Hello fellow snuffers, I have been growing Sceletium (tortuosum, varians, nova) & delosperma (cooperi & bosseranum) species for a few years & would like to point out things I have noticed. Homegrown, fresh dried material is much stronger than 6 month old material (when powdered especially). Snuffing fresh dried powdered kanna if very painful but this can be neutralized, I did ph tests on my dried Sceletium & found it to be alkaline (ph 10 to 10.5), so I blended with home grown quick dried Nicotiana rustica (ph 5.5), let sit for 5 days and then found the burn was mostly gone, and the effects much more pronunced (nic hit & kanna). Further research into Sceletium revealed the dried whole plant material can contain up to 40% salt content. If you are in a rush to make some, distilled water can be added to the rustica/sceletium blend to speed up to reaction.

Interesting! U did what i thought about doing for a long time. Do you know what salt the powder contains? It would be nice to be able to dissolve it quickly without reducing the mesembrine content. Im gonna try this when i order new Kanna. Recent batch is empty for months and didnt feel the urge to get some new. How was the taste of this mix? I guess that some aroma needs to be added to modify/smoothen the kanna taste

Sorry I have no idea about what type of salts it contains, I guess calcium/potassium/sodium. I am referring to the natural salt content to be clear, you can actually see the salt specks inside the living leaves (the reason some succulents are called Ice plants. I love to aroma of Mapacho/Kanna mixed by itself but sometimes add about 1% cinnamon or coffee (fresh ground Lavazza) or cardamon or a combination. I suspect different types of Kanna do not contain any Mesembrine (Sceletium subvelutinum (varians), Delosperma sp.) but are more potent that Sceletium tortuosem. Sceletium subvelutinum (varians) contains - N,N-Dimethyltyramine (Hordenine) O-Methyljoubertiamine O-Methyldehydrojoubertiamine O-Methyldihydrojoubertiamine Dehydrojoubertiamine Joubertiamine Dihydrojoubertiamine Interestingly I made some Kanna type stuff from a white flowering Mesembryanthemum sp (only ID on plant) bought from Bunnings in Oz & found it very up and go, great for getting work done.

I tried kanna once and it didn’ do much for me.I much prefer cannabis and kratom.

I fully agree with you mrmanos as this was my experience for quite awhile but there is a few things that will help you feel up to what I would call a very strong effect from Kanna (Stimulation/with mild to moderate euphoria, no chance of sleep & very high libido) and that is reverse tolerance (the longer you have it the less you need) & quality (freshness & alkaloid content of the plant the kanna was made from). Kratom is a completely different effect (low dose stimulation feels very adrenaline dominant/next to no dopamine kick & some don’t like dealing with withdrawals from mu-opioid agonists) & cannabis is hopeless for getting things done. I’ve never felt any signs of addiction from Kanna.