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Equadon
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wanna start growing my own!
#18936908 - 10/05/13 04:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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hello! this is my first time post! i wanted to start growing and havent done much research yet, but ive been reading up and it all seems pretty do able and fun! i was wondering if anyone had any good tips on how to get the best cultivation? i dont have any kind of set up yet, but thats why im here. looking for ideas. Thanks alot!
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hihihi1717
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: Equadon]
#18936922 - 10/05/13 05:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Watch these videos and you'll have just about every bit of knowledge a beginner needs:
http://www.mushroomvideos.com/BRF-Pf-Tek
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barong
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: Equadon]
#18936938 - 10/05/13 05:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Equadon said: i wanted to start growing and havent done much research yet
You need to do considerable research. There are thousands of threads here that have addressed every possible new growers questions from every possible angle.
First of all, you will need a pressure cooker. The bigger the better.
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maddchef
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: barong]
#18937191 - 10/05/13 05:57 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Lmfao don't start him with a beast that needs its own burner. Best go grab a 16qt from your local chain store.
-------------------- In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. All mushrooms are edible, but some only once..... Easier than cakes I do science and shit.
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: maddchef]
#18937220 - 10/05/13 06:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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maddchef said: Lmfao don't start him with a beast that needs its own burner. Best go grab a 16qt from your local chain store.
Meh. Bullshit. I started with an aa 930. In my opinion, go big or go home. Why not.
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DeadPhan



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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: barong]
#18937223 - 10/05/13 06:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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barong said:
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Equadon said: i wanted to start growing and havent done much research yet
You need to do considerable research. There are thousands of threads here that have addressed every possible new growers questions from every possible angle.
First of all, you will need a pressure cooker. The bigger the better.

what model is that btw?
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: DeadPhan]
#18937231 - 10/05/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Looks like a 941. I wish I got that but the 930 serves me well enough
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barong
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: DeadPhan]
#18937257 - 10/05/13 06:12 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yea, its a bit extreme, but I'm a bling whore when it comes to starting new hobbies. When I got into growing I pretty much launched with an AA921 (which I had to import) and straight to 6lb grain bags from agar cultures.
Although if one's interest was only to grow cubensis occasionally, then the big gear is overkill.
OP tell us, do you just want to grow magic mushrooms or are you keen to make mushroom cultivation a serious hobby and producing gourmet edibles?
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DeadPhan



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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: barong]
#18937336 - 10/05/13 06:33 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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The things you can do with a serious pressure cooker are boss in themselves. Cultivation is cool. But so is making some dank ass ribs.
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Big Gulps! Alright! Well, See ya later! And if i claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that i dont know!
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maddchef
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: DeadPhan]
#18937406 - 10/05/13 06:48 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Do you load the whole carcass in there?
-------------------- In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. All mushrooms are edible, but some only once..... Easier than cakes I do science and shit.
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barong
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: maddchef]
#18937447 - 10/05/13 06:55 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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maddchef said: Do you load the whole carcass in there?
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BittrBuffalo
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: Equadon]
#18937453 - 10/05/13 06:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just sayin....
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: BittrBuffalo]
#18937495 - 10/05/13 07:05 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'd like toting cops are smarter than that. Some y'all motha fuckkahs be paranoid as fluck
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barong
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: DeadPhan]
#18937542 - 10/05/13 07:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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DeadPhan said: I'd like toting cops are smarter than that. Some y'all motha fuckkahs be paranoid as fluck
I know, right. Dude wants to grow mushrooms, comes to the world's biggest mushroom forum for advice, gets accused of being a cop. Where's the logic in that?
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OneiricOutsider
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: DeadPhan]
#18937556 - 10/05/13 07:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just start with the simple PF Tek. A pressure cooker is ideal but not essential, in the beginning at least. My grow seems to be going fine, I just sterilized the jars in a big pot.
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mushbecrazy
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Id just dip my balls in it
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barong
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OneiricOutsider said: Just start with the simple PF Tek. A pressure cooker is ideal but not essential, in the beginning at least. My grow seems to be going fine, I just sterilized the jars in a big pot.
You are not sterilizing jars in a big pot. It's an impossibility of physics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_%28microbiology%29#Steam_sterilization
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maddchef
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: barong]
#18937698 - 10/05/13 08:07 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Meh I think we're all a bit more paranoid after the silk road fiasco and them tracking him from the shroomery. We all know LEO hangs out here already but I'm sure there's going to be an influx of traffic, law and regular folk from the publicity.
-------------------- In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. All mushrooms are edible, but some only once..... Easier than cakes I do science and shit.
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OneiricOutsider
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: barong]
#18937765 - 10/05/13 08:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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barong said: You are not sterilizing jars in a big pot. It's an impossibility of physics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_%28microbiology%29#Steam_sterilization
Thanks for the clarification. I guess it doesn't completely sterilize the jars but at least kills off most of the unwanted bacteria?
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BittrBuffalo
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Re: wanna start growing my own! [Re: barong]
#18938258 - 10/05/13 10:37 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Okay, so this guy wants to learn about "growing his own". Presumably one would google "how to grow shrooms" or something of that nature. You come up with the Shroomery, so you immediately register an account and log onto the forum and start asking people how to "grow your own", rather than go to the enormous cache of information that's NOT the forum and finding the answer you came for? Then there's the fact that at the top of practically every board, there's a "before you post here, read this" sticky that basically says, "UTFSE, fool!" Then there's also the "Getting Started" board, which seems like the logical place to start. Perhaps you're right and I'm out of line, and he's just guilty of woefully bad forum etiquette. But it's still not wise to assume that everyone perusing the Shroomery is of like mind, so detailing any information about one's most recent cubensis grow, unless it's legal in one's country, to an avatar-less stranger that has never posted before may not be in one's best interest.
So, in the spirit if giving the OP the benefit of the doubt: best place to start, before trying or purchasing ANYTHING, is watching the "Let's Grow Mushrooms" vids. Watch the first one and do exactly what RR says. DO NOT go buying any shiny things on mushroom supply sites before watching this video. VIDEO FIRST. Otherwise you'll end up with a lot of extra unnecessary useless crap that you would think would make sense to have if you've never grown mushrooms before. Don't buy a goddamn pressure canner yet. If you decide this hobby is not for you, it'll be nothing more than a very expensive paperweight, unless you like to can food. Don't buy any kits. I don't often engage in the use of absolutes, but this is absolutely true: they're all shit. Homemade works better than pre-made. Get you some Home Depot and Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons, take your lil shopping list a la RR, and go out and collect yer supplies. They'll have all you need for your first grow, aside from spores or cultures of your chosen species of mushroom. The Shroomery has a list of vendors that you can obtain these from. Happy growing!
-------------------- Disclaimer: This post is a work of fiction, provided for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to actual persons or events, past or present, is strictly coincidental. All celebrity voices are impersonated. If you begin your ID request with, "I just ate a bunch of these mushrooms…should I not have done that?" I'm just gonna sit back and watch Darwin at work.
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