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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Thankful]
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Thank you kindly.
:poast:


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Scemilope] * 2
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A buddy of mine used a similar setup to get his ISO back after making oil. I realize it's just a glorified still, but it was a cool idea to see in the early 2000s. He'd get back 99% of what he put in and it cut his production costs down massively


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: BeefExtreme] * 2
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I bought a water distiller. The wife uses it for her CPAP, and I use it too. I bought one for my daughter that also uses a CPAP. I like being able to make a gallon in 3.5 hours.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: AstroSporeFiend] * 2
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AstroSporeFiend said:
:lol: It’s better than most of their catalog. I’m not sure if it’s a big secret, but I’m not a huge fan of most of their music. But it is what it is.


They themselves admitted that they really weren't a studio band. It was all about that live experience with a head full of acid. Plus, they were more of a bluegrass/Americana band than anything else, so their albums weren't very good "rockers." And if you're not much into the catalog they were covering and riffing off of, then I can see why there wouldn't be much appeal. But the way to go is definitely to explore some of the "professional bootleg" stuff that's out there, like Dick's Picks and whatnot.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven] * 6
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Uncle John's band.  Head full of psychedelics.  And then imagine that you are young and being drafted to go die in the Vietnam war, being encouraged to dodge the draft instead.

Not my favorite band, but that song still brings me to tears and I'm Grateful for the Dead.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: tree frog] * 4
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Ffs I'd like to stay out of this threat but I can't stop screwing the pooch ...

Confession: I poured 30 plates last night after leaving the media bottles to  cool for like 6 hours.

Once I got about half way through the bottle I noticed the other half was a solid puck.... Like solid solid. Couldn't remelt it on the microwave or hot water bath either :c

My prepoured plates trial also boiled over -_-

Only thing that went right was the cryo vials.

This hobby sure keeps me humble, and it looks like I'm going to fuck up each step of the process at least once, hah.

To any fellow noobs, I caution thee: boil your agar mix to fully incorporate the ingredients before your pressure cooking cycle, and don't let them sit for hours before pouring, otherwise you'll end up with a 4 inch hockey puck that you have to somehow fit through a 1 inch hole.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Archespore]
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Did your plates solidify? :uhoh:

I've had it solidify as a puck with water on top if I didn't boil before sterilizing (I do it in the microwave already in the bottle). But I've always been able to reheat it in the microwave if that happens, though always before pouring.

You can also just shake or swirl it to mix after it's sterilized and before it's cooled down to gel temperature.


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Edited by Phaethon (02/22/26 02:25 AM)

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven]
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B Traven said:
AstroSporeFiend said:
:lol: It’s better than most of their catalog. I’m not sure if it’s a big secret, but I’m not a huge fan of most of their music. But it is what it is.


They themselves admitted that they really weren't a studio band. It was all about that live experience with a head full of acid. Plus, they were more of a bluegrass/Americana band than anything else, so their albums weren't very good "rockers." And if you're not much into the catalog they were covering and riffing off of, then I can see why there wouldn't be much appeal. But the way to go is definitely to explore some of the "professional bootleg" stuff that's out there, like Dick's Picks and whatnot.


A buddy of mine sent me some of the bootleg stuff. I can totally see the appeal. Ive never seen them live so I don’t have that to compare to. I’m not really a Dead “hater” just not my fav. I am probably a little unfair to them due to memories of a lot of rich kid potheads back in high school that used to drool over that band. They may be the reason I don’t smoke pot, either. Lol. I actually listen to my fair share of bluegrass and Americana, though. And I can definitely get behind a banjo. Played well, that is a cool sounding instrument.

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: AstroSporeFiend] * 3
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I have to admit, the APEs I grew are pretty cool at low doses. Kinda give a sharp pop to things, pretty low on the body load, and not too distracting. I decided to watch The Shining and it was really cool. Almost like I caught some of Kubrick’s nuance that I think I overlooked in the past.

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Phaethon]
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Phaethon said:
Did your plates solidify? :uhoh:

I've had it solidify as a puck with water on top if I didn't boil before sterilizing (I do it in the microwave already in the bottle). But I've always been able to reheat it in the microwave if that happens, though always before pouring.

You can also just shake or swirl it to mix after it's sterilized and before it's cooled down to gel temperature.


Yeah I had already poured by the time I got to the puck I was like ... Fug. So I nuked it anyways and it is just a solid mass. It was like cutting bar soap to get it out lmao.

Next batch of agar will be better for sure

And yeah the little plates did. I bagged up about 20 of them and left a few out and put transfers to them, just to test them out.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Archespore] * 6
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Archespore said:
I'm going to fuck up each step of the process at least once


Once?

Oh, my sweet summer child.

I confess that I've never done anything other than no-pour/pre-pour plates, and that I have zero interest in doing agar any other way.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: AstroSporeFiend] * 3
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AstroSporeFiend said:
I have to admit, the APEs I grew are pretty cool at low doses. Kinda give a sharp pop to things, pretty low on the body load, and not too distracting. I decided to watch The Shining and it was really cool. Almost like I caught some of Kubrick’s nuance that I think I overlooked in the past.


Sometimes movies on low doses of psychedelics are fucking wild.

Reminds me of watching The Godfather one afternoon when I was visiting my parents because I needed something to keep myself occupied while tripping on the slightest amount of acid. I lost it and started laughing my ass off when he's in his stidy on his daughter's wedding day and everyone comes in requesting things of him. The whole "crime boss with a cat in his lao" thing became a trope because of that movie, but somehow until I was watching it tripping, I'd never noticed before that thr cat is a rambunctious young tom who's batting at Brando's hand while he plays with it. I looked it up after that experience, and it turns out the cat was literally just a semi-stray who lived on thr studio backlot. Brando made friends with him and then insisted on including him in the scene. And it was Brando, so it wasn't like Coppola was gonna say he couldn't.

But damn. Kubrik's work is such a deep well.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: AstroSporeFiend]
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AstroSporeFiend said:
B Traven said:
AstroSporeFiend said:
:lol: It’s better than most of their catalog. I’m not sure if it’s a big secret, but I’m not a huge fan of most of their music. But it is what it is.


They themselves admitted that they really weren't a studio band. It was all about that live experience with a head full of acid. Plus, they were more of a bluegrass/Americana band than anything else, so their albums weren't very good "rockers." And if you're not much into the catalog they were covering and riffing off of, then I can see why there wouldn't be much appeal. But the way to go is definitely to explore some of the "professional bootleg" stuff that's out there, like Dick's Picks and whatnot.


A buddy of mine sent me some of the bootleg stuff. I can totally see the appeal. Ive never seen them live so I don’t have that to compare to. I’m not really a Dead “hater” just not my fav. I am probably a little unfair to them due to memories of a lot of rich kid potheads back in high school that used to drool over that band. They may be the reason I don’t smoke pot, either. Lol. I actually listen to my fair share of bluegrass and Americana, though. And I can definitely get behind a banjo. Played well, that is a cool sounding instrument.


I caught them and Jerry Garcia Band live just at the tail end of their run. It's funny, my dad saw them in the late 60's or early 70's and said he fell asleep. But he's very much an old-school ROCK guy. Cream, Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, etc.

Honestly, in my experience everything about those live shows was very hit-and-miss. They improvised so much, and constantly toured, and never really played the exact same set twice, so it's understandable that there would be good nights and bad nights. But they were incredible musicians and live sound engineers all in all, so it was more about some venues sucking, or the local cops making things sketchy as fuck, or the crowd shifting ever so slightly from a diverse group of goofballs to a conformist pack of trust fund hippies. They're probably the biggest band I saw live multiple times, so I guess it makes sense that there was just a bigger swath of America involved than I'm used to. The biggest issue I had was actually with both subtle and not-so-subtle racism.

You ever listen to Old and In the Way? It was a straight bluegrass side project that Jerry Garcia was involved in. Jerry Garcia Band also did a lot more "straight" bluegrass/americana type stuff. I think towards the end, he was more pumped to do JGB stuff, but the whole Dead operation just supported too many peoples' livelihoods and he felt an obligation to continue.

But on the subject of annoying fans killing the vibe, I confess that I'm trying real hard right now not to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to Hardcore. Upper middle class suburban white kids in athletic shorts and hockey jerseys thinking that they're at the All Valley Karate Tournament are really killing the shows for me right now. Actually, that's not true. What's killing it for me is the fact that nobody does anything about it, and the bands are cool with it.

Edited by B Traven (02/22/26 07:30 AM)

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven] * 4
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^:lol:
:shakecat:

I'm right there with you on that one bro, and it's been going on too long!!
man, I specifically recollect one gig we put on like 13 yers ago for our metal band and local hardcore.
So many cranked high rucksacks -ninja turtle style. That was the 'hardcore' uniform of the time, tiny black denim cutoff, nike lo janoskis, mkat, super baggy tee, cranked rucksack, baxckward cap & beercan sized ear guages.

There were the shoves when someone was "pickin up the change", the looks of derision at imaciated fringeboys "startin the lawnmower" but by the time we were on, 3rd,  the war boiled over- sweaty metal heads flatout fighting with hardcore dancing ding dongs.
It was pretty sweet riffin watching like, a modern and sad version of battle @ Helmsdeep and realising between the stink of meph cat piss and garlicl bready cellar dwellar translucent metalheads, no one was getting any ass that night.
:racethread:
Come to think of it I got my pinky DLd at my friends hardcore show a few years ago the guy was like 4ft bald little bastirt doing what looked like a combination of novel martial arts and a bad seizure.

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Lithop] * 1
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I LOL'd at that entire post.

"Helm's Deep," hahahaha I can totally picture that.

I've had my eyebrow split open twice in the last few years. But of course if I beat the fuck out of them because of an "accident," then I'm the asshole. I'll tell yah, an abuse of the social contract is what it is!

I guess at some point I just gotta admit that we're probably never going back to the golden age of Crossover.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven] * 1
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That sucks, but you're right haha, I suppose the perpetrator retains dubious 'plausible deniability'
:nonono:
I always preferred crossover to its constituent elements, some really fantastic music came of that.
:hellyeah:

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Lithop] * 5
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i confess im so excited about my medicinal grow op i dont want to just contain it to the med forum.  its lonely there guys.  gas me up!

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/29488091/fpart/2/vc/1


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: BeefExtreme] * 6
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im really high.

i clicked your link and im like medical grow you say?? :bongload:

reading reading.. damn dude thats not a good set up for weed.

oh. you mean medicinal mushrooms:facepalm:


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: mushboy] * 2
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Here's one the Dead never did a studio version of, I'd rate it as one of my favorite "new" bluegrass songs (i.e., anything not "trad arr" or written after the 1930's lol)

nxvPx

A "cleaner" straight bluegrass cover version:



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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: mushboy] * 1
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mushboy said:
im really high.

i clicked your link and im like medical grow you say?? :bongload:

reading reading.. damn dude thats not a good set up for weed.

oh. you mean medicinal mushrooms:facepalm:


lol. 

all 12v bud.  not nearly enough energy for plant life! hahha.  fucking stoner.  i love you.


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