|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
ChokingSmoker
one grow under the belt


Registered: 05/05/12
Posts: 83
Loc: North Texas
Last seen: 10 years, 9 days
|
First time growing- the Game Plan
#16189124 - 05/06/12 05:34 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
|
|
So I have zero experience. But I'm planning a trial as soon as I can get the supplies together, so I thought I'd run this by you all before I go shopping. Here's the game plan:
I'll probably be growing these at two different locations, transporting them to a friend's house for fruiting (I feel safest incubating them at home, but the pod is more conspicuous and her dad is cool with the whole idea).
I'm building the Poor Man's Pod for fruiting. If I do, do I still need to get a humidity reader?
For all preparation, I plan to follow Shea25's PF tek notes to the letter. I'll have a clean space in a drawer to incubate. How much attention do they need each day?
I can get vermiculite and perlite at Walmart, right?
I have a pressure cooker, but it might be too small for all my jars, so I'm gonna borrow a friend's and do two at once.
Where's the cheapest cubensis syringe? Sporeworks has one for like $50, but if I can spend less I'd love to.
Perlite's just for the fruiting stage, right? Can I just use grow rocks?
Last question (for now): Dehydration. I read that desiccant can take several days, but if wet shrooms only last a few days refrigerated, will they lose more potency if I use desiccant? Do I need to refrigerate them while they dehydrate?
-------------------- You'll never know how little you know, because it's all you know. You know?
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
|
SimpleFarmer



Registered: 04/04/12
Posts: 3,973
Loc: gumby land
Last seen: 6 years, 10 months
|
Re: First time growing- the Game Plan [Re: ChokingSmoker]
#16189160 - 05/06/12 05:52 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
|
|
Mushroomvideos.com 1-4 ... The Lowes in my area had the verm for $4 8quart bag Sta-green horticulture grade ... I had a local garden shop that had the perlite try to get coarse .... http://sporeworks.com/Psilocybe-cubensis-Sporeworks-Choice-Spore-Syringe-Special.html
Edited by SimpleFarmer (05/06/12 05:54 AM)
|
ChokingSmoker
one grow under the belt


Registered: 05/05/12
Posts: 83
Loc: North Texas
Last seen: 10 years, 9 days
|
Re: First time growing- the Game Plan [Re: SimpleFarmer]
#16189254 - 05/06/12 06:44 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
|
|
Thanks. I want to use Koh Samui. Apparently that's a potent strain and an easy grow, according to FreeSpores. If my temperature during inocculation is in the low to mid 70s, will they still colonize okay?
-------------------- You'll never know how little you know, because it's all you know. You know?
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
|
SimpleFarmer



Registered: 04/04/12
Posts: 3,973
Loc: gumby land
Last seen: 6 years, 10 months
|
Re: First time growing- the Game Plan [Re: ChokingSmoker]
#16189267 - 05/06/12 06:50 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
|
|
Yeah they will do good in low 70 to 80 don't go much over 80 the growth will not improve and it is entering contam country ... Normal room temp is fine
|
OH1Ogrown
Student



Registered: 04/23/12
Posts: 1,214
Loc: Treasure Coast
Last seen: 1 year, 8 months
|
Re: First time growing- the Game Plan [Re: SimpleFarmer]
#16189288 - 05/06/12 06:56 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
|
|
You'll be fine. Follow your Tek closely and keep everything clean. Above all, be patient and don't mess with everything more than you absolutely have to.
P.S. Consolidate a couple weeks after 100% colonization for an awesome flush.
--------------------
|
Chilled
Out

Registered: 04/21/12
Posts: 261
Loc:
Last seen: 5 years, 7 months
|
Re: First time growing- the Game Plan [Re: OH1Ogrown]
#16190057 - 05/06/12 11:38 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
|
|
Good luck with it mate. I'm at the same stage as you and today I got as far as injecting them. Hope yours (and mine!) go well!
|
|
|
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a 391 topic views. 21 members, 106 guests and 30 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ] |
|