The Shroom Thread

Ancalagon said:
Pretty sure I killed my shroom grows. Not sure exactly how. I think maybe the heating mats that I use to provide heat were too hot. Nothing has happened in the last week - no mycelial growth. It is too soon before I leave for South Africa for me to start again now, so I'll have to wait until January. Damn. I was looking forward to a trip before I leave. I'll still see if I can trip while in SA though.

I have decided that I want to grow Natal Super Strength from Sporespot. Pity the shipping to the UK is expensive! And I don't think it is a good idea for me to bring spore syringes in my luggage.
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Worst case you just buy some online when you get here.
 
krieg said:
What about spore prints? Not sure what anyone else's experience is but I'm struggling to grow them, very slow growth and stalls in almost all my jars so far. :(
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Did you go straight from print to inoculation or did you let them soak in water? With pf-tek and prints I've always sucked them into a syringe with water and left them for 12-24 hrs, lightly shaking so they don't clump before inoculating.
 
Ancalagon said:
Pretty sure I killed my shroom grows. Not sure exactly how. I think maybe the heating mats that I use to provide heat were too hot. Nothing has happened in the last week - no mycelial growth. It is too soon before I leave for South Africa for me to start again now, so I'll have to wait until January. Damn. I was looking forward to a trip before I leave. I'll still see if I can trip while in SA though.

I have decided that I want to grow Natal Super Strength from Sporespot. Pity the shipping to the UK is expensive! And I don't think it is a good idea for me to bring spore syringes in my luggage.
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Stick the spores in your socks, when you land they should have grown massive + be dried by the damn plane aircon , then chow prior to customs
 
krieg said:
What about spore prints? Not sure what anyone else's experience is but I'm struggling to grow them, very slow growth and stalls in almost all my jars so far. :(
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Spore prints require proper sterile technique to use, something I can't be bothered with.

I'm going to leave them for a few more days and see if there are any signs of life. At least there is no contamination. I think the problem is too much moisture.

saor said:
Worst case you just buy some online when you get here.
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Yeah, that's what I'll do I think. What is the highest dose that any of you would go hiking on?
 
Ancalagon said:
Spore prints require proper sterile technique to use, something I can't be bothered with.

I'm going to leave them for a few more days and see if there are any signs of life. At least there is no contamination. I think the problem is too much moisture.



Yeah, that's what I'll do I think. What is the highest dose that any of you would go hiking on?
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Never tried it but I would take 2 or 3 grams.
 
eliteessence | cornyjoe said:
I thought I'd take my chances and ask if anyone around Gauteng could plug me with safe and trusted dry shrooms (preferably the well known starter "Golden Teacher") I'm visiting my grannies farm for the first week of December, and I'd like to enjoy the scenery a little bit more than the previous annual visits.
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GOLDEN TEACHERS | King Kushie

The Golden Teacher psilocybe cubensis is a great mushroom for beginners.The beautiful golden colored mushroom caps and it's wise teachings has given the Golden Teacher it's name.
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Sporespot is having a big sale today - 50% off pretty much everything. I decided to place a big order, so that when I get back from my holiday in South Africa, I'll have spores ready to go.

Shipping is expensive so I decided to place a bigger order. Will take me a while to use all of the spores.
I bought:
2 x Pan Cyans Natal Blue Meanie
2 x Cubensis Natal Super Strength
1 x Pan Cyan Goliath
1 x Cubensis PE6
1 x Cubensis PES Amazonian

Should last me for a while! Let's hope I can be successful in my next grow.
 
Ancalagon said:
Sporespot is having a big sale today - 50% off pretty much everything. I decided to place a big order, so that when I get back from my holiday in South Africa, I'll have spores ready to go.

Shipping is expensive so I decided to place a bigger order. Will take me a while to use all of the spores.
I bought:
2 x Pan Cyans Natal Blue Meanie
2 x Cubensis Natal Super Strength
1 x Pan Cyan Goliath
1 x Cubensis PE6
1 x Cubensis PES Amazonian

Should last me for a while! Let's hope I can be successful in my next grow.
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I want to give it a try.
I see they have a starter kit, but it's probably a lot cheaper just to buy the tub, perlite etc myself?

What Tek do you suggest? PF Tek looks easy, but they say the yield isn't good?
 
schuits said:
I want to give it a try.
I see they have a starter kit, but it's probably a lot cheaper just to buy the tub, perlite etc myself?

What Tek do you suggest? PF Tek looks easy, but they say the yield isn't good?
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It is cheaper. Buying a kit just makes your life easier.

PF Tek is easy, and good to start with. The other thing is, how much mushrooms do you really need?

In any case, most people start with jars. For instance, let's say you make jars contained sterilised rye. You then inject your spores, and a bit later, it makes a cake. You can fruit directly from that cake. Or, you can spawn it into a monotub.

I've never used PF Tek proper, because... I have this strange aversion to vermiculite. This is because it is mined, and so not renewable. I don't know why, I don't like it. But, I have a feeling that it might be more reliable.

I frequently have rye grain jars fail to take off, and I think it is because of the difficulty in getting moisture levels right. This might be easier with PF tek, but I'm not sure.

In terms of fruiting, you can fruit a rye grain jar exactly the same as a PF tek jar. The difference is higher yield from rye grain, but maybe increased difficulty.

Just remember that once you have living mycelium, its quite resilient. So, you can get living mycelium (grain or pf tek), fruit it, get some mushies, and then spawn that to a monotub. Its a living organism, and it spreads to whatever it can eat. It only dies if it encounters contamination that it can't deal with, or if it dries out. Or gets too hot.
 
Got some A. Acuminata seeds if anyone wants to trade..
 

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Ancalagon said:
Sporespot is having a big sale today - 50% off pretty much everything. I decided to place a big order, so that when I get back from my holiday in South Africa, I'll have spores ready to go.

Shipping is expensive so I decided to place a bigger order. Will take me a while to use all of the spores.
I bought:
2 x Pan Cyans Natal Blue Meanie
2 x Cubensis Natal Super Strength
1 x Pan Cyan Goliath
1 x Cubensis PE6
1 x Cubensis PES Amazonian

Should last me for a while! Let's hope I can be successful in my next grow.
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Myshrooms sale is much better
Syringes are 75 bucks
 
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