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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: veda_sticks] 1
#9288064 - 11/21/08 08:20 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice. This should steer a lot of people in the right direction.
   
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: drunkmunky] 1
#10058725 - 03/28/09 07:13 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Some of the more prominent members here would advise against LC's. Simply because you can't always tell if it's a contaminant or not. I personally love LC's, however, just be aware that contaminants can appear as mycelium in an LC too and the difference is sometimes impossible to tell.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: komsija] 1
#10081133 - 03/31/09 03:23 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah glove boxes rule. Especially for poor folks like me!
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: VloodyCloody] 1
#10204053 - 04/20/09 09:15 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
VloodyCloody said: Hey,
A few of quick questions for method 1
1. Is it okay to use 440ml jars? Only type I can access
2. I have B+ spores in a syringe, is it ok to use just some of the spores as a trial run and save the rest for later?
3. Can the fruiting chamber have frosted glass/plastic?
Cheers, thanks for all your help 
Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: SyMaNtiCX66] 1
#10207243 - 04/21/09 01:34 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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If it really does look like cotton then it might be Cobweb Mold.
Do a search for the term and see if it looks similar to your cake.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: SyMaNtiCX66] 1
#10209902 - 04/21/09 08:01 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Make sure it's in fruiting conditions.
72F-76F and a drop in humidity to 85-90%. Fresh Air Exchanges - 4 or 5 per day (fan chamber). 12/12 light cycle, or leave it by a window in your home.
Maybe the dunk and roll will help you too. Try a 24 hour dunk in water, then roll your cake in vermiculite and adhere to the parameters above.
Sounds to me like you have to kick it into fruiting mode. Perhaps a more experienced cultivator will chime-in. I don't cultivate actives and I might be missing something.
Best of Luck.
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I've had Ps. cyanescens spores from Golden Gate Park. Those are some of the most potent species in existence. Be careful though, a deadly Galerina that looks similar can sometimes grow right in the middle of a bunch of cyanescens.
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Re: wondering.. [Re: mycochef]
#10409397 - 05/27/09 06:38 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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There are vendors that send to California.
It's not illegal in California either, there is a grey area that has a loophole in the law. As long as it's for microscopic study only then you're good to go. Most vendors just stay away from it because they don't have a thorough understanding of the law.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: cjdworks]
#10449917 - 06/03/09 08:14 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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The "white" is called mycelium "my-see-lee-uhm". It's the main part of your fungus, the mushrooms are the mycelium's "seeds", for lack of a better term. It's how the mycelium reproduces, it makes the mushroom and drops spores.
Which species did the "kit" say it was?
Anyways, a few things.
Make sure it's getting fresh air. Make sure the humidity is high, 90%-100%. Make sure your light is in the 6500k color range (natural daylight color) Drop your temperature to 76.
That should get your mushrooms up!
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: Lostkeys]
#10536902 - 06/19/09 01:22 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah at the top right-hand side of your screen you'll see a search box.
When searching, leave common words like "and" "the" "or", etc... out so that the search is more refined and specific.
Look in the Grow Logs section for great tutorials and techniques.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: hey_im_a_fungi]
#11171455 - 10/02/09 06:57 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Remember, drill all sides of the container. A lot of people forget to drill the bottom holes. They're required to bring moisture up into the container from the wet perlite.
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Re: *sigh* No results so far... [Re: 13shrooms]
#11176056 - 10/03/09 04:20 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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If you must keep your environment cooler then place your jars up near the ceiling. At the top of a closet shelf or something. It's probably ten degrees warmer up there.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: maximilian18]
#11402391 - 11/07/09 02:36 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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No way. I think the sodium would make the cells of the spores swell too much.
TC's correct if wrong.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: maximilian18]
#11413000 - 11/08/09 06:14 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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I normally see little white fibers on day 4-5, but it can take longer... Usually syringes are faster, but I've seen plenty of growth on day 4 with prints too.
It varies.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: TacoHerder]
#11672271 - 12/17/09 10:46 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I swear verm has nutrients that mycelium eats too... no joke.
Mycelium consumes vermiculite all the time, albeit slowly, but still consumes it.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: 13shrooms]
#11672418 - 12/17/09 11:10 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I never used it in substrates, but maybe it's worth a shot. Casing layer yes, but substrate no.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: 13shrooms]
#11672428 - 12/17/09 11:12 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I never used it in substrates, but maybe it's worth a shot. Casing layer yes, but substrate no.
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Re: "Psilocybin:The Mushroom Handbook" says no cakes in PF TEK; just jars [Re: Bucknaztee]
#11836432 - 01/15/10 04:41 PM (14 years, 15 days ago) |
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Product z:
Doesn't he want positive pressure guys?? Negative pressure would pull particles into his chamber. No?
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Re: "Psilocybin:The Mushroom Handbook" says no cakes in PF TEK; just jars [Re: Product Z]
#11843457 - 01/16/10 07:48 PM (14 years, 14 days ago) |
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If you fruit in the jars the fruiting surface is minimized. The cakes, all but one side has a chance to fruit.
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Re: The Shroomery and mushroom cultivation, a newcomers guide. [Re: d_roman]
#11876422 - 01/21/10 11:35 PM (14 years, 9 days ago) |
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Really only illegal in two states.
Georgia and Idaho. In California they can be used for study, however none can be shipped into California.
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