Why does kratom from different farmers sold by a vendor seem to all not work?

[IndelibleDotInk]

D'ya see what I'm getting at? Like we tend to say, 'oh vendor A doesn't work for me', and it seems to be true, even if you've tried several types of kratom from vendor A, kratom obtained from different farmers.

And vendor B is really killing it consistently for you, but you can tell he has some batches or farmers that don't ring your bell.

Is this a thing, or is it just me?

[Kelleytoons]

Not *quite* sure what you're getting at, but I haven't found any consistent results from vendor to vendor - the two I most rely upon (Denette and TFH) DO hit it "out of the park" more than most, but even there I find some complete misses. OTOH, there are vendors that I've tried that don't seem to hit at all... except when they do, and it's then amazing.

For me the most inconsistency is just me - there are times I take a batch and I think "it will NEVER be any better than this" and then, taking it quite a while later (since my rotation now is about two months) it doesn't do anything at all. I just chalk that up to my body chemistry and finding it WAY too unpredictable.

I really admire those of you with more consistent results... but one of the things I most like about kratom is the mystery. To me it's like opening a present every single dose - sometimes it's exactly what you wanted, and other times it's just socks from your aunt.

[onespeedstop]

If I had to guess it's 2 things. The main thing is that these "farmers" are just harvesting wild leaves, they are probably (most likely) not keeping track of which ones are from which tree, ie = they get mixed together. And 2, same thing only after the leaves are picked - they're still probably not keeping very close track of them through the drying/sorting process. It's just leaves, very difficult to keep separate without a system in place for it, which I doubt many folks do. This is people out in the middle of or near a jungle, corporate murica is not there with 'lean systems' or 'sigma six' and a team of accountants and supervisors, no one's keeping track of much of anything as far as I've seen in pics/videos online. Then to add 2 more of these same layers, you have the buyers, and then you have the local vendors who get the final product, and who knows how much they mix it up even more.