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Grow Kit (Mushrooms)
    #18828984 - 09/11/13 05:40 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

So I am thinking about getting a grow kit soon, but I am not sure which one I should get. From THIS site, which kit do you think is the best strain?


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: SomeGuyX]
    #18828999 - 09/11/13 05:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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So I am thinking about getting a grow kit soon, but I am not sure which one I should get. From THIS site, which kit do you think is the best strain?



I would suggest watching these videos and doing it yourself, it is easy and you will save money....

www.mushroomvideos.com

Kits are never the way to go for noobs....it is always much better to do everything yourself.

Secondly if they are cubes, they are all the same, this is not like growing pot....cubes are cubes.....just pick one.

There is no one "variety" of cube that is known to more "noob friendly" than any other....they are all basically the same.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: PussyFart]
    #18829013 - 09/11/13 05:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I will probably use a kit for the first time.

I am only getting the kit because I don't have anywhere to put it. The grow kit is tiny.

I will take the time and do an actual grow in a couple years probably, but for now... I don't need much. At this point it's just more for personal, rather than spending $20 per 1/8th...


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: SomeGuyX]
    #18829066 - 09/11/13 06:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Dude I was going to go for the grow kit.
GLAD I DIDNT.
PF tek was my knight in shining armor.
Learned so much more and saved so much more, and yeilded so much more.
LOL.

PF tek man. No kits.
But hey... to each their own!


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: Nice Ol Bud]
    #18829101 - 09/11/13 06:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I just don't have the space for it. One day, I will attempt a big grow like that. But for now, my mind isn't too hungry.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: SomeGuyX]
    #18829204 - 09/11/13 06:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Big grow?

We are talking about 1/2 pint jars here....and for 1/3 of the price as those kits.....

But hey, to each his own....


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: PussyFart]
    #18829316 - 09/11/13 06:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I bought a 'grow bag' that promised me an easy grow project.

In the time it took to inoculate and bring that grow bag to fruition and harvest I was able to fruit 3 rounds of 5 (15) home made jars that I made myself.  I would never buy a grow bag or kit again after that experience.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: PussyFart]
    #18829348 - 09/11/13 07:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Big grow?

We are talking about 1/2 pint jars here....and for 1/3 of the price as those kits.....

But hey, to each his own....




I started with a kit too :undecided: In-vitro bags. Sadly I think this guy will have to learn from his own mistakes.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: elasticaltiger]
    #18829354 - 09/11/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

A picture of some of my results after 4 - 5 weeks making everything myself from the videos that Notahacker420 recommended.

           


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Afraid to Start Growing From Your Own Prints? Drop it Like a Tiger!
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"The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT

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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: elasticaltiger]
    #18829395 - 09/11/13 07:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

A staff member said that the yield of a kit is anywhere from 150-500g wet.

Which means 1/2 ounce to 1.7 ounces. Without taking up too much space,and without a lot of needed attention/care.

I haven't tripped in like 9 months, and its only for personal. I don't think I need that much


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: SomeGuyX]
    #18829441 - 09/11/13 07:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'd go for the jars (what am I saying; I did go for the jars) as have seen a lot of people having issues with kits and having to improvise and devote a lot more time then they expected to it. Best of luck though, whether kit or jars, I'm sure it will work out.

And regarding your initial question; pick one you like the name of or something. =)


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: Kjetterfaen]
    #18829506 - 09/11/13 07:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Just read a the PF-Tek here. Looks like some fun stuff actually lol


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: SomeGuyX]
    #18829530 - 09/11/13 07:40 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

It is; trust me. Takes a little while to get your head around the specifics, but if you don't mind reading a bit at first then it gets real fun real fast. =)


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: Kjetterfaen]
    #18829553 - 09/11/13 07:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

This is from a kit from my first grow :laugh:



I got lucky though. It didnt contam, and also I found this site and decided to fruit it in a tub instead of invitro. It produced quite a big more fruits the if i had fruited invitro. But once again, I lucked out.

If you arent lucky, your kit will contam and you're out of $100 and wasted time. Start with the pf tek and learn the ropes


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18829859 - 09/11/13 08:50 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

the biggest part of growing shrooms is never count your chickens before they hatch:thumbup:. I to started with a kit and while it taught me a lot, this website taught me even more:thumbup:.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: kinkaku]
    #18829917 - 09/11/13 09:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

The kit only costs around $50. But I will probably be doing it the REAL way. :smile:

Thanks for the input guys. Case closed


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: kinkaku]
    #18829926 - 09/11/13 09:05 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I started messing around with mycology a few months ago. Started with mycobags of various types with little success. Then I switched to Brown Rice Flour OR BRF PF TEK. It will cost you about 40 dollars to get started plus spores. It's easier than you might think to make jars. YOU DO NOT NEED A PRESSURE COOKER AND CAN DO IT WITH A POT.

You need....
Brown Rice Flour
Verm $10
Perlite 10
12 half pint WIDE MOUTH mason jars 8
A drill or a nail to punch holes in the tops of jars 3
3M Micropore tape 2
A large plastic rubber made bin 10
Alcohol 1
Water

Buy a spore syringe from a sponsor of shroomery, type in SHROOMERY in comments section and get a an extra free syringe.


DONE


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: JackOfNoTrades]
    #18829991 - 09/11/13 09:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I did this with 2 bags and yielded like 4-6 oz by the time I was done both bags had like 3flushes.

Themadseason.com

They're called madbags. All you have to do is shake it up now it with syringe and place in dark place till fully colonized then stick by window till you want to pick, rinse and repeat
They cost like 6-8$ I believe


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: udntsay]
    #18830240 - 09/11/13 09:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I bought two of the above bags in July. Inoculated them with a sponsor syringe. I have yet to see anything looking like growth. I have switched to cakes as a result.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: JackOfNoTrades]
    #18831173 - 09/12/13 04:44 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

You did something very wrong then, how many ccs did u inject?
And pics of you will?
I had signs of myc growth within 2weeks and was done with 3 1/2 flushes by the end of the month I believe.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: udntsay]
    #18831381 - 09/12/13 07:26 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)



Looks the same as the day I got them. I know it's a bad pic but I cannot seem to take good ones of mycobags because of the humidity, condenstation and thick plastic. I had a little myc growth, and a little bit of good smell then everything just stopped. Mashing the bag did not help. I shot both bags with 3.5cc. The sponsor recommendation was 2.5cc to 5cc per bag.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: JackOfNoTrades]
    #18831844 - 09/12/13 10:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

The first thing I ever started out with was those bags. They eventually did colonize but it took like 1.5 months then the fruited before full colonization. I opened one bag and did an open air transfer of myc to the other bag which miraculously didn't result in a contamination. Either way yes it gave me some shrooms but for the money and shipping and time and hassle I could have made 4-5x that amount in the same time for less money.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: JackOfNoTrades]
    #18832231 - 09/12/13 12:16 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

you cut them?, I left mine along till I needed to harvest which you've shoulda done, did u shake the bag up before


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: udntsay]
    #18832577 - 09/12/13 01:55 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I opened a nearly fully colonized one to use it as spawn for one that wouldnt grow even after being injected twice with the same syringe that made the first bag grow. The same syringe also made all of my PF cakes when I figured out how dumb the premade mycobags were. The one that nearly got to 100% was shook at 20/30% colonization but even after the second flush it wasn't completely colonized for some reason.

even after putting a chunk of good myc into that second bag it still took way more than two weeks to colonize and fruit. I can get a whole grain jar to colnize in less than two weeks. To top that a single 1 quart each spawn/coir tray in a SGFC out preforms all three bags I had.

I know what I should have done but the bags hardly work consistently. Out of the three that I had not one of them acted like the other ones.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #18832887 - 09/12/13 03:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I never had a problem with those bags :shrug:



Inoculate, throw in a closet for about a month, check for full colonization and fruit when ready. I think since bags are usually used by first time growers that things get fucked up because the bags are constantly picked up and prodded every 2 seconds while checking for growth. Otherwise bad spores or really low spore counts in the syringes. Patience definitely pays with bags. If you need to be "hands on" or are impatient I would definitely go with the PF tek or even trying out grains.


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Re: Grow Kit (Mushrooms) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #18834325 - 09/12/13 08:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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The first thing I ever started out with was those bags. They eventually did colonize but it took like 1.5 months then the fruited before full colonization. I opened one bag and did an open air transfer of myc to the other bag which miraculously didn't result in a contamination. Either way yes it gave me some shrooms but for the money and shipping and time and hassle I could have made 4-5x that amount in the same time for less money.




This.

Same experience.  Took my bag about 6 weeks to colonize.  Managed to do a lot of PF Tek before I even got pins.


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