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First time growing... couple of questions..
#10090273 - 04/01/09 09:01 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alright, I've read through most if not all of the teks and the glossary and what not and have been lurking the forum for quite awhile learning what I can. I've decided to finally take the step to grow my own, but I don't really like any of the teks all that much. I don't like the idea of a cake because it doesn't seem like you would get a whole lot of shrooms in the long run using them. Most of the bulk teks I read used supplies that I would not really go out and get (large quantites of straw and hay, horse poo) so those are out of the question unless I missed a good bulk tek.
Anyways, my question really is can't I just buy a 10 maybe 20 gallon tank, sterilize it as best I can, fill that with brown rice flour, vermiculite, and water in good proportions, then inject it with a spore syringe or two and viola? With a little work, the right temp/humidity, good light and luck hah. Most likely I'd need to build a dual chambered terrarium I would assume, but it would still be a lot better than using cakes.
Please note I pretty much completly made this tek (if you could call it that lol..) up and am wondering if it's even possible, or if there is another one already out there that I missed like it or hey if someone's done something like it and have been succesful. It would be the best way for me to go I think, if it is possible.
Any info or help is greatly appreciated. I'm hoping to get into shroom growin' as soon as I find a tek I want to try.
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Edited by zany (04/01/09 09:01 PM)
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Re: First time growing... couple of questions.. [Re: zany]
#10090323 - 04/01/09 09:08 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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You can do anything you'd like, having said that, I wouldn't. Your chances of contam are darn high doing that (u didn't mention but I assumed you would steralize the stuff by pcing). Your idea is like a sloppy bulk w/o casing and could, with a bunch of luck, work if everything was mixed properly etc but it sounds like a waste of time and money. If this is your first time, just grow some cakes and use the dunk and roll meathod. It's easy and u'll get pleanty of fruits. for personal or "buisness" use for the time and money u put in.
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Re: First time growing... couple of questions.. [Re: zany]
#10090343 - 04/01/09 09:10 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Maybe if you colonized a couple of half gallon jars, maybe more completely (you would probably want to spawn those with some PF cakes) and then break those up and spawn it into the huge thing, MAYBE. If you are incredibly lucky. I mean if you're doing this in an operating room where it's completely sterile then possibly, but other than that I doubt it. Just grow some PF cakes and case them. It's really not that much work. I just cased some B+ and I have literally foot long shrooms. They are gorgeous. But my recommendation is to not do that and save yourself a lot of time, grief and money and just case. There's a lot of great teks on shroomery. Go forth and incubate, birth, and case and incubate, maybe patch, and fruit.
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Re: First time growing... couple of questions.. [Re: mindcultivation]
#10090403 - 04/01/09 09:19 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Coco coir would be a suitable bulk substrate-easy to pasteurize and readily available at any pet store, but you would still need something to spawn to it. Search for agar's (6T) tek on turning cakes into bulk by pulverizing them in a food processor then spawning to substrate. I have followed that tek (using trays) with good success. If you have a PC I would definitely recommend using grains as spawn.
Search for pasteurizing coco coir- there are many proven ways of doing this.
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