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DIRTYSANCHEZ
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Registered: 08/31/03
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: Cubieman420]
#2134158 - 11/25/03 02:00 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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how did you get 50 bucks back by selling a quarter? the first time i grew, i sold a few quarters for 20 a piece to make my money back. but since then i have not sold a sigle shroom. i know a few people that i give freebies to, but i would never sell shrooms unless i needed to cover some expenses from growing them to start with.
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anarchyhollow
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: DIRTYSANCHEZ]
#2134483 - 11/25/03 09:08 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wow... I did a lot of research last night on growing, and feel fairly confident. I am putting my order in for the highest quality pressure cooker i can find, and buying a book. Anybody wanna recommend a great spore (and where to buy it)? I plan on making 24 cakes for my first time. Again, thanks a lot for replying guys. PEACE
-------------------- See, the shrooms explore me. They riddle my mind, they teach me the eternal with direct experience. My soul is one with existance.
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supra
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: anarchyhollow]
#2136266 - 11/25/03 09:36 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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i would say go to ralphsters.com
the best place to get spores, also as in what type, equador are really good for a first timer, really easy and really potent
good luck
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LoveForGrowth
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: Demiurge]
#2136293 - 11/25/03 09:56 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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i bought my pc for 20 bucks at kmart...works great
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fIsh in my head
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: LoveForGrowth]
#2136408 - 11/25/03 10:44 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Since this thread seems to be the good place to ask, how many $$$ did you guys spend so far for mushroom cultivation?
After reading this post, i took a couple minutes to calculate myself and was astonished by the total ... am I the only one to have spent more than 350$ so far, including everything? hahaha.
Something is sure, you're in business with 50$, no doubt about it...
.fs.
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fIsh in my head
fadedstar

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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: anarchyhollow]
#2136425 - 11/25/03 10:51 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Wow... I did a lot of research last night on growing, and feel fairly confident. I am putting my order in for the highest quality pressure cooker i can find, and buying a book. Anybody wanna recommend a great spore (and where to buy it)? I plan on making 24 cakes for my first time. Again, thanks a lot for replying guys. PEACE
First, if you plan making 24 cakes as your first time, you don't need a pressure cooker. Don't buy a PC right now until you *really* feel the need for it, when you go with grains. Second, there's no need for a book if you go with the PF-tek. To be honnest, there's enough information on shroomery.org for everything (pf-tek, casings, grains, bulk, agar, etc.)
Finally, instead of buying a pressure cooker, invest 40$ for a good terrarium with an automated setup (air pump, geolite, rubbermaid and timer). You will be able to grow amazing cakes and casing with a terrarium like that.
.fs.
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Rose
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: fIsh in my head]
#2136552 - 11/25/03 11:50 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Fish speaks truth. Also, you should look into www.Mycobag.com since you've got the cash. Growing in bags lets you watch the growth a little safer than you can in a jar. It is a great way to learn the basic life cycle of mycelia. You can start jars at the same time too. Bags are easier to look at wothout risking contamination. I highly suggest noobs try them.
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fidget
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: Rose]
#2136612 - 11/26/03 12:24 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was thinking about getting some bags to try out and was wondering how do you seal them once they are loaded with growing medium?
-------------------- - fidget "With ordinary consciousness you can't even begin to know what's happening."
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Shroomism
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: fidget]
#2136759 - 11/26/03 02:49 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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they come pre-sealed and pre-sterilized and the injection site is covered
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Rose
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: Shroomism]
#2136767 - 11/26/03 02:54 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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the injection port is self healing too
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jaredfromsubway
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: Rose]
#2137164 - 11/26/03 09:16 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Geez I wish it was that in-expensive for me as it was for yall.
Verm- $30 dollars for the only bag in San Antonio Perlite - $10 dollars 10 1/2 pint jars- $3 dollars a piece so $30 dollars. Had to buy at the container store. No other store sold them without shoulders. 4 Quart jars (2nd grow now)- $7 a piece, so $30 dollars.Same deal on availability. Pressure cooker- $80 dollars for a measly 6 qt. Gypsum- $8 dollars, not bad. WBS- $10 dollars, not bad. Rubbermaids- $20 dollars for decent sized ones. Aquarium heater- $12 dollars. A steal there at least. Syringes- Ecuador and Hawaiians at $20 a pop from sporebank.
So all in all first grow cost me $270 dollars. I called every possible store that sold these goods, even illogical ones before I had to suck it up and by the only ones I could find. It's not like there was a lack of trying to find cheaper ones. I guess It's just the price you pay for living in San Antonio.
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supra
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: jaredfromsubway]
#2137208 - 11/26/03 09:31 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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my starting grow cost me less than $100 for everything
$46 for spores(including shipping) $10 for two terrariums (rubbermaid) $4 dollars a bag of vermiculite(lowes) $4 dollars a bag of perlite(lowes) $1 two bags of brown rice(walmart) $8 dollars for a dozen kerr 1/2 pint jars(albertsons grocery) $.50 for two gallons of spring water
did not get a PC i just steam sterilize, works great never had a contam yet, knock on wood.
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shroomstruck
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: jaredfromsubway]
#2137253 - 11/26/03 09:48 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Great advice from the guys a few posts above ... I'm the cheapest one here and I will say geolite is one of the best investments I've made.
Let me add, you can buy the empty bags with the air exchange & injector port and fill them yourself for a fraction of the cost if you have a pressure cooker ... and a cheap one will do. If you plan on producing a lot of shrooms this is a good way to turn out quantity spawn. The self healing port is worth it if you plan on reusing the bags.
damn, jared that really sucks... Look into bags as an alternative to jars, try and find the cheapest local materials shrooms will fruit on. Can you get a good deal on straw & poo?
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anarchyhollow
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Registered: 11/13/03
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: shroomstruck]
#2148918 - 12/01/03 09:27 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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So far, i ordered a really big pressure cooker, 2 spore syringes that i got for free, perlite, and vermiculate. Might get experienced friend to help grow not using the cake method. He says it has a much higher yield of shrooms. Peace
-------------------- See, the shrooms explore me. They riddle my mind, they teach me the eternal with direct experience. My soul is one with existance.
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fatalerror
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: anarchyhollow]
#4991743 - 11/28/05 08:13 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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spores from fsrc: $1 vermiculite: $3 perlite: $3 isopropynol: $3 10 Ball/BerNARdin "freezer jars" (any plastic works as long as it has 5 in the underside triangle): $7 Total cost for first grow op: $17. Everything else I has EASY acess to, and $10 says if you have 2 friends who would let you poke around their house for an hour in return for a promise of a fat sack of schroomadooms you would have a de-fuckin-lux set up. Just ask em if they ever used to have fish. If so, you'll find aquariums, heaters (maybe), bubblers, maybe a thermometer, pretty much anything you need on the side if enclosed controlled environments, everyone I know seems to have all this crap waiting to be thrown away (or taken by me) in their garage or some closet. Just buy the rest of the substrate crap, and your growin. Save that extra $333, buy some good bud and a new bong. that will keep you busy till the mushies are done. Danny Boy
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kmIL
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Re: $350 to start growing, need some figures [Re: fatalerror]
#4991776 - 11/28/05 08:20 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've invested about $400 by purchasing the following. 23qt pressure cooker $100 - this is esentially if you don't want to be dissapointed by high contam rates 15 spore syringes $120 Mycosupply $100 (bought some stuff for my 50/50+casing layer, oyster shell and lime as well as some filter tops for widemouth jars, but those are for future WBS colonizations) Then of course you need your BRF, vermiculite, perlite, peat, jars, rubbermaid tubs etc... BRF can be found at wholefoods. Everything else at OSH, ACE or Homedepot. $350 is a good initial investment that will get you everything you need to grow a LOT of shrooms.
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