I found this on the street corner. Is it safe to eat?
I wanna be a forager! 
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Yeah, for sure. I understand. Like I said, Iām not eating mushrooms for any reason other than I like tripping balls; Iām not looking for anything more out of them than a super-fun time, which they always are. I donāt think theyād alleviate the panic attacks, anyway, whether I microdosed or macrodosed. Those are just something Iāve accepted Iām probably gonna have to deal with for the rest of my life. Like I said, sometimes I wonāt have one for a couple years, so itās fine. Kind of hahaā¦
But if shrooms in any way, shape or form help people deal with their shit, more power to them. Whatever works.
Yeah, Iām slowly reading his book āGrowing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroomsā (itās longā¦ haha). Heās one of the few people I follow on IG, too, although I barely ever log on to IG. I might consider the microdosing regimen, itās just that I donāt think I really need it, you know? Iām pretty happy with where Iām at as a human being.
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looking at ordering some spore syringes and a monotub kit from northspore. i know it could be done cheaper but without a PC i just want to try and grow a tub of mushrooms. order 5 different syringes so ill be busy over the next year. if al owrks out will expand to several monotubs.
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Right, yeah, like I said, I get it. I understand. Whatever works and improves your life, you should do that. I wasnāt criticizing anybody who microdoses. If it helps you be a better person and live a more fulfilling life (or even a tolerable life), you should do that.
The thing with my panic attacks is that theyāre not being āinducedā by anything. Like, Iām not stressing about something and worrying so hard that I eventually have a panic attack. Iām not an anxious person. They just kind of happen, outta the blue, for no reason. I can be sitting on the couch laughing my ass off at a āSeinfeldā rerun that Iāve seen a hundred times already, no worries at all, and all of a sudden my heart starts racing and I canāt breathe and I feel like Iām dying. Thatās the thought that runs though my head over and over and over again: āI feel like Iām dying.ā
Who knows why they happen? I used to take meds for them, klonopin at first and, later, Xanax. But I fucking hated the way both of those pills made me feel (plus, theyāre physically addictiveā¦ no thanks) so I stopped eating them. Now I just deal with it when they happen, which, like I said, can be anywhere from every day for a few weeks to not at all for two years. If they happened every day for weeks and weeks and months and months on end, Iād be more inclined to try the microdosing thing (and I still might, just to see what happens).
Good to hear itās working for you, anyway. If it helps you, thatās all that matters. Thatās the most important thing.
Yeah, I knew that wayyyyyyy before I ever first ingested DMT hahaā¦
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After this grow donāt buy those kits any more. All you need for the tubs is bricks of coco coir and a rubbermaid type tote. For the grain you have lots of options that donāt require a pressure cooker. Poor Boy, PF Tek, Uncle Bens, etc. Or check r/sporetraders on reddit and you can get pre-sterilized grain jars for a couple bucks each. Iāve been using MillyWyco spores for a couple years and rarely have issues, they always have a good selection and prices, deals can be found on r/millywyco
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Be mindful putting spores to grains instead of brown rice flour cakes. Any contamination will grow and spread in grains that will be contained by fruiting a solid PF cake. Less is more, itās not going to grow much faster shooting more spores into each set. It just adds More competition for each set of genetics that pair up, and increases chance of contamination (especially since north spores grains are on the wet side, bacteria love wet media)
That said, spore works seems to have consistently clean spores.
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yes i plan on using the uncle ben rice in the future just wanted to try it this way first and see how is goes the first runā¦ Sterlite totes and polyfill and micropore tape. Someone local recommended millywyco and that is where I ordered the syringes from. any particular coco use use ? Canna brick
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Iāve used Canna and Coco Bliss, mostly because I already had them on hand, but Iāve seen those two brands mentioned favorably several times on the Shroomery forums.
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Iāve used Coco Bliss and whatever Petsmart sells when I forget to order from Amazon. Just make sure itās pure coco coir with no anti fungal additives. Also, I know some people swear by monotubs, but Iāve found much better success with a regular tote with the lid cracked when itās time for fruiting. seemed tougher to maintain my humidity with a monotub.
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thank you i appreciate all the tips. i grew mushrooms like 15 years ahgo. we did pf tek in small mason jars the strain was amazonians from hawkseye
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doing the tub method is pretty simple, canāt wait to see the flushes you get.
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spores and grain should be here next week. now the hard part is deciding what type to start first
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And FWIW, one of the best grows I ever had was from a bird seed, pre-sterilized grain bag with spores from a redditor. Iām not against using them at all, Iām just always going to go with the cheaper/faster options, that bag was kinda pricey and took forever to fully colonize. Was close to 15 weeks IIRC.
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3am.
Golden teachers
Good idea bad idea?
We will find out.
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And what did you discover, o intrepid traveler?
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It was nice. Very mellow and mild. Sat in the dark with candles mostly.
Havenāt done them in quite awhile so Iām also wimpy with dose at first.
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Always a good idea, I did not take that advice as I started back up again a few years ago. 4g down the hatch and off to Jupiter I went.
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Yeah man been there enough times thank you 
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