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Absolutely incredible will! That’s 7 years of growth? How fast does the tree recover when you pull foliage? Do the seed pods have any medicinal use? (You just set yourself up for a lot of questions!) lol
Yes sir! Lets just say that even with lots of friends that very much enjoy these trees, it isn't possible to strip them even if you tried. I've brewed tea from the seed (some would kill me just for the waste) but it was a tasty and worth while experience. Keep them coming! I enjoy sharing whatever I can, and don't mind building up a cultivation database on the many ways one can grow this plant. After all, long term legality would play out a lot better if we didn't have to deal with customs for one.
Yea, that's amazing Will. You obviously know what you're doing. I don't think I've ever seen anyone have such good luck with their trees. I do have a question tho….Dr McCurdy? said that it takes several years before a tree becomes fully active...or produces leaves that will have the special "effects" that Kratom is known for. Did you find the same to be true. Did it take several years before your harvests produced quality material? I'm not sure if that's what you were alluding to when you mentioned headaches.
@will look at those healthy seedpods
@Bizaro22 Funny enough, UF came out to study my plants. They did take over six years before they started flowering, but once they did. The leaf became very enjoyable.
So does that mean I have to wait for mine to flower before I can get usable leaf? I'm quite new to all this I'm trying to educate myself as quickly as I can cuz I need this plant
@roadkill how long have you had the plant, and have you had the opportunity to brew a tea from the leaf? Knowing the age and condition of the mother tree would help answer your question as taking cuttings from a flowering tree appears to speed this process up.
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