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Bamaman
...has issues.

Registered: 08/04/05
Posts: 657
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Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
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First time growers check list!
#4666366 - 09/15/05 05:32 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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Purchased Supplies (prices includes tax, shipping, etc?):
Quinoa 14oz. $4.46 - for substrate (Health-food store)
Vermiculite 8 dry qts. $3.24 - for substrate, casing mix, and ?rolling? (Lowe?s garden dept.)
Peat Moss 8dry qts. $3.24- for casing mix (Lowe?s garden dept.)
Pre-Pasteurized horse poo 10lbs.- $30- for spawning (tennstud.com)
Calcium Carbonate 5lbs- $12 for casing mix (online mycology vendor)
Perlite 8 dry qts. $3.24 - for bottom of fruiting chamber (Wal-Mart garden dept.)
Aquarium Thermometer $1.13 - for tracking temp. during colonization/fruiting (Wal-Mart pet dept.)
5 Large plastic tubs $25 - colonization/fruiting chamber (Family Dollar)
6 plastic trays 12?L X 6?W X 5?D $6 - for spawning (Family Dollar)
? pint mason jars $4.62 - for colonization (Wal-Mart housewares dept.)
Long grain brown rice $4.21 - for substrate (Wal-Mart grocery dept.)
New hepa filter $20 - for clean air in fruiting chamber (Wal-Mart hardware dept.)
1 Syringe p.cubensis/?golden teacher? $22.00 - for inoculation (sporeworks.com)
Spray Lysol $3.12 - for sterilization (Wal-Mart chemicals dept.)
Anti-Bacterial wipes $6.89 - for sterilization (Wal-Mart chemicals dept.)
2 Compact Fluorescent Lights 15w $8 - for fruiting cycle (Wal-Mart hardware dept.)
TOTAL- $157.15
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On-hand Supplies (approx cost):
Hepa Air Purifier- $79 -for clean air in fruiting closet (Wal-Mart hardware dept.)
Heat rock $20.00 - for heating colonization/fruiting chamber (Pet store)
Water purifier $25.00 - for clean water used w/substrate & fruiting chamber (Wal-Mart plumbing dept.)
Large cooking pot $12.00 - for sterilization of inoculation jars, lids, & lid rings (Wal-Mart housewares dept.)
Wire mesh or pressure cooker jar rack $0.00 - for keeping the jars off the bottom of pot (old pressure cooker or hardware store)
Large plastic bowl $1.00 - for sterilizing the ?rolling? vermiculite & the casing mix (Wal-Mart housewares dept.)
2 bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide $2.00 - for sterilization of water in fruiting chamber (Wal-Mart pharmacy dept.)
Isorpyl Alcohol $1.00 - for sterilizing scissors, needle, top of jars, etc? (Wal-Mart pharmacy dept.)
Cotton swabs $2.00 - for applying alcohol (Wal-Mart health & beauty dept.)
Small nail $0.00 - for making inoculation holes in the lids of the jars (bottom of junk drawer)
Stove $0.00 - for sterilizing the jars in the large pot (in your kitchen)
Microwave or regular oven $0.00 - for sterilizing the ?rolling? vermiculite, casing mix & the perlite (in your kitchen)
-------------------- Diabetes causes hamsters.
Edited by Bamaman (09/16/05 05:46 PM)
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ThumpaCap
Beer Taster

Registered: 02/19/05
Posts: 568
Loc: Shroomwhere Out There
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Re: First time growers check list! [Re: Bamaman]
#4666427 - 09/15/05 05:44 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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Look into my heyes !!
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WhiteBunny
How deep doesthe rabbit hole go?


Registered: 07/29/05
Posts: 1,351
Loc: Earth
Last seen: 15 years, 4 months
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Re: First time growers check list! [Re: ThumpaCap]
#4666515 - 09/15/05 06:03 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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Are you mixing the verm with the long grain brown rice? or doing PF Tek?
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Bamaman
...has issues.

Registered: 08/04/05
Posts: 657
Loc: Down the rabbit hole...
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
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Re: First time growers check list! [Re: WhiteBunny]
#4666550 - 09/15/05 06:12 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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I pf tekked 12 half pints(50% brf/quinoa and 50% verm).
I am taking 8 of them and spawning them to the 10lbs of h/poo then casing them with a 45%peat + 45%verm + 10%calcium carbonate.
The 4 remaining cakes i will dunk and roll in straight verm and fruit.
-------------------- Diabetes causes hamsters.
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Bamaman
...has issues.

Registered: 08/04/05
Posts: 657
Loc: Down the rabbit hole...
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
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Re: First time growers check list! [Re: Bamaman]
#4670763 - 09/16/05 05:06 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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bump
-------------------- Diabetes causes hamsters.
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