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Outlaw420
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What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP!
#20575321 - 09/16/14 01:38 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey everyone, Just made my account and this is my first post. So I have never grown mushrooms and I have never even tried them. I really really want to grow some so I can try them but I am completely confused about what kit to buy and i really need some help and advice. YES I do know there are lots of posts on this and i have spent time researching so please don't just tell me to research it I would greatly appreciate some answers. Please! What im looking for is an affordable kit I can buy that has everything I need and doesn't require a pressure cooker and is all already sanitized and somehow already contained and ready to go. I am fully aware that its a much better value to prepare it all yourself but right now all I want is a ready to go kit that I cant really mess up that I can just Atleast use this once. Since I havent even tried them I don't want to have to deal with buying supplies and setting them up and i definitely don't want to have to sanitize stuff that i have to worry about doing very carefully and i don't want to buy a pressure cooker. I do know how to grow marijuana if that helps me at all. So can someone please tell me whats a good safe reliable kit I can buy(shipped to the US)?? Thank you very very much to anyone that can help me!!!
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Outlaw420]
#20575341 - 09/16/14 01:42 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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skip the kits it's easy to do, a pot with a lid some verm some brf water and halfpint jars www.mushroomvideos.com
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Outlaw420]
#20575348 - 09/16/14 01:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Honestly man the kits are so shitty please don't waste your money. As far as sterilizing goes its really not hard and you don't need a pressure cooker. When I started out I would just put my jars in a pot with a couple inches of water and simmer for 40 mins I rarely ever got contams. Everything you get in a kit you could probably find in a hardware store and Walmart. If you spend just a little more time you will get much better yields for way less money
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: gardenstate]
#20575364 - 09/16/14 01:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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yes get the wallmart kit half pint jars(widemouth) brown rice flour(or grind your own br) vermiculite(fine grade) perlite(course grade) 66 qt bin for a sgfc tinfoil another tub for a sab shroomery account grow log to keep ya in check
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: cronicr]
#20575394 - 09/16/14 01:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah OP you can get everything you need for around 50 bucks. Also keep an eye on the banner ads because a really good spore vendor will be up there after a few page loads.
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: NumeroEno]
#20575432 - 09/16/14 02:06 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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What all of these guys said. Kits are often overpriced, and poorly made. It is more cost efficient are fun to do it yourself. When you do it yourself it more rewarding trust me.
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Nitrous Monkey]
#20575447 - 09/16/14 02:09 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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...just do not buy kit...or buy it u will regret lol..
i bought one ...n its totally useless...just get something from walmart home depot. u will get everything
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Outlaw420
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: cronicr]
#20575449 - 09/16/14 02:09 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ok thanks for the help everyone
My biggest reason for wanting the kit is because im worried I will mess it up somehow and end up with dangerousmushrooms that i could poison myself with or something. For some reason the thought of growing any type of mushroom seens a little scary to me lol Idk why I guess just because some mushrooms can be dangerous. So if i do do what all you guys are saying and put together a setup myself is there any risk I could mess up with sterilizing or whatever else and end growing something that could be unsafe? And also could someone tell me what spores I should get and where? Thanks for all the help I appreciate it!
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cronicr



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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Outlaw420]
#20575457 - 09/16/14 02:11 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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trust us just keep posting everything you do before you do it and we will get you ther no problem welcome to shroomery
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Outlaw420]
#20578763 - 09/17/14 09:05 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Outlaw420 said: Ok thanks for the help everyone
My biggest reason for wanting the kit is because im worried I will mess it up somehow and end up with dangerousmushrooms that i could poison myself with or something. For some reason the thought of growing any type of mushroom seens a little scary to me lol Idk why I guess just because some mushrooms can be dangerous. So if i do do what all you guys are saying and put together a setup myself is there any risk I could mess up with sterilizing or whatever else and end growing something that could be unsafe? And also could someone tell me what spores I should get and where? Thanks for all the help I appreciate it!
When you start growing you will know if you have a contamination it will be quite obvious. You may see a green vein run through your jars or little patches of green circles. Keep an eye on your jars and you'll be fine. I understand your concerns I had them to when I started out, but after you get a good grip on the procedure you will see its quite straight forward.
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: gardenstate]
#20578815 - 09/17/14 09:20 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
gardenstate said:
When you start growing you will know if you have a contamination it will be quite obvious. You may see a green vein run through your jars or little patches of green circles. Keep an eye on your jars and you'll be fine. I understand your concerns I had them to when I started out, but after you get a good grip on the procedure you will see its quite straight forward. 
While it's true that you may see a green vein running through the jars or little patches of green circles, these things generally aren't poisonous either. But gardenstate is right to point out that there isn't much of an overlap when it comes to cultivated mushrooms that are poisonous and things that you'd want to put in your mouth in the first place. We haven't yet discovered a way to make healthy cubensis poisonous.
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Psilicon]
#20578952 - 09/17/14 10:02 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Most of the poisonous mushroom species that resemble actives would be so far beyond your ability to cultivate (hell they would be beyond most everyone here) that the chance if you growing them by accident would be like winning the lottery without having bought a ticket. Like mentioned above, if you follow a proven tek, start a log, and check in before doing anything off tek, your chances for success are very high. Certainly better that the odds on you having success with a kit. Most kits posted here are contamed and/or yield poorly. For the same money as a kit will cost you can buy everything you need to DIY and at the end nit only will you have fruits, you will already have everything you need to do it all again.
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Pastywhyte]
#20578965 - 09/17/14 10:07 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Grow kits suck.
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Fivel]
#20579017 - 09/17/14 10:23 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I know you've seen all these responses and hopefully changed your mind but incase you are still thinking of kits check out the 'grow kits suck' thread. It's not just that they are over priced and sometimes shitty equipment but they often are dried out or contaminated or improperly sterilized in the first place depending where you get them from.
I'd say you have a much better chance for success doing everything yourself
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Mdahmer]
#20579035 - 09/17/14 10:31 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Also you're going to feel so much better about the process if you do it yourself. Very gratifying! Good luck man
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Outlaw420
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Sh33p.Milk]
#20579399 - 09/17/14 12:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks everyone! So ya I guess im convinced that the kits are no good and I need to do it myself. I found a YouTube video that seems pretty easy to follow
This is part 1
This is part 2
Does anyone know if these instructions are good and reliable for me to follow? And I can do it without a pressure cooker right? Thanks!
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PussyFart
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: Outlaw420]
#20579424 - 09/17/14 12:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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www.mushroomvideos.com
Follow this tek, not the one you linked to.....
And no you do not need a PC for cakes.....just steam sterilizing them for 90 minutes should be sufficient.
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: PussyFart]
#20579431 - 09/17/14 12:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Use short half pints, not tall ones......do not put tape over the holes, and if you do use micropore tape, not electrical tape.....you want the jars to breathe.
The guy in that video is a moron, and should be ignored.....he is doing mostly everything in those videos wrong.
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THIS HOBBY IS NOT FOR THE IMPATIENT! PLEASE BE PATIENT, DON'T BE A PATIENT!
A Tale of 10 Isolates, GT Cluster Clone Monotubs, RR's Let's Grow Mushrooms DVD,
SGFC(Shotgun Fruiting Chamber), Monotub Tek, Damion5050's Coir Tek, TL's Tek List, Frank's Tek List,
EvilMushroom666's Pasteurization Tek, How It Should & Shouldn't Look - NEW CULTIVATORS GUIDE
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pawnzy
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: PussyFart]
#20579547 - 09/17/14 12:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Everything i see on youtube is fucking balls, do your reading/research here
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Re: What kit can I buy to grow shrooms first time. PLEASE HELP! [Re: pawnzy]
#20579550 - 09/17/14 12:57 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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YouTube makes me cringe for anything even remotely related to mycology.
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