CouchLove wrote:Any results from this yet?
You probably will not get a real answer because it is speculation & the testing that would be required to really say rootbark grown in x country yeilds higher than y country would need to be extensive & not only that, but proof the rootbark actually came from the country it was labelled as would be needed as well.
I think really if this "guatamalan" rootbark is popularized, we will see the same as mexican or brazillian, yeilds will be all over the place if many people use it & are surveyed, the alkaloids in the plant will likely be exactly the same.
I would love to see that type of testing done & be proved wrong, however, there are far too many variables in the growing conditions alone to say spike in yeild from guatamalan sample A over B was due to it being grown in guatamala rather than the soil conditions, lighting that day, time of harvest, current weather conditions during harvest, etc.
Now if that isnt difficult enough, how can we be certain in testing that specific conditions & timing known to produce high alkaloid content was not intentionally setup by a large farm or commercial farmer just for the harvest of a sample to be tested & boost sales for rootbark from a specific region on false pretenses?