To be honest, the cakes are rather dissapointing in their yield (of course they are a great place to start out and colonized really well). The potency also seemed lacking here (these were mainly gulf coast). It seems that it is true that Gulf Coast shrooms are much more mental than a full-blown mind & body/visual trip.

The casings, however, were a different story! I used a 50/50 casing material and the extra time waiting for them to colonize is well worth it. This flush totaled 211.4 grams off of basically one tray (3-4 1/2 pint cakes, and I say "basically" because one mushroom came from another tray that produced one decent shroom early)

Seems like a pretty successful start to me (These are all South Americans)...

Here is the first one harvested, weighing in at 52 grams wet. The veil broke in the middle of the night while I was sleeping - notice the spores on the lower right portion of the casing (which was pointed out by someone here on the shroomery - I had originally thought it was some sort of mold)...

Another pic of this one:

And one more:

Here is that casing at maturity:

And another shot:

Maybe I'll get some more pics up later, but tell me what you think...

I forgot to mention that this flush produced 211.4 g - which doesn't seem to shabby!

This flush was from one tray, and the 52g shroom that grew all by itself on another tray (the pins that came with it were inconsequential - but now starting to fruit)

At any rate, I'll try to get some more pics up sometime soon showing the terrariums and the final yield - if we don't *accidently* consume them first :-)

An addition... I mention spores on the lower "right" side of the tray, and I meant to say lower "left".

I must say that these shrooms grown from a casing are markedly more potent than just the plain cakes. PF cakes are fun because they start and grow so early, but the wait for casings are well worth it.

To Roadkill..., I love these SA's so far. You seem to have quite a bit of experience (looking at all the posts I have seen from you), what else do you like? I was thinking about trying some EQ's or Creeper next... I like the sort of trip that the SA's produce (tried 'em twice now...) as compared to the gulf coast shrooms I had. What do you think I should try?

To all: thanks again! I'll start a grow log for my next try... (after these stop flushing :-).

The SA's were great. Everything I want in a trip and more :-) The SA's from the cased trays were great - I had astounding visuals and a very, very intense body high. Almost like cosmic waves pulsing through my body - in fact, there were points where it was like being on ecstasy. They were not very mental however, as I easily could maintain some sense of reality through most of the experience (except when they first came on). Compared to the "Allen's" and the Gulf Coast, they seem to grow from pins to full maturity very fast. I have heard that Gulf Coasts are quick, but the growth cycle of these particular SA's seem to be even quicker.