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BeefSupremeJr
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excellent
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Fridgedoor
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Nice haul, B&O! Now you can organize a nice music festival and sort everyone out
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JW123
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Quote:
BlueAndOrange said:

Today is my one year anniversary as well. I hope you have a speedy recovery. As for that harvest.
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BlueAndOrange
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: JW123]
#28146746 - 01/18/23 10:14 PM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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As it turns out in my younger days (late โ80s-early 90s) I used to organize and promote music festivals. Maybe time to do it again. 
I just wanted a nice stock pile of nats as I give them away to friends and family and am planning to spend 2023 learning to grow pans and tamps (and maybe others).
Iโm expecting that to be slower, and thus want to be sure to have a nice stockpile to fall back on for this year.
That was just the first flush. I have 48 more quarts colonizing.
Edited by BlueAndOrange (01/18/23 10:15 PM)
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DERRAYLD
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Excellent work B&O
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DERRAYLD
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: DERRAYLD]
#28146815 - 01/18/23 11:50 PM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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Out of interest, 44 shoeboxes? How much spawn?
I'm only asking because you could have achieved that with fewer monotubs and less spawn. Not being critical because you've clearly grown a whack of mush.
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TheDoobsker
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: DERRAYLD]
#28146817 - 01/18/23 11:54 PM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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I definitely agree with ^ 44 shoeboxes sounds intense
But seriously, what a fuckin haul
well done
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DERRAYLD
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Once again not being critical but that's very achievable with 5 monotubs which is like 10 mycoquarts of spawn.
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chris77
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Quote:
BlueAndOrange said:
My 66qt tub used to collect my harvest. Yikes!

congratulations! you were born here 5 days earlier and i agree, boy did we learn things here!! first year was steep. great community this is, very thankful i am..
 humble greetings from France
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BlueAndOrange
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: chris77] 1
#28147196 - 01/19/23 10:13 AM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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Well, obviously doing this in 5 monotubs with 10 quarts of spawn would be better.
In my shoebox nat grows, Iโm using 1qt spawn per box and across the multiple flushes getting 1-2oz dried per quart and using 1.5qt substrate. I average 1.5oz dried or about 1 pound wet per quart.
So by the time these are done with the multiple flushes Iโd expect another 22 pounds of fresh wet mushrooms and a total yield of about 4 pounds dried.
I wanted to build a nice stockpile before branching off on new techniques to better ride out the failures. But since Iโm there, Iโll definitely go with monotubs for the next round. I have 48 more quart jars about 65% colonized. Iโll put a bunch in the fridge and start with a single mono to learn to dial it in before making a bunch.
Iโll take any tips on mono construction (ez dial?) and spawn to sub ratios for the nats.
Things Iโd like to move toward as I get better at this:
Set and forget tubs (which I can do with the shoeboxes) One and done flushes with good yield (which I suspect Iโll need to start developing clones to achieve).
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DERRAYLD
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Go 60 - 40L pastytub and do a 1:4 ratio, 2 mycoquarts of spawn, heavier on the field capacity. You will get some big yields.
Well done on your success either way.
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: DERRAYLD]
#28147287 - 01/19/23 11:32 AM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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Anyone wanna guess BlueandOranges dry weight? Iโll say 1.5lbs
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YoshiTrainer
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: DERRAYLD] 6
#28147292 - 01/19/23 11:36 AM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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Great job B&O! If we guess the right weight, do we get to keep them? 
I already made Nat chocolates so I took the remainder and made acidulated tea. This is a 1/2 gallon after initial filtering. I'll let it cool and hopefully drop sediment to the bottom. Then decant/filter/reduce before most likely becoming gummies.
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bakedbeings
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YoshiTrainer said: Great job B&O! If we guess the right weight, do we get to keep them? 
I already made Nat chocolates so I took the remainder and made acidulated tea. This is a 1/2 gallon after initial filtering. I'll let it cool and hopefully drop sediment to the bottom. Then decant/filter/reduce before most likely becoming gummies.

beautiful! do you have a write up on this?
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Melgo
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Quote:
BlueAndOrange said:

Holy Shit that's a Fuckton of Mushrooms! 
Well done! Happy Anniversary! Wishing you a speedy recovery
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thetryptkeeper
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Quote:
bakedbeings said:
Quote:
YoshiTrainer said: Great job B&O! If we guess the right weight, do we get to keep them? 
I already made Nat chocolates so I took the remainder and made acidulated tea. This is a 1/2 gallon after initial filtering. I'll let it cool and hopefully drop sediment to the bottom. Then decant/filter/reduce before most likely becoming gummies.

beautiful! do you have a write up on this?
I need a write up as well haha
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BlueAndOrange
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Adrenognome said: Anyone wanna guess BlueandOranges dry weight? Iโll say 1.5lbs
I have a giveaway for the closest guess without going over if people want to guess. 
You can make 2 guesses, dried weight of the current harvest, and total dried weight of the shoeboxes by the end of all flushes I harvest. A giveaway for each.
Iโll make a post in the marketplace to include other members who want to guess.
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chris77
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the more i think about it. 44 shoeboxes is a pretty weird sight.. you must know a LOT of people
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: chris77] 7
#28147600 - 01/19/23 02:45 PM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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@ Bakedbeings and Tryptkeeper, it is like making a giant batch of lemon tea with mush added.
I started with about 1 gallon of water and around 1/8C citric acid. I brought it up to a simmer and split the liquid in 1/2 with an extra pot on the back burner staying warm. The main pot, I dumped the crushed Natalensis in (about 300g dry). I stirred to cover the mush with water. You want enough water for the mush to be loose when you stir, no oatmeal. On the other hand, too much water leads to longer reduction times later. Allow to gently simmer for 20min, stirring occasionally. Then strain and squeeze all the liquid you can from the mushroom mush. Return the mush to the pan and add more hot acidulated water from the pan on the back burner and repeat. I'm going to let the jars cool and hopefully have sediment drop out of solution. Then a final filter using a funnel stuffed with Polyfil or a cotton ball. Then reduce down to the volume I need. In the case of the Nats, I need 1 cup. At that point freeze into ice cubes, make gummies, honey, etc.
Here is a proper write up with pics (not mine)
https://mycotopia.net/topic/103228-cooking-up-a-batch-of-gollys-stealthier-honey/#entry1359541
I also made a batch of Pan cyan/Fp+ and Caerulescens/pseudoA/subtrop/tamp with a pinch of papuana. They all still need a final filter and reduction. With these, almost all my dried mush are gone, just in time for a new season!
Psilo mix in 1/2 gallon
Pans and Fp+ in quart
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Re: Psilocybe natalensis [Re: chris77] 4
#28147602 - 01/19/23 02:46 PM (1 year, 9 days ago) |
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chris77 said: the more i think about it. 44 shoeboxes is a pretty weird sight.. you must know a LOT of people

Iโm in a community of friends and family that includes 4 psychedelic assisted psychotherapists, 2 medical doctors dealing with PTSD from the pandemic, plus most of my friends and family are all microdosing and macrodosing. Plus they share them with their friends.
It feels good to spread the healing gifts.
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