Bamaman said:

I did not tamp them, which I believe leaves more air and speeds up colonization.

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Definitely speeds colonization!

I had a jar one time that I never inoculated and forgot about. It started growing what looked like myc, but instead of growing from one point outward, it started growing in a bunch of different little spots. It was some sort of mold. Had me thinking that I was going crazy! Here's a pic:



Notice how the "myc" seems to be growing in a bunch of different spots? True myc usually grows from the inoculation points outward like this:

Ramuh said:

Man... .3mg a pill? Ill have to start looking at health / vitamin sellers around here to see what kinda stuff they sell. This is ALMOST getting to the point where I would say its just not worth it :P. If it takes that many pills per jar, that would get pretty expensive just to raise potency.

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Threshold   2 mg
Light       2 - 4 mg
Common      4 - 8 mg
Strong	    8 - 20 mg
Heavy	    20 + mg

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5-HTP is a precursor to tryptophan, which is a precursor to tryptamine, which is a precursor to the higher tryptamines including serotonin, DMT, psilocin, psilocybin, and melatonin (not necessarily in that order).

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