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pscyanescens
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cyanescens & plant habitats
#6390238 - 12/20/06 01:09 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have been looking for cyanescens successfully for the past 3 years, however knowledge is power and i am looking to have better success for the years to come. Can anyone help me with any shrubs or plants to look under. Do cyanescens have a favorite. I have been successful with ivy so far, and everyone knows rhododendron. I check mostly under eucalyptus, pine, and fir. Am i missing any key spots?
I am in California just south of San Francisco, but all of my hunting takes place north of San Francisco. I am doing my best to start my own little patch at home. I am wondering on the same note.... what should i plant above my cultures? And when should they be planted? before the chips are laid, and the mycelium is introduced?
I have already limed the chips to neutralize the tanic acid from the redwoods. I am hoping that having a good shrub above my mycelium will help slow the dispersal of this tanic acid, giving my patches more years of fruiting, hopefully.
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Ubermensch
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Re: cyanescens & plant habitats [Re: pscyanescens]
#6390422 - 12/20/06 01:53 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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To my knowledge wood loving psilocybes are all saprobic (decomposers) and have no symbiotic relationship with the larger plants they are growing under. With that said the main reasons for starting a bed under a shrub are shade and moisture retention. Just find a shrub that provides both of those.
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Ubermensch
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Re: cyanescens & plant habitats [Re: Ubermensch]
#6390432 - 12/20/06 01:55 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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You can also lay grass seeds directly on top of the wood chips with a thin soil layer.
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Fahkface
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Re: cyanescens & plant habitats [Re: pscyanescens]
#6390433 - 12/20/06 01:55 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have no idea of how the exact floor constitutions have to be but beside Rhododendrons I had the best results under blackberry bushes. Actually my biggest patch is one gigantic blackberry bush. It's kind of annoying for the fuckin' thorns make it extremely unpleasent to harvest the mushrooms but it's worth it :-)
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canid
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Re: cyanescens & plant habitats [Re: Fahkface]
#6392462 - 12/20/06 10:33 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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they also love the cover if ivy.
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AtomicShroom98
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Re: cyanescens & plant habitats [Re: canid]
#6393099 - 12/21/06 07:39 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey im happy to hear they grow under blackberry bushes have tons of them that grow in the spring in my woods. Will definitely be checking them out when it gets warmer around here
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mjshroomer
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Re: cyanescens & plant habitats [Re: pscyanescens]
#6393218 - 12/21/06 08:34 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Cyans can be found under verbena, Davida involcrata, rhodderdendrons, strawberry plants (not the fruiting king), Ivy, Rose bushes, in mulch beds among rich soils and even in grassy areas with no mulch or mulch near the edgeof mulched areas where the lawnmower spreads spores into the grassy areas,
mj
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