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Questions For Cultivators * 1
    #25591138 - 11/04/18 09:12 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

How many tries did it take for you to successfully cultivate?
How long did it take you to have your first successful flush?

I know a lot of us are hindered by our surroundings or our equipment and some even by the teks and information we receive as beginners. I know I am.

I’m just curious as I’m feeling disappointed and discouraged by my attempts.
Although I’m happy to say I have learned a lot and will continue trying.
I think I would be a bit more successful if I wasnt so hindered by people, scheduling, space, time and equipment. I’m hoping to make a move next year that will help.

What’s your experience in the first 3-6 months of your cultivation process?

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25591146 - 11/04/18 09:16 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

Well I had to learn from a book some 11 or so years ago. First attempt failed. 2nd one got me a couple trips and 3rd try for me a few OZ. I was doing cakes back then.

Have you been trying cakes or a bulk grow method? Fill me in on what you tried, that failed.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25591149 - 11/04/18 09:17 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

If you have issues with bulk just do pf tek in the meantime with a spore syringe while honing in your bulk skills.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: JHOVA]
    #25591174 - 11/04/18 09:23 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

First try With bulk as well as every other was a success for me. Took about two months from spores to agar to final results. Don’t worry you will get the hang of it.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Thesunbeam]
    #25591175 - 11/04/18 09:24 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

It all started with a tote from a garage sale and some dollar store gloves....and spores obviously

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25591182 - 11/04/18 09:27 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

My first attempt I grew an oz off of brf cakes.. 2nd try was bulk ended up with 2oz off it, 3rd grow gave me almost 3lb from 14 mini monotubs, I got so paranoid I said fuck a 2nd flush and dumped them all..and ended up giving my brother 1.25lb because I wasn't expecting those results

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Thesunbeam]
    #25591198 - 11/04/18 09:35 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

10 plus years ago a PfTek that yielded a single pinky size fruit.. didn't even print it just gave up. Fast forward to may of this year and after finding my first ovoid the myco bug hit me again. This time I went straight to bulk first 2 tubs success.  Next 4 facepalm due to LC will never happen again.  Now I only do agar 3 transfers then to oat. I will give you this key bit of advice if you plan to use the search function on this forum CHECK THE DATE. Yes we have 20 years of info. But Alot is outdated. Don't lurk post and ask a question tons of us are reading this page while waiting for PC to finish....


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: TheMadHatter420]
    #25591216 - 11/04/18 09:44 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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Well I had to learn from a book some 11 or so years ago.



Is the “PSILOCYBIN Magic Mushroom Grower’s Guide” the book you was talking about? I have a really old copy of that book lol. It’s kind of a good read.
I started growing bulk at first. Never really messed with PF tek. My first grow was two MS monotubs. Actually was a good yield. I’ve made lots of mistakes over the years but I’ve learned from them.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Buck513]
    #25591233 - 11/04/18 09:51 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

I can't count my failures...too many to count but I have fun and all that matters

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Buck513]
    #25591250 - 11/04/18 09:58 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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How many tries did it take for you to successfully cultivate?




Technically about 1-2. My first PF cakes worked fine, and that was spore->agar->agar->MyceliumWater->pfcake in mason jar-> trays with coir. Kinda iffy but I got 2 full trays of thin tasty shroomies. I then ruined most of the batch by trying to oven dry. I bought a Dehydrator immediately after.

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How long did it take you to have your first successful flush?




Months. Have patience.

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I know a lot of us are hindered by our surroundings or our equipment and some even by the teks and information we receive as beginners. I know I am.




Yup. -sips tea-

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I’m just curious as I’m feeling disappointed and discouraged by my attempts.
Although I’m happy to say I have learned a lot and will continue trying.






I think I would be a bit more successful if I wasnt so hindered by people, scheduling, space, time and equipment. I’m hoping to make a move next year that will help.

You can get away with a single cheap office desk, a good SAB and sterile tek, and a decent PC. You dont need to be ambitious to be successful.

What’s your experience in the first 3-6 months of your cultivation process?

I learned Agar Agar Agar so I could become good at this. After that I had a couple tubs a month fruit. Then I got sloppy and dependent on LCs. Then I failed hard for like 8 months. Then I went back to basics, Agar to Grain, and relearned the craft, and now I'm busy organising pinning and fruiting shoeboxes :smile: New pics in my sig.

Dont feel discouraged. Get disciplined. pour some plates.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25591260 - 11/04/18 10:05 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

pf Tek years ago worked... but was pretty shitty for the effort.

Easiest way was on a straw log, results weren't bad but weren't great either.

My first mono triched and I planted it out side and got less than modist fruits out of it... but it survived.

My second mono got 3 oz dry and triched between flush 1 and 2.

I have an up and coming shoebox that looks like it will rock, and several quarts of spawn and several bags of grain ready to receive spawn. I'm pretty sure I'm over the curve. I started about 4-5 months ago. As with life, life happens. So it make take more or less time depending.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: CzM8] * 1
    #25591265 - 11/04/18 10:08 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

The replies here are giving me hope, thanks guys!

I really need to transfer some more GT to plates or risk losing my my GT strain.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25591283 - 11/04/18 10:14 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

Yep, keep at it. Everywhere on the internet makes it look easy. I think the reason is because once you have it down, it is pretty easy. But the learning curve is pretty large and there is a lot of different ways of doing this hobby.

Plus, its not like gardening that has been around for millennia, propagating mushrooms has only been practiced for a few hindered years... and only successfully for the last century or so. Therefore we have tons of misinformation. But is hope, because there are several people on this site that contribute a vast amount of knowledge. Even if it is outdated in the next 10 years, which is likely, its much better than the common knowledge from 10 years ago, and 10 years before that. IMO were in the beginning of the golden age of mushroom growing.  Give it 20-30 years and the changes will be monumental.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: CzM8]
    #25591321 - 11/04/18 10:27 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

I took me about 3 trys with cubes due to bad vendors for spores and grow bags like a noob, also I was going against the grain trying to go to fast and loose with advanced info from threads I read of people doing it for years.

Bottom line just do the pf tek(with Shroomery spooner's products) as sterile as you can and exriment later.  I had a problem with doing that and still made my own pf tek recipes with goat shit and coffee and other additives, also when I got down colonization good I would experiment with different temps( from 55 - 100f.)and lighting(stick and click to 6500k flouresents) grow boxes and the like on my first fruiting sesh. 

Get pf materials, spores and a shot gun fruiting chamber and a light and your set to learn with no boundaries:)


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25591324 - 11/04/18 10:27 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

Greybeard, if you had to go through my recent history you might think I'm a good cultivator, but if you go through to my first posts I was posting some janky shit, it happens, its a process.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: ManifoldPrime]
    #25591366 - 11/04/18 10:48 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

Thanks again. I feel like I could more thorough but my paranoia gets me! Lol, I start rushing the process. I need room to relax, I’m hoping this move will go through next year and I can take my time.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: ChocolateMilk]
    #25591370 - 11/04/18 10:50 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

If you are doing everything to a t it should work out good for you.  One more suggestion that made a world of difference was a still air box.
When I started I new little about mushrooms in general except for picking morels so I spent months researching them to death, and started my journey by first growing a box kit of blue oyster mushrooms yah know that brick that they sell at grocery Stores and the like. That gave me a hands on look at the life cycle of fruiting, and after I  used the cardboard tek to continue the growing process and see how the mycelium worked, I eventually started hunting wild mushrooms like white oysters and cloned and expanded their mycelium with 70%+ success rate even started saving morel butts from miles away from my house and made a successful patch in my yard. 

For a about 8 months I did this until I was confident enough to do cubes, but little did I know this it was a whole nother challenge going from sloppy native species to a tropical dung loving indoor sterile sensitive grow, which cost me hundreds of dollars of scam supplies and 5 months of time to see my first flush.

So for me it was a year and a quarter and hundreds of dollars down the drain, but now it's almost second nature to me so do not be discouraged at all. I didn't even make any post of my grows on here(even the successful ones) because I was afraid of facing ridicule by the pros


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: ChocolateMilk]
    #25591375 - 11/04/18 10:54 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

Anyone should be able to get a couple oz of shrooms for about $50 in supplies.

PF tek with STEAMED cakes is cheap as fuck, and it works!


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: TheMadHatter420]
    #25591532 - 11/04/18 12:09 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

I failed cakes to bulk 3 times before doing a poor man's pod to birth my single first mushroom. I finally understood the importance of temperature. Took about 2-3 more attempts until I understood the importance of humidity. And another 2-3 attempt to understand the importance of FAE. Casing and pinset have come very naturally since then. So, about 2 years of failures and little results.

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    #25591627 - 11/04/18 01:05 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Bumholio]
    #25591696 - 11/04/18 01:43 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

PF cake from spore syringe success -> agar plates -> invented new LC method -> grain spawn -> shoebox -> more interesting varieties(pe6, APE) to agar -> ...

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: mushfuss]
    #25592298 - 11/04/18 06:21 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

A new lc method? Explain your self

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25592327 - 11/04/18 06:32 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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Grey6Bard said:
How many tries did it take for you to successfully cultivate?
How long did it take you to have your first successful flush?

I know a lot of us are hindered by our surroundings or our equipment and some even by the teks and information we receive as beginners. I know I am.

I’m just curious as I’m feeling disappointed and discouraged by my attempts.
Although I’m happy to say I have learned a lot and will continue trying.
I think I would be a bit more successful if I wasnt so hindered by people, scheduling, space, time and equipment. I’m hoping to make a move next year that will help.

What’s your experience in the first 3-6 months of your cultivation process?




I found "let's grow mushrooms" on YouTube and followed the directions in the video exactly and grew my first crop of mushrooms (about 1 ounce from 5 cakes) on my first try. I steamed my jars for 2 hours instead of 90 minutes to be sure they were sterile.

Following the directions exactly was the key to my success.

I kept reading and reading and finally came across damien5050's elementary coir tek (now known as the bucket tek) and bought a pressure cooker.

I literally thought about mushrooms ALL THE TIME. Constantly thinking about the growing process and how it works helped me grasp concepts like fresh or exchange, surface humidity, evaporation, etc.

I would literally try to picture the molecules of water and how they were arranged on the surface and how the air molecules interacted with the water.

Just trying to visualize everything about the growing process down to the tiniest detail was the key to my success.

My first major failure came when I built and incubator and all my jars went moldy and bacterial even after 2 hours in the pressure cooker.

After that I said no more spore syringes. Everything is prints and petri dishes from now on.

After my first round growing from my own prints I knew I finally had it. I felt like I could grow a thousand pounds if I wanted to.

Then I taught my girlfriend how to grow. That process completely reinforced all my understanding.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: elasticaltiger]
    #25592362 - 11/04/18 06:46 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

My first attempt was a failure because of sterilization issues without a PC.

My second attempt was agar and was successful but not perfect.

My third attempt has been agar to agar and agar to BRF.
I didn’t filter the lid and had a mishap with the jars tipping in the PC so I’m almost certain it’s gonna be a failure. The agar to agar I’m sure will be successful though.

A lot of my problems are because of my attempts to hide what I’m doing and although it’s safely hidden I get an unnecessary amount of paranoia and get flustered and excited in my attempts.

Oh well I’m learning.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard] * 1
    #25592431 - 11/04/18 07:25 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

I did PF Tek first and steamed most of my jars. 23/24 germinated and colonized without a contam. Before they were done flushing, I tossed 'em to make room for bulk. This was in my 2nd month of starting, I think. I bought a PC and sterilized grain for my first mono, as well as bottles with grain + CVG, both of which I inoculated with LI. Both were successful.



These pics were taken on 12/22/14 and 1/11/2015, 84 and 104 days after my registration date when I first started. So pretty fast. You can see some of the leftover cakes in the bottles before I removed the SGFC to get going on tubs. I was very immersed in everything at once, took tons of notes on every cultivation method I could, and spent TONS of time researching. Even with my personal research, I was extremely active in the forums, asking a million questions and graciously receiving answers.

I don't know how common it is for someone to be successful right off the bat with both PF Tek and bulk, but it's very far from impossible, especially if you take it seriously. It sounds like you've isolated your initial issues. If you need help, just detail your process exactly and more experienced folks can help correct your mistakes. You can do this, brah. Don't get frustrated. :smile:

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Thesunbeam]
    #25592612 - 11/04/18 09:04 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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A new lc method? Explain your self



Agar


Media bottle with soft agar. Transfer agar wedge inside. It sits on top. You can check for contam like regular agar.



Shake bottle. Bubbles provide oxygen and surface area for growth.



Very fast.



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I got the oysters out of there and they're blooming beautifully now :smile:




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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: mushfuss]
    #25592651 - 11/04/18 09:34 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

It is definitely possible to be successful the first time with pf and bulk.

Some people don't grasp the asceptic technique or sterilization right away. I really tried to visualize the air currents in my mind and the "chain of custody" so to speak when it comes to what you touch and how contams get transfered from one place to another. That's something some people just never thought about before but when I was a kid I was really sick and had a weakened immune system for a few months and I had to be very aware of what I came in to contact with.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: mushfuss]
    #25592655 - 11/04/18 09:36 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

My first ~80g dry from the cakes never provided enough for a trip, even 13g at once provided no visuals. I ended up writing instead while dealing with body load.

Lots has changed since, even without psychedelic experience. It absolutely still changed my life into something much more disciplined.

I'm eager to try :smile:


I look forward to inspired visualization, tiger. That sounds like a lot of fun!

If not for the complete failure to trip on my first grow, I'd not have tried so hard my second round. I wanted everything perfect.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: mushfuss]
    #25592718 - 11/04/18 10:14 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

I think most of my problems have been stupid mistakes caused by time constraints, over eagerness, sheer bad luck and anxiety about getting caught by housemates.

I really understand the processes involved but have a hard time getting it right but not because of my environment, I really need to move to a less crowded area.

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    #25592722 - 11/04/18 10:15 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

If your housemates aren't cool with you growing illegal shit in your house, you definitely shouldn't.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25592726 - 11/04/18 10:17 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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I think most of my problems have been stupid mistakes caused by time constraints, over eagerness, sheer bad luck and anxiety about getting caught by housemates.

I really understand the processes involved but have a hard time getting it right but not because of my environment, I really need to move to a less crowded area.





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    #25592741 - 11/04/18 10:27 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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If your housemates aren't cool with you growing illegal shit in your house, you definitely shouldn't.




100 times. Especially if your younger. You cant trust those fucks anyway. By that, I mean you cant trust anyone. Only 2 other people know my situation and thats my wife and a life long friend.

All it takes is some asshole roommate who doesn't like you for any dumb reason and wants to get you out of the house. BAM thats an easy out. Plus, those people are afraid of going to jail because their roommate made bad choices. You have to look at it from their point of view.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: elasticaltiger]
    #25592955 - 11/05/18 01:41 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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I found "let's grow mushrooms" on YouTube and followed the directions in the video exactly and grew my first crop of mushrooms (about 1 ounce from 5 cakes) on my first try. I steamed my jars for 2 hours instead of 90 minutes to be sure they were sterile.

Following the directions exactly was the key to my success.

I kept reading and reading and finally came across damien5050's elementary coir tek (now known as the bucket tek) and bought a pressure cooker.

I literally thought about mushrooms ALL THE TIME. Constantly thinking about the growing process and how it works helped me grasp concepts like fresh or exchange, surface humidity, evaporation, etc.

I would literally try to picture the molecules of water and how they were arranged on the surface and how the air molecules interacted with the water.

Just trying to visualize everything about the growing process down to the tiniest detail was the key to my success.

My first major failure came when I built and incubator and all my jars went moldy and bacterial even after 2 hours in the pressure cooker.

After that I said no more spore syringes. Everything is prints and petri dishes from now on.

After my first round growing from my own prints I knew I finally had it. I felt like I could grow a thousand pounds if I wanted to.

Then I taught my girlfriend how to grow. That process completely reinforced all my understanding.





I feel like I just read a rockstar's autobiography. Hall of fame post right here. I too obsessed and visualized every element of the process, I still do when staring at my subs and plates and jars and whatnot.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: CzM8]
    #25593702 - 11/05/18 11:08 AM (6 years, 2 months ago)

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If your housemates aren't cool with you growing illegal shit in your house, you definitely shouldn't.




They would be upset but not as much as you’d think.
I just don’t want to explain it to them.

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If your housemates aren't cool with you growing illegal shit in your house, you definitely shouldn't.




100 times. Especially if your younger. You cant trust those fucks anyway. By that, I mean you cant trust anyone. Only 2 other people know my situation and thats my wife and a life long friend.

All it takes is some asshole roommate who doesn't like you for any dumb reason and wants to get you out of the house. BAM thats an easy out. Plus, those people are afraid of going to jail because their roommate made bad choices. You have to look at it from their point of view.




I’m almost 30, I don’t trust them 100% but they wouldn’t rat me out. I’ve lived with them for four years and I’ve learned enough to know that they do NOT want a raid on their house plus they’re all older folks and for the most part keep to themselves but they can be a bit nosey when I do something unusual however I’m also brewing beer in their kitchen recently so it kinda gives me an excuse for a PC and sterilization. It’s really the using of the PC that makes me weirded out, lol.

I’m kinda quiet and stay out of their way so when I start doing something strange I feel paranoid about them getting nosey, I think it’s more in my mind.

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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Grey6Bard]
    #25594273 - 11/05/18 04:20 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

I've never shared this with anyone but...

A long time ago I needed money so I rented out my spare room. The guy I rented from seemed really chill. During the first week I shared my hobby with him. At first he thought it was really cool and even tripped with me.

After the trip though he realized that he wanted the apartment to be a place where his kids could come visit. He told me he'd be moving out at the end of the first month.

I understood. But I was sweating bullets for a few months and took a break because I was worried he would betray me. As far as I know though, he never did.

Will not do that again. If Iive with anyone it's complete honesty before anyone moves in.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: elasticaltiger]
    #25594295 - 11/05/18 04:31 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

That's not even paranoia either that's a genuine concern. Like fuck that shit man.


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Re: Questions For Cultivators [Re: Bumholio]
    #25594606 - 11/05/18 06:49 PM (6 years, 2 months ago)

DO NOT LET YOUR GAURD DOWN WITH PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES TO DOING ANYTHING ALONG THESE LINES.

    As a teen I was open with friends and family about many of my illicit Hobby's like small scale marijuana growing, wine making, my moonshine still, seed extractions, un approved fire works making, mushroom growing, banned pets, all kinds of things you name it I probably dabbeled in it. ..

Bottom line no matter who you are or hold old you are I don't care anyone can sell you down the river if they could save their ass, especially friends, roommates, and coworkers even if you have known that person your entire life still beware.  Friends have stolen, family has called cops, girlfriends tell friends, just know this before you pick up something like this, cause no one will take a sentence for you.  Overall I wish you the best but I've learned to not be attached to anything that can cause trouble unless I have full control.  I gave up mushroom cultivation for over 2 years because I didn't have control of the outcome of the situation living with others.

I don't hate my family, just can't trust them . I have shrunk my friends down to VERY few because of how most friends and room mates have big mouths and will do anything to save their ass.  Look at what you want to get into no matter what it is and weigh the odds anything less than 100% sercure is not safe for me


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