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tugwax
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The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money
#11676286 - 12/18/09 04:51 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Here's the beginnings of list of things that I've read in the forum that aren't really necessary or involves excessive expense. Please add your own!
- Drying out rain leeched manure right before rehydrating it.
- Trying to find lights with just the right color temperature.
- Automatic moisture delivery or FAE for a small grow. I myself fell into this OTT solution for just 9 cakes. Even though it was successful I soon reverted to manual methods with greater yield. Now the timers, air pump and fogger are gathering dust, £70 wasted.
- Using anything other than tap water.
- Trying to find PF jars (in the UK anyway)
- Trying to find hardwood chips when any old mixed stuff will do.
- Buying spore syringes of the same species more than once.
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myco_mikey_mo
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: tugwax]
#11676306 - 12/18/09 04:55 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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great job. great job. the last one for sure. "trying to find PF jars" (in the US too) pointless. another one i want to add is...buying organic brown rice and blending it yourself for PF jars. i thought that i would get better results and not once have i seen better results than just buying organic brown rice flour
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emptyvessal
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: tugwax]
#11676315 - 12/18/09 04:58 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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PF jars ? I just bought some Bon Marche jam jars from tesco cost me £1.20 each
I have bought 2 syringes of the same strain only because the first failed to grow
But since then i have discovered free trade
And i dont even live in the third world .
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Rustifer
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: myco_mikey_mo]
#11676320 - 12/18/09 04:59 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Spraying lysol all over the room before fanning.
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Cloneufc
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: myco_mikey_mo]
#11676335 - 12/18/09 05:03 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just use manure and gypsum for the PF tek. Manure is free. No need to spend money on brown rice flour, its expensive. You dont even need verm. You'll get bigger mushrooms and wont cost anything.
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tugwax
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: emptyvessal]
#11676344 - 12/18/09 05:05 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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emptyvessal said: PF jars ? I just bought some Bon Marche jam jars from tesco cost me £1.20 each
You were robbed. 6 drinks glasses for a quid in the pound shop. Just add foil lid.
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jenns_hot
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: Cloneufc]
#11676347 - 12/18/09 05:06 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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tub in tub incubators
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emptyvessal
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: tugwax]
#11676354 - 12/18/09 05:07 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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tugwax said:
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emptyvessal said: PF jars ? I just bought some Bon Marche jam jars from tesco cost me £1.20 each
You were robbed. 6 drinks glasses for a quid in the pound shop. Just add foil lid.
ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but did your drinks glasses come with jam!!!!!!! No NO they didnt who is the silly billy now
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tugwax
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: emptyvessal]
#11676392 - 12/18/09 05:13 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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emptyvessal said:
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tugwax said:
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emptyvessal said: PF jars ? I just bought some Bon Marche jam jars from tesco cost me £1.20 each
You were robbed. 6 drinks glasses for a quid in the pound shop. Just add foil lid.
ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but did your drinks glasses come with jam!!!!!!! No NO they didnt who is the silly billy now
Ahhh but since I moved on from PF I'm drinking wine from one right now. You'd look silly drinking wine from a jam jar.
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Doc_T
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: tugwax]
#11676405 - 12/18/09 05:16 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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tugwax said: You'd look silly drinking wine from a jam jar.
You only say that because your country has no jars.
I'm sipping vodka and Sprite from a jam jar right now. Tastes great!
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noobieshroomie
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: Doc_T]
#11676431 - 12/18/09 05:20 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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i disagree with the lighting, try growing with an incandescent light bulb and tell me ho well it turns out
also the wood chips, try growing on cedar and pine mixed ant tell me those results as well
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Psuper
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: Rustifer]
#11676433 - 12/18/09 05:20 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Lysol/oust and hygrometers are unnecessary.
Buying rye berries by the pound is a little expensive. When you buy it by the bag it is as cheap as birdseed.
I used Tyvek sleeves for working inside my glovebox but buying a box of shoulder length polypro gloves at the Feed & Seed is cheaper.
Buy large size bottles of 70% rubbing alcohol, micropore tape, h202 (for battling dactylium), and nitrile gloves at a drug store and save a few bucks over the grocery store prices.
Be picky about how much you are paying for bulk substrate ingredients. Folks that are paying for manure, or buying straw at a pet store are being ripped off. ~P~
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tugwax
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: Doc_T]
#11676445 - 12/18/09 05:22 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Doc_T said:
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tugwax said: You'd look silly drinking wine from a jam jar.
You only say that because your country has no jars.
I'm sipping vodka and Sprite from a jam jar right now. Tastes great!
Isn't that what you guys call 'redneck'?
We got tons of jars, it's just none of them are tapered except for a particular expensive foreign fancy jam one. With a gay lid.
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sansa
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: Psuper]
#11676457 - 12/18/09 05:24 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Why would you say a hygrometer is unnecessary? The $3 hygrometer I'm using, while inaccurate, has been very useful in telling me if what I'm doing is lowering the humidity too much.
I got some of those shoulder length sleeves too and I think I'm going back to using rubber gloves because the plastic fingers on the sleeves are so sloppy.
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emptyvessal
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: sansa]
#11676499 - 12/18/09 05:31 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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But i still have lots of jam! And u can drink anything from a jam jar but u cant get jam from a drinks glass !! game over
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Psuper
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: sansa]
#11676503 - 12/18/09 05:32 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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sansa said:
Why would you say a hygrometer is unnecessary?
To be edgy and controversial.
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sansa said:
I got some of those shoulder length sleeves too and I think I'm going back to using rubber gloves because the plastic fingers on the sleeves are so sloppy.
I always wear nitrile gloves over the top of the polypro gloves for this reason. ~P~
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evildee125
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: sansa]
#11676516 - 12/18/09 05:34 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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id say a glovebox is a waste considering i never use one and rarely if ever get a contamination and a buddy of mine who has one gets a contamination most of the time... also anything electrical not including the stove of course.. a mask.. throwing away a jar or tray because a contamn showed up..
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noobieshroomie
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: evildee125]
#11676521 - 12/18/09 05:35 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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do you do agar work?
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evildee125
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: noobieshroomie]
#11676542 - 12/18/09 05:38 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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i do.. im a lucky bastard i suppose
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Re: The things people do for their grow that are a waste of time/money [Re: tugwax]
#11676559 - 12/18/09 05:41 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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With a gay lid.
LOLLLLLLL
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