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LuNaTiX
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Best way to collect opium
#3010004 - 08/16/04 04:59 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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I know most people cut them about a mm deep maybe 4 times around the pod, but how is a person to collect large amounts of it without making a mess?
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rocknliam
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: LuNaTiX]
#3010049 - 08/16/04 05:09 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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hehe i just lanced my first pod ever - And sorry about not answering your question, i'm just pretty happy right now.
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LuNaTiX
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: rocknliam]
#3010222 - 08/16/04 06:07 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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, sok could you explain how you did it?
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: LuNaTiX]
#3010584 - 08/16/04 07:54 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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I did it just as you said, but i went maybe 7-8 times around the pod, just guessed what would be effective really. And i collected it about 1/2 an hour after i lanced, because it looked like it was going to rain. And sure enough it did.
So after the rain i went back out and lanced again, got about the same ammount as i got first time. this may be less potent though, i'm not really sure.
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: rocknliam]
#3010617 - 08/16/04 08:01 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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Rock!? I was gonna get ou some seeds but ya never sent me your addy. Offer still open.
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: LuNaTiX]
#3010816 - 08/16/04 08:53 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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Here is how you cut and scrape the pod, a picture form northern Thailand

and a beautiful Papaver somniferam Poppy formthe University district in October 12, 2001.

And a new paper reprint form Mark D. Merlin who co-authored several of my shroom papers. Mark also wrote man and Marijuana ( the fitst book on the history of hemp, for his masters at the geography dept. at the U of H). ANd he wrote On the Trail of the Ancient Opium Poppy, and later co-authored Kava: The Pacific Drug. Her eis is article fromthe jornal of Economic Botany. Just the cover and first page of the article. It is too long to reprint but you can go to any university library and look it up.\\\
Front Cover

Inside front cover

First Page

Or you can o go to http://www.erowid and read my Poppy cultivation book.
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: LuNaTiX]
#3011791 - 08/17/04 01:12 AM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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The best is to do it in the morning, couse it will get sticky and hard when the milk gets in touch with the air and the sun light. It will stick and close the cuttings. you couldn't collect much.
When you do it in the morning the milk will drop easely, in the cool mornin air and u can collect a good amount untill the temp. and the sun gets to top.
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LuNaTiX
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Wondeful, thanks for all the info, now what should one use to collect the opium? I dont have any fancy scoop like that person in the pic did. a kife will have to do eh?
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: LuNaTiX]
#3015292 - 08/17/04 07:26 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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mjshroomer, I'm using that book soon enough! haha! thanks for the info mang!
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PinballWizard
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: LuNaTiX]
#3016661 - 08/18/04 01:09 AM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think most people use the same knife they score it with to collect the putty.
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schmutzen
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Quick question: If i want to collect pods without scoring them do i wait to untill they are dry, or should i collect them when they are prime for harvest and let them dry out?
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Re: Best way to collect opium [Re: schmutzen]
#3020063 - 08/18/04 07:32 PM (19 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hmmmmm.... Good question. I'm guessing if you let them die all the alkloids would disappear, so it would probably be better harvest them in their prime. It would also probably be better to wait for a more knowledgable reply!
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