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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: AstroSporeFiend] * 4
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I've been told im making a mistake and whatever but I put in the work to get here and now if I flounder its on me but I will have tried. Either way im gonna be home more so thats a good thing right? Surely being at your job 100+ hours out of the week cant be healthy. Especially for years at a time and nightshift to boot.

I feel like just yesterday, I started driving and my time has been robbed from me. People really underestimate being home everyday even if just for an hour or two before they get to sleep in their own beds. I'm  hopeful. Also my wife wants another baby so theres that. I missed my child's first year basically and would come home and could notice that I missed something almost weekly. 


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: Ovoidhunter] * 2
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Change is good. Overtime is great if you're trying to get ahead or build a foundation. At some point in life, free time has to take priority. Life really is short and there is no guarantee that we will be in good health for all of it. IMHO, if you can find a financial comfort zone with as much freetime as you can get, that's ideal.

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: Gilmour Hendrix] * 1
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I confess. I'm pretty sure I got the idea from 3A.M. but I started watering my substrate when I see it start to shrink on the 1st flush. It keeps it from shrinking any further and I am seeing slightly better flushes. However, I'm also getting better at all of the steps when growing cubes. I'll do a side by side to see where it ends up, but, for now, I'm gonna keep watering just a lil bit.

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: AstroSporeFiend] * 1
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AstroSporeFiend said:
I’m on the back end of a pretty intense cube journey. Only 3g of my B+, which admittedly are pretty strong for a little brown cube. They really dug up some shit…shit I’ve been avoiding dealing with for months. I feel a lot clearer, mentally lighter. I just really hope I can ride this one for a while.


Glad to see this news, Astro & glad it sounds like it was worthwhile for ya. Peace to you, brother!


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: Gilmour Hendrix] * 2
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Gilmour Hendrix said:
I confess. I'm pretty sure I got the idea from 3A.M. but I started watering my substrate when I see it start to shrink on the 1st flush. It keeps it from shrinking any further and I am seeing slightly better flushes. However, I'm also getting better at all of the steps when growing cubes. I'll do a side by side to see where it ends up, but, for now, I'm gonna keep watering just a lil bit.


Bottom watering is definitely useful after 1st flush. I'll punish the surface with the sprayer, drain off excess quick but let it have whatever doesn't drain off. Then when 2nd flush is half developed, bottom water a touch, if I think it needs it and maybe give it more if it drank it all up. Can definitely be helpful, but I try not to overdo it. By the time 3rd flush pins are in, any bottom watering just gets left in there since I'm tossing it after 3 anyway. 🤷‍♂️


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: ThurmanMurman] * 1
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Shoeboxes.

Typically no spraying until after the first pick. Then a nice solid misting.

Eventually, I pop the substrate out to pick on the other five surfaces. At that point, I'll do a heavy 6-surface spray-down. Sometimes I take three subtrates and transfer them to larger tubs where they can help each other stay moist, have room to fully develop fruits on all 6 surfaces, and be more accessible for 6-surface spraying.

2 things cause a substrate to be moved to the compost bin: visible trich spores or a substrate that's completely disintegrated. If I'm drowning in spawn and out of space, that could cause me to toss stuff sooner and for lesser infractions. If I'm good on space, I'll run just about anything out to the bloody end as long as there's no visible contamination.

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: ThurmanMurman]
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I just started the sprayer treatment after 1st harvest. I suspect that my sprayer is a conscientious objector due to it's unwillingness to engage in aggression. I have to floof the sub a bit with cutlery then have Toto and it's African rain to finish the job. *side eyes faucet*

Anyway, my goal is to give the first flush some extra water. I've heard "water=mushrooms" so I'm taking it quite literally with this method.

I'm going to have to take 2 jars of spawn colonized from the same plate, mix them with the appropriate amount of coir, then divide them into 2 shoeboxes. If I have to mist, mist evenly across both tubs. When the sub starts to pull away from the side of the tub, I'll only water one of the tubs to see if it makes a difference. The difference may be miniscule or noticeable. I sure I have observed a difference, but I could also be an optimistic lunatic.

This would be a great way to get me back to the SAB to finish the work I've already started. I still have to work on the x7x+ lucy thing I started. I also have a suspected sporeless B+ culture that I have been working with and cleaning that I still have to put to grain. I haven't checked on my plates in a while. I probably have a jungle of plins by now :lol:

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: B Traven] * 1
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Thanks for the feedback, B!

I have only been running one shoebox at a time since I was trying to grow out as many different varieties as I could. Now, I'm a bit more chill. Cramming all of that knowledge has paid off in success and failure, both important for learning. No regrets.

I wonder what it would look like to stack 3-4 different 6qt shoebox size subs of different cubes on top of each other? It would be fun to mix it up and do something like a B+, Yeti, PE, and a leucistic variety. Make it look like a pheno/color gradient. Could be a neat novelty grow if you could make them fruit in the correct sequence.

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: Gilmour Hendrix] * 3
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I confess it's colder than both witches tiddies outside...


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: kingboomer] * 3
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Canada you can take your cold ass air back immediately! Or we will impose a 17,000% tariff on all goods from Canada and 2.5M% on maple syrup!


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: Gilmour Hendrix]
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Gilmour Hendrix said:
Thanks for the feedback, B!

I have only been running one shoebox at a time since I was trying to grow out as many different varieties as I could. Now, I'm a bit more chill. Cramming all of that knowledge has paid off in success and failure, both important for learning. No regrets.

I wonder what it would look like to stack 3-4 different 6qt shoebox size subs of different cubes on top of each other? It would be fun to mix it up and do something like a B+, Yeti, PE, and a leucistic variety. Make it look like a pheno/color gradient. Could be a neat novelty grow if you could make them fruit in the correct sequence.


You're an artist in the making. I'm just a crass producer-of-drugs. I do have multiple varieties and clone lines of different ages all stacked together, sometimes it does look pretty cool. But I'm just treating it like a stack of stuff to go through, inspect, rotate, and pick/mist when needed.

I guess my take on the "water=shrooms" thing is that I want all the water I need to be there before the first pick. Yeah, stuff does dry out over time, but I think it's more just that you're also removing water when you pick fruits. At least if you're not doing a bunch of stuff to prematurely dry the substrate, like going overboard with lights and heaters and airflow or lifting the lid to check on it all the damn time. I started off with massively over-hydrated coir, to the point where I'd have to drain it with a strainer and also tip my tubs over to drain the condensation. I gradually adjusted my coir:water ratio to the point where those things don't happen. Also, I finally figured out that hydrated coir is basically a proxy for water. So compressing a substrate to be able to fit more coir in the same volume increases the amount of available water, but in a way that doesn't lead to condensation and other issues.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: B Traven]
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KlarnEvil9 said:
My band is getting played on the radio now! 91x.fm


It feels so incredibly humble to tell us that one of your songs is being played on the radio but to not tell us what song or to have a link to it.
I for one would love for you to link your song here.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: KlarnEvil9]
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I was too busy looking at my reflection in my phone screen to see this post! Sorry about that!

Congrats, man! Very cool! I like that heavy stuff you shared a ways back!

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: OLDDAD77]
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OLDDAD77 said:
2.5M% on maple syrup!


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"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: Bigbbb] * 1
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Bigbbb said:
Guys anyone here had a vasectomy? Got one booked in next week and looking for hints, tips and painful experiences!


Mine got kinda botched, a student was doing it.  I also ended up with the pain condition that supposedly 1% of people get, but it seems about 1/3 people I talk to who also got vasectomies also get the pain condition.  I'm not going to lie, it was fucking awful and I wish I had never gotten one.  I got blackmailed into getting it by an abusive partner and she treated me like shit after.  I had it reversed a couple of years ago, which was a whole thing and sucked a lot, but it got rid of the pain issues.

They seem to go well for most people, but myself and a few guys I know have had to go through the worst god damn groin pain because of it.  Also make sure you really do not ever want to have kids, even the most successful reversals have fertility implications.

Proceed with caution, YMMV.


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: Mr Piggy] * 1
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Mr Piggy said:
Mine got kinda botched, a student was doing it.


I wasn't even to the last letter of this sentence before I had a whole bindle of hopes & prayers storked up and ready to scramble toward your 20, bud! Whew! I though you had the anatomy of an action figure for a sec. Happy to hear you're still physically intact, my friend!

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: B Traven] * 1
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B Traven said:
I guess my take on the "water=shrooms" thing is that I want all the water I need to be there before the first pick. Yeah, stuff does dry out over time, but I think it's more just that you're also removing water when you pick fruits. At least if you're not doing a bunch of stuff to prematurely dry the substrate, like going overboard with lights and heaters and airflow or lifting the lid to check on it all the damn time. I started off with massively over-hydrated coir, to the point where I'd have to drain it with a strainer and also tip my tubs over to drain the condensation. I gradually adjusted my coir:water ratio to the point where those things don't happen. Also, I finally figured out that hydrated coir is basically a proxy for water. So compressing a substrate to be able to fit more coir in the same volume increases the amount of available water, but in a way that doesn't lead to condensation and other issues.


Awesome to hear that as it confirms my own experimentation. My hydration is higher than the 4.25 starting recommendation. I’m at 4.5 and probably need to go higher. It’s dry where I’m at.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: 1NFIN8]
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The first time I grew mushrooms I jabbed an aio bag with lc in a sideways bin next to a rocking chair that has some kind of fungus on it.


Just earlier I was transferring agar out of the last 2 of my plates and each wedge fell off the xacto knife onto a lid. What have I got to lose, so I got it up and put it in the jar anyways! Hopefully the isopropyl saved the day.

Feels good to admit to accidents and slop. :smirk:


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: 1NFIN8]
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I’m in the two year cycle of colonoscopies. I should see if I can get a two fer and get snipped while I’m under. I don’t think I like the sound of the procedure.


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- Those two answers coexist peacefully.

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Edited by 1NFIN8 (01/24/26 04:04 PM)

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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The Unofficial Cultivation Off Topic Discussion. [Re: 1NFIN8] * 12
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Just back from the spa. We had our annual 'outside of season get together' with the festival group. Had a blast. It's awesome to hang out with rabidly insane people

Little background: when festival life finally returned after covid, we went to Boom. Drummed up a huge group. Everyone knew just a couple of other people. Built a huge camp and did the entire festival + prepark together.

We stayed in touch and visited - in various formations - festivals across Europe together. Picked up a lot of other people along the road. A lot of really creative and interesting people.

We started going to parties together too, and the need for a wintertime meetup emerged. Someone came up with a spa that could be rented for virtually nothing for a night. So imagine a bunch of ravers and squatters, artists, weirdos and varia, filling up saunas and whirlpools. One enjoying a drink, the other a line of K.
Smoke a joint next to someone with a dmt vape and get into the steam cabin.

Really recharges the old battery.



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