Happier than a pig in a puddle!!
This batch is my 3rd attempt at grain...noc up date is July 19th.
A fellow shroomerite sent me a few prints of their favorite strain (TX), so I made a MS syringe and noc'd up 4 pt jars...3 wbs and 1 rye.
Along with the Tx noc up, I used a syringe of GT from Ralphsters! WOOT! and ran a dual study, noc'ing up 4 pt jars of grain. Shout out to Ralph!
Jars at 4 days...the tx tore up the wbs...but looking back, maybe my rye was oversaturated...gt, very rhizo, thanks Ralph!
Tx day 4...
Gt day 4...
Jars colonizing...Day 6, Day 9, Day 10
Tx...
GT...
I built two mini monotub out of a 20qt sterlite and a 12 qt sterlite...
Mixed and Pasteurized my hpoo/verm/gypsum mix in qt jars and made a mycellium/hpoo lasagna...ratio was 1.75 qts hpoo on the bottom layer, 1 pt jar spawn, 1.75 qts hpoo, 1 pt jar spawn, 1.75 qts hpoo, 1 pt jar spawn, 1.75 qts hpoo...lightly leveled.
Went on vacation for a week and came back to this...
TX
GT
Have two monotubs going on at this point, GT and TX...I decided to case the GT, as it was SOOOO Rhizo!! Casing is 60/40 Course Verm/Coir
Well, it's been about 2 weeks since then and here's where both tubs are at...TX first...
Looking into the Rabbit Hole!!!
GT next...
Day 10, from GT casing...Day 10 from Tx Fruiting Conditions...Gt has been in Fruiting conditions for 1 day...12/12 light/dark 70-75F, hyphal knots are forming! WOOT! TX is looking SOOOO FINE!!!!
GT, looking in from both end zones...
Tx...first time top has been off since I spawned.
Day 11 since I cased the GT...Day 11 since Tx was put into Fruiting Conditions...GT has been in fruiting conditions for 2 days now...
GT...looking in the rabbit holes from both end zones...
TX...3inches and climbing towards heaven!!! Gonna be a nice canopy!
Day 11
TX, 12hrs later...
Day 12
TX, morning porn...
GT, GOT PINS!!!! (look towards the corners )
Day 12 pm
WARNING! LARGE DETAILED IMAGE!!! MUCH BANDWIDTH NEEDED!!!!!!
Notice the blue rings around some of the caps. How magical is this? Note: expand to full size
Day 13
Here's the GT Tub that was cased 13 days ago with 60/40 Verm/Coir
Here is the uncased TX forest!!! I can't quit looking at them. They are beautiful. Hope you like!
Day 14
First the GT tub, cased 14 days ago...
2ndly Harvest Photos!!!!
Can someone count them for me? I was thinking that the first one that PM'd me with the correct number of fruits...(including all the little aborts...anything with a stem and a cap)...would get a print. One lucky winner...unless there is a tie.
I made two lc's using this tek...
LC Cloning - Newbie friendly pictorial tek!
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/5874305#5874305
I also am making several prints. 410.8g Wet. ENJOY!
More to come...dry weight to follow.
Day 15 am
Shrooms are almost dry, but not quite...I'll give you folks the dry weight tonight on the TX harvest. Have my big sheet pan Tx cake soaking in a bucket and will refruit it!
In the meantime, here are my GT's...pins are starting to form everywhere...don't know why these monsters decided to go first..but hey...they are beautiful and PHAT!!!
Day 15 pm ...bedtime shots of GT...the one that is coming out at you is HUGE!!!!!
Took the TX cake that has been soaking in water for 12 hours and coated it with vermiculite, gift wrapped it in a black plastic, and put it back into the 'sanitized' double tub for flush #2. Figured it was like a cake at this point, so a little micro environment around it couldn't be a bad thing....we'll see...
Day 16 am
Woke to open GT caps...picked what needed to be picked, trying to leave the bed of myc intact.
I also cased the 2nd tub of TX this morning.
Dry weight on the TX harvest is [gradient:#5ECFFF,#02619C]71 cracker dry grams...not bad eh?
Day 16 pmSo far have harvested
90 grams of GT...looks like it will be a continual harvest. I will keep you posted on running totals.
Would you believe that the Tx cake that I put into fruiting conditions again is already pinning again?????? Man...this Tx wants to populate!
Here's a few shots from tonight. GT Double Tub...
Day 17 amPicked 7 smaller fruits that have opened at
14.2 grams. You'll see those in this mornings porn shot. Running weight on GT harvest is
104.2 grams wet.
Looking down on the GT shroom city...
Doesn't this cluster look like pipe organs?
GT City Scape including twin towers!!!!
Day 18 am (Aug 28)I have been harvesting 5 or so fruits a day from the GT, but I think that is going to be increasing in rate in a day or so. Harvested
33.6 grams today of GT.
The TX that I harvested 4 days ago is already fruiting again. Here's pics of that from both end zones...I coated the soaked cake with vermiculite btw. Looks like another good harvest coming!!!
Here are some photos from this morning of the GT tub. Something I noticed this morning, is that I started this TX batch and GT batch and at the same time make a TX BRF cake. It is just now starting to fruit...so...grain is certainly impressing me.
Remember too, I have another TX double tub that I cased...myc is already starting to poke thru the casing layer so more coming on that...
Day 19 (Aug 29)Picked the majority of fruits this morning for a wet weight of
206 grams...so...running wet total is
343.8 grams. Some of these shots were taken last night. I also munched a cap and a small shroom last night to sample these GTs...yeah...potent for sure.
The harvested photo with the quarter in it, has a small pile on the right hand side of the photo...this is from my first batch ever B+ BRF cakes (the log is linked to on my signature).
Aug 31The GT Tub is starting to look bare after picking another
36.2 grams today. Grand wet total of
380 grams.
The TX Tub is almost ready to be picked for the 2nd time. I re hydrated the cake and put back into fruiting conditions 6 days ago, and from the looks of the TX cake, this TX strain likes to reproduce.
Here's today's photos. I didn't take any GT due to it's bareness. The TX's are getting big!!!!
Sept 1Picked the GT tub clean today, add another 87.5 grams to the wet weight which is 467 grams total wet. After picking I dunked the cake for a couple of hours, coated with dry vermiculite, gift wrapped with black plastic, and placed back into double tub for another round of fruiting.
Picked the 2nd flush of Tx today, exactly 7 days since I dunked and re fruited. Wet weight for 2nd Flush of Texans is
542.8 grams. So two flushes for 953.6 grams for the TX tub. The Texans are dense too, so better dry weight ratio than the GT's.
Also harvested the TX cake today.
Here are today's photos!!
Like my Texan Bouquet?
Sept 2Not much to share today as both my tubs have been dunked and battered in vermiculite. Dry weight on everything either tonight or tomorrow, so stay tuned. Well, I do have one thing to share...remember that Texan tub that I cased 7 days ago? To case or not to case...that is the question...here is what it looks like looking in from both end zones.
Sept 3Well, dry weight on the 2nd Flush of Texans was 50.5 grams. 71 grams from the first flush + 50.5 grams from flush #2 = 121.5 grams. Can't be so sure on the GT's because I have dipped into those a couple of times, plus accidentally mixed it with the harvest from the Texan BRF cake. So, I estimate I dipped into the GT's about 21 grams (I measured) and now, have 14 grams left, cept that has a few grams from that texan cake so...who knows. 35-40 grams? The stems on the GTs were very pithy if not hollow. The texans stem were long, medium thickness and dense.
I'll keep this log up to date with the cased tub of Texans I introduced you to a few weeks ago and with any other flushes from either of the above tubs. Until then!
Sept 5Thought I'd give a quick update this morning as I have a little bit of porn to share. Today is the 4th day since I dunked both GT and TX cakes. This will be Flush #2 on the GT's and Flush #3 on the TX. Also, I cased another double tub of the same TX strain 10 days ago, which I have pins in that tub as well.
Here are the GT's (looking in from both sides):
Here is the TX tub on its 3rd Flush:
Here is the TX that was cased 10 days ago:
Sept 6:Here are all 5 tubs that I have going right now. 1 TX no casing on its 3rd Flush. 1 GT w/ casing on its 2nd flush. 1 TX w/ casing on its 1st flush. 1 Malabar that was spawned to hpoo 6 days ago. 1 Hawaiian that was spawned to hpoo 7 days ago.
Here is what the Cased Version of the TX is looking like.
Here is the TX tub that is on its 3 round of fruiting (dunked 6 days ago).
Here is the GT tub that is on its 2nd flush (dunked 6 days ago).
I think I'm going to start another thread, so here is a teaser for ya! These next two tubs are Hawaiian and Malabars, so stay tuned for a new thread in the Grow Log section.
Malabars, spawned to hpoo/verm 6 days ago (from both ends).
Hawaiians, spawned to hpoo/verm 7 days ago (from both ends).
Alright...nuff for now!
Sept 7:Started picking GT's today, 20.2 grams this morning and 108.8 grams this afternoon...129 grams if math serves me right. Perfect specimens too. I saw someone cut the ends off while wet, saving them clean up time once dry, so I cut all the ends off for a nice, clean look, and man...blue bloods for sure!! For those of you keeping up, I have to share a pic with you...my niece drew this on my white board...I love it!
Ok...nuff of the mushy stuff...
Here are the GT's. 1st is this morning (lighting has morning sun coming in the room)...2nd is this afternoon just before I picked 109 grams.
Texans, Flush #3, both sides...
And, just for the record, I don't think I'll be casing my Hawaiians or my Malabars...I've already had to wait an extra 10 or so days just to get to pin stage and so far, the flush isn't even like the other Texans with NO casing....so...judge for yourself. conditions are all the same...
Sept 8:Evening ya'll...
GT's, picked this morning and this evening. Here are pics just before this evenings pickings...120.8 grams this morning and 43.2 grams this evening for a running wet total on flush 2 of...well...I scrolled up hoping I had a running total going, but didn't so guess I need to pull up ye ole calculator and get some figures up for you...duh! Stay tuned, I'll edit and post.
Here are the Texans, on their 3rd flush...still nothing picked. The big guy, is pretty big. Bet he'll be open in the morning. Two angles so you can see just how BIG.
And here is the Texan tub that I cased, 14 days ago...the one in the back is HUGE!
Sept 9:Picked 50 grams of GT (that's without a few caps...) Nothing really left on the second flush.
Picked 163.5 grams of TX Flush 3 tonight, the rest of it in the morning.
Here is is before picking tonight.
and look at this HUGE specimen!!
And here is the TX cased, day 15...other than the size of some of these shrooms, the flush sux IMOP. Picking tomorrow morning.
Sept 10:The TX on FC 3 is done, add another 95.4 wet grams.
The GT on FC 2 is done.
Here is the TX Cased half picked this morning. SOME BIGUNS! 121 wet grams.
Sept 12:Finished harvesting the TX tub that was cased 18 days ago. One of the fruits I picked today definitely needed the extra headroom of the 12qt tub. It, and others, are HUGE...8-10inches long, and if I'd of let the cap open all the way, it'd opened up to be a BIGUN!
Picked 256.1 grams wet, for a grand total of 376.1 wet grams, Flush #1.
Here they are just before plucking!
Sept 14:Dry weight on TX Flush 3 is 43.5 grams.
Dry weight on GT Flush 2 is 48 grams.
Dry weight on TX Cased Flush 1 is 45 grams.
Sept 15:2nd Flush coming along on the cased Texans...the one in the middle is a BIGUN!!
Sept 17:PM shot....WOW....these things are growing and growing and growing...
Sept 18:Harvest!!! Picked the entire tub clean. Interesting read going on on page 7 about rehydrating your sheet cakes...time to go read up on it...Thanks Boris!
FAHT'S TEK'S INDEX
http://forums.mycotopia.net/misc-magic-mushroom-growing-teks/17085-faht-s-tek-s-index.htmlSo here are the final photos for Texan that were cased with 60/40 verm/coir...a dozen or so of these fruits are almost as long as my forearm...I'll post weight in a bit.
443.8 wet grams picked!!!!!!!
Hattori Hanzo