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Image 1 — I’ve had this Bruce’s Dragon for a while. It didn’t do so well this year, I don’t know why, so I was thinking about chopping the top 80% to run a CIELO for science. (Can for scale)
Image 2 — I’ve had this Bruce’s Dragon for a while. It didn’t do so well this year, I don’t know why, so I was thinking about chopping the top 80% to run a CIELO for science. (Can for scale)

I’ve had this Bruce’s Dragon for a while. It didn’t do so well this year, I don’t know why, so I was thinking about chopping the top 80% to run a CIELO for science. (Can for scale)

Last year this thing had two lil pups that grew over 1’ by the end of the year. Everything was fat. I’m in Colorado so I brought it inside over the winter, but I guess I didn’t winterize it properly and it started to shrivel. I put it back outside in April and it didn’t grow much but those 2 pups on top. As you can see, it won’t stand by itself anymore either. I’d like to try my first CIELO run, given I have 100g of dry powder once chopped. But before I do so, do yall have any pro tips to boost mescaline content? Light stress, extra nutes, freezing the fresh cuts in a ziplock first? I’d like to provide my results to the community as well if there’s interest in that. Thanks! 🙏

u/Zentheogent — 1 day ago

Understanding neutralization

For me, neutralization has always been the most cumbersome part of the process. It seems to slow me down and needs a rest to make sure everything settles out. Not sure if its my process or my materials. I did order some different PH strips as they seemed to be a part of it. I ran 4 through the neutralization process with the new strips and thought I'd see if they all look good. I feel like I got a little better understanding of some of the nuances in the process however it was one jar which had a little bit of cinnamon and another jar which ended up having some floaty clouds. My experience these can be filtered out the following day. If that is incorrect and I need a follow-up step please let me know.

Thank you all for your continued support and my education and the development of this amazing community resource

u/Imaginary-Jaguar8905 — 22 hours ago
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SoCal gathering amongst my cactus brethren

This community has opened so many doors in my life. From magazine articles, talks at events, and much more beyond my wildest dreams.

But the best thing to come out of my LSDuck adventures was meeting so many beautiful people. Some of which become very close friends. Love you all so much. This community is absolutely amazing.

Thanks for everything!!!

u/LSDuck666 — 2 days ago
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aCereuslyFungi & Medicactus Giveaways: Ascendant (Cienaguillas OP) & Cowabunga!!!

Hey Everyone,

As promised I am giving away the last piece of cienaguillas Ascendant, as beautifully named by u/aCereuslyFungi and he is also contributing a rad cut of Cowabunga (a toadstool tod seed grown).

TO ENTER:

  1. Like this post
  2. Share this post or cross post it
  3. Comment below a goal for yourself that you want to accomplish before the end of 2026
  4. For a second entry make a second comment under someone else's 2026 goal, cheering them on or providing positivity for their goal

Two different winners will be chosen, one from the goals comments and one from the supporting comments.

That's it two ways to win two prizes and the giveaway ends Monday (8/24) at 5pm PST and we will announce the winners sometime next week!

Have a great rest of your week!

u/Excellent-Peace-7418 — 2 days ago
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2k GIVEAWAY!!!

Giving away this FAT TPM Stump in celebration of my subreddit, OnlyCacs, gaining 2k members!!! Super stoked! Thank you to all who've made it a fun space to share your cacs & prick pics!!

Rules:

  1. share this post
  2. Upvote this post
  3. Tag a friend
  4. Post a cactus picture

Winner will be chosen at random tomorrow 8/18 at 4:20pm

Good luck and may the force be with you ✨

US Only, Winner pays shipping 🙌🏽

u/A_CactusAteMyBaby — 3 days ago

I want to be ready

I've had my ingredients for weeks now. But I just haven't had the motivation to try my first extraction. I've been so excited to try mescaline, but I must wonder if they are purposefully having me hold off. Is that even a thing? I know the dmt entities guide you when it's time and when it's not...

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u/RussFerri — 2 days ago

(SS02 x SS01) x Paycho0: not all extracts are wins.

Look at the spines though, u heard getting near it

u/fatspines — 3 days ago

Simple questions

  1. What is the best temperature for EA to be when you start extraction?

  2. what should your standard PH strip read when your neutralization step is complete?

  3. Does EA ever reach a point where you cant recycle it anymore?

  4. is there a high water content that can restrict crystallization without it being goo?

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u/Imaginary-Jaguar8905 — 3 days ago

Dried san pedro

I'm planning to make a powder from the skin of a San Pedro. I want to dry it in a dehydrator and then grind it into a powder. I'd like to know how long it takes to keep boiling it in hot water. And if i need to filter it

u/narangoso — 3 days ago

Micro French press

Does anyone have a recommendation for a narrow small French press? I'd like to be able to run under 25g. My current press is a bit to large and I lose the Ability to fully squeeze the EA outta the cactus powderand thus recovery isn't as effective.

There's some super cheap ones online that are glass with a plastic top. Mine current press also has a plastic top and I had no issues with it.

Thanks in advance!

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u/Deep_Application_304 — 3 days ago

Lil Loph Got some more friends

I got this little Lophophora (I think it’s a loph right?!) like 7 years ago and been neglecting it for a long time he’s been just chilling by my window all that time barely ever watered it or gave it anything I felt bad lol and my girl got me a couple of those other over the years but never paid attention. Then I just grabbed a couple more from Home Depot to add to the collection: all of the ones with the bluish whitish haze on them are active right? I’m going to pay more attention to them and see if I can grow them bigger. Where does everyone buy cuttings from these days? If anyone has any big collections they part ways with sometimes I’d be interested in taking a look I want more ! I really want more loph too. I have seeds somewhere I had a bunch of tiny ones I started from seeds years ago but i fucked up and they died and I never tried again but I think I want to try again. Any advice would be appreciated

u/eastcoastoverdose456 — 3 days ago

Mescaline acetate versus mescaline citrate.

Mescaline acetate from 69 Ron's limonene tek and mescaline citrate from the CIELO Tek. Why would these two substances differ so much?

u/KingKobbs — 4 days ago

Optimizing the EA neutralization step in CIELO

For some people, reclaimed EA (magnetic stirrer) can be cloudy. This can interfere with the main TEK (but not always).

So it could be time to re-optimize the reclaim step.

When developed originally, the reclaim process stated with wetter EA because the wet crumbs had more water. Now we are using less water to make the alkaline cactus crumbs and the EA is drier.

Cloudiness is likely dry sodium fumarate from the neutralization reaction. It is soluble in water ~23%, and water is effective at dragging it out of the EA. There could be other things contributing to cloudiness (e.g. molecules from the plant).

Therefore increasing the water recommendation (currently 1 teaspoon) for the neutralization step in the TEK could make it more robust (?)

Maybe some people using the TEK have already observed this and adjusted. Interested in results or ideas on a regen update. I have done a brine wash if needed to clear cloudiness (happens to me rarely), but it would be better if the regen step worked every time without an extra clarification step.

One thing I am going to test is the break up the single neutralization step into two:

  1. Wet neutralization: Add a tablespoon of water and tablespoon of sodium carbonate. This will neutralize the fumaric acid and should create some wet droplets that soak up the water soluble salt.

  2. Once neutralkzation is complete (no more salt formation), and another tablespoon of sodium carbonate to partially dry the EA to bring it to a lower wetness and ready for the TEK (so it doesn't affect the wet crumb consistency).

Maybe step 2 is overkill and not needed if using fumaric (but required for citric).

Or the update may not work, or creates new unknown issues witch would not be observed before thorough testing.

Interested in feedback or ideas here. Thank!

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u/loveallASAP — 3 days ago

What's the experience on mescaline like in comparision?

I've done MDMA and shrooms before. Next ceremony there might be mescaline, i've done some research already but just wanted to ask - what's the experience like for you? Especially in comparision to these two medicines mentioned

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u/JuliaGrey0020 — 4 days ago