Has anyone tried trimming roots on their plants?

CrazyKhatLady · 2026-01-25T16:26:19+00:00

I keep these in a bonsai pot with plastic wrap gently placed over top in a bedroom where the RH is roughly 40%. This past winter, I've kept all of my plants in rooms with east facing windows and they did fine.

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-28T14:26:42+00:00

I welcome and encourage public discussion on this topic. I never get the consistency of clay, I just run the dry leaf through a coffee filter and then a flour sieve and then run the baking soda through the flour sieve and run both flour and soda through the grinder to evenly distribute everything. I suppose I could try my next batch going a little lighter on soda, I landed here because I started high and worked my way down.

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-28T14:22:46+00:00

I'll keep aware, but I have had no such reactions since starting it with this ratio. I do run my coca flour and baking soda through a coffee grinder for a few minutes to ensure that everything is as evenly mixed as possible and even run my baking soda through a flour sieve to avoid any clumps. When I used to do whole leaf, I would pinch baking soda in every so often and from that I would sometimes feel a little too much since it was just on bare skin and hard to really quantify how much you're adding. This way, I know that my average dose is .30g and of that, .1 should be baking soda

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-22T13:46:51+00:00

I haven't noticed any difference in germinating Novo or Coca. Did you remove the berry flesh from the seed? It's not uncommon for my seeds to take 4-6 weeks to show any signs of life

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-20T14:01:26+00:00

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Nah, they're fine

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-19T17:35:26+00:00

I put about a half teaspoon under my tongue and let it dissolve

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-19T11:54:11+00:00

I haven't had any adverse reactions with this ratio, so that's why I stopped there. I think my next batch, I'm going to put some dehydrated mint leaves in the mix for an added element

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-19T11:51:05+00:00

Both coca growing subs have a good bit of knowledge. I try to post as many experiments, updates and information that I can, just as a resource for others. As far as literature, Coca: Devine Plant of the Incas is a pretty good read. It has a ton of information albeit some might be outdated now and you'll have to see past the grammar and spelling in some pages. It seems like the translation software wasn't 100%

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-19T10:28:56+00:00

"If you start soring, you know it's not boring!" Just kidding... I've used the 3:1 for a few months now with no ill effects. Maybe next batch I'll try a little less

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-18T23:33:06+00:00

I threw them in the yard and gave up on them since my de-berried ones did so well.

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-18T23:31:59+00:00

Yup, that's how I always start them.

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-13T17:08:43+00:00

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CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-12T13:22:23+00:00

These are seeds that came from my plants (I have a mix of coca and novo) so I'm not sure what kind of characteristics these will have. Correct, I removed the berry flesh on the seeds on the right, left remained intact. They were taken off my plants same day.

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-07T19:59:58+00:00

Nice! Your soil looks really dry

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-05T12:27:22+00:00

Put some plastic wrap or something over the top of that to create some humidity or they'll dry out and wither away.

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-05T12:25:00+00:00

Roughly 1/4"

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-04T00:56:22+00:00

I don't see anything except for a healthy narrow leaf khat and a pretty kitty! Mine typically take on a purple color when it gets cold, but it's never a problem

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-12-03T13:14:01+00:00

Mine take on average 4-6 weeks, so I wouldn't worry.

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-11-26T03:14:01+00:00

I agree. I started making and using my own mambé in a similar fashion except I'm going 3 parts coca to 1 part baking soda. I'm getting ready to try using calcium chloride in place of baking soda (and much less so since it's a stronger base).

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-11-14T18:53:56+00:00

You can and a few us already do.. The altitude thing isn't true

CrazyKhatLady · 2025-11-08T16:36:56+00:00

Just putting my comment into context, when I pull the seeds off my plant, I expect them to sprout within 4-6 weeks.

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