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sgtshroom
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time of picking and potency
#6771872 - 04/10/07 07:25 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I was wondering... when is the best time to pick regarding potency? If I pick my little babies before the viel break or before they are full grown, will it hurt the potency? Bottom line, the only time I have off of work to trip is in a few days. I'm an armored truck supervisor so i can't be brain drained while on the job. I've got 3/4 in. pins right now. If I pick and eat in 5 days, even if they are not full grown, will the potency be enough? I know i can dry them but it'll be weeks before I get another day off. I haven't tripped in 2 fuckin' years! So anyway, any thoughts or sugestions would be mad appreciated.
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etam
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: sgtshroom]
#6771895 - 04/10/07 07:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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If you've got 3/4 inch pins now you should be having a good time in 5 days. I hope you have a great time revisiting the psychedelic world .
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sgtshroom
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: etam]
#6771911 - 04/10/07 07:33 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Might I add not all of my pins are that size but most are between 1'4 and 3/4 in. Also it will be me and my wife ,who has only tripped twice to my 30+ times. Ya think it'll do?
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MrCubensis
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: sgtshroom]
#6771915 - 04/10/07 07:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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well, there has been debate on potency and the size, ive herd that large pins and not fully developed mushrooms have higher potency, but also that fully matured mushrooms have the highest due to the amount of Psilocybin produced compared to amount of mass of the mushroom...
bottom line is i have had best results with picking right during or right after the veils break, picking too early might not get the most out of your crop but picking to late might do the same,
but picking at different times IF it does affect potency, will only veary soooo much that you probablly wouldnt be able to tell, espically since you havent had an expierence in over 2 years....
Potency is effected by if any major differences in Cubensis, strain and substrain, one flush maybe Sufficiantly more potent then the next flush, or even one mushroom maybe Sufficiantly more or less potent the the little toad growing right next to it...
just pick when the veils break or right before when they start to tear and you will be fine! GL have a nice trip
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BlehMaestro
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: MrCubensis]
#6772048 - 04/10/07 08:01 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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5 days you should be good to go! post some pics please.
Best time to pick is right after the veil has torn, as has been said.
It's more to maximize your yield, though. You can pick whenever you like, some do it before the veil breaks.
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sgtshroom
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: BlehMaestro]
#6772099 - 04/10/07 08:08 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'll post pics tomorrow I find myself too drunk to operate cammera thanx for feedback
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Blutjager
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: BlehMaestro]
#6774414 - 04/11/07 10:07 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
BlehMaestro said: 5 days you should be good to go! post some pics please.
Best time to pick is right after the veil has torn, as has been said.
It's more to maximize your yield, though. You can pick whenever you like, some do it before the veil breaks.
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sgtshroom
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: Blutjager]
#6776049 - 04/11/07 05:13 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm sure this has been answered a thousand times but I'll ask anyway. White mycelium like fuzz growing around base of pins is cool right? And to update I looked at my friends today and 4 are over an inch and there are so many more pins popping up I literally can't count them all. I'll post pics tonight. Oh and by the way, my grow is from the much criticized "Homestead EZ gro Kit". I have been freaking over the littlest thing though cause I paid out tha ASS for this kit, but by the number of pins I have already I'm sure it'll at least be worth $120 by steet value anyway. If only they advertised the forum on the same page as the kit... I found this wonderful place after ordering and I wouldn't have a clue about what was really going on if it wasn't for you guys. Thanx.
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atomic1
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: sgtshroom]
#6776078 - 04/11/07 05:21 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Its no problem and is quite common. Goodluck.
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sgtshroom
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: sgtshroom]
#6776085 - 04/11/07 05:22 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just had another thought about time of harvest. Homestead says to always pick before the spores drop. They claim that if I don't it will inhibit future flushes. I find that hard to believe. Is it true. Does it have something to do with the fact that the kit is uncased? With this kit you just mix spawned rye seed with compost, put it in the FC, which has holes in the top "for air exchage", which I'm not sure of either. And BLAM. Shrooms. Does this sound right to you guys?
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atomic1
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: sgtshroom]
#6776176 - 04/11/07 05:39 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Stamets, TMC author, claims the same thing. It doesn't seem to be too much of a problem except for the mess that spores leave but there is evidence of heavy spore loads inhibiting future growth. You do need those holes for FAE. The kit sounds fine, just expensive.
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Blutjager
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: atomic1]
#6776292 - 04/11/07 06:08 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Aside from making a mess and upturned caps being ugly I don't think it makes that much difference,I usually toss after the second flush anyway to free up room for new casings in the fc rather than wait around for some stragglers on the third flush,sure some of them get big but id rather have a new tray just fruiting than wait for the third flush to mature
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blueshroprachaun
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Re: time of picking and potency [Re: Blutjager]
#6776511 - 04/11/07 06:53 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Blutjager said: Aside from making a mess and upturned caps being ugly I don't think it makes that much difference

I don't think it makes a difference either, but those freaking spores are a MESS, very difficult to clean up! Especially when wreaking havoc on the intricacies of any given chamber / humidification system... etc.
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Blutjager
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Yea,just tell people that you got a "Limited edition" lavender colored cool mist
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