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PartyPat
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Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here)
#21794438 - 06/11/15 06:49 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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hello guys. I'm a newer grower with a decent budget to grow. This is what I purchased already
x2 Rye Berry bags (2 pounds each) x2 B+ Cubensis Spores
This is what I want to buy for my terrarium...
12w LED Grow Light (Red/Blue Spectrum) x2

Humidifier


Still unsure what im going to do for a bulk substrate something that retains moisture better definitely. Open to any suggestions trying to avoid manure do to odor control.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: PartyPat]
#21794443 - 06/11/15 06:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Coco coir
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PartyPat
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: oontribe]
#21794461 - 06/11/15 06:55 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Can i mix the coco coir with vermiculite ? like say 50/50?
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: PartyPat]
#21794472 - 06/11/15 06:57 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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2 quarts of verm to 350g of coco.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: oontribe]
#21794513 - 06/11/15 07:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Why the crazy LED light? Why not just get a cheap ass 6500k CFL and call it a day?
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PartyPat
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: Inocuole]
#21794674 - 06/11/15 07:45 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You're right I could have and it would do fine. I like the colors of the LED and although it looks crazy its only 12 bucks.
I was looking at clear Rubbermaid totes if they would work well for the terrarium enclosure.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: Inocuole]
#21794691 - 06/11/15 07:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yea, just buy a florescent light in 6500k range, long bulb or CFL doesnt matter.
Id lose the humidifyer too unless you are going to build a greenhouse type set up.

Look into these. A "monotub" or a mini monotub. Its a plastic tote, thats it..a couple holes stuffed with polyfill. you mix your substrate in the bottom in a liner.. like you would in a tray. It serves as its own fruiting chamber, no external misting no fanning.
Typically one of my tubs puts up 5-7 ounces on first flush. I say yoi have enough for a tub there, spawn to coir/verm/gypsum is a great starter substrate. Hpoo doesnt smell the way you wpuld think tho.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: mushpunx]
#21794704 - 06/11/15 07:55 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hey mushpunx thanks for checking out my thread buddy. I'll ditch the humidifier if it's a investment that will just put me back.
I could actually go ahead and get another bag or two. Would I need more syringes? I was initially planning on using half a syringe per 2 pound bag.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: mushpunx]
#21794722 - 06/11/15 07:58 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You gotta like, stop thinking about the WEIGHT man and focus on the JOURNEY.
Chances are with your first grow you're not going to hit a half pound.
2 syringes is enough to inoulate 20 jars. You're good on those.
-------------------- First time growing cakes? DON'T make a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber The Shmuvbox. - The Old TC's Like it Afraid to Start Growing From Your Own Prints? Drop it Like a Tiger! No Pouring. No Syringes. No Cutting. No flaming. No Contamination. No Bullshit. "The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT Pastywhite's Easy Agar Tek (PastyPlates) Tiger Drop Video Demos By munchauzen Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.―Bill Watterson EZEKIEL 23:20
Edited by elasticaltiger (06/11/15 07:58 PM)
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: elasticaltiger]
#21794738 - 06/11/15 08:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yea just a couple drops from one of those syringes is plenty to inoculate a bag.
I usually go by quarts not by pounds, does anyone know roughly how many quarts 2lbs translates to?
I would think that 2 of those bags would be enough to spawn a standard tub right?
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: mushpunx]
#21794760 - 06/11/15 08:08 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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2lbs = 1 quart sir (:
and I'm a novice but logistically thinking i agree. And so many people downing others, i'm gonna try for it as long as I take advice from the masters I can succeed with their handholding no problem. I've already done it with growing cannabis, had lots of great help from other to get me going and was very successful in the start.
Goal stands at half pound. Part Pat needs plenty for his party.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: mushpunx]
#21794776 - 06/11/15 08:15 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, 2 of those bags should be just right for a standard tub and about 10 lbs of substrate. I just did exact same ratio with rye berries and it worked out great.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: elasticaltiger]
#21794783 - 06/11/15 08:17 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Maybe start with making master jars then you can stretch how much colonized sub you can play with.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: PartyPat]
#21794804 - 06/11/15 08:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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First you should read read and read some more. Then pick a tek and follow it to the letter. And then buy supplies.
Here's one tek but there are hundreds here:
Bulk Psilocybe Cubensis growing for noobs - Very easy TEK
Good luck!
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: blazedup]
#21794805 - 06/11/15 08:22 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm sure after a few flushes you'll have a half pound with a tub. It's pretty hard not to get that much after a few flushes
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: ShroominMe]
#21794842 - 06/11/15 08:29 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShroominMe said: First you should read read and read some more. Then pick a tek and follow it to the letter. And then buy supplies.
Here's one tek but there are hundreds here:
Bulk Psilocybe Cubensis growing for noobs - Very easy TEK
Good luck!
That tek is all over the place. I would read through these. Franks tek's aren't my favorite but the guy writes with good organization.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17897217#17897217
I would also look up Damien's elementary coir tek.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11916595
If you can keep clean if you follow that tek for your bulk substrate preparation you might almost get half a pound.
-------------------- First time growing cakes? DON'T make a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber The Shmuvbox. - The Old TC's Like it Afraid to Start Growing From Your Own Prints? Drop it Like a Tiger! No Pouring. No Syringes. No Cutting. No flaming. No Contamination. No Bullshit. "The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT Pastywhite's Easy Agar Tek (PastyPlates) Tiger Drop Video Demos By munchauzen Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.―Bill Watterson EZEKIEL 23:20
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: PartyPat]
#21794863 - 06/11/15 08:34 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
PartyPat said: 2lbs = 1 quart sir (:
and I'm a novice but logistically thinking i agree. And so many people downing others, i'm gonna try for it as long as I take advice from the masters I can succeed with their handholding no problem. I've already done it with growing cannabis, had lots of great help from other to get me going and was very successful in the start.
Goal stands at half pound. Part Pat needs plenty for his party.
Well, not really enough for a full tub, but certainly enough for mini monos
Prolly not gunna get a half lb from 2 qts of spawn. Maybe a 1/4 lb.
You can start by innoculating what you have with spore, but you are going to need to learn to prep your own grain/ prepare your own jars and bags, and agar work. Producing clean spawn is the key to this hobby
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: mushpunx]
#21797714 - 06/12/15 02:06 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I really want a large yield from the start. I ordered another 2 bags to get me closer to achieving my end goal.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: PartyPat]
#21797738 - 06/12/15 02:09 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Just keep ordering those bags. Someone's gonna get rich.
Might not be you, but hey that's business.
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Re: Help Me Achieve A Half Pound (Novice Here) [Re: Inocuole]
#21797764 - 06/12/15 02:14 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you can prepare 10 quarts of healthy spawn it should get you a half pound easy if you spawn it to a bulk sub properly. Your biggest enemy in doing so is lack of experience and lack of proper knowledge and technique. Read read read and practice practice practice. Oh and remember.. .practice DOES NOT make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect. If you start doing crazy experiments on your work before you understand it intimately you are going to fail. Follow a tried and true tek to the t.
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