This has been discussed in at least a couple other threads, but it doesn't quite seem to have been resolved. If SWIM is not mistaken, cactus is generally cored, skinned, and despined before it is cut and dried, so to determine the dry yield per size of cactus (it generally sold by size, rather than weight), one would have to subtract the weight of that excess material. The following (found here: http://www.anoniem.org/?http://www.dmt-nexus.me/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=4001&p=2) seems to be fairly accurate in terms of its sources, but leaves out that one piece of information.



About here, we'd have subtract the weight of the core and other excess material.



According to the findings from the recently developed extraction techniques, dried trichocereus mescaline yields generally vary upwards of 1%. So if one were to assume 66.3g of dried material from an average 12in. cutting, that cutting could easily contain 1g or more, far exceeding an acceptable dosage of mescaline.

Anyway, all that aside, what's needed is a general formula that subtracts the average weight of the excess material. Because of the rising popularity of the trichocereus, it is probably advisable that those who are able to, grow their own. Those who engage in this would probably benefit from knowing what kind of yield to expect from their expenses and the work they put into it, and knowing how well they can sustain.

I'd say most Trichocereus are between .7% - 1.5% but some Trichocereus exceed 3% mescaline plus the other compounds.

Some say there are Trichocereus that exceed 5% mescaline (dried, green photosynthetic flesh), I believe this to be true, perhaps even conservative.

Some of you would be AMAZED by some of the rarer clones out there!

^ that helps to explain some of SWIM's yield issues concerning the most recent d-limonene teks.

hello nexus, lurker hoping to make a contribution here eventually.

Here's some info to pass on from the nursery:



Thanks, SN!


SWIM was also thinking that perhaps besides dry weight, extraction and resin yield data should be collected, to include such data as that presented here, where the cactus is broken down into its constituents.