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rcm61132110
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Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms?
#19236901 - 12/06/13 02:40 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hello my fellow spirit warriors, I have a quick question. I have my medical card, so I can access cannabis easily and without legal consequence. But for the sake of comparison- which is more difficult? Growing marijuana or mushrooms? I am not new to marijuana at all, an avid smoker for several years- but mushiez I am somewhat new to. However, I would like to look into cultivating them, but just curious about how difficult it truly is- when all guidance is followed.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: rcm61132110]
#19236912 - 12/06/13 02:44 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Growing mushrooms isn't hard, just precise. Generally if you make a mistake, you have to throw everything out and start over.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19236921 - 12/06/13 02:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well growing a weed is going to be easier than growing mushrooms.....by far....I mean it's a fucking weed FFS.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19236925 - 12/06/13 02:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well, personally, I don't know how to grow marijuana, so I'd go with pot. Now go ask some weed growers if they can grow mushrooms. If they don't know how, then they'll say it's harder.
I wouldn't say either is harder. They both take particular skills, knowledge and patience.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19236938 - 12/06/13 02:51 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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The worst factor is always the wait. I guess shrooms would be more difficult do to strict procedure.
But, with mushies you can do beginning -> harvest in ~a month and a half! Also it usually doesn't stink up the place.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: TranscendingLife]
#19236944 - 12/06/13 02:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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anyone can grow marijuana, but it takes a fair amount of skill and experience to grow high quality marijuana.
Im very new to mycology but it has been fairly challenging, if you make a mistake there is a high chance of losing the whole project.
although mushroom cultivation probably will become easeir with practice and a development of good technique
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: TranscendingLife]
#19236946 - 12/06/13 02:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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anything done like a hack, is relatively easy. anything done professionally to scale, takes some degree of skill.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: TranscendingLife]
#19236952 - 12/06/13 02:54 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I know for a fact that if I put a couple seeds in dirt and water it every other day I can have 3 foot tall plants ready to fruit....I mean flower.....in about 6-8 weeks....
They will produce buds......the quality might be questionable, but they would produce regardless.....with no other effort needed except for water and light.
Can we say the same for mushrooms? Not likely. Just 
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: TranscendingLife]
#19236959 - 12/06/13 02:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Depends on some factors...
Good marijuana is hard to cultivate, whether indoors or out. Genrally outdoors is easier but that does not mean that it is EASY. On the other hand any idiot could grow a weed plant, whether it is good is a different story.
I personally believe mushrooms are harder, and by harder I mean there are a lot of factors going into mushrooms that you usually do not have to worry about with marijuana. And weed is generally more fun to grow throughout the entire process, while watching a BRF cake or quart jar is like pulling teeth.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: catmando]
#19236969 - 12/06/13 02:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Catmando has it right.
Mushi cultivation becomes easier with time.
I remember doing my first G2G. I was totally terrified, but now I can do it in no time w/out a worry/problem.
& growing weed isn't easy, especially when you get into the advanced stages of it. Like creating new genetics via crossing strains.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: PussyFart]
#19236986 - 12/06/13 02:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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The only reason I haven't tried to grow pot is because I live in an apartment and am concerned about smell.
So, from that perspective, I find mushrooms easier. But you don't have that issue.
But, I would imagine the actually growing process is harder for fungus because of the contamination and the precision of environment. If you don't get these right, you won't grow the fungus you want.
I imagine pot, like most plants, are much more forgiving. You rarely have to worry about something else growing in its place.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: SpitballJedi]
#19236997 - 12/06/13 03:02 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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There's a lot of contaminant problems that can happen when growing pot. Also, pot takes daily maintenance, where as mushrooms are 90% set & forget.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19236999 - 12/06/13 03:03 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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this could be a toss up for sure 
mycelium has to be cultivated free of contaminates to fruit properly
cannabis also needs to be pest/disease free, definitely if its for medical purposes. cleanliness is crucial for cloning
you can have either fail at any point from spore/seed to fruiting/flowering.
I've grown both and i say it just about evens out in the end.
they will both need a good deal of TLC and or trial and error to achieve the desired results
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: TranscendingLife]
#19237012 - 12/06/13 03:05 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
TranscendingLife said: There's a lot of contaminant problems that can happen when growing pot. Also, pot takes daily maintenance, where as mushrooms are 90% set & forget.
drip irrigated soil less mixes are pretty forgiving once you've got things dialed.. Now back to mush cult
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: TranscendingLife]
#19237013 - 12/06/13 03:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
TranscendingLife said: Catmando has it right.
Mushi cultivation becomes easier with time.
I remember doing my first G2G. I was totally terrified, but now I can do it in no time w/out a worry/problem.
& growing weed isn't easy, especially when you get into the advanced stages of it. Like creating new genetics via crossing strains.
Once you know what you're doing, the wheel spins. Same goes with anything. I only see maryjane being more of a wait then a technical challenge. Germinate, grow, transplant, grow, flower, dry, cure and smoke.
Trust me, it's not that hard to grow good pot;

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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Icesyn]
#19237059 - 12/06/13 03:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well mushrooms are much faster of a grow.. Not to mention an odorless grow, very little electricity compared to boat loads with the green. People come into my room all the time, and there is no way in hell anybody would be able to tell what im doing. If I was growing herb that would be another story. But weed is easier.. no sterile proceedures, Well some.. But not much. But being patient and learning the mushrooms is very worth it.
Edit: I take that back.. Weed does take allot of care and attention. It really is a toss up. They are both easy and difficult in their own ways
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: FungiJB]
#19237131 - 12/06/13 03:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mushrooms are more technical, but there are lots of advantages over weed for sure
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Grewsome]
#19237220 - 12/06/13 04:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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cannabis cultivation is fun, but can get expensive really fast - both in equipment and electrical consumption.
Mushrooms, while a single mistake or contamination may cost weeks or month(s) worth of work; they are much easier to grow stealthily (as opposed to cannabis).
Sure you can plant a seed outside and with minimum effort, reap pretty good rewards 5 months later. But indoor cultivation can get pretty technical - maintaining temps and humidity in a closed environment; adequate lighting per square foot to maximize yields, lighting cycles, MH/HPS; and if you're going down the hydro route - pH/TDS/EC monitoring, nutrients, reservoir water changes; nutrient deficiencies, pests, hermaphrodites; cloning.......etc.
Weed is no joke either. As mentioned above, each form of cultivation requires specific skill sets.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: mycomattie]
#19237229 - 12/06/13 04:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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just grow both, lifes too short for such decisions
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: mycomattie]
#19237250 - 12/06/13 04:13 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Producing something you want so smoke is many times harder on all levels assuming it's all illegal. Requires more skill, cash, and prep. Growing cubes is a very simple process when compared to growing high quality cannabis.
Assuming you could use the sun to grow, cannabis production is much more on par with boomers from a cost perspective. But you're still talking about what I would consider a much more nuanced hobby. Granted there are people who take it to the next level for mycology but for the purpose of getting high you don't need to be a master to produce a very quality product.
As some one who has done both I would suggest mycology first, then once you're flush and have space at your place you can expand to cannabis. Or just wait till it's legal and learn then no risk
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