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andymc
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Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics)
#14263406 - 04/09/11 03:06 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I grew out some Psilocybe cyanescens spores from a wild (US) print on agar, which I then turned into an LC. I inoculated a couple of rye grain jars with that, and when they were colonized, I boiled/soaked some alder chips and mixed the grain and wood together into a pair of spawn bags. They colonized pretty quickly, and they've been ready to go for a little while now.
I picked an old wheelbarrow in my garden (it has been used for growing other things before) for my outdoor Ps. cyan patch.
It was pretty overgrown with weeds.

I also weeded a lot of other stuff in the garden . Today was garden "spring cleaning" day.
Here are the spawn bags. When I cut the tops off, they had a great mushroom smell.

I crumbled the first bag, and spread over some boiled/soaked hardwood chips that I found in a local forest

Crumbled the second bag, and added more chips

Then I covered it with 1-2" of 50:50 compost:peat from the store, and added back some of the 'natural' soil that I'd removed from the wheelbarrow

Then I sprinkled a little bit of rye grass seed on top, sprinkled some water on the whole thing, then dusted a bit more soil on top

I'll add more in a few months, if anything happens
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: andymc]
#14263410 - 04/09/11 03:08 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Awesome!! I want to do an outdoor bed someday... keep the updates coming!
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: Teemo]
#14263458 - 04/09/11 03:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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that looks neat and tidy. 
i'm in.
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Nice Nice work man - mad woodlover vibes YOUR WAY  I REALLY like that rye grass idea Seriously i kno just how raging tough that grass sprouts and my azi's do like dead grass ALOT Thanks for that idea!!!! Happy Season man!!! Hope you keep giving updates
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: sporeRider]
#14263563 - 04/09/11 03:49 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: Toe_Jam]
#14263757 - 04/09/11 04:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Excellent little project Andy I will be keeping peeled on this one , all looking good, woodloving vibes your way comrade I am sure you will see fruits when the time comes! 
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: UK Explorer]
#14263772 - 04/09/11 04:51 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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GONNA WATCH THIS
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: iSHACKA]
#14263786 - 04/09/11 04:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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andymc
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: UK Explorer]
#14264125 - 04/09/11 07:49 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks gents and ladies, 
Hopefully when fruiting season comes around, I'll have some good pics to post (and, of course, prints to share around)
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: andymc]
#14264343 - 04/09/11 08:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nice job. My favorite's. How much light they gonna get? You think the rye will atract rodents?
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Edited by savage.renegade (04/09/11 08:50 PM)
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andymc
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Quote:
savage.renegade said: Nice job. My favorite's. How much light they gonna get? You think the rye will atract rodents?
They'll get a little bit of direct sunlight in the morning, and then they'll be shaded for the rest of the day. There's some vine overhanging the wheelbarrow.
I saw a few undigested rye kernels. Hopefully the fact that they're buried will help deter rodents, as will the fact that our garden mice get fed regulary. I like them, and they keep our cat entertained. I put out the rye from any failed jars, or else I leave plates of seeds out for them. Keeps them out of the house.
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: andymc]
#14264490 - 04/09/11 09:29 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sounds good and i wish you great success. If you havent tried them yet, you might not want to eat cubes again.
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: andymc]
#14340576 - 04/23/11 08:50 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey andy. How's colonization of that outdoor bed coming along?
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: hamloaf]
#14340775 - 04/23/11 09:31 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'll definitely be following this one
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: skiddy]
#14340814 - 04/23/11 09:42 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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You have my utmost interest. Outdoor grows are fantastic to watch.
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: M11]
#14340821 - 04/23/11 09:45 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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So jelly! I want an outdoor grow!
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: Joolz]
#14340958 - 04/23/11 10:16 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: fngbronco]
#14341426 - 04/23/11 11:53 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Looks great, how long did you boil/soak your woodchips for?
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: freekshow001]
#14342273 - 04/24/11 05:50 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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nice project mate i just shared this thread over at the uk cyan thread hope you dont mind. 5 stars for you brother!
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: m-d-m-a]
#14349030 - 04/25/11 01:21 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Looks like it's going to be awesomeeeee
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andymc
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: freekshow001]
#14356744 - 04/26/11 06:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks fellers!
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hamloaf said: Hey andy. How's colonization of that outdoor bed coming along?
I dunno, can't really see much underneath the topsoil!
I've had a minor amount of digging, by birds I think, looking for worms. So far it's been relatively unmolested. As I said, there are much easier food sources around my garden (rye grain) from various failed projects, so I think the rodents are leaving it alone.
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freekshow001 said: Looks great, how long did you boil/soak your woodchips for?
I dunno really, maybe an hour? It's not textbook procedure I guess, as it's neither pasteurization nor sterilization (not much point in sterilizing something you're going to put outside). I just boiled to fast-track the soaking stage. My partner gives me sideways looks when I leave large pots full of unusual substances lying around the kitchen.
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: andymc]
#14365276 - 04/28/11 05:35 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've had a minor amount of digging, by birds I think, looking for worms.
Consider placing a sheet of plastic with slashes in it over your bed? That ought to raise CO2 levels, keep humidity up, as well as, discourage vermin from invading your bed.
It's a good thing you colonized woodchips with the grain spawn before putting the culture outside. Otherwise, you'd have a much larger problem with vermin trying to get at the colonized grain spawn for a quick and easy meal.
Good move on placing varying, easier to access, food sources for vermin around the area where your bed is. Had to do something similar when I had mice invading my spawn room, destroying perfectly good spawn bags.
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andymc
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: hamloaf]
#14591310 - 06/10/11 04:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'M UP IN YOUR OUTDOOR BEDZ, EATIN' YOUR WUD!
I found some mushrooms in my outdoor Ps. cyanescens bed. Not cyans (obviously -- wrong time of year).
I'm not sure how to feel about it though, as I've never seen any kind of mushrooms growing in my garden.

Hmm. What are these, some kind of coprinus?
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: andymc]
#14591333 - 06/10/11 04:09 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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This is such a sweet project mate, good luck!
Yeah they look like coprinus atramentaria (common ink caps). Hope those cyans aren't bothered with a bit of company 
Edited by saintpedro (06/10/11 04:12 PM)
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andymc
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: saintpedro]
#14591368 - 06/10/11 04:19 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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saintpedro said: This is such a sweet project mate, good luck!
Yeah they look like coprinus atramentaria (common ink caps). Hope those cyans aren't bothered with a bit of company 

Thanks man. In principle, I don't object to any mushrooms growing, but I guess I'm not so thrilled if they're stealing the wood/nutes from my cyans. No mushrooms ever grew in this spot before, so I hope these just hitched a ride on the wood chips I gathered from the forest.
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: andymc]
#14591607 - 06/10/11 05:16 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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They shouldn't be a huge problem, as galerina and cyans share wood....dirty whores....
Weather probably isn't right on the cyans yet either, but it's cool you've got something growing, you've met the biological needs of at least one specie of mushroom.
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: fngbronco]
#14591730 - 06/10/11 05:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Ps. cyanescens outdoor bed (pics) [Re: FractalXplora]
#14594645 - 06/11/11 06:38 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah suppose it's a good sign that mushrooms like the spot, you just wouldn't want them taking over! Sure all is okay though, you gonna take steps to eradicate / slow their progress or keeping everything au natural?
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