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    #22339369 - 10/06/15 12:33 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I apologize in advance for the lack of pictures for the first part of this grow log. I didn't happen to join this website until after I started the process. But will be updating with pictures and more post regularly afterwards in order to receive tips and help along the way. I also thank you all in advance for this. Hopefully this will be a magical journey for all of us.

Let's get this out of the way to begin with. I've never done this before, ever in any kind of way. My friend brought up the idea up in our group of friends I was the only one "crazy" enough to make it reality. Even though I've never done shrooms and after this grow will be my first time to try them.


The Beginning

I've been gathering my materials as I awaited the arrival of my syringe. It arrived on September 30th.
On Oct 1st I completed the steps consisting of mixing the vermiculite and the rice flour. I've read a lot a different guides and post and such talking about what contents to put in the cake(Referring to using different grades of verm.). I decided that I'd squash some of the debate and figure out which grade works best for myself. I mixed the contents doing that ratio of 2:1:1 verm:rice flour:water. Mixing the water with the verm first until there was just a slight amount of excess water in the bowl before adding in the flour. I did 2 jars with fine verm, and 4 jars with a mediumish verm. I added the holes in the lid. Wiped down the top centimeter of the jar and places a layer of fine verm on top of all the jars.

Sterilization
Another widely debated topic I seen was on if I should tape the holes on the jar or not. Once again I decided to see which worked better for me and I taped 4 jars and didn't tape 2 using waterproof medical tape. Due to having the shift the project to different location I have lost track of one of the jars I didn't use tape on and it's been mixed with the rest.
I debated spending the money on getting pressure cooker, and wished I would and plan on it for the next batch. For sterilization I used a tall pot, lined with 2 layers of jar rings, and 2 layers of foil alternating. On top of the last piece of foil I placed another layer of rings to suspend my jars. I placed the jars on top of them with foil tightly pressed down around them.I filled the water to about a centimeter under the jars and sterilized for about 2 hours and left to sit over night.

Inoculation
On October 2nd, I started the process of inoculating. The whole day before while my jars were sterilizing I spent the time cleaning the bathroom I was going to work in. I removed everything I could from the room. Including the rug and the hanging towels. I even closed the air vent to the room. I wiped down surfaces with a water and bleach combo and smogged the room with disinfection spray several times. For today thought, I just misted the room with bleach water and sprayed the room down about 15 minutes before starting with disinfection spray.

Afterwards I immediately suited up. Being paranoid. I had already showered was freshly cleaned. Did not wear any excess amount of clothing. I wiped myself down thoroughly with 91% alcohol. I used a saw dust mask and latex gloves as well.

After suiting up, and using alcohol to clean my gloves giving it time to evaporate. I moved the jars from the pan to a glove box made out of a clear tote that I had cut two holes into the side of. The box had been in the room I had been cleaning and sanitizing since the beginning of the process. I removed all the foil and tape off of the jars in the glove box. Sanitized my hands again before starting the process and inoculated the six jars using 1.2ml of syringe per jar.

I ran into a bit of a problem while inoculating. The holes I made in the top of the jars were not big enough for the needles. However, I did luck out and at least 1 out of every 4 holes were big enough for the needle to fit into or at least force into. I sterilized the needle between each jar. But was only able to inoculate from one hole per jar. But I dispensed small amounts in different locations that I could reach from that one hole.

After all said and done I placed the jars into a box and put them on the top shelf of my closet.


Colonization

On October 3rd I realize my my girlfriend is the ice queen and the top of my closet is sitting only at 69 degrees. I hurriedly moved the box to the top of my fridge. Later checked to find that it only moved up to 72 degrees. Later that night, I moved the entire operation to a closet in my friends house buying a small space heater to go inside it. The temperature has been sitting at 81 degrees since and has yet to change. With 47% humidity. (not sure how much the humidity matters or not, but my thermometer reads it as well.

October 5th
After moving the jars to my friend's house I had the first chance to go check them. They've been inoculated for about 4 days. But in ideal conditions for less than 2. I get there to find that 4 out of 6 jars are showing signs of life.






As you can see both the jars with fine verm have started to grow very decently. One being one that had no tape and one that did have tape. Two of the medium verm jars have started growing. No signs of growth in the last two as of yet.

When I get a chance to see the jars again sometime this week. I'll be taking more pictures, but this time I will be labeling the jars so that it'll be organized and the rest of my grow log will be a bit more put together.

October 6th
I kept telling myself I'd give the jars a couple of days before checking on them again, but after long thoughts decided to check to see if the other two jars had started any growth. I've now labeled the jars and will be referring to them by the letter assigned. All the jars in as little as 24 hours have mad a huge leap, except for one.

Jar A:


Jar A shows a solid sign of growth on one side of the cake that has spread to the bottom and around the edges.

Jar B:




Jar B shows sign of growth on two opposite sides. And along the bottom of it.

Jar C:

Jar C still shows no sign of life. The holes punched into this jar were too small except for one. Which was slightly offset more towards the center. I believe the mycelium if at all will start growing from the inside out before showing itself.

Jar D:



Jar D showing strong growth on one side and along the bottom and edges of the jar.

Jar E:


Jar E is one of the two fine verm jars that I made. It shows a very strong growth on one side.

Jar F:


Jar F is the second of the two jars I made with fine verm. And is also one of the jars I sterilized without medical tape over the holes with.

After today I will be allowing the jars to sit for a couple of days without being bothered. I'm going to try and wait until the 8th or the 9th maybe even the 10th before checking them again to lower the chances of contamination caused by the top layer of verm shifting. Hopefully by this time Jar C will have kicked into gear. And I can't wait to see the progress that has been made by then. I'll keep you guys updated.

October 9th
Finally went and checked on them today. And here are the results.


Jar A:
A lot of new growth.



Jar B:
Currently my leading jar in growth. It's the only jar that has growth on opposite sides of the jar.




Jar C:
Coming a long ways from showing no signs of life at all Jar C has shown its first signs of life on the side. But check out the bottom! My assumption that it was growing from the inside out was correct.




Jar D:
A lot of new growth. What are these fuzzy things to the upper right side of the growth?



Jar E:



Jar F:



All the jars have made quite some progress since the last time I've seen them. I've lowered the temperature in the closet to 79 degrees and I'm going to monitor the growth and compare the difference.

I also will soon beginning gathering the supplies for my fruiting chamber.

October 12th
I lowered the temperature of the closet to 79 degrees. I haven't noted any significant increase or decrease in the growing of the mycelium so I've left it there. The jars have started having a bit of condensation on the inside of the jars is this normal? Other than the water starting to appear on the insides of the jars, everything seems to be going according to plan. I've had a contamination scare. But it's too soon to tell if it is or not. So we will see.

Here are the updated pictures. It's been 12 days since inoculation and 11 days since ideal conditions.

Jar A:



Jar B:




Jar C:



Jar D:



Jar E:




Jar F:




October 19th

Having a busy week I finally got to go check on the jars, and this is what I've found. I found it easier to take a picture of what parts the jar had left to colonize versus taking a picture of what was already done. Here are they are, and I'll have a couple questions as well.

Jar A:




Jar B
The outside of this jar is completely covered and I'd assume technically in the consolidation stage.




Jar C
This jar was once the only jar not showing life, it is now the second one to reach the consolidation stage.




Jar D




Jar E



Jar F






Consolidation
October 21st
All jars are completely covered on the outsides and as of the 22nd I will consider them all in the consolidation state.

Jar A




Jar B




Jar C




Jar D




Jar E




Jar F





I'll be beginning the dunk and roll process next Thursday. I also took the time today to start setting up my chamber.


The Chamber
I've set the chamber up in a closet separate than the one used to colonize the jars. The shotgun chamber was suppose to be 2 inches off of a shelf, however I chose to suspend it in the air using some old Pepsi crates I had laying around. I believe that this would make a decent airflow underneath the chamber. Here are some pictures of what I have so far.










I went ahead and skipped taking pictures of the dunk and roll process. I mean, come on, who wants to see giant marahmellow like objects floating in a pot?

Fruiting

October 30th
The cakes were dunked and rolled and placed in the chamber that has been maintained at 99% humidity and 72 degrees for the last two days. The cakes were allowed to sit in the chamber for an hour before being misted. Then being misted every thirty minutes for the next two hours. The timer on the light has been set to 12 hours on and 12 hours off. The on hours being from noon until midnight. Here are the cakes in their new home.




This is the cakes after they were misted the first time.


The closet I had the chamber in is now clear of any other objects on the ground floor and the chamber was centered away from the walls as suggested.




November 8th
Just when you start to slightly doubt yourself. Mushies prove you wrong. First beautiful sign of pins. Not a crazy pin set. But pins nonetheless. So far pins on 5 out of 6 cakes.
























Any tips or advice will not be taken for granted. Thank you for spending your time with me today.





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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
    #22339375 - 10/06/15 12:35 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Achillita]
    #22339383 - 10/06/15 12:37 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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:popcorn:



Pardon me, but are my pictures enormous? Or is that just me? Is there a way I can fix this?


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
    #22339389 - 10/06/15 12:40 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)



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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: wowimflabbergasted]
    #22339410 - 10/06/15 12:52 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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http://www.shroomery.org/forums/upload.php?action=upload



Fixed this. Thank you very much, looks a lot better. Sorry for the newb-syndrome.


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
    #22339414 - 10/06/15 12:54 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

:thumbup: I'm going to bed I'll read it tomorrow.


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: wowimflabbergasted]
    #22340124 - 10/06/15 08:27 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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:thumbup: I'm going to bed I'll read it tomorrow.



Thank you. Let me know what you think.


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
    #22340386 - 10/06/15 10:05 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I wouldn't worry about hearing the room they are in & I'd recommended getting a pressure cooker. Look like your jars are doing good. This your first attempt at mushrooms?


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: dreadhed]
    #22340736 - 10/06/15 11:39 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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I wouldn't worry about hearing the room they are in & I'd recommended getting a pressure cooker. Look like your jars are doing good. This your first attempt at mushrooms?



Yes this is my first attempt ever. In fact, I've never even consumed any before, and shortly after having my first success I'll be having my first trip as well.

I heat the closet that it's in because I've read everywhere that between 80-86F is optimal for growth.

Also I have edited the original post with an update for today. Let me know what you guys think so far.


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    #22345341 - 10/07/15 01:11 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Okay. Don't heat your jars. Room temp is fine.

And you said
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My friend brought up the idea up in our group of friends I was the only one "crazy" enough to make it reality.



You broke rule #1 right off the bat dude. TELL NO ONE. You trust your friends enough to put your life in their hands?? I've seen people fold that I never thought would...bad idea.


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    #22345395 - 10/07/15 01:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Let's be honest flabber. The majority of people don't abide by that rule. Just be wary who you tell, and make sure your friends don't go talking.


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    #22345592 - 10/07/15 01:53 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Most people aren't a paranoid schizophrenic either :shrug: :lol:


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Achillita]
    #22345867 - 10/07/15 02:45 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Let's be honest flabber. The majority of people don't abide by that rule. Just be wary who you tell, and make sure your friends don't go talking.



This is were your wrong. In fact, even the friend that brought up the idea to us doesn't even know. Of the people that were there when it was said only one other person knows about it other than me.


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
    #22347551 - 10/07/15 08:39 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Jars actually do better while colonizing is the 70-79 degree range rather than in the 80s because the temperature inside the jar is slightly more than outside
You look like youre putting good effort in tho dude:thumbup::grin:


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    #22348780 - 10/08/15 06:04 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Jars actually do better while colonizing is the 70-79 degree range rather than in the 80s because the temperature inside the jar is slightly more than outside
You look like youre putting good effort in tho dude:thumbup::grin:



I try to be as close as I can't to a perfectionist when it comes to me doing new things. Thanks for the advice.

I'm going to dunk and roll these cakes putting them in a poor mans pod. I shouldn't shock them too should I? Also later down the road once its closer to fruiting time I'll have a question about a bulb I have and weather or not its proper to use. I'll snap a picture of it later.


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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
    #22348799 - 10/08/15 06:19 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I suggest colonizing at 75 degrees. I colonize everything at 75.


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    #22348915 - 10/08/15 07:18 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Don't use a pmp......


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    #22348927 - 10/08/15 07:21 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Lookin good man, just be careful taking pictures; try not to tip the jar too much or you'll drop some nasty stuff through the verm layer!


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    #22349260 - 10/08/15 09:22 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Don't use a pmp......




And your reasons as to why not?

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Lookin good man, just be careful taking pictures; try not to tip the jar too much or you'll drop some nasty stuff through the verm layer!





Yeah I try not to tilt them too far. But if I don't I can't really get good pictures. I think I'm just going to stop taking pictures of the bottom of them until later on in the process.


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    #22349964 - 10/08/15 12:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Because almost every other popular FC is better than a PMP.


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