4" Californian White Sage Smudge Stick / Bundle

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Wild white sage populations are currently under intense threat by development, smudge stick poaching, climate change, drought, and wildfire. Today, poachers endanger White Sage by stripping whole stands of it from the wild in California to sell to companies producing smudge sticks.

White Sage The Origins, History and Traditional Uses of White Sage

Think of the natural soil makeup of a foothill in the southern California region – dusty, sandy soil with lots of decomposing granite.The confiscated sage, though, is rarely usable by the time it’s donated, and the busts usually only catch laborers who are themselves exploited. But if recent trends continue, soon there won’t be enough white sage left to make so much as a weak, faintly peppery-sweet cup of tea.

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These also like to suck the plant sap from the sage leaves, but thankfully, the same neem oil you’re using to prevent aphids will also prevent these pests, both inside a greenhouse or outside. South direction aligns with the Coyote which represents clever, quick minded and governs the emotion and the Water element. In the wild, salvia apiana is a desert plant, accustomed to long spans of time between watering and extremely hot conditions — both things that we tend to forget about when we’re planting it! Choose a sterilized “soilless” potting mix that contains organic matter but is free of pathogens, weed seed, and toxins. Ramirez and her conservation compatriot, artist Deborah Small, note that commercialized harvests accelerated just as suburban sprawl and worsening wildfires started taking big bites out of sage grounds.There is one other Artemisia species that should be noted here: the white sagebrush, Artemisia ludoviciana. As you smudge, move from the bottom and to the top of the space, following the natural pattern of smoke. Due to the potential for overharvesting and the plant's sacredness to certain Indigenous tribes, many Native Americans have asked non-Natives to refrain from the usage of white sage.