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DANKSICLE
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First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice
#21696158 - 05/18/15 09:17 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hey everybody just wanted to share Growbots first grow experience. Growbot 3000 really would love to see what advice/tips you guys have for him to help improve growing abilities. Also Growbot is lacking on vocab so corrections and translations are much appreciated! The main goal he has it to increase yields and have a more potent product. This is a log from Growbots computer skipping through various days. Q: Is there anything anything Growbot can add to make the shrooms more potent or increase the yield size?
Starting materials: -2 Medium Size PF-TEK cakes from ebay -20 mL of Albino A+ spore culture -Presterilized grow bag -Vermiculite -Rubber Gloves -Instructions
Day 1: Growbot 3000 takes the two 10 mL syringes + the verm cakes and 2 mistakes occur. Growbot malfunctioned and did not realize the spores were supposed to be stored at a 35° - 45° F so he injected them into the cake at room temperature. The second fuck up was that he didn't pay attention and shot all 10 mL into one cake. The second one he corrected himself and shot the correct amount into the other cake which was 6 mL. Q: What's the best temperature to store the cakes at while in the colonization period? Q: Should the spires be shot in the cake at 35° - 45° F?
Day 8: Growbots cakes are fully colonized and he makes the decision to put them on the vermiculite. As the instructions state he filled the verm with warm water, let it sit for 5 to 10 mins, then drained it. He then flipped the cakes on the vermiculite and put it in the grow bag covering it with 3 paper clips. He then placed it under his window to give it some light but not direct sunlight. Q: Do shrooms prefer 24/7 light? Is indirect sunlight or direct light from a light bulb better for growth?
Day 15: Growbot decides to use light from lamps on the cakes 24/7.
Day 16: First shrooms pop up up, one in particular bigger than others but still only a stub.

Day 17: Shrooms progress, more turns to stubs. The originally biggest shroom gets bigger.

Day 18: Shrooms start to develope first caps. They start growing at a rapid rate until a white later appeared at the bottom of the cap. This I believe to be the veil. Growbot decides to give them one more day.
First harvest: Growbot picks the shrooms using sterilized gloves to harvest the shrooms. He gets 45 grams of wet shrooms, and eats 27 grams of wet shrooms on the spot. The trip was decently intense however not what desired. Very mild hallucinations. In the process of picking the shrooms Growbot bruises the cakes. They turn blue in very large areas. His research into the blue color tells him that his cakes may have been dehydrated and he may have handled them to rough. Stupidly he tries to pour water into the verm but Growbot accidentally covers the cakes.

Day 20: Growbot receives a safe to grow the shrooms in and tapes christmas lights around the inside of the safe. He also put a small lamp and a thermometer to measure temperature. Q: Is there any other equipment to help the shrooms strive? Anything to help regulate the temperature or the steraltility?

Day 21 and on: More shrooms pop up and the average temperature is at about 80° F. Growbot starts running the AC to try and keep the shrooms at 22° - 24° C. The same process happens as before with the progression of the growth. Growbot obtains a spray bottle and starts misting the sides of the bag twice a day until ready to harvest. This time when growbot eats the shrooms the trip is not nearly as good. He consumes around 45 grams of wet shrooms but the effects are just slightly noticeable. Q: Why did growbot eat more but feel it less than before? Q: When is the best time for Growbot to harvest the shrooms? Q: Are the shrooms worth drying? Q: How much/ How often should the sides of the bag be misted? Q: Why do some of the caps on the smaller shrooms turn black toward the end of the harvest?
Thanks everyone sorry for the long read!
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Edited by DANKSICLE (05/18/15 09:25 PM)
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Ghatti
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21696173 - 05/18/15 09:21 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Without even reading past this point, get rid of "Growbot 3000" or swim or my cat.
I am a superb individual and even I can barely get away with referring to myself in the 3rd person continually
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Ghatti
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: Ghatti]
#21696185 - 05/18/15 09:24 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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woah. 6ml the correct amount? You literally need a drop or two even a ml is overkill.
Store cakes at room temp. You can store spore syringes in the fridge but it's pretty dirty and really not needed.
Also we're probably not going to click outside links so maybe upload pics here and we will go through your post little by little, it's a bit much
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DANKSICLE
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: Ghatti]
#21696234 - 05/18/15 09:34 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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What do you mean about growbot why?
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Zephen
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21696297 - 05/18/15 09:46 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I would honestly suggest starting over with PF tek and follow it to the T. Supplies are fairly cheap and easy to acquire. Most supplies can be found at Walmart. Except I had to go to ace hardware in Phoenix to find the vermiculite. Yes, I live in maricopa as well. Next thing is to order spores from one of the sponsors here. A lot of times if you mention you're a shroomery member you'll get a free spore syringe. I mist when my cakes are not "glistening" and that's about 3 to 4 times a day. I also do a 12/12 light schedule with a cfl light bulb. Maintain a temp between 76-80 degrees... Which if you live in maricopa then that's what most people keep their houses at anyway.
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DANKSICLE
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: Zephen]
#21696380 - 05/18/15 10:10 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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What is glistening? Im starting a new kit tonoight.
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Zephen
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21696417 - 05/18/15 10:15 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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You want them to appear wet but not have pools of water on them. Use your sprayer on a very fine mist setting and I mist my stuff directly about 6 -8 inches above the cakes.
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HippieChick
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21696497 - 05/18/15 10:31 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Growbot 3000 needs to do a lot more research. This will help his yields tremendously. I think growbot needs some new soft wear.
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: HippieChick]
#21696522 - 05/18/15 10:37 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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1. Click the link in my sig about the PF tek and watch all 4 parts of the video.
2. Dunk and roll those cakes
3. Build a proper SGFC. Large container holes every 2 inches all 6 sides, 4-6 inches of perlite.
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: 2bittoker]
#21696723 - 05/18/15 11:45 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Q: Why did growbot eat more but feel it less than before? Q: When is the best time for Growbot to harvest the shrooms? Q: Are the shrooms worth drying? Q: How much/ How often should the sides of the bag be misted? Q: Why do some of the caps on the smaller shrooms turn black toward the end of the harvest
1. How long has it been since you first ate them? Tolerance can last up to 2 weeks easy. Also, potency can vary from cake to cake, mushroom to mushroom even
2. Right after the veil breaks
3. Why wouldnt they be? If you dont want to eat them in the next few days, dry them
4. Mist the substrate, not the bag. A: when it looks dry
5. Those are called aborts, they are aborted mushrooms
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DANKSICLE
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: mushpunx]
#21697062 - 05/19/15 03:29 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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rhanks Every one keep more info coming.
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DANKSICLE
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21697071 - 05/19/15 03:36 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Im not good eith videos. Id rather have explainations. I already have my cakes and all that. I literally am just wondering if theres anything i can buy to help the shrooms grow. Equipment, chemicals, nutrients, etc?
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Zephen
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21697081 - 05/19/15 03:43 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Growing mushrooms isn't like growing weed. You don't need chemicals and nutrients. I would honestly suggest watching "let's grow mushrooms" it's pretty easy to understand. Also search around on the forums for teks that would help.
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DANKSICLE
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: HippieChick]
#21728835 - 05/27/15 01:50 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Anything you can think of?
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abductee
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21728944 - 05/27/15 02:18 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Wow, that's alot of mushrooms..I ate like 4 or 5 grams and thought I was almost evolved to the Jesus..maybe dried is better.
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: abductee]
#21729035 - 05/27/15 02:48 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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You should listen to the advice you've already been given, watch RR's video series "lets grow mushrooms" over and over and over until you get it. you can't expect to come on here and get spoon fed information, you'll need to put the effort and research in on your end.
best of luck to you
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DANKSICLE
Shroomsicle


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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: joeyshabadoo]
#21804065 - 06/13/15 10:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I realize, however this is a forum to ask questions. I only ask if I have a very specific question that I can not find a apecific answer too.
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Gr0wer
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: DANKSICLE]
#21804076 - 06/13/15 10:32 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yea 6ml is way too much, you want just enough water where it runs to the bottom. If you want increased yields move to wbs,wheat, or rye and spawn to pasteurized cow manure and hay in a monotub. Ditch the safe.
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DANKSICLE
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Re: First Grow Report - Need Tips and Advice [Re: Gr0wer]
#21804084 - 06/13/15 10:36 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah safe was somewhat pointless unless used for the colonization process.
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