They came to me in 2002 via a friend, from someone with 'a collection' they needed to move on. It felt like a rescue. Two Lophophora williamsii, covered in dried pink fruits, full of seed. I didn't know what I was getting until I got them. They looked a little worse-for-wear and I'm still not sure of their age.

Since then, they've been on the various windowsills of my life - undemanding but steady companions. Every spring, as the weather cheers up, they flower. Not once, but repeatedly, prolifically. A flower pushes out and shows off for a few days, performing for the sunshine - pale pink petals spread wide, yellow stamens at the centre. And another comes, and another, or two or three flowers simultaneously. While it's warm and bright they keep going - they can't help themselves.

Fruits follow each flower. Bright pink, protruding, reaching out from the woolly centre like fat little worms - the fruit that time forgot. I started cross-pollinating between the two parents with a small brush - moving pollen from one to the other when they flowered at the same time, trying to get some genetic diversity going. More fertilised flowers means more fruit, more seed. I've collected so much seed over the years.

Eight years ago I finally tried to germinate a proper batch. Seventy to a hundred seeds, sown in a flat tray of finely sieved, wetted soil. Thin layer of soil on top, cling film over the whole thing to keep the moisture in. Over the following weeks and months they sprouted - at different rates, different sizes, some sturdy domes, some barely there, little specks. Any of them could wither and fail at any point, and plenty did. The survivors stayed in that first tray for three years, too fragile to transplant, too delicate to disturb. Eventually they needed space, and the strongest got picked out for new homes - fresh cactus-specific soil, but still in groups to fill even a small pot. Another thinning happened then: some didn't like the move, withered or rotted, became detritus. Eventually the survivors were big enough for their own pots. By that point they're stable; less likely to be lost.

They started flowering for the first time last summer - their puberty, as it were. The flowers come straight from the very centre of the plant at first, no wool, nothing - just a bud pushing through. The wool builds up gradually as more flowers come and go over the seasons, a record of all the times they've done this before. Right now several of them are carrying fruit from last year's flowers, and more flowers are ready to burst forth. They are already working on the next generation.

Some of them might be ready to find new homes. They're nearly eight years old, around 4cm, actively flowering and fruiting, each one a direct descendant of plants that have been doing this reliably since before I had them. The parents aren't going anywhere, and neither are most of the gang. But a few singles - or pairs, for anyone thinking about starting a colony and wanting two plants to cross-pollinate - might suit the right person. If you've got a sunny windowsill and you think in decades rather than weeks, feel free to message me.

- farmerpaddy

Noticed myconauts got whole melts now. Anyone tried the old stuff and this new stuff, and can compare? I only buy an oz every few months, so not feeling like taking a risk like that. Cheers.

Hi All. I took a break from weed for a while and now need to buy some. The vendor i got bitcoin from before no longer exists so need a new one. I wasnt a fan of Coinbase in the past so need recommendations for other the simple / smooth alternatives. Cheers 🫡

just chillin and watchin my baby any biggaz feel this

Finally dropped the old grabba so it's dabs all day now!

Anybody got some decent sativa concentrates? Seems to be indica and hybrids everywhere but I don't want to be asleep all day!

I ordered 7 grams of flower from YNM (first time using them) a couple of weeks ago but they sent me 7 grams of hash instead (which I don’t use) by mistake, numerous messages later they finally replied and sent out a replacement which I opened today to find a single large bud that weighed 3.46 grams so I messaged them to ask for a partial refund of the missing amount to which they replied:

“ there seems to be a lot of mistakes with this address we do not do refunds and we definitely do not send anything under 3.5”

So basically accusing me of lying. I have no incentive to lie when I’ve given them my address and every other transaction I’ve had on here has been excellent.

Now I don’t want them to send out the missing half eighth because it would be the 3rd small package with literally 0 stealth (can feel it through the packaging) I’ll get in a week which I’m not happy with.

Can I open a dispute for the missing amount? Or just leave it be, keep my account 100% dispute free and chalk it up to experience?

Either way as a middle aged man suffering from chronic pain and anxiety that just wants the medicine I paid for I’m disappointed with this seller and I hope other buyers aren’t falsely accused of their own faults.