Atropa Belladonna Infused Botanical Ritual Oil for anointing and ritual use. This greenhouse-grown Belladonna was harvested and dried on the Blood Moon (total lunar eclipse) that occurred on July 27, 2018. (The next Blood Moon is May 21st, 2021. My plants won't be developed enough for harvest that early in the year.) It was infused into olive oil on the Full Moon of October 1st, 2020. This Belladonna Oil is specifically designed for use around the Full Moon and/or Halloween or Samhain holiday. The next full moon is the Blue Moon occurring on October 31st, 2020. It's called the Blue Moon in folklore because it's the second of two full moons in a month.
Belladonna is a woodland perennial. I have found that the best months for harvest in this location are August, September, and October. November can be unreliable due to frosts and snow. If you have an upcoming event, holiday or celebration and want Belladonna dried and infused specifically for it, drop me a line and lets discuss it. When I harvest from Belladonna, I only cut a certain number of leaves from each plant. I don't cut the entire plant down. Plants are treated with care and respect, and it shows in the quality of the product. I also harvest and dry the leaves on the same day. They go straight from the cutting tray to the dehydrator and dried at 150 degrees Fahrenheit until dry. You are receiving the highest quality!
Notes:
Ingredients: Atropa Belladonna and olive oil. No fillers, no additives, no preservatives, no perfumes or fragrances other than the Belladonna and Olive Oil.
Common name: Belladonna
Weight: 10ml
Container: Amber bottle with euro-dropper cap
Date Picked and dried: Blood Full Moon, 07-27-2018, next Blood Moon is May 21st, 2021
Date crafted: Full Moon, October 1st, 2020
For further reading:
Why is the time of harvest so important with the Baneful plants?
Research paper: Diurnal and Developmental Variation of Alkaloid Accumulation in Atropa Belladonna by Frank Sporer, Martina Sauerwein and Michael Wink. Abstract: "A diurnal variation of tropane alkaloid content could be determined...maximal alkaloid yields were detected at early night and at early morning." "Alkaloid content of leaves doubled between June and July."
How does the soil make a difference?
Research papers:
Effects of Compound Fertilization on Growth and Alkaloids of Datura Plants. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Volume 104, No. 2, 2003, pages 151-165.
Comparison of Tropane Alkaloid Spectra Between Datura innoxia Grown in Egypt and Bulgaria by Strahil Berkov and Rawia Zayed. From abstract: "Alkaloid spectra of Egyptian and Bulgarian plants differ significantly in respect to their alkaloid composition and main alkaloids accumulated in the plant organs."
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