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mdmazingx
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[Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items!
#19245677 - 12/08/13 03:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well, long story short, I picked up my first (and last) mushroom growing kit from a local smoke shop. The reasoning behind my posting is because it was terribly packaged, and nothing (yes nothing whatsoever) was labeled. Nor did it come with a tek. If I had to bet on it, I'd say it resembles a fifth graders science project, give or take. lol.
If anyone could kindly point out what the two bags of brown-ish soil?? bags are, thatd be great! also, what the seeds are. I picked up some brown rice flour (I didnt see it nessessary to post a picture of that), and if an expert or well-knowledgeable user could tell me - is this all that is needed to start making cakes? (with the BRF aswell of course). And if it is, could someone link me to a recommened tek in respect to the equipment/materials I am posting pictures of?
Thanks. Pics are above because im posting from my phone sorry for my noob-ish-ness. <3
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mdmazingx]
#19245694 - 12/08/13 03:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would honestly try to return that and start researching the PF tek. That kit looks 
edit: how much was it I am curious. Did it come with jars?
Edited by d0urd3n (12/08/13 03:52 PM)
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: d0urd3n]
#19245716 - 12/08/13 03:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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That kit looks pretty bogus to me. How much did you pay for it?
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: d0urd3n]
#19245740 - 12/08/13 03:59 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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 Pic #3 looks like a petri dish Pic #7 looks like rye grass seed and a plastic inoculation loop, don't know why it came with that since it came with a spore syringe. And alcohol will not sterilize the loop. Pic # 1,2,5,6 looks to by best guess some kind of really dry manure
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: SuperFly]
#19245774 - 12/08/13 04:04 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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The syringes you could use (if they are any good) Try the PF Tek. It's pretty easy to do
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mdmazingx
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: SuperFly]
#19245781 - 12/08/13 04:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well, disgustigly, it cost $100. Manure? God damn. I was hopeing it was Vermiculate (or however its spelled).
So, there is absolutely no way for me to start cakes if I manage to get 1/2 pint jars with this "dry manure" + seeds + brown rice flour? :/
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: SuperFly]
#19245793 - 12/08/13 04:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Whoa - a petri dish? I wear glasses, but the second pic from the right looks like dirt weed! But the petri dish kind of leaves me in wonder(?) - without a PC, laminar flow hood or SAB; a petri dish is pretty useless.
I'm assuming this "kit" didn't even come pre-sterilized?
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mycomattie]
#19245813 - 12/08/13 04:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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For those curious, it came from MaryJanes Smoke shop in Nova Scotia, Canada. I hope nobody else ever purchases this. Best part? I even had to pay upfront and wait for the order to arrive. FML.
edit: ALSO! The owner of the shop was claiming it was normally a $200 kit (ROFL) and he said for a limited time its 50% off (hense the reasoning as to why I even bothered to purchase it). The spore syringes didnt come with the kit, I forgot to mention that. I actually ordered those myself.
Edited by mdmazingx (12/08/13 04:12 PM)
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mycomattie]
#19245853 - 12/08/13 04:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Damn, you got robbed! I would get some verm for like 5 or 6 bucks, canning jars for like $12 and PF Tek it! The guy at the store took your money, bought crack with it, then when you kept asking when its arriving he threw that shit together from shit he had laying around, and gave it to you, Bummer!
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Edited by Hashbuble (12/08/13 04:18 PM)
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mdmazingx]
#19245877 - 12/08/13 04:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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mdmazingx said: For those curious, it came from MaryJanes Smoke shop in Nova Scotia, Canada. I hope nobody else ever purchases this. Best part? I even had to pay upfront and wait for the order to arrive. FML.
edit: ALSO! The owner of the shop was claiming it was normally a $200 kit (ROFL) and he said for a limited time its 50% off (hense the reasoning as to why I even bothered to purchase it). The spore syringes didnt come with the kit, I forgot to mention that. I actually ordered those myself.
Well, if it didn't come pre-sterilized - which I honestly believe is the main reason why many buy kits - that sucks! Considering you could purchase the contents of the kit, PLUS a PC for $100 (or not much more).
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: Hashbuble]
#19245896 - 12/08/13 04:22 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hashbuble said: Damn, you got robbed! I would get some verm for like 5 or 6 bucks, canning jars for like $12 and PF Tek it! The guy at the store took your money, bought crack with it, then when you kept asking when its arriving he threw that shit together from shit he had laying around, and gave it to you, Bummer!
I am planning on purchasing 1/2 pint jars tomorrow, as they're quite cheap locally. Aswell as verm. For the PF tek, all thats needed to start the cake process is: -Brown rice flour -Verm -1/2 pint jars -Sterile water -Sterile spore syringe -Pressure Cooker ?
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mdmazingx]
#19245919 - 12/08/13 04:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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You don't need a PC for pftek.
The PC would be the most expensive thing on that list
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: SuperFly]
#19245941 - 12/08/13 04:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Use spring water not tap or distilled
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mdmazingx]
#19245987 - 12/08/13 04:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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mdmazingx said: I am planning on purchasing 1/2 pint jars tomorrow, as they're quite cheap locally. Aswell as verm. For the PF tek, all thats needed to start the cake process is: -Brown rice flour -Verm -1/2 pint jars -Sterile water -Sterile spore syringe -Pressure Cooker BIG POT - Source of flame. - SAB
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: Hashbuble]
#19245988 - 12/08/13 04:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sorry for all of this "newbie" shit, but I have two last questions, thanks again guys and gals for your advice and information.
1) If I were to do the PF tek, with lets say... 30 Cakes...(and lets say all of these came out fine and not contaminated).. How long from day 1 (being the day I made the cakes) would it take on average for mushrooms to start growing and producing yields? (how long from the first day the cakes are put aside for colonization -> to the day the cakes are placed in a container for production of shrooms and produce first yield?)
Sorry if that makes no sense.
2) With approx 30 cakes within approx 5 containers (6 cakes per container) what would be an expected yield for flush #1? I know it varies greatly, but if you had to estimate, what would you say?
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: PussyFart]
#19245994 - 12/08/13 04:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Notahacker420 said:
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mdmazingx said: I am planning on purchasing 1/2 pint jars tomorrow, as they're quite cheap locally. Aswell as verm. For the PF tek, all thats needed to start the cake process is: -Brown rice flour -Verm -1/2 pint jars -Sterile water -Sterile spore syringe -Pressure Cooker BIG POT - Source of flame. - SAB
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mdmazingx]
#19246010 - 12/08/13 04:42 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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mdmazingx said: 1) If I were to do the PF tek, with lets say... 30 Cakes...(and lets say all of these came out fine and not contaminated).. How long from day 1 (being the day I made the cakes) would it take on average for mushrooms to start growing and producing yields?
No one can estimate this, there are just too many variables....
Spores can take up to 3 weeks to germinate and show signs of growth, then maybe 2-4 more weeks for the jars to colonize fully, then another week for consolidation, then you birth dunk and rool and wait possibly 1-2 more weeks to see pins....from there it takes a week or less for the pins to mature.
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mdmazingx said: 2) With approx 30 cakes within approx 5 containers (6 cakes per container) what would be an expected yield for flush #1? I know it varies greatly, but if you had to estimate, what would you say?
Anywhere from 0.1 to 5 grams per cake per flush.....
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: SuperFly]
#19246708 - 12/08/13 07:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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TheMrMACdaddy said: You don't need a PC for pftek.
The PC would be the most expensive thing on that list
True - but for $100, why not? You can definitely buy a PC and the required accessories for $100; even less in some cases. I found a lightly used 23q Presto for $30; and worst case scenario - $70 for the same PC from Amazon.
In the case of this kit - why are petri's included? Agar absolutely requires a PC.
In fact, many of the pics posted by the OP of the "kit" require a PC.
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mycomattie]
#19246845 - 12/08/13 07:45 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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There's no way you can return it? What a dick. Time for the flaming bag of poo tek!
Anyway, click the link in my sig to download the Let's Grow Mushrooms vids. It's like $9 US and probably the best goddamn growing tool you'll ever get. Worth every cent.
Watch the first one, get yourself some Home Depot and Bed Bath and Beyond coupons, and get the stuff RogerRabbit says to get, then do exactly what he says to do. It'll work, I promise. 
Happy growing!
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Re: [Noob Here] Just bought a growing kit, need identification help for various items! [Re: mdmazingx]
#19246893 - 12/08/13 07:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oh, I also wrote this once. That stuff too.
Good luck.
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