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Re: Several Psilocybe cyanescens questions [Re: LordByron]
#7815661 - 12/31/07 12:37 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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your technique is an interesting way to start a cyanescens patch if you have already found some growing in the wild. I live in washington too, and found many cyanescens patches this last fall. I've started many cyan patches in the last few years, I always create mine using "natural culture", stamets has a very good guide on this. Basically i just cut off stem-butts from the shrooms i pick and place em between layers of soaked corragated cardboard either out where the patch will be or in plastic tubs. The stem-butts will colonize on the cardboard which can be used as spawn for a woodchip patch. The best thing about this method is that its not sterile, therefore the mycelium is already able to withstand the outdoors many contaminants. Patches of cyans i've started from wild spores germinated in pure culture and planted outside eventually produced shrooms, but had hard time acclimating to environment.
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Re: Several Psilocybe cyanescens questions [Re: tahoe]
#7822254 - 01/02/08 12:31 AM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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why so?? I've had great success creating new cyan patches from cardboard inoculated with stem-butts, usually in tubs then planted when the mycelium is actively digesting the cardboard. This fall i tried new technique where i sprinkled some very fresh alder saw shaving in with the stem-butts when making cardboard tubs, it worked very well in some tubs. I've also had success sterilizing woodchips in jars and inoculating with wild spores, but like i mentioned before the mycelium takes longer to adapt to the outdoors. I never thought of starting a patch from tissue culture, but it seems like it could lead to some very productive yields!
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Re: Several Psilocybe cyanescens questions [Re: tahoe]
#7826016 - 01/03/08 12:06 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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maybe in some ways, but in my experience alder or any wood chips brought inside always become covered in molds when not sterilized. I'd rather not go through the process of sterilizing substrates if i intend on introducing it to the wild. The alder shavings i used in the cardboard tubs was overtaken by the cyan stem-butts so fast there was no need to sterilize them. Plus cardboard is always around the house so i will donate some to the mycelium.
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Re: Several Psilocybe cyanescens questions [Re: LordByron]
#7830341 - 01/03/08 11:56 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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whats your plan for the grain spawn?
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