The Shroom Thread

lambch0p said:
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Received feedback from SWIM on Doja's NSS Sample:
-Weighed accurately at 2g
-Dried Well
-Clean

It isn't named NSS for no reason. Potent. Just about what SWIM could handle. There shall be no "5 dried grams in silent darkness" on this just yet. The two was plenty.

Strong closed eye patterning and imaginative visuals. Trance-like state inducible (esp. with a hint of cannabis).

Not just a scenic experience. Long lasting; careful if having a toke the next day.

SWIM is no shill. Amazing potential these veggies have :thumbsup:
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Thanks for the update
 
I got hold of some NSS spores here in the UK. I inoculated 7 jars yesterday.

I've got 2 jars of B+PE which are going well, and I also have a grain bag with panaoelus cyanescens growing in it. The cyanescens bag is nearly ready to go into a monotub.

I've finally realised that trying to germinate directly into grain just doesn't work well. I don't know how people do it on YouTube videos that you can see online, but for me, germinating spores directly on grain just doesn't work. I have far better success making a substrate with manure and grain, and then sterilizing that. That is what I did for the B+PE spores, and it worked pretty well. Good germination rate. Did the same thing for the NSS spores, so hopefully I see good germination rates there too.
 
I spawned my panaoelus cyanescens rye grain into a mini monotub on Thursday, and I'm amazed at how fast it colonised the substrate. Not completely colonised, but the surface clearly has mycelium all over it.

Everything else is going slow but steady. No signs of germination in the NSS jars, the B+PE is growing slowly but it is growing, and a rye grain bag containing some variety of cubensis (*) is also going slow but steady.

* - I first injected it with Amazonian spores, then when those failed to germinate, some other spores (can't remember which). So I have no idea what is actually growing in it, other than the fact it is clearly mushroom mycelium. I can see some small amounts of red mold, but this doesn't seem to stop the mycelium. Its about one quarter colonised now (big 1.2kg (wet weight) rye grain bag).
 
Update from me:

My Pan Cyan monotub got trich and died. But luckily, before I spawned into the monotub, I put a few colonised grains into jars. Those jars are now mostly colonised. I've put them into fruiting conditions. I think my pan cyan monotub got trich because it was too wet - lid was closed for a few days, and I think there was lots of humidity but no FAE. So, I don't want to make that mistake again. That's why these pan cyan jars are in fruiting conditions. Hopefully they actually fruit, but if not, it is good to have living stable mycelium that I can use to inoculate other things.

I'm trying PF tek for the first time. I bought some premade PF tek tubs, and now I finally understand why it is recommended for beginners. I wish I had tried it earlier. Spores germinate so quickly in it, compared to grains. I have NSS, PE6 and malabar colonising these PF tek tubs (all 1.2l).

I've made my own PF tek jars now, but nothing has germinated yet. I've also tried PF tek with coir - in other words, 2 parts coir, 1 part brf and 1 part water. The reason I am trying coir is because I am concerned with the fact that vermiculite is mined and thus not sustainable.

Also, I've inoculated some instant brown rice bags - ie bags of brown rice that you heat in the microwave. All of these are doing well. In fact, brown rice bags may be the easiest and most cost effective way to grow shrooms. No sterilisation needed, and they are cheap. You can fruit from the bag or use them for spawn. Also called the Uncle Ben's tek since Uncle Ben's is a common brand of instant rice used.

My aim is to grow shrooms by Easter for my girlfriend and I to trip. I think I can put some tubs into fruiting conditions on Friday, so hopefully that is enough time for fruiting.
 
This is shaping up to be my most epic grow. Assuming I can create proper fruiting conditions, I'll be able to harvest a lot of mushrooms.

I have 3 x 1200ml tubs of Malabar, PE6 and Natal Super Strength (ie one each). I have 2 x Pan Cyan shoeboxes, and 1 x shoeboxes of PE6 and Natal Super Strength.

I have something like close to twenty PF tek jars. Two of them are basically colonised, the rest about 1-2 weeks behind.

I'll fruit directly from the PF tek jars, and may then spawn some of them to monotubs.

I don't really know why I ended up going so large. I don't even use all that much shrooms in a given year. I suppose I've been frustrated by inconsistent results in the last two years, so this year, I've really tried to get better. I have got a LOT better at it.

I'll probably end up with enough shrooms for 2 years (or more) for my girlfriend and I, and maybe friends. Although, few of my friends know that I grow shrooms. I'm very private about it.
 
This has been my most successful grow, ever, by a long margin.

I've now got decent quanities of Malabar, PE6 and NSS. Actually gave away a lot of Malabar to a friend. Another flush of that is inbound. I've got a first flush of APE coming up now, which is exciting, and my PE6 and NSS continue producing. Penis Envy Uncut is also growing as we speak, probably a few days away from fruiting.

NSS is pretty strong. I microdosed this morning on 0.17g of NSS. Normally that sort of dose does nothing to me. But I could really feel it with NSS - felt about as strong as half a gram of other stuff. In short, I'm excited to try it out.

Malabar may not be as potent as NSS, but still a solid variety. The girlfriend and I tripped on 20g fresh each (equivalent to around 2.1g dried). Just a bit less visual than some other varieties, but decent. I'll probably use malabar for microdosing in future.

So, good times all round. I'm glad to have a stock of shrooms again - I went a long time without any, so I'm glad I have enough to last me... probably a few months, with more growing as we speak.

Its really satisfying when your hard work pays off and you end up with a lot of mushrooms. Besides, I love watching them grow.
 
Interesting clip about the mushroom research process from Lex Fridman’s Podcast with Matthew Johnson from Johns Hopkins.


Link to the full episode should come up in the related links.
 
Ancalagon said:
This is shaping up to be my most epic grow. Assuming I can create proper fruiting conditions, I'll be able to harvest a lot of mushrooms.

I have 3 x 1200ml tubs of Malabar, PE6 and Natal Super Strength (ie one each). I have 2 x Pan Cyan shoeboxes, and 1 x shoeboxes of PE6 and Natal Super Strength.

I have something like close to twenty PF tek jars. Two of them are basically colonised, the rest about 1-2 weeks behind.

I'll fruit directly from the PF tek jars, and may then spawn some of them to monotubs.

I don't really know why I ended up going so large. I don't even use all that much shrooms in a given year. I suppose I've been frustrated by inconsistent results in the last two years, so this year, I've really tried to get better. I have got a LOT better at it.

I'll probably end up with enough shrooms for 2 years (or more) for my girlfriend and I, and maybe friends. Although, few of my friends know that I grow shrooms. I'm very private about it.
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Can I be your side chick? I'm a guy
 
My kinda 5G, who am I kidding. I have yet to try a proper dose4be4c40.jpg
 
Any (naughty) psychotherapist-assisted Psilocybin practices running in Cape Town? Qualified psychotherapist-assisted dosing and trauma work during the trip, bed in a therapists office with headphones and guided therapy.

I went to a 10+ person ceremony run by a pseudo-science mystical practitioner who believe in faires and angels and it was a cluster****. I'm all for appreciating the intense mystery of it, but don't try push it too hard with fairies and religious nonsense.
I won't go into detail, but it was EXTREMELY violent between one person and the practitioner. Sure, most people are fine. But those with trauma can exhibit some frightening things a more timid and smaller in size practitioner cannot resolve and often end up causing long-term distress for the patient and practitioner. Maybe I just had a rarely bad experience.
 
I've never heard of something like that happening. I'd be surprised if any licensed psychotherapists were willing to do so, because if caught, they would lose their licenses. They would like likely never be able to practice again, never mind the jail sentence.

I think you would just have to find a trip sitter/shaman that you like. An experienced tripper should have a good idea of how to keep you calm, although they might not necessarily be good at reintegration counselling.

With that being said, actually your best bet is a counsellor and not a psychotherapist. Psychologists must be registered, but I don't think that counsellors need to be. Counsellors also tend to be a little more "out there". The problem would be finding a counsellor who is willing to assist you with this. I don't know anybody, but I suspect it would be difficult to find one.
 
Is there any reliable website where you can buy shrooms? Especially when I'm utter **** at growing soemthing that's supposed to be easy.


As a side question, has anyone noticed increased productivity in work and hobbies since microdosing?
 
For those that make your own microdose caps, how do you work out the dosage amount? Is it correct saying 2g whole shroom crushed up and divided into 8x caps would work out to roughly 0.25g per cap?
 
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