Question: What happens if I 'top' my kratom plant short?

         Are kratom leaves like tangerines?

  Has anybody try old reddish lightly frosted leaves? Reds are associated with potency of mitragynines in kratom. The veins get redder as they get older, and mitragynines  accumulate in them from the stems. Well, tangerines get sweeter as the cold weather drives remaining sugars from the roots and stems into the fruit.  

  Time for an experiment to see. Tea time at 4:20 pm. .....

   let's try reddish mature leaves vs. regular red... veined ones....  (to be cont'd)

I tried the tea this morning and to cut the bitterness I mixed it with hot cocoa mix. It turned out really good and not too sweet, not too bitter.

Even the roses know it's gonna be a cold night out tonight. Might get down to near freezing

buckle up

I have decided doing the smoothie works ok, but I found today ended up with better results.

Instead of doing two in the morning and two in the afternoon, I did three in the morning with none in the afternoon.

The effect was a stronger morning and by 1-2pm I was starting to feel the pain. However, I was able to maintain until 4pm when I got home.

I thought about taking another two but I am not going to waste it since I'm home and not moving around as much.

Another thing I noticed was the leaves are starting to wilt. As I said, I put them in the crisper of the frig which allowed them a fairly good life.

Changing the number of leaves and when I took them changed my BPM and blood pressure, which was down two more points.

I still had a good night sleeping, but woke up at 5:30. However, I was really relaxed and didn't need to get up and was able to fall back asleep, which I NEVER do because I'm usually so restless.

I am impressed with several things about the Kratom.

I have noticed that my resting heart rate is 4 beats slower per minute. My blood pressure is lower by 10 points, my sleep patterns have improved. I am sleeping 7-8 hours, rather than 5-6. I am no longer restless during sleep, I sleep deeper and I do not toss as much.

I have a device in my room (part of a Kickstarter campaign) which monitors my movements using a sensor on my pillow, and a sensor to pick up on any sounds or movement. My number of movements are down to 8, previously 20. Also, the sensor has told me that the amount of noise I make has lowered by 20%. The number of "sleep starts" is down to 2. In fact, I only can recall 1 of them from last night. Normally when I wake up from a sleep start I never really go back to bed. Since I've started using Kratom, I always go back to sleep.

I have noticed that I feel more refreshed in the mornings. I have noticed a reduction in my appetite, not that I am starving myself, but the need to snack in between meals is lower. No weight loss worth mentioning.

The pain level varied the first few days. I tried 1 leaf the first day and I had good results but it was short lived. I then took 2 leaves and it sustained me for the rest of the day.

The following days I did two leaves, which was OK, but I had pain return before I went home from work which was a 4 hour window.

The last two days I've used three leaves in a smoothie, with fruit and veggies. I deveined them, blended them, then used a strainer to filter the fiber. The main relief was very good and there was a minor burst of energy.

I've actually been debating going on a short run, which I haven't had a desire to do for twenty years. Although, I think I'll start with walking and work my way up.

hi folks I just received three rooted cuttings. Is there any reference info I can use to get these to grow healthy? I’m in south Florida.

Thanks!

This dude was catching some rays next to a couple of my kratom plants earlier today. 

Then he found a dried red kali leaf and started munching. 

Gotta love them Florida Kratom Lizards. 

Anybody ever need the 'nuclear' option in 'laxatives'? Not technically a laxative,  but un-paralyzes the intestines that get slowed due to the kratom in the gut.

This came in handy,  but is rx only,  but counteracts the Kratom's effects to slow down the peristalsis of the colon, but still advised to use soluble fiber products,  like fiber gummies🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

hey guys i have an live chat that I'm rolling out here as a way to help me beta test a project I'm working on. I'll also be doing a small KWD live stream to cover some of the good stuff going on here with the trees. 

So please do keep an eye on this spot.

EDIT

Almost there. The last 1% is the hardest for any project for me. But running smoothly now,  just be aware this chat system is under heavy development, will be restarted often as updates are pushed out until I finish dynamic plugin system that lets me reload server fixes on the fly, but i'm looking forward to have you guys stop by and check it out.

Anyone who has the app, or accesses KWD from the web on any device will be able to access it (ie6 is not supported). Spamming is not welcome however you are free to include links to any websites or pages you wish. 

You have the choice to display specific parts of your KWD profile, or do none of that and be anon. It's up to you. If things start to pickup i'll loop back to do some app improvements here such as streamlining the feed, and cleaning up group features/ creation. As there is a lot to be desired on finding out what groups are available, where your posts are ending up. 

Once I see everything is running smoothly, KWD will begin sending out notifications to the large userbase we have accumulated over the years to notify them of our new chat, and all the good things going on here. As up until this point we have not sent any notifications/ emails/ to anyone. So this should be a good kickstart for the community!