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question about buying kits 
#426751 - 10/15/01 09:22 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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I was considering buying an easy mushroom kit, I need it shipped to the US, is this legal? Also, how reliable are some of these sites that sell kits, what are some good ones?
thanks
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 Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#426753 - 10/15/01 09:24 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: ralphster44]
#426773 - 10/15/01 09:36 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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It, really is, better to start from scratch. All the items you need are located right in your towm. Buy some jars, brown rice flour, vermiculite, bottled or distiled water (optional) and your set for the first 1/2 of the mushroom growing stage (one month or so). The you will simply need to buy a rubbermade (may have one at home?) and some perlite. All you need for about $30 US. There should be no problem gettings kits deliveried to you since there is nothing that is illegal contained in them. Oh, I forgot to mention you'll also have to spend $12 or so on a spore syringe.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#426784 - 10/15/01 09:40 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Oh, if you want a great kit, go to sporetradingpost.com, they got a great kit, I think it costs $300, or maybe it's $500. It will grow shrooms the size of the one on ryche's website, you know, the one growing on the planet, go check it out if you havent seen it before.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: phrozendata]
#426785 - 10/15/01 09:41 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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thanks, but I've seen some kits out there that have the spores in them with the cake and everything, all you do is put it in an aquarium with some water and a heater and it grows, what do you think about those? I've seen some for as low as $50 US
they arent supposed to yeild that many grams but I just wanted to try this out and see if I wanted to get something bigger
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Edited by roykinn (10/15/01 09:43 PM)
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: pyromaniac]
#426788 - 10/15/01 09:43 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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I need to quit with the sarcasm tonight. I shouldn't have even mentioned sporetradingpost. That site is run by the biggest con artist of all time. The person who runs that site needs to have his eyes burned out. If your order comes through, it will not be what you ordered, and if it is, you are still ripped off because he charges about 5 times as much as any other vendor. All newbies: Stay away from that prick.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: pyromaniac]
#426811 - 10/15/01 09:59 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Got ya..... staying away from that prick....
Honestly,I didnt know that he had a bad rep. Thanks for the tip. However I have seen WAY to many people complain about the SPORECHICKS... surely he isnt that bad.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: Jammer]
#426836 - 10/15/01 10:16 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Anyone know of any other reliable vendors that sell kits besides Mycotek?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#426861 - 10/15/01 10:40 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: oscill8]
#426898 - 10/15/01 11:17 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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thanks, anymore vendors selling kits anyone?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#426909 - 10/15/01 11:24 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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www.shroomwizard.com
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#426913 - 10/15/01 11:26 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Nope..... none that I know of.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: zantac]
#426918 - 10/15/01 11:30 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Oh yea...... ole wizzard.... ' forgot about that dude!
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: Jammer]
#426933 - 10/15/01 11:44 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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thanks all...
how fast and reliable is ShroomWizard.com
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: zantac]
#426955 - 10/16/01 12:00 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have never ordered from him, but his site is pretty interesting.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#426960 - 10/16/01 12:05 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well, all that I know is that word has it that his pre-steralized jars are just that. If you dont allready have a pressure cooker and are in a hurry... ya cant beat it! As far as kits go, I cant help.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: Jammer]
#426962 - 10/16/01 12:08 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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yeah, it seems like a damned good system to start out on. and very affordable. small too
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#426964 - 10/16/01 12:08 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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He has been known (pre 9-11 dates) to get orders out, in about 7 days from the day of mailing out the orders. He is also real cool about responding to emails within 24 hours.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: Jammer]
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427225 - 10/16/01 10:23 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Enter... you started to post about your experience with that kit, but after pins appeared, you vanished. What happned? Yeild? Flush's? give us info. The reason nobody wants to buy a db kit is because the info on the webpage is so sketchy, help us out.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#427330 - 10/16/01 12:28 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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build your own.... cheaper and easier.... if you have to buy one listen to ralphster or goto the hawkeseye
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: shellacct]
#427542 - 10/16/01 03:44 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you want to buy a kit, I agree with enter. The DB kits results are impressive and Ryche takes good care of his customers. So, you have nothing to fear. When the kit first came out they had a few bugs to iron out, but this has been taken care off. Any problems I had then, were quickly taken care of by DB. His compost is dung based and it rocks. The yields are well worth the money spent.These folks are right, it is easy to buy your own supplies. However,if you are looking for the convinience of a kit, the DB kit is the bomb.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: isis]
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427760 - 10/16/01 07:28 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm interested in the DB kit....could someone show me any pics?? (other than what is on the website). And/Or give me any additional info. about it??
Any way for them to take a credit card, or do you only have the option of cash/money order??
Any help/feedback is greatly appreciated!!
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: josh666]
#427782 - 10/16/01 08:02 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: ralphster44]
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427804 - 10/16/01 08:26 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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R the shrooms really as big as the ones on the website using the DB kit???
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: josh666]
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427818 - 10/16/01 08:36 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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 Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427822 - 10/16/01 08:40 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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enter- using the dung bought with this system does it produce a bad smell, reason I ask is because my roomate wouldnt really like the closet reaking of cow shit. or is there anyway to minimize the smell if its really strong?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#427835 - 10/16/01 08:51 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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The numbers r not satanic......if that's what u want to know.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427841 - 10/16/01 08:56 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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is there any other place to get this dung cheaper then at thehawkseye site? its really expensive, at $70 a 10 lb bag, I dont have room where I live to make and mix it either.
also, what would be the easiest spore strain to start out with on this setup, as a newbie?
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Edited by roykinn (10/16/01 08:58 PM)
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427866 - 10/16/01 09:12 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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thanks for the help, where could I find a list of the differences between each strain, meaning the effects and potency?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427936 - 10/16/01 10:17 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just how skanky do those 10 lb. DB kits get by the second flush?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: ]
#427948 - 10/16/01 10:37 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Also, what kind of rating do you think the health department would give the 10 lb. DB Kit for sanitation?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: ]
#427953 - 10/16/01 10:49 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#427961 - 10/16/01 10:59 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'll take that as an A+ from you, enter. Anyone else?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#428053 - 10/16/01 11:57 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey, I'm not trying to put down the DB 10 lb. poo tub. I just wouldn't want to see people growing pathogenic organisms in their closets thinking they are growing something edible. The friggen "Office of Home Security" might start kicking down doors lookin for hazardous bio units.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: ]
#428071 - 10/17/01 12:10 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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any dung shouldnt stink like shit if properly used (im not saying you can use any dung, but if you pasteurize it properly and use it dry/dehydrated it shouldnt be a prollem). it should be "composted" (either by nature- dried out poo) or by man- wont smell like shit. fresh shit will smell and wont be nice to use...
worm poo is another nice poo... HQ has some castings stuff going right now. worm poo looks and feels like black dirt- easy pasteurization in the microwave (8 min on high for me gets 170 degrees)...
but i thought you wanted a sneaky kit- no rubbermaid, no nothing? if youre willing to buy a plastic bin like what ryches' kit is, you could always buy ryche's sterilized berries, let them colonize with a spore syringe, and case the colonized rye- using a plastic bin for terrarium and seperate casing containers. therefore you dont need anything to sterilize your substrate with (no pc, no boiling water- youre in the dorm, rite?), dont havta buy expensive shit (no bash on ryche, but $ sounds like an issue for you)- dont even have to worry about shit smells if youre squeemish, and if you case with coir or verm you dont have to even sterilize those, either. if HQ had the $ shed get some of ryche's poo, just to try it out though- dioze1 is supposed to have good shit too but i dont think hes shipping yet.
and again, i wouldnt grow in the dorms if i were you- youre asking for trouble. no reason to fuck up your educational career for a few doses you can buy easier than growing- wait til you get out and have your own apt. schools the path, not hobby kits like this. really, if you get caught youll get kicked out- and reapplying to other schools youll have to disclose why you were expelled from your original college. anyways :) thats my 02, but good luck with whatever you choose.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: ralphster44]
#429118 - 10/18/01 02:08 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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yeah but the only thing about McMan's (and i'd never want him to have my address after what's happened)
kit is that it's restricted to cakes, noone wants to not be allowed to use casings with a system that costs them as much as that one does. a rummermaid and perlite works just fine, and what does that cost ya? $10? If I were going to use a kit i'd use the dung bros. the pictures i've seen from that kit are amazing.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: Snobrdr311]
#429375 - 10/18/01 01:15 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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well, mcman's pod means you dont need to case. it serves the 3 goals of casing in and of itself- therefore no casing layer is required.
casing is supposed to do 3 things:
1.) to protect the colonized substrate from drying out.
2.) to provide a humid microclimate for primordia formation and developement.
3.) to provide a water reservoir for the maturing mushrooms.
(and the microorganism thing...)
p 128-129 TMC
and the pod is supposed to supplant the requirement of the casing layer by meeting all 3 goals of the casing layer. therefore you dont need it... and honestly HQ never had fruiting cakes like the ones that were posted from a rubbermaid and perlite (when she used cakes, and when that was her setup). im not saying anything about mcman as a person, etc... but youre incorrect about the "cake"/casing thing.
anywho... please dont flame about mcman here or me. thanks.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: ]
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: roykinn]
#429584 - 10/18/01 05:26 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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http://amazing-nature.com/anframe.htm has em for 49 us dollars.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: World Spirit]
#429738 - 10/18/01 07:30 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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LOL. Yeah, those are long as hell.
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: isis]
#430053 - 10/19/01 12:38 AM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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isis the rye bags only come in 2, for 15 lbs you need 3, did you have to buy 2 more or did Ryche allow you to buy one at a time?
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Re: question about buying kits [Re: Snobrdr311]
#430492 - 10/19/01 01:01 PM (23 years, 5 months ago) |
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DB sent three bags of rye and 15lbs of compost..
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