You got serious issues if you canāt laugh about yourself man! More power for you bro.
wow sounds pretty straightforwardā¦ but how to go from the cakes to fruiting? and what kinda syringe like a 3ml or 5ml maybe 14-18 gauge needle?
@legalcanada any syringe will do just remember to have enough ccs of solution to do all your jarsā¦ I use a 10ml syringe with a 20g needle and itās been fine for a long timeā¦ I change needles occasionally but you dont really need toā¦
@MadScientist and everyone else reading
cakes to fruit
once the mycelium starts growing it will reach out and feed and grow to find compatible mycelium to create a network of nutrient harvesting fungusā¦ or the start anywayā¦
once the jar is completely colonized visibly (whole jar will be white all around with mycelium growthā¦ no substrate showing) give it 3 to 5 more days to complete itās hold on the middle of the cake which you canāt see and might not be fully colonized. this is called consolidation.
when they are ready, take the foil off turn them upside down and tap them into your hand andā¦ WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!
what are we gonna do with them after?
well youāll need a sterilite tote from somewhereā¦ clear plastic even the lidā¦ it needs to be big enough to hold all your cakes with a couple inches in betweenā¦
now comes the āfunā partā¦ Mark one hole every two inches on ALL six sides of the tub and drill them outā¦
or dontā¦ but they rely on oxygen to liveā¦ not co2ā¦ they are fungusā¦not plantsā¦ the breathe in on oxygen and expel co2ā¦
I donāt do all the holes thoughā¦ I will say thatā¦ i usually make a equalateral triangle on the long sides and an upside down smaller triangle on the sides and scatter maybe 15 holes on the top and bottomā¦ co2 sinks and gets caught in the perliteā¦ bottom holes are more co2 sink outsā¦
put your perlite in the fruiting chamber til ther es 4 or 5 inches in the bottom of itā¦ itās fine if its covering holesā¦ remember co2 sinksā¦pour a bit of water into the perliteā¦ usually a bottle or two of water depending on size of tub and amount of perlite and mix it around getting it hydratedā¦ flatten the surface outā¦
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when you birth your cakes into this worldā¦ you want to take them and fully submerge them in room temp water overnight or around 12 hoursā¦ gives them more water contentā¦ and you donāt want dry cakes in the middleā¦when they are done soaking get a bowl and fill it with some more vermicullite and roll your cakes in it and cover the sides too and bottomā¦ these help retain moisture and create little micro climates on the surface perfect for growingā¦
get enough little squares of foil to sit all your cakes on and put them on itā¦nowā¦ youāll need a spray bottle that basically mistsā¦ like a cheap one from the store worksā¦ you dont want to ever mist them directlyā¦ stresses the mycelium out and bruises it and water on the surface thatās pooling isnāt goodā¦ you want them to glistenā¦
then take the lid and use it like a fan and gently fan them every 8 hours or soā¦ most even less oftenā¦ youbarent misting them for them to drinkā¦ the dontā¦ youāre misting to cause a damp surface to evaporate itās water and cause tye mycelium to think of death and saving itās geneticsā¦ evaporation is the number 1 and only pinning trigger in cubesā¦ you are trying to create a tropical humid environment and make itās water put itself in the airā¦
12/12 light cycle but it isnāt neededā¦ just helps maintain humidityā¦ mushrooms arenāt phototropicā¦ they dont need light to survive, just to know what way to grow.
Where did you hear this interspecies hybrid claim? Penis envy is just a cube too as far as I am aware. Cubes can vary in potency and growth characteristics, just like strains (which of course is all geneticsā¦?). Their are less active chemicals in Psilocybe species (that are known) than Cannabis but these can vary between levels of psilocybin psilocin baeocystin norbaeocystin; they definitely vary among species and probably within species as well. Maybe there are different effects like some people claim. I am not enough of a mushroom head with access to enough data about the mushrooms for which I have had access to judge based on my own bioassays.
Set and Setting. A certain state of mind and a proper environment are definitely essential.
I had some acid a while back that was great for me. Any time I took it I had wonderful, beneficial experience. An acquaintance (who took way to much, rumored between 5 and 20 hits) killed them selves on it. Not to be a downer. It was fucking great acid and helped me at some important times in my life. But if used improperly or by people with unstable mental states it can be very dangerous.
very true. thatās why I said āsupposed hybrid straināā¦ Iām not claiming it itā¦ what will say is the time to grow them vs regular cubes is alot longer, they are never hollow and instead of losing 90% of weight in the drying process lose more like 60% and dear Jesus the potentcyā¦
keep in mind Iāve already tried to say that āstrainsā within species are not strainsā¦ just varietyā¦ where weed can be tweaked to smells mush cannotā¦ there is no crosses between strains, there is no " Iāll mix these two different āstrainsā of mycelium together and make a super potent and large bodies fruit that grows to be an eighth dry per mushroom."
its not a difficult concept Alanisā¦ it canāt be doneā¦ Iām not calling you out man, youāre goodā¦ there is just alot of misinfo out thereā¦ like you need cow shit to grow mush of any kind or you canāt just āplantā them outside and they growā¦ or that online grow box kits are where its atā¦
on the plus side @MadScientist
You are truly knowledgeable in this matter man.
I am getting the ingredients and then I will read everything. If I do it the other way around I will go crazy around the house waiting and wanting to, but not able. LoL.
well you have the starter manual lol
just gotta get the rest haha es lo que es
I would die of anxiety not having the things necessary and getting excited about doing it u know.
The shrooms will be out in less than a month here. I can get wild spore prints if anyone wants them.
i would love some dark wild prints if you can find someā¦
gives me a good clean up project for a couple months
For sure amigo!! There are two types, the rockets, which are smaller grey ( grow in my backyard) and p.cubensa Mexicana. The majority of the Mexican strains have names that represents the area of origin. We have had unexpected rains and I know there has to be some now, but my friend who is going to take me said 1more month.
I have taken spore prints before for indentifcation purposes, never for mailing. Some tips would be helpful.
Me neither but here;s a video from youtubeā¦ LOL
Be on the look out for prints.
Oh yeah, you got that right! HAHAHAA!
Man I have been considering trying my hand at growing mushies,the way you broke that down, @toastyjakes, I think I have a bit more confidence about trying it now.
Good thread. Thank you for the info bro.