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Do you ever check to see if you have any private msgs on this thing? Just wondering...

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The fruits might grow at 85 but I don't think they'll pin. 90+ and you're guilty of fungi abuse.

Buffalo Trance is right. Temps over 85 can be very bad for jars.

Also, direct light is not good for jars either. If you use a light to heat it, then cover the jars with foil.

Good luck!

I just threw out my doomed shrooms, and colonized 11 new jars! I hope they work!

Temp is only 60 degrees, and I'm not controlling the humidity at all. Is that bad?

Locking your shroom garden in a trunk? I presume this is to hide it from people (parent? roomies?). Good idea with the controlled environment and all, but what looks REAL suspicious is an electric cord going into it. So what's up with the black light? The only time they need light is during pinning (and maybe later, I don't know) to tell them which way is up.

But maybe you're on to something ... go ahead and put a lava lamp and a a Jimi Hendrix neon poster in there and play Grateful Dead tracks. You'll make some real psychedelic hippy shrooms!

Seriously though, your careful thought to preparation shows intelligence and if you are equally careful against contamination, you should be successful.

They colonize in darkness, but need gas exchange (the tin foil acts as a filter against foreign microbes). The hole in the lid is to minimize exposure during inoculation. The top verm layer in the jar will trap most of them that get past the hole or tinfoil. If the temp is too hot it will dry out the jars and I don't think the colonization likes it that hot anyways. Everybody says 80 degrees.

Getting to the fully colonized jars is the hardest part (for me). After that, they'll grow in your aquarium if you keep the temp steady, the humidity high (without getting water on the cakes) and circulate the air a couple times a day. Maybe then you can put a low wattage, very low heat, florescent light in there with them (it'll get hot with the lid of your trunk closed).

Read these docs below to shock you into being super clean (it's very important): http://www.shroomery.org/findorgrowthem.asp?View=docs&doc=64 http://www.shroomery.org/findorgrowthem.asp?View=docs&doc=65

[This message has been edited by TriGuy (edited January 13, 2000).]

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