LobstaBob said:

Hey mate,

Noob grower here. Haven’t had much luck up until this point with dialing in my tubs. This tub has taken 1month and a half  monthsto get to this point.
Hope you don’t mind me asking? But have you ever fruited Lucid gates before?
I was under the impression it was an Albino strain?  Do these look like albino pins?

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LobstaBob said:

LobstaBob said:

Hey mate,

Noob grower here. Haven’t had much luck up until this point with dialing in my tubs. This tub has taken 1month and a half  monthsto get to this point.
Hope you don’t mind me asking? But have you ever fruited Lucid gates before?
I was under the impression it was an Albino strain?  Do these look like albino pins?

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After researching some threads I realise that I may have asked a stupid question ?
But ANY input from anyone would be much appreciated. Thank you muchly

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revolver_aardvark said:

I absolutely butchered this agar transfer for a cube. Went ahead and let it go though, just to watch and learn, and it started doing this.

Is that an expected appearance and behavior for abused and poorly aligned mycelium or is there something else going on here?

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ThurmanMurman said:

Kloakk said:

ThurmanMurman said:

Any tips for getting out of a laziness slump? It's been 5 days of telling myself I'm going to transfer off a bacterial plate and I cant even do that. I spawned a couple shoeboxes on the 4th and then I've sat on my ass doing nothing since. Havent even put away laundry thats been sitting in a basket for the last week. Yuck...all of it. Hopefully tomorrow when I dont work will be the day.

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Might sound weird, but when I'm really stuck I tell my self that; it's okay to be stuck, it doesn't matter, nothing really matters, I'm a tiny speck of matter in a infinite universe and that this feeling, as all things, will pass. Somehow that takes my mind of thinking about how stuck I am, all the things I should have done and need to do.. The funny thing is, the feeling loses it's power and I am no longer using energy thinking about it, then I am finally recharging, a couple of days or weeks later I have the energy to do shit again and enjoy them..

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I really like that - kind of a "dont take yourself too seriously" sort of pep talk. Appreciate ya!

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Kloakk said:

ThurmanMurman said:

Kloakk said:

ThurmanMurman said:

Any tips for getting out of a laziness slump? It's been 5 days of telling myself I'm going to transfer off a bacterial plate and I cant even do that. I spawned a couple shoeboxes on the 4th and then I've sat on my ass doing nothing since. Havent even put away laundry thats been sitting in a basket for the last week. Yuck...all of it. Hopefully tomorrow when I dont work will be the day.

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Might sound weird, but when I'm really stuck I tell my self that; it's okay to be stuck, it doesn't matter, nothing really matters, I'm a tiny speck of matter in a infinite universe and that this feeling, as all things, will pass. Somehow that takes my mind of thinking about how stuck I am, all the things I should have done and need to do.. The funny thing is, the feeling loses it's power and I am no longer using energy thinking about it, then I am finally recharging, a couple of days or weeks later I have the energy to do shit again and enjoy them..

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I really like that - kind of a "dont take yourself too seriously" sort of pep talk. Appreciate ya!

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Yes, you are right, but not as you the individual, but you the homo sapien. It's hard to explain, especially in a language I don't fully grasp, but it is one of my core thoughts so I'll give it a go.

Let me start by saying that I am(by others) seen as a misanthrope, but also know, that I think the definition of the word is mislabeled. Why? Well I don't hate anyone or anything, but I strongly dislike the fact that as a human, I am capable of hate. Hate is in my opinion a really strong word and a really intense feeling, like love. This is where I can see why people would call me a misanthrope, but I don't give my intense feelings to much value, weight or time, because I'm human, all too human. Of course I have feelings, ooohh do I have feelings and Kurt Cobain was one cool dude.

I also dislike the feeling of not being in control, even though control is an illusion, so what I did was observe, observe the human condition and behavior(me). What I found was that I am limited, to my body, thoughts and actions, I can't stand to observe how I always try to tell my self that; "deep down I'm a good guy" , how I tell my self that; "I did the best I could in an given situation", or that; "I can make up for all the times I failed in the past by being better in the future". "It's all bullshit and it's bad for you"- George Carlin.

I dislike the fact that I am capable of thinking that the only reason that I love my children is because they are MY children, and that love in and of itself is just a mating ritual. I like Darwin, but he is brutal.

Now, my point is, "don't take yourself so seriously" is not meant as undermining the individual, but the species. I've seen quite a lot of post on this forum where individuals talk about ego, well I don't believe in altruism, as in the definition of the word. "The concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity."

I believe all actions have root in egotistical value. Let me just add, there is a difference between individuals who sleeps like a baby after fucking someone over for personal gain and the individuals that can't sleep at night because they feel bad about how they failed someone, but in the end, it's all about them and they're sleep. Not you or me, but; "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man." - The Big Lebowski

And that is just one more thing I dislike about our species, the lies we tell our selfs, all the time.. What I found tho, is that it doesn't matter, Hitler or Mother Theresa, they did what they did in belief that they where doing what they thought was right..

Side note;"Mother Teresa was very consistent in her view of the Catholic religion. Everything was done as if her primary mission was to allow the sick and suffering to resemble Christ and to quickly reach the hereafter. So the medical care, or should I say the lack of medical care, that she provided were based on the cult of suffering. She likened the suffering of the poor to divine grace, so it was normal in her mind that her hospice was nothing like a hospital. It was for her to welcome the dying and accompany them in their death.… However, she could have given them proper care. She had millions of dollars in various banks. Instead, it was used to build houses for her community and to send money to the Vatican."

Humans man, we are what we are. And in the big picture it doesn't matter, there is no good or evil, no right or wrong, except what we make up in our mind. That doesn't justify being an asshole, unless that is who you are, then by all means, you do you, then we can sort them out easily and find our own people.

Someone(Nietzsche) said it way better then me so I'll end this with a quote from the master himself. "And so, onwards... along a path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence.. however you may be, be your own source of experience. Throw off your discontent about your nature. Forgive yourself your own self. You have it in your power to merge everything you have lived through- false starts, errors, delusions, passions, your loves and your hopes- into your goal, with nothing left over."

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Mrkiwar said:

First time using this site. My question is I have a myco mister, bought it with my boomer bin. I can’t seem to get any humidity in my bin, the temp in the box is around 72 degrees. The heat source is a heat mat most commonly used for plants, I am growing golden teacher.

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I don't think anyone here is using a heat mat. That's a way to have the shrooms grow on the bottom of the box and also may lead to more likely contam.

If you don't have a closet you can hook up with heater and fan (blowing into the room, not onto the shrooms), with a thermostat, I keep mine at 70 F, then just grow them at room temp. They may take a little longer but you'll be less likely to have contam.

I don't know what a boomer bin is (and we're not supposed to post vendor links here), if it's that thing that's little more than a monotub for $165 US,  it you spent way more money than you need to to get started growing.

You don't need to blow air into a monotub. If you make it right, it's self-maintaining, the slight heat from the mycelium growing creates air flow through the holes.

Though I usually use shoebox sized totes, 1/4 the size or less than a monotub, less likely to have to throw it all out if you mess up one with contam. Good to start smaller.

You could have bought a good pressure cooker for less than that. (Good for getting sterile grain to grow on)

If a Myco Mister is that ultrasonic humidifier, no one does that here either, at least very few people growing good boxes of shrooms. Not needed. Can you return that?


You hydrate box when you make it up, get field capacity, then don't need to touch it. If you need more moisture, a simple manual spray bottle to mist it is fine. They're about a dollar.

I guess go for it, see if you can grow some shrooms, take spore prints, then learn to do it cheaper and better. See link in my sig line about growing. That page links good grow teks.

Welcome

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Mrkiwar said:

First time using this site. My question is I have a myco mister, bought it with my boomer bin. I can’t seem to get any humidity in my bin, the temp in the box is around 72 degrees. The heat source is a heat mat most commonly used for plants, I am growing golden teacher.

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I remember reading a while back, someone was trying to see if colder temps that slowed the growth increased potency, but I don't remember seeing a follow-up to the results. I think they were doing it since all the high potency cubes were slow fruiting. If anyone knows the results let me know. (I know it probably didn't work) It would be interesting to see though.

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