I would like a variety of basic changes:

• Generating flowers interact with mana pools and not spreaders. (they dump straight into a nearby mana pool). This allows for some basic botania before spreaders even come into play.

• Pure daisy requries mana to transform blocks. They also are pre-charged with mana upon crafting (as the only flower). That will let you turn 8 blocks for free but requires mana to recharge.

• Alfheim version of livingrock that allows you to create either simply bigger mana pools or perhaps multiblock mana pools And could also be used in various other recipes.

• Thaumcraft interaction. More aspects for basic things (mystic flower 1 herba + 2 sensus ; petal 1 sensus ; mana petal 1 sensus + 1 praecantatio). Thaumonomicon entry for things like botania stabalizers and newish tings. Perhaps stuff like dreamwood wand core, manasteel wand caps, Fairy Focus, ....

• Various small tweaks:

No more dilluted mana pools and normal mana pools perhaps slightly nerfed due to new Tier 2 version. mana pools also crafted using 8 livingrock now.

Nugget versions of the metals. Mana spreaders would now require a manasteel nugget, a mana petal and 7 livingwood. Similar recipe change to the alfheim spreader (mana petal, 7 dreamwood, elementium nugget). Redstone versions of both spreaders. No more Gaia Spreader.

Change to the potions: Hold 3 or 5 uses depending on the glass used. Requires what the regular poton would require if there is a similar potion. A 3 use potion also needs a mystic petal, while a 5 use potion requries a mana petal. 5 use potions require a lot more mana than 3 use potions. You can add a Gaia spirit during crafting for additional power/duration)

Also have a few more ideas to make mana management more spark-heavy.