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Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms?
#19236901 - 12/06/13 02:40 PM (10 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month ago) |
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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, 1 month ago) |
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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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Juicin]
#19237265 - 12/06/13 04:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Growing mushrooms is really easy. Its 10% work, 90% sitting around letting it do its own thing.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Nimpo]
#19237278 - 12/06/13 04:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nimpo said: Growing mushrooms is really easy. Its 10% work, 90% sitting around letting it do its own thing.
while this may be true for some it's far from for others, always stay busy
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Juicin]
#19237280 - 12/06/13 04:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Or just wait till it's legal and learn then no risk
Hopefully in 2016 - the whole "medical marijuana card" deal is a joke; 99% are people who just love smoking weed, being prescribed by an MD looking to turn profit$ in a very lucrative industry.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: mycomattie]
#19237520 - 12/06/13 05:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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its easier to clone bud plants then mushroom tissue... because of the agar prep... but it could go both ways if you make your own rooting solvent.
its easier to provide mushrooms with a fruiting condition then it is for good quality plants..
its a tie in my book..
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: silverstem]
#19237615 - 12/06/13 05:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's not easy to grow weed with real care. I grew some plants from seed last year and just used window light. The seeds were from some really potent buds but my plants didn't do to well at all. They were puny and though the bud was good there wasn't very much of it.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: refried]
#19237640 - 12/06/13 05:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yup, "Window light" will do that.....with any plants, not just weed.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: TranscendingLife]
#19237650 - 12/06/13 05:42 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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TranscendingLife said: Now go ask some weed growers if they can grow mushrooms. I wouldn't say either is harder. They both take particular skills, knowledge and patience.
hey I'm one of those. I have grown weed longer and feel that it is easier than fruiting mushrooms which I have yet to do well repeatedly but overall stones are the easiest IME.
I find plants easier to read/ work with so far but stones are the easiest since you prep jars n PC em inoculate and wait. You have to do stuff not constantly but continually as weed grows or shrooms fruit.
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of course, no one would dream of comparing weed or fungi to............
cacti.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: rcm61132110]
#19238166 - 12/06/13 07:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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rcm61132110 said: 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.
Same just different. If you are good at one you will catch on fast with the other.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Enigma1]
#19238189 - 12/06/13 07:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've done both, and I'd say that weed (atleast good weed) is much more difficult. Anyone can get some potting soil, throw a seed in it, and let it grow. Needless to say, the buds coming off of that plant are most likely going to be sheit. Once I started growing mushrooms I was actually surprised at how simple the process really is. Sterility is key to growing shrooms...knowing exactly what your plants need and when to do it is the trick for MJ. This necessitates a stiffer learning curve IMO.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Enigma1]
#19238199 - 12/06/13 08:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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When I move out of hater/nosyville I going to experiment and do then both together in a ebb and flow or NFT set up.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Enigma1]
#19238221 - 12/06/13 08:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Enigma1 said: When I move out of hater/nosyville I going to experiment and do then both together in a ebb and flow or NFT set up.
Check out DWC teks, they're much easier IME.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Enigma1]
#19238245 - 12/06/13 08:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've grown both, and the only thing I can say, as far as INDOOR growing, pot is more expensive than mushrooms to grow, definitely. HID lighting, proper airflow, nutes, etc....ongoing electric usage, depending on your scale. Mushrooms look really easy (well, not easy, but I hope you understand what I mean) to run 8-12 tubs and have a single room with a large flourescent light fixture lighting all the tubs at once. Pot growing needs mucho wattage. Also, stealth....Throw a blanket over your tubs and they're hidden....weed takes a bit more to hide. Carbon scrubber, ozone generator......I really want to say they're about the same.....but I'd also go on to say, larger scale is more attainable growing shrooms....large scale pot growing (again, I'm talking indoors) is expensive.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: SizlChest]
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Weed and Mushrooms are the same level of difficulty, mushrooms might in fact be easier b/c it's just waiting, with the correct procedures. Weed takes forever to grow, and there is about the same amount of research that must be taken in, or your plants will suck, and or your plants will mold or be infested with fungus fly's or spider mites, reading the PH levels on every feed is a son of bitch (and soil), moving shit around all the time sucks and makes you want to kill yourself, learning HST, LST, super cropping, topping, fimming and all that takes a very long time.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: SizlChest]
#19238292 - 12/06/13 08:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I know exactly what you mean a proper set up going to cost $2500 but I only run a 250w with sog or scrog it produces way more then enough for me. The electric bill only rises about $35 with the 250 .I agree 190% mushrooms are way more discreet and cheaper.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Kiya_Star427]
#19238295 - 12/06/13 08:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's a no brainer. High quality cannabis is much more difficult to produce than mushrooms, for various reasons.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: happygolucky]
#19238329 - 12/06/13 08:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Absolutely. Unless your talking about creating a dirt weed plant. Growing shrooms can be explained in just about 1 long run on sentence. Get (organic) honey, put in jar with 1 pint of water, boil jar, inoculate jar, wait until it's fully white, suck up in syringe shoot outside on some hay preferably. Weed you would need to write a full fucking book to from start to the curing process, which ALWAYS MOLDS!! DIE DIE DIE!!
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Kiya_Star427]
#19238379 - 12/06/13 08:47 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Depends on circumstance.
In my circumstance I say pot is harder for one reason.
Growing the same quantity of weed that I do shrooms would produce an enormous stench that I would have to find some way to ventilate without my close neighbors smelling it. I live in a 6 plex any everyone would know it was me if there was a constant reek of marijuana around.
Mushrooms can be grown from spore to fruit in less than a month. Weed takes more time. I guess you could argue the time investment alone means it's 'harder' since you have to pay more attention to it for a longer period of time? Just spit balling ideas here though. If you're a master weed grower you're going to be able to grow dank super easy with little effort...
Another reason I say weed is harder is because I tried to grow weed twice when I was in college. I failed twice.
When I went to grow mushrooms I succeeded on the first try. First mushroom at 23 days. I'd say that's pretty easy. Especially since during the whole colonization period you really don't have to do anything except MAYBE turn the jar over if it's stalled out.
Weed takes maintenance at all stages of growth.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Nimpo]
#19238516 - 12/06/13 09:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nimpo said: Growing mushrooms is really easy. Its 10% work, 90% sitting around letting it do its own thing.
I'm spending 4,6,8 hour a day on this stuff then I wake up extra early before work so I can doodle with them.
I believe I seriously have a addiction sad part is I have alot of them don't sell them and use only about 2 a month. Sad to say I have not went over 1.4 dried grams yet.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Enigma1]
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Enigma1 said:
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Nimpo said: Growing mushrooms is really easy. Its 10% work, 90% sitting around letting it do its own thing.
I'm spending 4,6,8 hour a day on this stuff then I wake up extra early before work so I can doodle with them.
I believe I seriously have a addiction sad part is I have alot of them don't sell them and use only about 2 a month. Sad to say I have not went over 1.4 dried grams yet.
I ate 7 grams, and only see myself upping the dose as time goes on....maybe when I have an isolate from which I'm growing.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: SizlChest]
#19238728 - 12/06/13 10:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Got a friend (really a friend of mine not me) that has grown mushrooms for years this year started trying (thekey word is trying) to grow pot and is sucking balls at it by the looks of them but he is smart so i guess he will eventually get the hang of it
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: ImFukNCLUELESS]
#19239026 - 12/06/13 11:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah, cannabis I have found requires a lot of attention to detail, temp, nutrient, lighting cycles, transplanting, curing, trimming. Growing bud sure- you can plant it and let it ride. But to grow GOOD TOP SHELF bud- it takes me ALOT of effort, and attention. I am looking into growing mushies. Thank you for the replies my fellow spirit warriors
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: rcm61132110]
#19239090 - 12/06/13 11:49 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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For me mushies are way way easier. Even with my setbacks from trich for a while I still do way better at it then pot. I can grow a multi acre vegetable garden and some of the hardest hot pepper plants but I cant get any pot to grow. Seriously I have never had one make it to flowering it makes no sense. I have been considering finding someone in a non nazi state to teach me, anyone know of any classes for that shit?.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: rcm61132110]
#19239119 - 12/06/13 11:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I grew medical grade cannabis for about 6 years. Look up blue confusion or spirit of 76 I was the originator. I will say this both can require a lot of skill I immersed my self in cannabis cultivation in every aspect. I have note books full of notes on how to grow a weed. I'm fairly new to mycology but am finding as many but different challenges. Tell any outdoor grower they have it easy. for a weed cannabis can be a lot of work.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: blueconfusion]
#19239136 - 12/07/13 12:00 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oh and btw there were others I created those were just the two that got published orange blossom my last and final creation never made it past the emerald cup all my clones were lost due to a greedy friend. But it tasted like orange/citrus blossoms with grape candy and a slight nag champa exhale. No Amsterdam or BC stains were used in any of my creations they were all from my own work
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: blueconfusion]
#19239167 - 12/07/13 12:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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blueconfusion said: Oh and btw there were others I created those were just the two that got published orange blossom my last and final creation never made it past the emerald cup all my clones were lost due to a greedy friend. But it tasted like orange/citrus blossoms with grape candy and a slight nag champa exhale. No Amsterdam or BC stains were used in any of my creations they were all from my own work
I'm not doubting you friend.
But I have had so many people tell me that 'this weed tastes like such and such' and honestly?
It all just smells / tastes like fucking weed to me.
I work in the food industry, in sushi, I like to think I have a pretty diverse and deep palette. I can tell taste the difference between fish that's been frozen and fish that is fresh out of the water and fish that is frozen but thawed for 2 days and fish that is freshly thawed and fish that was caught fresh 1 day ago and fish that was caught fresh 4 days ago.
But I just don't taste the 'strawberries' in the weed man.
Am I damaged? Is this completely un-normal? Is something wrong with me? Everyone else seems to get these flavors and I just dont I feel like there is this whole world of weed flavor I'm missing out on and I was a fucking CANCER PATIENT with a card for fucks sake... I tried all the top shelf stuff and though some stuff tastes a little 'different' it all just tastes like fucking weed to me. 
Am I broken?
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: elasticaltiger]
#19239204 - 12/07/13 12:25 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Definitely not! I have had the same problem, a good cure and how it was grown a well as genetics play a huge part most weed I've smoked tastes like just asyou say well like pot, I can tell or used to be able to tell how well something was grown chemicals/ organically cured etc. TBH most pot is grown and cured substandard with weak genetics. Cough cough Amsterdam bc bud cough SUCK!!!
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: blueconfusion]
#19239535 - 12/07/13 04:24 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Growing my first auto-flower plants was a breeze, quality and harvest sucked but none the less got me high and didn't take a lot of work and only needed cfl bulbs.
Getting to the point of my 4.5oz harvest off 3 plants of high quality sativa blend in a small closet took hours upon hours of reading through all the stoner science BS and about 3 years of experience plus expensive lighting and loudass ventilation but damn was that stuff good.
My first pftek took an hour of watching RRs video repeatedly and a month or so of patience with minimal investment. Got a decent harvest but unfortunately never even went over 1 gram dose. Looking forward to a heroic dose once I can get my current projects to fruit.
My vote is definitely cannabis is harder.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: tga8706]
#19239641 - 12/07/13 06:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Its not always about what is easier.. sometimes you have to take stealth into consideration. An elaborate mushroom setup is much easier to hide than one plant IMO
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: elasticaltiger]
#19240267 - 12/07/13 10:38 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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blueconfusion said: Oh and btw there were others I created those were just the two that got published orange blossom my last and final creation never made it past the emerald cup all my clones were lost due to a greedy friend. But it tasted like orange/citrus blossoms with grape candy and a slight nag champa exhale. No Amsterdam or BC stains were used in any of my creations they were all from my own work
I'm not doubting you friend.
But I have had so many people tell me that 'this weed tastes like such and such' and honestly?
It all just smells / tastes like fucking weed to me.
I work in the food industry, in sushi, I like to think I have a pretty diverse and deep palette. I can tell taste the difference between fish that's been frozen and fish that is fresh out of the water and fish that is frozen but thawed for 2 days and fish that is freshly thawed and fish that was caught fresh 1 day ago and fish that was caught fresh 4 days ago.
But I just don't taste the 'strawberries' in the weed man.
Am I damaged? Is this completely un-normal? Is something wrong with me? Everyone else seems to get these flavors and I just dont I feel like there is this whole world of weed flavor I'm missing out on and I was a fucking CANCER PATIENT with a card for fucks sake... I tried all the top shelf stuff and though some stuff tastes a little 'different' it all just tastes like fucking weed to me. 
Am I broken?
YOUR COMPLETELY FUCKED! Lol no I kid I kid. Some people can in my years of experience and some cant. For me- I can- WITH CERTAIN STRAINS! For example- Comparing my last three batches. Agent orange (50/50 hyrbrid) Hindu Skunk (80/20 indica dominant hybrid) Blue Dream(hybrid) Here is my taste analysis- ALL of them have some VERY similar tastes- however EACH one has some subtle notes of differences- EXCEPT WITH AGENT ORANGE- this shit taste like citrus, and leaves a citrus after taste- and SMELLS like oranges- literally- it does not smell like diesel fuel, spice, skunky, or any of the traditional weed smells- If I closed my eyes and smelled it I would think it was an orange slice- and as such is the most unique cannibus I have ever smoked in regards to taste and smell. Hindu-Skunk- had a hashy, spicy flavor- the usual with good weed Blue Dream- Had some what of a floral taste, but this was quickly masked with the hashy spicy flavor(albeit not as strong) as hindu skunk
so for the most part I find most strains smell the same in MANY aspects- but a lot have VERY subtle differences.
I dunno, its like being a wine connoisseur to me lol- I tell myself "you are the next generation- in 10 years this shit will be legal, and yes there will be weed tastings just like wine tastings" Lmao but that's my own little personal world I created- CHEERS
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: rcm61132110]
#19240275 - 12/07/13 10:41 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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They have them already the emerald cup cannabis cup etc...
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: blueconfusion]
#19240342 - 12/07/13 10:58 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Best advice is to learn from the Best, these guys are pros in every sense of the word:
if you wanna learn Mushroom cultivation see this mans videos/literature (RogerRabbit)
if you want learn Cannabis culture see this mans videos/literature (Jorge Cervantes)
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: ImFukNCLUELESS]
#19240424 - 12/07/13 11:22 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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1slow2v said: Got a friend (really a friend of mine not me) that has grown mushrooms for years this year started trying (thekey word is trying) to grow pot and is sucking balls at it by the looks of them but he is smart so i guess he will eventually get the hang of it
It takes time. But after a while you get the hang of it, and it will be better than anything you can buy, unless you know the right people. One secret: molasses.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: happygolucky]
#19241297 - 12/07/13 02:42 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Molasses from the beginning to end, beginning to end.... beautiful... 
ps make sure there is no sulfur, cause sulfur kills micro-organisms
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Kiya_Star427]
#19241504 - 12/07/13 03:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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unsulfered molasses is only really beneficial to organic growers to feed their beneficial bacteria's/microrganisms,as stated above.. its pretty pointless to use it in conjunction with any man-made chem. fertilizers.. just thought i'd add that tidbit
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Josh.0]
#19242057 - 12/07/13 06:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Molasses is a prime example of stoner science BS at its worst!!!
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Josh.0]
#19242059 - 12/07/13 06:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Josh.0 said: Best advice is to learn from the Best, these guys are pros in every sense of the word:
if you wanna learn Mushroom cultivation see this mans videos/literature (RogerRabbit)
if you want learn Cannabis culture see this mans videos/literature (Jorge Cervantes)
If you want to learn cannabis see me.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Enigma1]
#19242274 - 12/07/13 07:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I guess I'm old school - I find reading and experience the best teacher. I often laugh at people I know who think if they watch one thousand, two minute cannabis growing videos on Youtube - they're all of a sudden expert cannabis growers.
While there is great cultivation (cannabis/shrooms) info on the web, people need to use their best judgment; because there is equally bunk shit posted as well....
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: mycomattie]
#19242360 - 12/07/13 07:50 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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i find with the right equiptment growing mushrooms is alot easier. granted, with the right equiptment in hand, growing pot is not so hard, but thats a hell of alot of equiptment in comparison for the most part if you want it done right.
i did pf tek once, and after seeing my yields and the amount of time and work, i said fuck this bullshit, and saved up for a legit pressure cooker, and built myself a flowhood. stocked up on mason jars, altered the lids, accumulated strainers and a big pot for soaking and simmering, and bout some totes, and altered those, and that was it pretty much. aside from the lil ins and outs such as alcohol lamp, polyfil, exacto blade/scalpel, and petris, which i didnt get into until a couple of grows straight from MS to grain. oh, and obviously sub and spawn sources.
i find mushrooms incredibly easier with alot more yield for alot less amount of work. my biggest issue in mycology so far has been worrying. aside from my overlooking things, i really havent had to many fuckups. i had contams over the summer that i ended up finding stemmed from a screen on my flowhood that diminished the laminar flow so much it caused contams, which took me so long to figure out and thta was frustrating. lost alot of spawn and time until i figured that out. anyway, regardless, this community is so helpful, usually such headaches are quickly figured out if you trace your steps and ask for advice.
at this point after ironing out all the wrinkles its really like clockwork. not much thought involved. just follow simple procedure. however, i still plan on stepping outside of my box as ive only stuck to c/v/g and monotubs, so ive yet to dabble with other methods, and there is alot more to learn. but at the moment im sitting on about 2 lbs from 3 monotubs and more on the way. all in all id say, mushrooms are alot easier once you get it down.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: cronicr]
#19654417 - 03/05/14 12:18 PM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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cronicr said: just grow both, lifes too short for such decisions
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Pinkfloyd777]
#19654421 - 03/05/14 12:19 PM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: FrankHorrigan]
#19654500 - 03/05/14 12:38 PM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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Just find a friend that make good weed and then exchange Mushroom for Weed with him . oh like that Mushroom for Weed Exchange: MWE lol
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Mr. Alien]
#19654648 - 03/05/14 01:12 PM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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 I grow both, and if you want your cannabis to be of good quality it's going to take a lot more time than mushrooms do.
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Re: Is it more difficult to cultivate pot or shrooms? [Re: Eclipse3130]
#19654863 - 03/05/14 01:47 PM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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Eclipse3130 said:
 I grow both, and if you want your cannabis to be of good quality it's going to take a lot more time than mushrooms do.
Yep this... I'd also like to add that you get what you put in. Anything can be half assed with pathetic results.
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