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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: SunnyDayze]
#26097968 - 07/09/19 11:29 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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SunnyDayze said: For some reason, I find making a list helps organize my mind when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Feelin' for ya Nate!
I confess I wanted to see how my plates would grow outside in the natural sunlight. I had them out there for two days, (brought in at night) 6 of my 7 RW plates that were going to be going to jars. It stormed yesterday and flooded the shoebox they were in. I forgot about them. Ruined. Damn it! Luckily the 7th plate inside I could transfer to more plates today, made a couple LC's too. I need to set myself reminders for everything. 
I also confess to making to do lists on a weekly basis. I would lose track if I didn't
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Tweeq]
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I confess, Nate, I share the same boat. I put off a LOT of work to finish my LFH and it's been about 2.5 weeks of me letting shit sit I've spent the last two nights trying to convince myself to just fucking transfer some agar. I even have the plates poured! I just have to turn on the LFH for 10 min... I'm boned if I don't get rolling soon.
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Sherlock Shrooms said: I went down on the dehydrator temps to about 115 degrees
You should crank that shit up to 11, according to science.
Also, looking forward to the comparison threads!
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: ShaperDreaming]
#26098688 - 07/09/19 05:42 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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I confess my first day that I should have been at work and I found 5# of chants and some cool oysters to clone. Got to say I'm taking it as a sign that mushrooms got my back.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Bph]
#26098742 - 07/09/19 06:07 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah I confess the same about putting shit off time to time. What really burns me is when I gotta go to sleep for work, and a half hour before I'm just consumed with the urge to do mushroom cult shit!!! Two nights ago I would have put some new spores to agar and do some serious transfers.
Was also gonna trip hard tonight but changed my mind and microed .250 to test another clone. Going on three weeks with no journeys but I'm ok with that I guess.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: ShaperDreaming]
#26098852 - 07/09/19 06:55 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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ShaperDreaming said: I confess, Nate, I share the same boat. I put off a LOT of work to finish my LFH and it's been about 2.5 weeks of me letting shit sit I've spent the last two nights trying to convince myself to just fucking transfer some agar. I even have the plates poured! I just have to turn on the LFH for 10 min... I'm boned if I don't get rolling soon.
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Sherlock Shrooms said: I went down on the dehydrator temps to about 115 degrees
You should crank that shit up to 11, according to science.
Also, looking forward to the comparison threads!
I was in the same place when I got my hood. I had everything at my finger tips and couldn't pull the trigger cause I was worn out. Now I'm behind and things are happening. Get in there and make your transfers. Make your LC. Get going girl! You will regret if you don't, trust me.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Bph]
#26098943 - 07/09/19 07:47 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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I confess that while I've lurked here over a year, I hadn't realised the dangers of alcohol in a SAB. I've been liberally spraying it inside the SAB and keeping the soaked-cloth in there, oblivious to the risks of fumes or fire (apart from obviously keeping flames outside the SAB and away from alcohol), but I'll quit that now...
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Bph]
#26098967 - 07/09/19 07:56 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Bph said: I confess my first day that I should have been at work and I found 5# of chants and some cool oysters to clone. Got to say I'm taking it as a sign that mushrooms got my back. 
I gotta move out of the desert.... Beautiful haul.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: R.I.P.Zappa]
#26098978 - 07/09/19 08:01 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Was also gonna trip hard tonight but changed my mind and microed .250 to test another clone. 
I confess, I don't know what you're looking for there? What do you expect from -.250? Are you basically trying to see if you get the body high or nothing?
Personally I'm going for a full reset this time, 2-3 weeks at minimum. I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety during my last few trips, but still getting a lot out of them. The anxiety sort of broke last time, gave way to listlessness, and more muted feelings. Really wanting to go big, but I don't have anyone I trust to trip sit and I have reservations about going that deep solo.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: hexkrak]
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Was also gonna trip hard tonight but changed my mind and microed .250 to test another clone. 
I confess, I don't know what you're looking for there? What do you expect from -.250? Are you basically trying to see if you get the body high or nothing?
Personally I'm going for a full reset this time, 2-3 weeks at minimum. I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety during my last few trips, but still getting a lot out of them. The anxiety sort of broke last time, gave way to listlessness, and more muted feelings. Really wanting to go big, but I don't have anyone I trust to trip sit and I have reservations about going that deep solo.
He microdosed. It says it in his post. Micro dosing has certain benefits. You should check it out.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Tight Lunchbox]
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Was also gonna trip hard tonight but changed my mind and microed .250 to test another clone. 
I confess, I don't know what you're looking for there? What do you expect from -.250? Are you basically trying to see if you get the body high or nothing?
Personally I'm going for a full reset this time, 2-3 weeks at minimum. I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety during my last few trips, but still getting a lot out of them. The anxiety sort of broke last time, gave way to listlessness, and more muted feelings. Really wanting to go big, but I don't have anyone I trust to trip sit and I have reservations about going that deep solo.
He microdosed. It says it in his post. Micro dosing has certain benefits. You should check it out.
He said he microdosed to test another clone. I understand microdosing, just not sure how it works for testing a clone.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: hexkrak]
#26099296 - 07/09/19 10:06 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Because there's to many variables when you eat trip size doses compared to a microdose when gauging the relative potency.
Set and other shit effects the trip and your mind is a bit too blown to actually gauge how much there packing. No two trips are the same but relative effect to dose stays pretty constant. By taking a small dose that is consistent such as .250 will easily let me gauge how much punch they have while mostly sober and not in scattered thought.
If I feel nothing such as small come up anxiety or very light visuals, then I move on to other cultures and say my good byes. If I do feel the magic; I keep the culture.
Also helps if your gonna cap em as well, nothing like taking a untested microdose and having shitty anxiety for the first couple hours at work when trying to achieve the opposite.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: R.I.P.Zappa]
#26099304 - 07/09/19 10:11 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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R.I.P.Zappa said: Because there's to many variables when you eat trip size doses compared to a microdose when gauging the relative potency.
Set and other shit effects the trip and your mind is a bit too blown to actually gauge how much there packing. No two trips are the same but relative effect to dose stays pretty constant. By taking a small dose that is consistent such as .250 will easily let me gauge how much punch they have while mostly sober and not in scattered thought.
If I feel nothing such as small come up anxiety or very light visuals, then I move on to other cultures and say my good byes. If I do feel the magic; I keep the culture.
Also helps if your gonna cap em as well, nothing like taking a untested microdose and having shitty anxiety for the first couple hours at work when trying to achieve the opposite. 
One question: I have heard of people microdosing for work, mostly from big news syndicates, and given the source i always just feel like it's completely sensationalized. Im a bartender, would microdosing be beneficial to, say, me? In your opinion? I suffer from near crippling depression and bipolar, so when im not depressed im manic. Do you think microdosing would help the day to day functionality of someone like that? This is all hypothetical. Even if u said it was a good idea i probably will never take psychadellics at work while working in the food industry, just a quick q! thanks!
Quick Confession: I feel COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the idea of isolating/spawn propagation. I write todo lists, flow charts, set reminders, hell i even have absolutely every piece of equipment and supply i would need for the next five years (minus the flow hood), and i still get scared that im missing shit. Much love everybody!
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: jbgtaa]
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R.I.P.Zappa said: Because there's to many variables when you eat trip size doses compared to a microdose when gauging the relative potency.
Set and other shit effects the trip and your mind is a bit too blown to actually gauge how much there packing. No two trips are the same but relative effect to dose stays pretty constant. By taking a small dose that is consistent such as .250 will easily let me gauge how much punch they have while mostly sober and not in scattered thought.
If I feel nothing such as small come up anxiety or very light visuals, then I move on to other cultures and say my good byes. If I do feel the magic; I keep the culture.
Also helps if your gonna cap em as well, nothing like taking a untested microdose and having shitty anxiety for the first couple hours at work when trying to achieve the opposite. 
One question: I have heard of people microdosing for work, mostly from big news syndicates, and given the source i always just feel like it's completely sensationalized. Im a bartender, would microdosing be beneficial to, say, me? In your opinion? I suffer from near crippling depression and bipolar, so when im not depressed im manic. Do you think microdosing would help the day to day functionality of someone like that? This is all hypothetical. Even if u said it was a good idea i probably will never take psychadellics at work while working in the food industry, just a quick q! thanks!
Quick Confession: I feel COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the idea of isolating/spawn propagation. I write todo lists, flow charts, set reminders, hell i even have absolutely every piece of equipment and supply i would need for the next five years (minus the flow hood), and i still get scared that im missing shit. Much love everybody!
Only way to find out what works for you is to try for yourself. I've heard of ppl with bipolar macrodosing on a biweekly basis to cope better with everyday life. I have no experience with microdosing myself bc I want to have my tolerance reset before every macro dose
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: jbgtaa]
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jbgtaa said: Quick Confession: I feel COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the idea of isolating/spawn propagation. I write todo lists, flow charts, set reminders, hell i even have absolutely every piece of equipment and supply i would need for the next five years (minus the flow hood), and i still get scared that im missing shit. Much love everybody!
Honestly? This is just good practice. Until you're 100% confident in what you're doing it's a brilliant idea to have laid out exactly what you're going to do and how you're going to do it. This way you don't get halfway through and realise you fucked something up.
I always sit down before doing any stuff and write out what I'm going to do, think of the best order and what I'll need.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Tweeq]
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R.I.P.Zappa said: Because there's to many variables when you eat trip size doses compared to a microdose when gauging the relative potency.
Set and other shit effects the trip and your mind is a bit too blown to actually gauge how much there packing. No two trips are the same but relative effect to dose stays pretty constant. By taking a small dose that is consistent such as .250 will easily let me gauge how much punch they have while mostly sober and not in scattered thought.
If I feel nothing such as small come up anxiety or very light visuals, then I move on to other cultures and say my good byes. If I do feel the magic; I keep the culture.
Also helps if your gonna cap em as well, nothing like taking a untested microdose and having shitty anxiety for the first couple hours at work when trying to achieve the opposite. 
One question: I have heard of people microdosing for work, mostly from big news syndicates, and given the source i always just feel like it's completely sensationalized. Im a bartender, would microdosing be beneficial to, say, me? In your opinion? I suffer from near crippling depression and bipolar, so when im not depressed im manic. Do you think microdosing would help the day to day functionality of someone like that? This is all hypothetical. Even if u said it was a good idea i probably will never take psychadellics at work while working in the food industry, just a quick q! thanks!
Quick Confession: I feel COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the idea of isolating/spawn propagation. I write todo lists, flow charts, set reminders, hell i even have absolutely every piece of equipment and supply i would need for the next five years (minus the flow hood), and i still get scared that im missing shit. Much love everybody!
Only way to find out what works for you is to try for yourself. I've heard of ppl with bipolar macrodosing on a biweekly basis to cope better with everyday life. I have no experience with microdosing myself bc I want to have my tolerance reset before every macro dose
I'm macrodosing about once a month right now, and im noticing that what i would have called an "afterglow" years go, is lasting longer and longer. I feel GREAT, in all caps, in the following weeks after a trip. My bipolar cycles about 3 months so i cant tell if im reverting to either end of the spectrum, but i do know that the lingering depression which has ailed me since i can remember is MASSIVELY muted. And i mean massively. Intermittent macrodoses have proved beneficial to me, so my question was truly just a hypothetical. I appreciate and concur with your advice brother!
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Honestly? This is just good practice. Until you're 100% confident in what you're doing it's a brilliant idea to have laid out exactly what you're going to do and how you're going to do it. This way you don't get halfway through and realise you fucked something up.
I always sit down before doing any stuff and write out what I'm going to do, think of the best order and what I'll need.
I think even when ive got my flow down ill still write shit out, ive done things that way since childhood. Im a huge organizer/planner, honestly half of the fun of mycology for me is research, prep, and journaling.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: jbgtaa]
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Not about cultivation directly but the hobby overall, I hope this qualifies for this thread.
I sometimes worry about the possibility of going a little bit insane due to obsessing about growing mushrooms and tripping, I certainly went overboard with shrooms and I had to take a few months off. With a little more wisdom I've returned for round two. While lurking I've noticed some new-ish posters post some weird stuff and disappear from Shroomery some time after never to return. It's like they got really mentally invested into this hobby like I did, overwhelmed themselves too quickly and it became too much to handle.
I believe these mushrooms have potential to do many good things but they're powerful substances with risks that I brushed off as "I'm strong enough to handle it". I'm a young idiot playing with matters I don't fully understand and there's a chance it will permanently change me in ways that are undesirable or unexpected. Has anyone had this revelation and if so how do you cope with it?
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Turvenuija]
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Good confession Turv 
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I believe these mushrooms have potential to do many good things but they're powerful substances with risks that I brushed off as "I'm strong enough to handle it". I'm a young idiot playing with matters I don't fully understand and there's a chance it will permanently change me in ways that are undesirable or unexpected. Has anyone had this revelation and if so how do you cope with it?
I think more reading, researching and talking is the answer. In short, the more you know will help to dispell your fears (which are good and healthy to have).
I confess, it dawned on me one day how much trust I place in this wonderful community.
I get spores from around the world, grow them and eat the s without question. I'm no Trusted Identifier by ANY means and I have never really scrutinized them like I would any unknown wild mushroom I find.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Tweeq]
#26100037 - 07/10/19 10:45 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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I confess... I put off those transfers again last night (read below):
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Bph said: I was in the same place when I got my hood. I had everything at my finger tips and couldn't pull the trigger cause I was worn out. Now I'm behind and things are happening. Get in there and make your transfers. Make your LC. Get going girl! You will regret if you don't, trust me.
Thanks! I've got a date with my LFH tonight. Wrote it in my calendar and everything... I spent 2 hours cleaning my house last night then went out for a long ass walk to clear my head. Came home and just... couldn't turn the lfh on... I felt like it was just too late (like 10:30) even though it would take less than a half hour total. Thanks for the encouragement. I'm already feeling bad that I'm so behind, so that makes it harder to get motivated.
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Tweeq said: Only way to find out what works for you is to try for yourself. I've heard of ppl with bipolar macrodosing on a biweekly basis to cope better with everyday life. I have no experience with microdosing myself bc I want to have my tolerance reset before every macro dose
As someone with bipolar II who has been macrodosing every two to three weeks for about 18 months now, I can say that this is true for me. I also tried to add in micro-dosing... not so helpful. I was taking between 0.1-0.15g every third day (1 day on, two days off). I set a test schedule for a month. I noticed no change. I want to push myself to do it for 3 months to really let that set in, but every time I start back up on microdosing I just kinda... stop. To each their own, but I'll stick with macro personally. I know other people who dose much less frequently than me with similar results, and they tend to also find microdosing more helpful.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: ShaperDreaming]
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I've been putting shit off lately too. I've just been too physically fatigued to do anything but rest when I'm home. New physical fuckin 12hr job and forced upon myself a workout program and its been killing me in these past weeks.
I confess I had a very VERY bad first experience with some shoeboxes of RW I started a while back. They're in a outdoor bed now trying to make the best of it. I'm almost 100% that I prepped my coir too wet and it just went bacterial because it smelled fine and looked good when I spawned them. Its OK. Live and learn (sometimes I have to learn a few times lol).
Got a mono of PE6 thats doing great on its second flush and I have more coming behind that so hopefully I can redeem myself.
I need to get in there and do some transfers today because I've already put it off for a few days too many. ...And I LOVE doing this shit but ive just been too fucking sore and tired.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: El Chupacabra]
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I confess! I did the transfers last night! I broke the seal. Mycology here I come!
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