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EonTan said:
Something looks weird with those. 
I hope I am wrong.

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eh? a cubensis contamination, perhaps?
ohm - i only did it this way cos i'd failed at every other way

update pic later when i get home from work.

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ohmatic said:
concerning the panaeolus spawn, i keep wondering why people keep
sterilizing it and growing it out in spawnbags - not pasteurizing it
and layering / mixing it properly?

is there a specific reason for that (like long/slow colonisation time)
or is this simply personal preference?
peace ohm

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EonTan said:
They look alot better now.

Those are some chunky Copes. Very similar to the hawaiian Domestic. 

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Teonan?

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PawPaw said:
Yep Mr Scat needs to read/cult some more before
posting...*truth

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I think anno knows... the key words were "done right", thats the difficult part.
remember Paw, you taught me everything I know 

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panaeolus cyanascens (jamaica) rye spawn was prepared from agar wedges (thanks anno )

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i think agar straight to poo would take too long.

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Loki said:
Are you sure ther panaeolus ?

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Gumby said:Only way to tell is test the bluing reaction, they should blue like crazy.

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okay - let's take a look (pics taken ~3 minutes after beheading):



i gotta admit, these look nothing like i was expecting, nothing like all the pics i've seen. i thought thry'd have stems like pieces of cotton, would have caps like porcelain, and that the stem:cap ratio would 10:1 or more. these are squat, yellow, and fat-stemmed. i think i'll get over my disappointment, though 

will harvest these all tomorrow and get them dried out. i can think of just one more test i could do........ 

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Iamthewalrus said:
so are still under the impression that these are indeed panaeolus cyanascens or do you think they are something else?

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anno and 'EonTan' aren't both wrong too often 

i imagine that the stumpy appearance is due partly to the fact that they were in a very humid (often cloudy) terrarium from birth onwards. Eon's moniker "wet feet, dry heads" rang a bell, so this time i'm gonna try to provide more individualised conditions for these my prime and most loved children. first i took the advice of many, and left the casing overnight floating in a bucket of water ...... then i recased with a different casing mix, replacing the coir with peat (also verm, chalk, oyster).

today i checked out the emerging second flush.....



.....and put it in a separate tub, the lid cracked slightly to encourage evaporation. it's that or turn down the ultrasonic, but i'm still keeping it cloudy in there to encourage a couple of late-developing projects.

one more thing - it's squatting in my tub-in-tub, so i can turn the heat way up if this is recommended.... comments?

 

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Hamurabi said:
hey shirley!! have you already done the..."test" ? 

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last night 2g in tea ( click for link to foaming water ) - results 100% conclusive  these are the most active fungus i ever ingested, way more powerful even than a previous 2g dose of psil cyan or even (surprisingly since the books say they're #1) azurescens.

i don't read too much into this, as n=1 in each case, and no doubt set and setting weren't equivalent....... all three kicked cubensis' butt anyway, that's for sure, even if i only got 3g dry per flush compared to ten times that for cubies...........

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Hamurabi said:
yahoo!!! i am glad for it shirley my friend!!!
keep on cultivating them!!!
i love the euphoria that the pan cyans give you when trip.
felt it?

well done again!!!!

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shirley knott said:
no you don't


oh all right then

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