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 What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? 
#15807177 - 02/14/12 06:32 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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After 18 years or so of successfully growing green for my personal use, I've had to stop. I miss it; it was a great hobby. So, I've started reading, learning, and acquiring supplies to grow some mushrooms.
Any ideas on relative difficulty? I remember starting out with cannabis and having a tough time sexing plants, but I got pretty good at it with practice. My first cloning attempt failed, but soon I was kicking ass.
I have a good science background, and read a lot.
Oh, and Hi everyone.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Mike Reynolds] 1
#15807184 - 02/14/12 06:35 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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really....
mushrooms are the hardest thing to grow, ever.
you need like 5 acres of land, 10 cows and a couple years of waiting time.
dude, with bud... you plant a seed in soil and 3 months later you have some high grade hydro!
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We're gonna have to adapt if we expect to survive.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Poor Boy]
#15807187 - 02/14/12 06:36 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Solids and liquids are differentiated, one from the other, by the way the material responds to stress.If the material deforms and stays deformed, springs back when the stress is removed, it's a solid.
If instead the material flows when stressed, rearranges itself in such a way as to remove the stress, it's a liquid. . . .
We're gonna have to adapt if we expect to survive.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Mike Reynolds]
#15807198 - 02/14/12 06:38 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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You can teach a kid to grow mushrooms 
Seriously, its super easy if you use the right techniques. The hardest thing about growing shrooms is mustering the dedication to shell out the bucks for a pressure cooker, and PF-TEK style you sont even need that.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Wiccan_Seeker]
#15807203 - 02/14/12 06:39 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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or you can go the lazy way and hit up themadseason.com
end off with the damion 50/50 tek!
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Solids and liquids are differentiated, one from the other, by the way the material responds to stress.If the material deforms and stays deformed, springs back when the stress is removed, it's a solid.
If instead the material flows when stressed, rearranges itself in such a way as to remove the stress, it's a liquid. . . .
We're gonna have to adapt if we expect to survive.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Poor Boy]
#15807252 - 02/14/12 07:00 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I dunno. I grow both. I've had success, and a substantial amount of failure with either. Got my green stuff in hydro, and the white stuff in bags. Personally, I believe the Cannabis is a much more finicky creature. A lot of little things to consider and implement within its growth parameters. With the fungi, it's more simplistic: more of a yes or no kinda deal. Like being pregnant; or dead. Although, whereas you might have a certain amount of leeway with Cannabis, there is none with the fungi. You either did it all right, and everything is kosher, or you did one thing wrong, and you might as well have never even started.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Mike Reynolds]
#15807257 - 02/14/12 07:02 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I've never grown pot, but I grew mushrooms successfully when I was 16 after reading a tek on here. Doesn't get much easier...
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Mike Reynolds]
#15807266 - 02/14/12 07:05 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I grew both and had very good results with both, about the only difference I noticed was
learning how to keep everything super clean of contaminates when growing mushrooms.
I am sure you will probably have no problem, good luck.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: rod]
#15807284 - 02/14/12 07:16 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Why did you stop growing da 'erb?
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: rod]
#15807285 - 02/14/12 07:17 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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technically, they both take about the same time to produce. dank takes a lot of ntes. mushies just grow on dead, dying or prepared mediums. the cost of growing mushi is way less since you dont need indoor lighting.
ive grown both, they each have their pros and cons. a horticulturalist, a mycologist and a botanist are very similar in basic job descriptions
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: migraineur]
#15807382 - 02/14/12 07:57 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Why did you stop growing da 'erb?
Well, very long story shortened. The mortgage on my house (and the best little grow room ever) was paid off. My girlfriend's house was 5 miles away and I was there 90% of the time. She suggested I look into selling my house, and when I put it on the market I got an offer I couldn't refuse (asking price was too high, but a family fell in loved with the house and agreed on my asking price).
So, I sold my house and moved in with my gf. She is not comfortable with an indoor grow for many reasons, so....
Then again, she buys all we can burn. Maybe again one day. I had some beautiful purples...
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Mike Reynolds]
#15807430 - 02/14/12 08:19 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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neither is hard to do. what takes time in both is mastering the details
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: shroom337]
#15807438 - 02/14/12 08:21 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Cannabis. And it's not even close.
Well, let's say growing good cannabis is exponentially more difficult than growing good shrooms.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: The Ecstatic]
#15807452 - 02/14/12 08:27 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I have a green thumb, but I'm still working on getting my white thumb so maybe I'm not the most qualified to answer. I understand the methods and procedure of both though.
Someone else put it better saying that It's harder to grow good herb. 
Edited by Mr.PhilCybin (02/14/12 09:25 AM)
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Mike Reynolds]
#15807459 - 02/14/12 08:32 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Neither
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Mr.PhilCybin]
#15807460 - 02/14/12 08:32 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Depends on both quality and quantity. If you're growing mediocre homegrown, it's easy. Similarly, if you're growing some PF tek cubes it's also easy. Commercial production of azurescens is a different ball game, just as nutrient and environment control of sensitive pot strains is more complicated than, say, guerrilla growing.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: The Ecstatic]
#15807469 - 02/14/12 08:37 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Quote:
The Ecstatic said:
Cannabis. And it's not even close.
Well, let's say growing good cannabis is exponentially more difficult than growing good shrooms.
^This.
Since ive been getting medicinal grade weed from the shops, ive been real critical of weed that isnt grown right. And it seems ALOT of weed is not grown right. Its to the point now that I get irritated when i see low grade weed LOL.
Wheres, you can just sit back and watch fruits grow out of mycelium without having to master nutrients and other paramaters that need to be perfected for perfected weed or just good weed.
Good weed = potency, taste, look, smell, visible crystals, etc
Good mushrooms = mushrooms.
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Jessica Swift]
#15807474 - 02/14/12 08:39 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Quote:
Jessica Swift said:
Depends on both quality and quantity. If you're growing mediocre homegrown, it's easy. Similarly, if you're growing some PF tek cubes it's also easy. Commercial production of azurescens is a different ball game, just as nutrient and environment control of sensitive pot strains is more complicated than, say, guerrilla growing.
Who commercially produces azurescens?
Or were you just pointing out that it would be hard with a picky specie?
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Zulu The Most High]
#15807488 - 02/14/12 08:43 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Quote:
Zulu The Most High said:
Quote:
The Ecstatic said:
Cannabis. And it's not even close.
Well, let's say growing good cannabis is exponentially more difficult than growing good shrooms.
^This.
Since ive been getting medicinal grade weed from the shops, ive been real critical of weed that isnt grown right. And it seems ALOT of weed is not grown right. Its to the point now that I get irritated when i see low grade weed LOL.
Wheres, you can just sit back and watch fruits grow out of mycelium without having to master nutrients and other paramaters that need to be perfected for perfected weed or just good weed.
Good weed = potency, taste, look, smell, visible crystals, etc
Good mushrooms = mushrooms.
Peace
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Re: What's harder: growing cannabis or growing mushrooms? [Re: Zulu The Most High]
#15807490 - 02/14/12 08:44 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Growing the mushrooms is incredibly easy. The start up cost is super cheap and as long. As you follow
The right teks the return is amazing.
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