99.99 said:

ClearLakeBoy said:

Put some caps down last Friday looking to get some prints and no spores. All dried up and nothing.

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What works best is to put a couple drops of water on the cap and then cover the cap with some kind of small bowl or cup to keep the contamination down and the humidity up that will help the spores drop onto your aluminum foil

What you have going on there would probably not be that clean of a spore  print

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Thanks 99
I always just made a teepee of foil over the caps and had good results. let's try this.

ClearLakeBoy said:

99.99 said:

ClearLakeBoy said:

Put some caps down last Friday looking to get some prints and no spores. All dried up and nothing.

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What works best is to put a couple drops of water on the cap and then cover the cap with some kind of small bowl or cup to keep the contamination down and the humidity up that will help the spores drop onto your aluminum foil

What you have going on there would probably not be that clean of a spore  print

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Thanks 99
I always just made a teepee of foil over the caps and had good results. let's try this.

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ClearLakeBoy said:

Put some caps down last Friday looking to get some prints and no spores. All dried up and nothing.

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Plastic shot glass inside a tub is my new jam.

Kloakk said:

ClearLakeBoy said:

Put some caps down last Friday looking to get some prints and no spores. All dried up and nothing.

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Plastic shot glass inside a tub is my new jam.

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Awfullotofshrooms said:

I haven’t read the whole thread so I apologize but have we came to an agreement if “ochraceocentrata” is a different species then cubensis, and also if and what is the difference between “natalensis” and “ochraceocentrata”
I know we run them just like cubes but I’m very curious as I received a print and plan on giving it a go

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GerryD said:

Hey folks, my latest grow of black cap Ochras.  I’ve grown this strain three or four times before but this is the first grow I’ve gotten the black cap trait to appear.  Before I only ever saw maybe slightly darker caps with a greenish tint.

I went low tech on this with a dub tub in my basement (68deg).  I may try adding a couple of fae holes on the top tub next time.  They turned out a little bit fuzzier than usual.  They also came out a little more “noodly” this time.  We’ll see what the next flush produces.

I grew this flush out from a plate pin.  I took a number of samples to agar after harvesting.

Feel free to offer suggestions.  I’m certainly not an expert

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don't know what causes it. the weirdest answer is that its eating contamination? or its really full to bursting with actives .and non actives. I'm not smart enough to tell.

what I do I know is that for my grows gree bruising was regular. dark green becomes black like most colors. it could be other oxidants.

jbgtaa said:

don't know what causes it. the weirdest answer is that its eating contamination? or its really full to bursting with actives .and non actives. I'm not smart enough to tell.

what I do I know is that for my grows gree bruising was regular. dark green becomes black like most colors. it could be other oxidants.

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I guess I assumed it is psilocin oxidizing in the cap but I may be wrong.  At least in my case they started out looking like plain old Ochras and then started turning black maybe 3-4 days before maturity.

Bigworm said:

Are black caps any stronger, potency wise, then other isolations of ochres? Anyone ever isolate the green eyed snakes?

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tree frog said:

Some ochra grown like pans.

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