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FreshOne
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when should i start my growkit?
#22430495 - 10/25/15 04:32 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hello good people!
I have a (propably very noob) question and i hope someone can help me out:
I have received a mexican all in one growkit and i just have a few simple questions before i start it.
I am going on a trip for 6 days in the beginning of November and therefore i cannot take care of the kit in this period. Should i keep the kit ind the fridge and start it when i get home, and will it still work? Or is it better to start the kit now and let it grow for itself for the 6 days without watering or opening the bag?
Can't figure out what would be the best way to go. Im thinking it would maybe be best to keep it in the fridge, but on the website it says to use the kit right when i receive it.
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: FreshOne]
#22430553 - 10/25/15 05:21 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Kits are a waste. But since you fell for it yo u might as well start it right away. It should, I can't imagine it needing any attention for 10 days or so. If you're lucky maybe you'll get a couple of caps and can make some prints. Read,read,read teks on pftek, printing teks and go from there. Good luck.
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: mygrowscope] 1
#22430566 - 10/25/15 05:25 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Edited by Inocuole (10/26/15 08:36 PM)
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FreshOne
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Inocuole]
#22430656 - 10/25/15 06:30 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Haha I expected that some responses would be "grow kits suck" etc., but thanks for your response anyway, i hope i get lucky with this kit.
I have been considering doing it all myself but it seemed like you need alot of different things like a pressure cooker and all kinds of stuff that i wasn't sure how to get. English is not my main language and i find it kind of hard to follow the instructions for doing it from the bottom myself... but guess I'll have to look into it again if this kit doesn't work
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: FreshOne]
#22430681 - 10/25/15 06:42 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good luck. I don't like kits but I'll still wish you the best with it.
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Inocuole]
#22430697 - 10/25/15 06:49 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have had very good experiences with grow kits. The last kit I used I had 700gram wet weight after several flushes (it was a 1200cc 100% mycelium kit).
The trick with these kits is to use a special Mushroom Heating Mat. You can harvest your first flush after a week.
You can get one from the shroomery sponsors. But I have seen better prices on different sites. Link to magic-mushrooms-shop. http://www.magic-mushrooms-shop.com/en/thermo-mat-for-use-with-magic-mushroom-grow-box.html
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: cvh]
#22430729 - 10/25/15 07:02 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ugh... no, no heating mat. That is not the trick..
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Inocuole]
#22430783 - 10/25/15 07:30 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I bought a PE kit to start out also. Just to see how shrooms grow and get a feel for mycology in general. I got very good results from it despite people saying they suck.
Also heating pads are not required where I live but I guess it depends on how cold it is where you live. Lower temps mean slower growth so its no big deal
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: cvh]
#22430801 - 10/25/15 07:38 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've read bad things about heating mats so I've avoided them, but I don't think grow kits are as bad as people say they are, I agree everyone should learn about mushrooms and cultivate them properly but the convenience of a growkit is very handy. Compared to the proper methods it is a waste of money yes but you will easily make your money back with plenty left over for yourself and others 
Although you are skipping a load of the processes so it's hard to say you truly grew them yourself when all you did was add water haha but they do work and the yields are alright so don't feel too bad. I've currently got 2 kits going, harvested my B+ last night, haven't weighed yet but I can barely hold it all in two hands so I'm not complaining (they been fan drying all night). I've got some syringes on the way an I suggest you should too (I'm new to this also).
To answer your question though you are going on the trip at a very inconvenient time, if your kits not fully colonized then it might be safe to leave it that long without opening it but I'm really not sure in this situation, my b+ took 9 days to pin.
Edited by Tessellate (10/25/15 07:41 AM)
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Tessellate]
#22430809 - 10/25/15 07:43 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tessellate said: I've read bad things about heating mats so I've avoided them, but I don't think grow kits are as bad as people say they are, I agree everyone should learn about mushrooms and cultivate them properly but the convenience of a growkit is very handy. Compared to the proper methods it is a waste of money yes but you will easily make your money back with plenty left over for yourself and others 
I strongly disapprove of the first paragraph of your post and what it's implying.
That's exactly why growkits are bullshit. Kids buy them so they can sell drugs without making any effort to learn anything. Not that selling drugs is better after making the effort, but chances are, people who are mature enough to make the effort are also not turning around and being super sketchy.
It's the fact that 18 year olds who can't even do a pushup are given free lease to do shit they really aren't responsible or smart enough to handle and it makes it harder for responsible adults to get by with a hobby they enjoy.
Not talking about kits in legal countries or whatever, couldn't care less what they do there. It's a tighter ship in the United States of Analrape.
Edited by Inocuole (10/25/15 07:50 AM)
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Tessellate]
#22430908 - 10/25/15 08:31 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tessellate said:I don't think grow kits are as bad as people say they are,
I second this. My guess is that kits used to yeild bad in the past since most people who say they suck have been growing their shrooms from scratch for a long time. Having experience with the 100% colonised kits I can say with confidence that it performed pretty darn good when compared to some cakes you see around the forum.
Of course as you pointed out nothing is more fulfilling than growing shrooms from scratch and I dont count my kit as a grow. Also agar is pretty darn fun even though i haven't had the best of luck with it so far. Kinda makes you feel like a mad scientist lol.
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Tessellate
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Inocuole]
#22430982 - 10/25/15 08:54 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well yeah when I say 'everyone' I wasn't really including kids that wanna sell drugs but the point I was making is that they aren't a complete waste of money, yeah it does make them more accessible for kids but any determined kid can order a syringe too it just filters out the impatient ones...
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Edited by Tessellate (10/25/15 08:55 AM)
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Tessellate]
#22430989 - 10/25/15 08:59 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Grow kits are worse than people think they are.
It's like if all frozen pizza was at least 50 dollars and came with ten extra boxes and broken glass you remove before baking. You would find out how to make dough
Sticking your dick in a light socket vs buying a kit. Horse a piece
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: Tessellate]
#22431119 - 10/25/15 09:47 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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God I get that some of your experiences are good with grow kits. But when I search my threads "grow kits" you'd be SHOCKED at how much failure and garbage they bring with them. Literally every grow kit thread I'm saying you need more fae! You need more fae! Wtf are these companies thinking?! They need more fae!!
As seen here: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21975926 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22206332 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22174277 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21876453
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Mad Season said: My experience on this forum says the opposite. A little filter isn't enough. Besides why would you want to do the bare minimum when you can maximize the results with a pen or a knife?
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21690920 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21877551 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21608707 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21749659 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21802928
and many more. Just search my threads.
Edited by Mad Season (10/25/15 09:47 AM)
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: FreshOne]
#22432436 - 10/25/15 03:41 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks alot for your advice so far, didn't know there was such an active shroom community, it's like 10-12 years ago since i last did shrooms...
But now that we have gotten the "growkits suck" vs "no they don't" debate out of the way, is there anyone with experience in using growkits that could tell me if i can save it in the fridge for about 10 days till i get back and still have as good odds of getting it to work?
I don't really care if the odds are terrible from the start i am just wondering if I'll have the same odds even though i keep it in the fridge? 
If someone has already been kind enough to answer this i am sorry, but i couldn't find it in the thread.
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: FreshOne]
#22432445 - 10/25/15 03:43 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Is it a fully colonized block of mycelium, or is it a bag of grains thar need inoculated?
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: LocN9ne]
#22432461 - 10/25/15 03:46 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I gave 9 threads do you need more grow kit threads? Its not like I bashed them in every thread. I even said at the beginning that every kit needs more fae.
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FreshOne
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: LocN9ne]
#22432524 - 10/25/15 04:08 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well I'm actually not sure, sorry. Don't know if I'm allowed to link to the website, but it's called "mexican all in one growkit" and it's just a box and the only thing i need to do is add water.
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LocN9ne
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: FreshOne]
#22432548 - 10/25/15 04:15 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Let me see a pic? Is it a white mass, or is it some type of grain?
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FreshOne
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Re: when should i start my growkit? [Re: LocN9ne]
#22432607 - 10/25/15 04:29 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm not at home, but it's a box like the one in this video:
So i guess it is a colonized block of mycelium?
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