How big is your collection?

[ba2000]

How big is your collection, and how do you keep track/manage a rotation (if you do)?

[Joshgreenhorn]

The last time I did a inventory I was setting on 16 keys. That was about 6 months ago. I don't have a particular rotation schedule. Just try to take something different each time. Some people collect baseball cards, I collect kratom

[herbalhippie]

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But I've probably pared it down by at least 1/3 over the last year or two. I have somewhere around 35-40 strains in rotation. Put a few heaping spoonfuls in
a small Plymor bag and have them in 2 rows in a plastic thing. Use one from the front, it goes to the back until next time. Refill it when it gets empty,
add new ones as I get them (if I like it well enough).

[onespeedstop]

Still too big, probably about 4kg total. I've been trying to just be happy with what I've got, use it while it's still halfway 'fresh', and wait for the Black Friday sales ha-ha

Added : For rotation I just pull from the front (or near the front at least) of the box, then put it in the back so I won't be taking the same exact strain for at least a week if not closer to two. Sometimes I'll skip past the front of the box and go 2-3 deep if I want something specific or different from what's in the pole position that day, but usually whatever's up for today is fine, I'm not -that- sensitive about it.

[Babel-17]

Reasonably large, though with only a few full kilos having been bought, most of my collection is of a lesser size. For a while I stocked up on sample size packs from In Sense Botanicals so as to build up a large variety for my rotation, as they were often on sale. I still have most of those, though of course they steadily decrease in weight. I keep them in a bag, separate from the larger sized bags of Kratom that I have. The kilos that I bought have been opened, but are now sealed up tight, and stored away, after putting a decent amount of them into heavy duty ziplock bags for part of my rotation.

Anyway, I have a few dozen of different bags, a true plethora of different Kratoms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ROhP_3-Qk

[Rhino236]

For personal probably 80 kilos total(maybe more). 3-30 gallon tubs,2 drawers,and about 10 jars full. I’d say 80-100kg in my personal stash. Mostly other vendors. Heaven leaf,tons of sosa,beat leaf,restore Jake,mystic island(when they were good),LOE,Fused Flora,soul etc….

[herbalhippie]

I quit keeping track after about 30-35 kilos.

[gumbyke1]

It all started innocently with a shoebox or two. Over the last 14+ years, it's like a growing blob that just gobbles up square footage in our home. Its gone from shoeboxes ---> a drawer ---> several drawers --->a tub ---> several tubs ---> a box ---> several boxes ---> a closet---- back to more tubs, boxes, and a closet ----> and now it's just all over the house in boxes and tubs wherever I find room (upstairs and downstairs).

I really dont have a great way to organize it, there are boxes of products that I haven't touched in years.... many years. For the most part (99% of the time), I really only take TFH products nowadays - all of my TFH favorites are just sorted by color in 3 big tubs... that's about it. It did recently add a batch from another vendor to my rotation stash - shout out to Lonestar Mitrasource for the Wild Green Horn 061121-11 (Im not sure if its still available, but I picked up a kilogram of it a few weeks ago).

[Sanbutsushin]

I think I'm at three or four kilos cumulatively, but I go for smaller 100-125g bags so there's a lot of variety there. There's no formal rotation for me; when I prep my red bubble stuff ahead of time I grab 2-4 bags/jars on a whim, portion them out and freeze them in little color-coded cups, then write down what's in each cup so I don't forget, lol. If I look at my memo pad and see I've had a lot of one vendor recently I'll try to mix it up when I prep the next batch.

[mivanqua]

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But I've probably pared it down by at least 1/3 over the last year or two.

I think we are all wondering where that third went to. Can you tell us, hippie, where that third could possibly be?

[e_poison]

Probably around 10-12 kilos. I'd have to go pull everything out to really check, but that's my best guess.

For storage, it's all in a large dresser drawer. Any unsealed bags are stored within another freezer bag to keep everything fresh. There's no real organization to any of it.

And then I normally have 4 250g bags in my rotation (2 greens / 2 whites) which are kept in another drawer. Once a bag is empty, I go into my storage and grab a new one to throw it into the rotation. I don't like having too many open bags these days. I tend to finish off a strain once I unseal it before opening a new one. The exception being strains I don't get much out of - those go back into storage for another day.

[MikeEdoessomething]

It all started innocently with a shoebox or two. Over the last 14+ years, it's like a growing blob that just gobbles up square footage in our home. Its gone from shoeboxes ---> a drawer ---> several drawers --->a tub ---> several tubs ---> a box ---> several boxes ---> a closet---- back to more tubs, boxes, and a closet ----> and now it's just all over the house in boxes and tubs wherever I find room (upstairs and downstairs).

I really dont have a great way to organize it, there are boxes of products that I haven't touched in years.... many years. For the most part (99% of the time), I really only take TFH products nowadays - all of my TFH favorites are just sorted by color in 3 big tubs... that's about it. It did recently add a batch from another vendor to my rotation stash - shout out to Lonestar Mitrasource for the Wild Green Horn 061121-11 (Im not sure if its still available, but I picked up a kilogram of it a few weeks ago).

Maybe time for another one of your famous "VINTAGE LOT" sales?!?!

I am in a similar organization situation as you- kratom everywhere, in tubs and bins and dressers and in closets and in 3-shelf racks I have lined up in the living space on the bottom level of my house I try to organize it but it just keeps expanding and over-growing wherever I stash it haha LOL

I estimate I have between 15-20 kilos. I look at it like a lifetime investment, and should I ever need money fast, I have something I could likely sell for some quick cash

[herbalhippie]

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But I've probably pared it down by at least 1/3 over the last year or two.

I think we are all wondering where that third went to. Can you tell us, hippie, where that third could possibly be?

Well, I am not sure but I think SOMEONE could probably tell us.

[Aramella]

I am not sure exactly the weight but I have two medium size tubs and a box full in my closet. Before kratom I was an alcoholic... I never ever had two tubs and a box full of booze!! I think it is actually something to be proud of in a sense to have a pretty good storage of something I now use every day that is not causing havoc on my life but rather has helped enhanced all the good that has come with putting down the bottle over a year ago. Sorry for veering off the subject there but kratom is something of a lifesaver for me personally anyway. Nice to read about other people "collecting" it too! This was a good post!

[Denette615]

About 100kilo for personal use. Stored in airtight containers, kept in dark cool place. I keep about 15-20 strains per rotation. I try to keep 5-6 sets of those 15-20 strains and rotate them weekly.

[Badgame85]

Good to see that I am not alone. I'm probably under 10 k's but that is because I am very adamant about using whatever I buy even if its sucks. I simply cannot bring myself to throwing away any leaf regardless of quality. I try to tell myself first that "oh maybe I'll try it again many months/years from now and it will hit magically" or "I can use this when I am doing a taper or coming down for a break - should hold off any unwanted symptoms." Sadly neither of these have ever happened

I also started with a small bathroom drawer with a few bags which then bloomed into several drawers, and now several drawers, and large cardboard boxes in my basement. I bought a TON internationally a few years back when I thought the FDA was going to shut us down. But regardless I have been able to keep myself in check and resist the urge to order anytime I see any positive mention of any vendor/strain.

Now... if I wasn't constantly reading about how amazing all the vendors/strains that constantly pop up...I would probably only have like 1 k

[HeatherLelane]

I have no idea how many keys I have but I keep a drawer full of gallon bags for/separated by Reds, Greens, Whites, Yellow/Golds, and Blends in 2 oz bags and less. I use these mostly for travel. Then I have a drawer for 100+ g bags of Reds, another for Greens, another for Yellows/Golds/Blends, and one for Greens. Then I keep a bunch in 4 oz jars, labeled - about 16 - on the top of the dresser that are supposed to be my rotation, with the bags to refill them in yet another drawer. However, I tend to use them least actually, as I crave CONSTANT variety and they tend to be my older (FB vendor) stuff from when I first started out and thought 16 strains was a plenty large rotation. So now when I finally finish one I wash it and pull its bag out of that drawer and TRY to add it to the drawer color it goes to, but they're all pretty full. So basically 4 or 5 drawers dedicated to the leaf but there is a bit of organization to it.

[ba2000]

A few things:

I quit keeping track after about 30-35 kilos.

This is kinda where I'm at. I have right about 35-40 kilos of 330 different strains (almost half that number are samples). I've kept a written journal of every dose, amount and notes for the past couple years to maintain a rotation but have moved to a word document chart and list with one line reviews. If I'm good about it, I only have a strain once every 3 months (which has helped bring back some old favorites I had burned out on). My biggest prob right now is that its getting to be a hassle digging out the one thing I want from my pyramid of totes. Everything is organized by vendor, strain and alphabetized but it's just kind of a 3 time a day nuisance. Past that, If I never buy another thing, and stay to my routine, I'm good for the next 19 years.

For personal probably 80 kilos total(maybe more). 3-30 gallon tubs,2 drawers,and about 10 jars full. I’d say 80-100kg in my personal stash. Mostly other vendors. Heaven leaf,tons of sosa,beat leaf,restore Jake,mystic island(when they were good),LOE,Fused Flora,soul etc….

About 100kilo for personal use. Stored in airtight containers, kept in dark cool place. I keep about 15-20 strains per rotation. I try to keep 5-6 sets of those 15-20 strains and rotate them weekly.

Do you keep guys any of your own?! Both of your products are so. damn. good. I'd be amazed if either of you didn't have an archive of your own.

Now... if I wasn't constantly reading about how amazing all the vendors/strains that constantly pop up

True. True. True.

[Rhino236]

Oh yeah,I try and keep a 250 of about half of strains I get in. Depending on how fast they sell out. Some I don’t even get to try before they sell out.

[ba2000]

Oh yeah,I try and keep a 250 of about half of strains I get in. Depending on how fast they sell out. Some I don’t even get to try before they sell out.

Dude, I believe it. I'm lowkey surprised you don't keep a key of each as an operating expense, but then you'd be in gumbyke1's position. I envy a "kratom storage room" in theory, but I'm sure it's a bummer in application.

[DittonW]

but I go for smaller 100-125g bags so there's a lot of variety there.

I had to look it up in my post history, but the last whole kilo I bought of one strain was in January , (Herbal RVA PMD2 !) I was actually pretty shocked to learn that it has only been six months since I joined double M and started my boutique kratom collection . I realized pretty quick that if I was going to start reading reviews and sampling vendors recommended here there was no way I could keep buying 1 strain kilos , or even 4 way split kilos. not feasible living a 2 bedroom apartment . . So 125g bags was really the only way I could keep this hobby going in any sort of sane manner .

This post feels somewhat like a confession , or giving up privileged information. : )

20 KG's in three different locations- 1. opened and in rotation in a dresser drawer , 2. bags that have not been opened yet in a cooler and 3. packages that have not been opened yet, still sealed in the box they came in - on a shelf in the closet, right above the 3 month food supply . Currently in the rotation drawer: . Heaven Leaf , Rhino , D615, Fused flora, LSMS , TFH,and some samples from Soul I just got from the trading post . the usual suspects. For a little while I suspected that the vendors reviewed here were an organized and super sophisticated marketing scheme, but I can say with confidence that not only do they source some of the highest quality kratom in the world - but also that they are good people and it's been a real highlight of my year to make their acquaintance , https://www.merriam-webster.com/diction ... d%20people



Drawer organization is shit - for a while they were arranged by vendor , but right now its just a drawer full of bags of kratom that I rustle through in the morning until something strikes my fancy . Very similar to the storage unit I keep my work stuff in, just a disaster - I do have plans to organize the storage unit in the morning so hopefully maybe the kratom drawer will come next .

I really wish I still had a basement . I don't have air conditioning , but I live in a part of the country that is very dry and I don't think it gets above 90 f in here during the afternoons, but it still bothers me that I can't keep my stash cooler I am going to get a thermometer and see how hot it gets in here during the day . It's not unbearable . And it gets down to 60 in the ev4nings . I actually feel a lot better after realizing that the oldest kilo I have is only 6 months . sure does seem like a lot longer

Before I started hoarding kratom I would just by a kilo of one strain and then when that ran out I would buy another one - but it gives me an immense amount of satisfaction to know that I could keep myself in kratom for at least 3 years of a zombie apocalypse with my current stash ( or , you know , less if I decided to share with all the people who are suddenly in pain and withdrawals from the sudden lack of opiate prescriptions) I guess another option would be to trade it once my 3 month supply of food ran out .

. My deepest darkest secret as regards my kratom hoard. ; The 6 keys of TFH that have not been opened yet because they are sealed so well that opening a 250 bag feels like a real commitment . I have a vague and unverifiable notion that those vacuum sealed bags could potent for decades . Between me and my neighbor who got wrecked in a car accident, the lazy sundae went pretty quick-

with that in mind I am going to go pick one out and open it right now - money is just green paper if it's just sitting in your wallet .

[Denette615]

Id say about 60% of my personal stash is d615 leaf...maybe more.

[Sanbutsushin]

Next time my husband tells me I have too much kratom I'm showing him this thread, lol.

Id say about 60% of my personal stash is d615 leaf...maybe more.

Well that's not surprising!

[Rhino236]

Id say about 60% of my personal stash is d615 leaf...maybe more.

I’d say roughly the same of my own.

[Bubba5150]

My stash is much larger than I ever thought it would be, no exact amount, but certainly in the area of 20-25kg. While there are many different vendors comprising my collection, the majority of it is made up of Denette615, Rhino, Lonestar Mitrasource, TFH and Lucky. Basically have a separate storage case for each of these vendors, then have another for everybody else in one.

[instantKARMA]

At one time I estimated my stash to in the neighborhood of 50 kilos. I did an inventory in January 2021 and came up
with roughly 120 kilos.

I'd love to buy more, but Her Highness has me on a time-out!

[lavender]

My collection about 80 kilos . I think about 50 % TFH, then KOG, MitraMan , Denette, Benni , Socal,Smiley, and some others and i keep about 8 kilos open bags for my rotation

[pray4peace4]

A couple days ago I typed out a long TL:DR comment to this question & I see that I guess I never saved it. Anyone else ever do that? I'm running on 3 hours sleep so forgive me if I don't make sense.

My last official count took me up to 36 kilos, but it wasn't everything, just the number I've newly arranged into boxes by vendor & strain color. So my best estimate is around 50 kilos. And while many laugh at such OCD behavior, with the notice many of us received today about a push by the FDA to get WHO to schedule kratom, I feel vindicated!

I have no set rotation. I remember a guy named phatcracker. Is he still around? He really got into blending from what I recall. That's what I'm gravitating toward these days. Everything's working good for the last 7 months or so & it's been kinda mind blowing. How's that? Before I started blending it seemed only 4 or so of my strains had any effect at all. Now they all do. There is a secret. I have a strain that, to me anyway, is the perfect kratom & I put 1g of it in with any other strain that doesn't quite shine Iike I want. It's a PMD I ordered from an Indo source. It always works for me even after 2 years. I never seem to develop a tolerance. I recently make the mistake of blending it with Blast off Bali & came to regret that. But I have plenty of so-so & dud kratom that I'm working toward blending with this PMD & kinda excited to see what will happen.

[MycatTimmy]

I emptied 2 of my favorite TFH bags and 1 Rhino bag this week. I’m really too depressed to say much more.

[KCobbBMore]

I have never even tried to estimate the size of my total collection, including what I have opened (which is probably most of it). I would guess I have about 20 that are sealed. I have been aggressively trying to make it more organized.

I have packed up products that I think might work for me again one day. I have given away a lot of products from vendors that really never worked for me at all. I try to store everything in dark & dry conditions as much as possible.

I definitely need a better system in general. For me, it is like having too many television channels to watch. There are so many options, I am not really appreciating just how great some of it is!

[Lokey]

I found some letter size clearish zipper plastic bags with different color xippers on Amazon and bought a couple water repellent collapsible storage boxes. Put each vendor's bags together in zipper bags and then in boxes alphabetically. I always keep it in the original bags. I was keeping a list of all purchases with descriptions of each strain in a binder in the beginning with stuff like how to make a red bubble. Intention was to keep it updated when I finished one or gave it away so I'd know what was in stock. I later purchased several smaller storage boxes with flip tops, most made of sea grass in Indonesia and another unique set that look nice in my room. I keep my blate papes, scale, spoon, small paper plates, mini containers and bottles in some and bags of the vendors I'm currently rotating so they're easily accessible. Current rotations are new purchases, TFH, Denette, Rhino, Trees of Life, Beleafer, and I always keep Benni's and Smiley's nearby. There's a lot of samples and stuff in the other boxes either didn't work or isn't as good as newer but also unopened! Yet I keep wanting to try more. Next is Lucky's as soon as they get some greens back in stock.

[Tinathenurse]

I probably have over 125 bags ( honestly am afraid to count), divided by vendor. I keep my TFH collection in a canvas tote, my Denette stash in a wooden doll cradle, and my etcs in a LARGE antique trophy cup on my bureau. I then have another open canvas tote loaded up, divided by vendor. Honestly , I would like to pare down or trade ( hoping to get into the trade forum here). I have some really good stuff that I see talked up here, that just didn’t do right with my chemistry, but I know someone else would appreciate. I cannot fathom tossing any of it. I’m always super interested in how people organize their own treasures.

I re read this and have to add; my bags aren’t small. I do have an Arsenal, and this *does* feel like a confessional. I’m guessing over 50keys.

I loved this self reflecting post!

[brave777]

I gave up organizing it, at this point i go for what ever i feel like... But i did get those plastic black bins with yellow tops from lows. Slightly more heavy duty over walmart cear plastic bins. Honestly any plastic bin is better then none and laying all over your closet or kitchen shelfs. Bins is the way. I mean i did orgonize it by , Green, red, white and if its mixed, like Gold, yellows and bents got their own bin. I seperate them by color name instead by vendor. That way if you want something uplifting, you can dig in whites or greens.

[Supersonic75]

Not huge at all (I’ve been using Kratom for just a little over 2 years). Probably around 10 Kilos, mostly in 100/125g bags and a bunch in 16 oz Mason Jars. There’s around 40 batches in there that are pretty active for me at the moment, another 60 that I get to just once in a while, and some which I almost never touch cuz I’ve used them so many times. I’ve pretty much given away any Kratom that has never worked for me, so anything I have here ranges from good-to-fantastic: mostly TFH, Rhino, Mitra, LoneStar, and Lucky’s, though I still have small bags of some B Bunny and STH that I bought when I first joined MM and found out about those vendors; there’s actually some really good things in there. All the bags are in 3 big plastic bins; the 40 or so jars are all on 2 shelves and the whole deal is in a kitchen cabinet that houses Kratom only.

I rotate the way that some others here do, basically by moving whatever I’ve just used to the back of the box it came from and pull from the front. I also date each bag or jar every time I use it, and try not to repeat strains more than once every two weeks…..except for when I can’t wait . Fun thread, ba2000!

[LuckyHerbals]

We have about 10kg in total in our personal collection. I normally use 10-12 gpd, so a kilo lasts a very long time! I do have a habit of keeping about 500g of each batch that are absolute standouts. After reading all these posts, I'd love for someone to make a Hoarders: Kratom Edition episode

[Sassysquatch]

I first started out using 3 brown paper bags marked green red & white to hold it all. Simple! Then when those overflowed and ripped I went to the $1 store and was so proud to find some clear plastic file folder bins without lids that worked well, for a while. Now I’m in the process of trying to figure out how to organize everything into the big Costco bins. So right now everything is a mess! My treasures are driving me crazy and I’m stalled at the moment. I want to be organized but my brain is overwhelmed. There’s stuff I love, stuff I don’t love. Stuff I save for special occasions and stuff I’m unsure about. Samples! I’ve got tons of samples, too! Ugh!

On top of all of that, we’re getting ready to leave for a couple of days and we’ve got someone coming over to house sit and take care of the animals. Now I’ve got to find a place to stash everything out of sight and figure out what to take with me! Now I don’t want to go.

[Tiggermanscrat]

I thought my stock of 5.1 kilos was turning me into a hoarder but after reading the size of some of my fellow kratomite's stashes I no longer feel embarrassed
I wonder if I can use this as a way to get my wife to allow me to increase my hoard..... I mean my zombie apocalypse stash.

[CCB]

I first started out using 3 brown paper bags marked green red & white to hold it all. Simple! Then when those overflowed and ripped I went to the $1 store and was so proud to find some clear plastic file folder bins without lids that worked well, for a while. Now I’m in the process of trying to figure out how to organize everything into the big Costco bins. So right now everything is a mess! My treasures are driving me crazy and I’m stalled at the moment. I want to be organized but my brain is overwhelmed. There’s stuff I love, stuff I don’t love. Stuff I save for special occasions and stuff I’m unsure about. Samples! I’ve got tons of samples, too! Ugh!
On top of all of that, we’re getting ready to leave for a couple of days and we’ve got someone coming over to house sit and take care of the animals. Now I’ve got to find a place to stash everything out of sight and figure out what to take with me! Now I don’t want to go.

Hahaha this made me chuckle...as I can absolutely relate and just went thru this when we went away for a week!
My closets top shelves are dedicated to my “bins”

[tasha99]

I've been using kratom just under a year and have between 3 and 4 kilos, and maybe 20 strains or blends. They're all from Golden Rule Botanicals (because that's where my daughter buys hers), Golden Monk (a cheaper vendor I found online), and now Lucky's, with more from Heavenleaf and Rhino coming. I will admit to stocking up a bit. After seeing what happened to toilet paper, I'm afraid of getting caught up in the rush if the WHO or the FDA do anything negative about kratom. If this all blows over, I'll probably gift a bunch to my daughter.

[Cuttlefish]

I don’t know if I saw anyone else say it, I’ve been buying kratom for like 4 years now, and I don’t have a stash. I usually buy a kilo split 4-5 ways, and then when the bags are low order again. It’s a money thing. Sometimes I order the second batch before I run out, leading to me having two vendors, but I never would order a third before the first runs out. If a kratom ban started happening I would probably buy a few kilos, but otherwise, why would I buy months worth of coffee?