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An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. 1
#26439983 - 01/18/20 10:28 AM (4 years, 11 days ago) |
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I had to set this grow in an old place that I have access to that I would reach every 3 days to refill the ultrasonic humidifier that contains 5 liters. For different issues I can't grow at home.
I got good results and I thought I would share my findings.
A one quart jar full of sterilized rye berries was inoculated with Psilocybe Galindoi ATL 7 spores and fully colonized at 80 F.

After 2 months I harvested the schlerotia (truffles) and cased the remaining grains in sterilized coco and verm 1 +1, all these operations were done in SAB.


The little tray with the mix was kept in a dark and warm colonizing box, heated at 80 F and covered with plastic to achieve the high levels of CO2 that the mycelium requires to grow.
One week passed, and the mycelium quickly recovered and expanded sprouting on the surface of the mix. The tray went into the fruiting chamber with no casing, covered in mycelium. The chamber, that I was going to set in the other place, is a 80 quarts tub with artificial misting, forced FAE and thermal mat so that the conditions can be automated. 97 % relative humidity is achieved and mantained with an ultasonic humidifier and an humidity controller with humidity probe. I experienced many aborted pins with no constant humidity. Humidity can be reduced but not less than 95% after fruiting otherwise the growing mushroom will die because the forced FAE will dry them. The FAE is necessary otherwise no pinning will ever happen, either.
It was evident that the mycelium required high humidity and FAE at the same time to fruit. These two conditions cause evaporation of water from the mycelium colonized substrate, and this causes pinning. This has been extremely evident. At one point the substrate dried so much that it srunk in the container.
I even added distilled water pouring it directly on the substrate, and I noticed that new pins appeared after 2 days. I am sure that Psilocybe Galindoi needs more and longer constant humidity and evaporation of water from the substrate than Pilocybe Cubensis to fruit, or simply ir needs more time.
I grew Malabar Cubensis in another small container in the same fruiting tub and these mushroom exploded in the 95-97 % relative humidiy whereas the Galindoi were just pinning and getting a little bigger.
When I couldn't check the place the ultrasonic humidifier shut off for lack of water and the bigger Galindoi fruits became limp. They regained their plumpness as soon the cool mist was reintroduced, but the smaller Galindoi bodies turned blue, then black and died.
The temperature is controlled with an heat mat set at 72 F and with a thermostat connected to a probe that stays in the chamber, and oscillates from 60F to 70F, being the tub in a cold room at 50-55 F. The FAE intake is done via a 8 cm PC fan that is covered with a surgical mask and a 8 cm hole opposite to it filled with very loose polifill.
The humidifier is outside the tub, so it gives to the tub more fresh air mixed with water mist. The water in the ultrasonic humidifier is filtered by reverse osmosis. The air intake of the ultrasonic humidifier is covered with micropore surgical tape.
The Psilocybe Galindoi myc pinned and fruited fast, in less than 2 weeks the first mushrooms were born. The PC fan is blowing every 4 hours for 15 minutes, (6 times a day). A 13 Watts, 1400 lumens, 6500 Kelvin daylight led bulb is directly on the tub. I noticed that this relatively strong light (for mushrooms) made the fruits heads grow bigger and the stems are now ticker and straight, whereas before there were fruit bodies with tiny heads and spaghetti-like stems that were not able to stay up.

A small hole for the condensation drainage is made on the bottom side of the tub with a glass under it to catch the liquid from humidity condensation. The Psilocybe Galindoi caps grew big (for this tiny specie), bigger than a 1 quarter coin.
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: Fonzino]
#26440606 - 01/18/20 05:59 PM (4 years, 11 days ago) |
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Nice grow I have a few trays of Galindoi going right now, I’m hoping for pins pretty soon they have been in my GH for about 5 days. I’m hoping for some caps like yours  
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: SFS96]
#26440614 - 01/18/20 06:05 PM (4 years, 11 days ago) |
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Those caps
I've never seen caps that big from that species. The best i've done is half that size.
Well done!
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: mycorry]
#26441768 - 01/19/20 02:05 PM (4 years, 10 days ago) |
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Thank you so much for your appreciation! I wish you an outstanding grow and giant Galindoi caps...
I am not an expert, I am a passionate and instinctive kind of grower, I love growing stuff and lately I got into mushroom growing, I devoured Stamets books and I've been navigating the Shoomery forums trying to get the best from other growers' experiences and to experiment a little myself, and I like to share if I get good results.
In my experience the 6500K 13w led bulb outside the tub and the 95%-97% humidity levels via ultrasonic humidifier [connected to the chamber via a flexible plastic tubing for inflatable swimming pool] helped them to get so big. The fresh air exchange helped them too, mostly to dry a little that condensation that happens on the caps, otherwise I feel they could rotten...
Don't be scared of introducing high humidity levels, even when the fruiting chamber gets continuously all covered in condensation I didn't see any trace of contaminants, no trick, no cobweb, no molds, this really struck me.
I even covered the mycelium with water at one point, because it seemed dried and shrinking... I always use reverse osmosis filtered water, or distilled water. Don't forget a hole for the drainage. Happy growing!
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: SFS96]
#26445941 - 01/22/20 09:33 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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How's going with your Galindoi trays? Any pins?
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: Fonzino]
#26446091 - 01/22/20 10:43 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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I have some in a mini mono that are fruiting but there’s just little noodle mushrooms. I’m still waiting on my trays in the GH to pin and I’m spawning more Galindoi trays today
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: SFS96]
#26446188 - 01/22/20 11:39 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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Cool! If I can suggest put a led bulb on those noodles, it really helps to straighten them, makes the stem more robust and larger caps.
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: Fonzino]
#26446201 - 01/22/20 11:47 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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Would they not work in those trays in a shotgun FC? Perhaps with a fan in the room indirectly circulating?
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Re: An automated growing chamber for Psilocybe Galindoi or Galindii. [Re: Kimble]
#26449787 - 01/24/20 11:20 AM (4 years, 5 days ago) |
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It will definitively work. Air circulation is good because if the little pins stay always wet they will die. But you have to give them humidity to grow. Without humidity you will not see pins forming. It's a balance. Use manual misting, ultrasonic humidifier, aquarium bubbler, there are many many teks you can get inspiration from. Also pour water in the tray, on the surface of the substrate, were the pins form, keep it moist. Put a heating pad under the pan, where the pins will form, so that the water evaporates from the surface of the substrate where they grow. Mushrooms like that warm mist raising from the soil.
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