|
 Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
 GanjaKing
Stranger
Registered: 03/12/02
Posts: 2
Last seen: 23 years, 3 months
|
 My setup what do you all think? Suggestions? 
#577037 - 03/12/02 03:20 PM (23 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
I am new to the world of magic mushroom cultivation. This will be my first foray into the field. I have spent many hours doing research and collecting the needed resources and now I believe that I am ready to get this thing under way. First though I wanted to put my idea out so that those of you with more experience can let me know if there is anything that I need to change. Firstly I ordered my spores in the syringe form from www.sporeworks.com I ordered two syringes of Psilocibe Cubenis Ecuador (pardon my bad spelling). I intend to use the PF Tek method. I have purchased 24 1/2 pint jars but I plan on only using 8 per syringe. For my terranium I purchased two large opaque rubber maid containers. I plan on layering the bottom with perlite. As for light I purchased two square 8 X 8 inch pieces of plexiglass which I am going to install in the lid of each terrarium. I also purchased some small 25 watt incandescent bulbs for each terrarium which I plan to position above the plexiglass to keep the moisture up. Do you think it is okay to keep the lights on all the time or should they be on a timer? I plan on pretty much following the PF-Tek for dummies guide step by step. I was wondering about what percent of attempts actually end up producing mushrooms. I plan on being very careful with my sterilization and I am wondering what kind of success rates people have with these things. Any tips, suggestions, or comments about my setup or any of my questions would be greatly appreciated.
-GanjaKing
|
0wanna0b0trendy0
Stranger
Registered: 01/13/02
Posts: 3
Loc: woodbridge virgina
Last seen: 23 years, 3 months
|
 Re: My setup what do you all think? Suggestions? [Re: GanjaKing]
#577086 - 03/12/02 04:16 PM (23 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
you might wanna ge a humidifier ...this is a good tek keeps the humidity .... highhttp://www.shroomery.org/findorgrowthem.php?View=docs&doc=102
good timeing with the post
|
jeldrid
Stranger
Registered: 03/05/02
Posts: 24
Last seen: 23 years, 2 months
|
 Re: My setup what do you all think? Suggestions? [Re: GanjaKing]
#577122 - 03/12/02 04:50 PM (23 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
My setup is identical and I just birthed 3 jars using the PF Tek for dummies method a few days ago.. As of now all cakes are fruiting and fairly healthy.. It has been hard to find a good temp balance considering the weather ouitside has been fluctuating madly in the past few weeks, but my cakes are doing ok.
I have 10 more PF jars colinizing as we speak, and I plan to try birdseed with the 50/50+ casing tek in the next week or so...
Details on my terrarium -
-2 50 gallon opaque plastic tubs stacked
-2 inches of water in the bottom tub with a 100w variable temp submersible fishtank heater
-2 inches of perlite with half as much water in the top tub
-20x6 inch peice of plexiglass secured with silicon over a hole in the lid
-17 inch fluorescent bulb fixture with a plant bulb for light over the plexiglass hole
-cakes sit on top of a little white metal grate...about 2.5 inches above the perlite
|
dDigitalPimp
member
Registered: 01/31/02
Posts: 113
Loc: PA
Last seen: 22 years, 3 months
|
Re: My setup what do you all think? Suggestions? [Re: jeldrid]
#577207 - 03/12/02 05:57 PM (23 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
im on my first try too, i saw my first pins today, it was great. i didnt have problems with containms yet(knocking on my wood-like desk material). the only jar i lost was cause i tried to birth one early cause i was (and still am) feending for some mushies.
as for:
>small 25 watt incandescent bulbs for each terrarium which I plan to position above the plexiglass to keep the moisture up
i dont think lights help for moisture in any way, although maybe you were trying to say something else, and i just understood it wrong, anyway, goodluck with your frist try.
|
GanjaKing
Stranger
Registered: 03/12/02
Posts: 2
Last seen: 23 years, 3 months
|
Re: My setup what do you all think? Suggestions? [Re: dDigitalPimp]
#577216 - 03/12/02 06:08 PM (23 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
basically i was thinking that the light would cause the water to try and evaporate out of the perlite but the plexi glass would keep it in. i think that would help keep the moisture up.
|
jeldrid
Stranger
Registered: 03/05/02
Posts: 24
Last seen: 23 years, 2 months
|
Re: My setup what do you all think? Suggestions? [Re: GanjaKing]
#577227 - 03/12/02 06:22 PM (23 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
The only way a light helps water to evaporate is through the production of heat, and you definitely don't want too much of that... 70-80 degrees for fruiting from what I understand...
|
|
|
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
922 topic views. 18 members, 146 guests and 38 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ] |
|
Threaded
Previous
Index
Next
All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck 
Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale 
Injection Grain Bag 
Liquid Cultures 
Buy Kratom Extract
Edit 
Reply 
GernBlanston
Clozedeyez20
estaesPACO
1 2 all )
Cornelius
Anonymous
