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I fucked up and I don't know why, any tips?
#26724035 - 06/06/20 12:16 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hello there boys and girls,
My first attempt at growing shrooms with spores failed, and I don't have a clue why. The mycelium looked alright after a few weeks, yet the total yield was 3 shrooms on one of the cakes, and nothing on the others. I started with 7 jars, 3 dropped out due to excessive moist (it leaked in while cooking them, drained them and put in the spores, but apparently they were still to moist). I used this guide: https://thethirdwave.co/psychedelics/shrooms/grow-psilocybin-mushrooms/ I followed it accurately except for the fruiting chamber, I just had the lid lifted up by almost one cm. This shouldn't be the thing that went wrong, because the grow kits i tried after that failed attempt worked just fine in this fruiting tub. One thing that i couldn't find was whether to put the jars in the dark, or just out of direct sunlight while colonising, so i had them in the dark not completely, but barely any light.
Any tips on what i should change, which variety i should get (i know there shouldn't be much of a difference, but i guess asking can't do any harm), anything that i did wrong, or did i just have bad luck? I still have a shit ton of perlite and two tubs for fruiting, the rest i'll get at the local shop.
Thanks in advance!
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Re: I fucked up and I don't know why, any tips? [Re: Flyingvibrator]
#26724043 - 06/06/20 12:20 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Check out shoeboxes. Imo they’re the best for beginners. Way easier than cakes with better yield.
We’d need pictures to see what’s going on.
Could be bacteria, conditions, cake mixture.
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Re: I fucked up and I don't know why, any tips? [Re: A.k.a]
#26725665 - 06/07/20 05:26 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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With shoebox you mean this right? https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=25274461&page=0&vc=1#25274461
That's basically the growkits i had. but they were already fully colonised and ready to grow.
For shoeboxed I'd need grain spawn right?
I don't have any pics of the failed attempt, the 4 ones that weren't too moist looked just fine to me, no contamination. I gave two of the moist ones a try in the other tub (one started to smell odd while colonising, so i threw it out). the moist ones didn't do a thing either, so they were thrown out rather quickly as well. The ones that did work were thrown out after they didn't do anything except those few shrooms. I gave them like 4 and a half weeks or something, and i made sure that the moisture content of the tub was alright, the perlite was never dry, and i sprayed some water on the sides of the tub every day or every other day, depending on if there was still droplets present or not.
I'll document the next attempt, should help if it fails again.
The cake mixture was what was stated in the link i provided, 2/3 cup vermiculite, 1/4 cup water, mix, remove excess water, then add the 1/4 cup of rice flower. (I did it in a large mixing bowl for multiple jars at once, but kept the ratios).
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Re: I fucked up and I don't know why, any tips? [Re: Flyingvibrator]
#26725689 - 06/07/20 05:49 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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That is not the right ratio for BRF cakes.
The link for the shoeboxes is a good one though.
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Re: I fucked up and I don't know why, any tips? [Re: Brian Jones]
#26727306 - 06/07/20 06:42 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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It isn't? What would be the correct ratio?
Do I have to get an agar or lc before putting them in a grain spawn, or could I so it with the spore syringe directly? And what would be a good cheap grain to use? Could some horse muesli stuff be alright (it does contain some pressed chunks but I can't really find anything better atm😅). Or what kind of stores should I be checking for the grain?
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