tug-a-war with larger pieces.

She'll walk up with a 7' piece in her jaw and hand people the other end. If you take it she lowers her head, clamps down and pulls.

We have had so many fun but lazy mastiffs over the last 3 decades it's a change to have a gal so peppy.

She's the most fun girl we've had in ages. She can be intimidating to strangers. It's taken friends and family longer to trust her due to her intense gaze and energy.

This crazy dog kept jumping on our tables around the pool so we built her a perch in the backyard taller than the fence. With higher ground she's calmer and is usually found sleeping on her perch.

Presa x Boerboel cross for the win so far, unbelievable all around dog. Just needs to stop doing super dog flips to catch birds and just enjoy a walk.

She's 10' tall and runs 10' each direction at the top. The hue of the purple when these things bloom is amazing

My GH has been a dream come true!

I built a putt-putt course around it. My teenagers invite friends over to swim and they end up playing putt-putt.

I've always wanted my own space to grow wherever caught my attention.

There are tons of things I can do to make it 'better' but loving my little backyard oasis.