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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Ferather]
#24678435 - 10/02/17 03:38 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: hamloaf]
#24679858 - 10/02/17 11:50 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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hamloaf said: Awesome. Welcome to the Shroomery, fellaz! 
Thanks man. So, are wood lovers a "set-and-mostly-forget" kind of cultivation? ive found some posts talking about light stimulating fruiting (and colonization???), but also would be fighting temperature issues in my zone. So, I was wanting to do this on my covered back porch in a potter (mono-tub inspired) which would be way cooler because of the shade. Too much shade though?
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: SkipJack_NL]
#25299607 - 06/29/18 07:04 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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 Looking for input on what SHOULD be done with these piles of wood to best do them justice. Outside of suggestions, my instinct was to agar->grain->chips->moreChip until it seemed reasonable weather for Satan’s asshole . . . I mean Houston, Texas. The spawn would go down on the mass of sticks which is well shaded. The big logs get soaked (?) and placed on top to weigh the whole pile down. The logs together are 200-250 lbs. this was originally several hundred pounds of tree mass from oak and pecan from the beginning of spring. I water and dump lawn clippings on it regularly.
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: bacillus]
#25302214 - 07/01/18 08:36 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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bacillus said: @Qayyn Eb-Ur Most of the branches look to thin to me, won't hold moisture in open air. They would need to be chipped.
What diameter branches are necessary? At least a few are ten inches+ Is watering them on the regular not enough? Is is it more of a microclimate kinda thing where direct watering is TOO much?
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Ferather]
#25365946 - 08/04/18 08:39 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ferather, so ive been looking at and following several of your posts. you are way beyond me as far as your understanding of nutrition. Do you have some hypothesis you are testing as far as nutrition goes? are you suspicious of a particular ratio of macro and/or micro nutrients for particular purposes?
If I am curious of the nitrogen needs of a culture, then what am i looking for?
im asking all this because i had several woodlover spores on agar. this agar recipe grew several generations of reishi, but not the spores of other species. One was even a false alarm, as it looks like trich (on wood tea agar somehow). is it possible for it to be too nutritious and reishi is just very resilient?
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Ferather] 1
#25366450 - 08/04/18 01:12 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'll start charting my noots and other metrics of substrates moving forward. That may really be the only way to know whats going on, as im doubtful that it was just shit spores.
Thanks ferather
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Adas]
#25379918 - 08/10/18 03:59 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Isn’t dung full of cellulose consumers from inside the cow? Digested food of food is likely the food for cubes in this case, right?
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Adden]
#25443317 - 09/07/18 06:42 PM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Adden said: Almost gone. Last call.
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: 00Burnout]
#25454637 - 09/12/18 11:06 AM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Can I get an opinion? Are these worth cultivating? Or even would cultivation help with an ID? Counts as a woodlover, right? Gymnopilus?
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Adas] 1
#25457049 - 09/13/18 09:43 AM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Solipsis said: About gymnopilus: they are weakly active and may include different effects which i think may be a little sedative and intoxicating but if so, a mechanism for the activity has not yet been elucidated.
I am growing some gymns half-heartedly on my balcony too but mostly because I think they are beautiful and interesting and I wanna collect them or the growing experience. I guess reasons for growing a species can range from wanting high potency or different alkaloid profile to just for the love of it. So with gymnopilus it is worth it for the latter reasons and less so for the former ones.
I will do it then. gives me an opportunity to refine some techniques on something other than Psilocybe. The deciding factor is definitly that i think some cultivated ones will look beautiful
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Adas said: Solipsis, I have a possible explanation for different Gym effects in my thread. Check it out if you haven't already. https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25368420
that is the coolest shit mang
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Ferather]
#25465391 - 09/16/18 06:55 PM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ferather said: Looks like I should go back to 50/50 pine pellet - paper pellet mix, enriched. Instead of just paper pellets, enriched. The pH 7 paper will neutralize some of the acidic phenols in the wood, but I would still add CaCO3.[/url]
Could i use this as a pH buffer? it seems to be 98% CaCO3
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: TheDuder]
#28065226 - 11/22/22 08:17 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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So, I'm more or less starting over. I dont have any cultures going. This is my first post in quite a while.
Sourcing some azurescens and cyanescens spores.
if I do these in a box on my porch where i can somewhat control the conditions then what time of year should i be aiming for in the Houston texas area?
for context, we get decently cold weather starting in late october to mid november and usually dont get freezing temps until after christmas. humidity is pretty decent right now due to the rain we normally get in spades as soon as the fall, cold fronts start rolling in.
can i start an outdoor box anytime and just wait it out for when they decide the conditions are right to fruit? or do i wait until we are out of danger of multiple 100+ degree days in a row at which time i race to get the mycelium running before freezing temps? in the second scenario, im hoping for fruits in the spring?
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Tweeq]
#28065592 - 11/23/22 05:10 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Qayyn Eb-Ur said: So, I'm more or less starting over. I dont have any cultures going. This is my first post in quite a while.
Sourcing some azurescens and cyanescens spores.
if I do these in a box on my porch where i can somewhat control the conditions then what time of year should i be aiming for in the Houston texas area?
for context, we get decently cold weather starting in late october to mid november and usually dont get freezing temps until after christmas. humidity is pretty decent right now due to the rain we normally get in spades as soon as the fall, cold fronts start rolling in.
can i start an outdoor box anytime and just wait it out for when they decide the conditions are right to fruit? or do i wait until we are out of danger of multiple 100+ degree days in a row at which time i race to get the mycelium running before freezing temps? in the second scenario, im hoping for fruits in the spring?
If you start spores on agar right about now or in the coming weeks/months you should have ample time to get them to fruit next fall. I wouldn't bet on spring fruits. Not saying it can't happen but I'd aim for fruits next fall.
If you can, keep the box out of direct sunlight in the hot of the day in summer then the mycelium should be able to survive drought and heat for months on end (a little watering now and then won't hurt). Some grass or leafy plants on top of the substrate help keep humidity up when fruiting and also provides some sun protection.
Have you fruited woodlovers in your area before? If you need a Cyanescens print 
i meant that spring fruits would be spring of 2024. i know there is no way for this spring, but my worry is surviving the heat of summer, so thank you for the tips in that regard. i perused the site and this thread a bit and your suggestion is pretty close to what i gathered. i just wasn't sure if this was truly folly or if there was an extra measure people take
No, I've never fruited some of the varieties that seem to need cold, and im not aware of those who have. I can do stuff like cubes, but i find myself attracted to this particular challenge.
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