If you’ve been thinking about getting into mushroom cultivation

zebracake

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I've had two runs in mono tubs that both ended up contaminated with blue mold. I used coco coir as substrate but it was too wet. If I grow again I'd add vermiculite in there to help with the moisture. Just something to consider because getting mold in your house and having it circulate can create an unhealthy environment for seedlings or clones.
 

A.k.a

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I’m going to try to grow mushrooms . I’ve ordered a kit and would appreciate any help
this is the spot. There’s a sticky with a list of beginner teks for everything, and plenty of solid people to answer questions.


or you can message me here or shroomery, same name there
 

A.k.a

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Thought about trying to give it a go, but I live in a mobile home and not sure about airflow/contamination factors with limited space. I'm going to do some more reading though :)
You’ll be fine, mushrooms are extremely low maintenance. Contamination in the grow area is also not nearly as big an issue as people make it out to be, especially if you’re using coir.

imo the best route to start with is a syringe to either bird seed or pf tek cakes, and then using that to spawn to a shoebox.

also stick to the shroomery site, Facebook/Reddit/YouTube is full of garbage information. A lot of people with no fundamentals doing insanely complicated and useless shit to make up for it.

It really is as simple as finding a source for good syringes, squirting it into a jar of grain and then mixing it with coir and waiting.
 

bigskymtnguy

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You’ll be fine, mushrooms are extremely low maintenance. Contamination in the grow area is also not nearly as big an issue as people make it out to be, especially if you’re using coir.

imo the best route to start with is a syringe to either bird seed or pf tek cakes, and then using that to spawn to a shoebox.

also stick to the shroomery site, Facebook/Reddit/YouTube is full of garbage information. A lot of people with no fundamentals doing insanely complicated and useless shit to make up for it.

It really is as simple as finding a source for good syringes, squirting it into a jar of grain and then mixing it with coir and waiting.
C'mon...it's gotta be harder than that or everybody would be doing it. Over the past 6 mo. I've tried micro dosing by simply cutting the little piece of blotter into 8 little pieces. Doing it every other day, then waiting a week and doing another cycle. The results haven't been earth shattering, but have had a (slightly noticeable) positive effect on my depression. I'd be more at ease with an organic substance made at home. I'd appreciate your assistance in doing an experiment with making some at home. I'm retired and have time on my hands. Spinal surgery coming up next week, so I'll b e at home for many weeks recovering and little to do, as the Dr. says I can't lift more than 10 lbs, so working my normal indoor garden is on hold. Let me know how to connect.
 

OldMedUser

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C'mon...it's gotta be harder than that or everybody would be doing it. Over the past 6 mo. I've tried micro dosing by simply cutting the little piece of blotter into 8 little pieces. Doing it every other day, then waiting a week and doing another cycle. The results haven't been earth shattering, but have had a (slightly noticeable) positive effect on my depression. I'd be more at ease with an organic substance made at home. I'd appreciate your assistance in doing an experiment with making some at home. I'm retired and have time on my hands. Spinal surgery coming up next week, so I'll b e at home for many weeks recovering and little to do, as the Dr. says I can't lift more than 10 lbs, so working my normal indoor garden is on hold. Let me know how to connect.
I hope you are using a black light so you can see where the acid is on your blotters. I used to buy 1000 lots of blotter in Vancouver back in the day and cut them up under black light or you could have zero on one and a double hit on another. Just big sheets of white blotter paper back then with hand printed dots of acid so things weren't all nice and even. $2 each or 3 for $5 and made lots of money at $250/1000. :)

:peace:
 

OldMedUser

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I was going to grow my own 'shrooms but just bought some online. Got an oz of Penis Envy for $99 almost 2 years ago in Dec then got offered a nice box with a big chocolate bar, 10 - 300mg microdose caps and 4 - 1/8th packs of different 'shrooms just for the price of shipping for $20.

Got high as fuck on New Year's Eve that year but have just microdosed since. I've had chronic depression for over 40 years after a near fatal hammer attack in my 20s and chronic alcoholism since that time. Started feeling better a few months into 2021 then near the end of May that year didn't pick up a bottle on my trip to town and haven't touched a drop since. No cravings or depression at all now thank Jah!

I want to pick up some Lion's mane powder and B3 to try the Stamet's Stacks protocol outlined at this site.


Good luck all!

:peace:
 

bubba73

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I was going to grow my own 'shrooms but just bought some online. Got an oz of Penis Envy for $99 almost 2 years ago in Dec then got offered a nice box with a big chocolate bar, 10 - 300mg microdose caps and 4 - 1/8th packs of different 'shrooms just for the price of shipping for $20.

Got high as fuck on New Year's Eve that year but have just microdosed since. I've had chronic depression for over 40 years after a near fatal hammer attack in my 20s and chronic alcoholism since that time. Started feeling better a few months into 2021 then near the end of May that year didn't pick up a bottle on my trip to town and haven't touched a drop since. No cravings or depression at all now thank Jah!

I want to pick up some Lion's mane powder and B3 to try the Stamet's Stacks protocol outlined at this site.


Good luck all!

:peace:
its none of my business , hammer attack? Sorry for my ignorance…
 

OldMedUser

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its none of my business , hammer attack? Sorry for my ignorance…
I'm the one who mentioned it so it's OK to ask.

I moved to Calgary in '76 and was living in an older house converted to single rooms with 4 rooms upstairs where I stayed. There was this older big fat german guy living there that I didn't get along with. One night I came home pissed drunk and he'd just finished stinking up the whole place with one of his barf-provoking dumps in our shared bathroom. Started getting into it and fists started flying. He tossed me into the corner of his room where that near broke my neck. I rolled over going 'uncle' and he landed knees first on my chest and I saw stars when he smacked me dead in the forehead with a 16oz claw hammer. He just kept smashing away while I tried to block blows and give him a shot in the head when I got the chance. Finally got a grip on his junk and squeezed the hell out him until he got off and ran from the house. I was about 140lbs to his easily 350.

He ended up with a $250 fine for common assault and I got 40+ years of hell. Bonus: I ended up with $600 from a provincial victim of crime fund. yay

About a year later I was working as a framer on big housing project and had gone down to the pile of 20' 2x4s to select the straightest ones I could find for top plates on the unit we were working on. Made a pile of a dozen or so then picked up a few and took them up to the house. On the way back I see a guy grabbing some off my pile and told him to leave them. Guy turns around telling me 'these are for all of us' and damn if it isn't him so I whipped out my 32oz framing hammer and asked if he was prepared to die for them. He turned white as a sheet, dropped them and fucked right off. Never showed up for work on that site again.

The worst part was the sleep paralysis nightmares that I still get once in a while when stressful things happen. Been a few months since the last one.

'Shrooms finally chased the dark clouds away tho it still ain't all fun and frolic.

:peace:
 

bubba73

Well-Known Member
I'm the one who mentioned it so it's OK to ask.

I moved to Calgary in '76 and was living in an older house converted to single rooms with 4 rooms upstairs where I stayed. There was this older big fat german guy living there that I didn't get along with. One night I came home pissed drunk and he'd just finished stinking up the whole place with one of his barf-provoking dumps in our shared bathroom. Started getting into it and fists started flying. He tossed me into the corner of his room where that near broke my neck. I rolled over going 'uncle' and he landed knees first on my chest and I saw stars when he smacked me dead in the forehead with a 16oz claw hammer. He just kept smashing away while I tried to block blows and give him a shot in the head when I got the chance. Finally got a grip on his junk and squeezed the hell out him until he got off and ran from the house. I was about 140lbs to his easily 350.

He ended up with a $250 fine for common assault and I got 40+ years of hell. Bonus: I ended up with $600 from a provincial victim of crime fund. yay

About a year later I was working as a framer on big housing project and had gone down to the pile of 20' 2x4s to select the straightest ones I could find for top plates on the unit we were working on. Made a pile of a dozen or so then picked up a few and took them up to the house. On the way back I see a guy grabbing some off my pile and told him to leave them. Guy turns around telling me 'these are for all of us' and damn if it isn't him so I whipped out my 32oz framing hammer and asked if he was prepared to die for them. He turned white as a sheet, dropped them and fucked right off. Never showed up for work on that site again.

The worst part was the sleep paralysis nightmares that I still get once in a while when stressful things happen. Been a few months since the last one.

'Shrooms finally chased the dark clouds away tho it still ain't all fun and frolic.

:peace:
for that one instance I bet it felt good to almost return the favor ? Much respect for you ! And thank you for telling …
 

Antidote Man

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"One night I came home pissed drunk and he'd just finished stinking up the whole place with one of his barf-provoking dumps in our shared bathroom. Started getting into it and fists started flying. He tossed me into the corner of his room where that near broke my neck. I rolled over going 'uncle' and he landed knees first on my chest and I saw stars when he smacked me dead in the forehead with a 16oz claw hammer. He just kept smashing away while I tried to block blows and give him a shot in the head when I got the chance."

That got a real laugh from me. If you lived near me I'd ask you to hang out.
 

farmerfischer

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I'm the one who mentioned it so it's OK to ask.

I moved to Calgary in '76 and was living in an older house converted to single rooms with 4 rooms upstairs where I stayed. There was this older big fat german guy living there that I didn't get along with. One night I came home pissed drunk and he'd just finished stinking up the whole place with one of his barf-provoking dumps in our shared bathroom. Started getting into it and fists started flying. He tossed me into the corner of his room where that near broke my neck. I rolled over going 'uncle' and he landed knees first on my chest and I saw stars when he smacked me dead in the forehead with a 16oz claw hammer. He just kept smashing away while I tried to block blows and give him a shot in the head when I got the chance. Finally got a grip on his junk and squeezed the hell out him until he got off and ran from the house. I was about 140lbs to his easily 350.

He ended up with a $250 fine for common assault and I got 40+ years of hell. Bonus: I ended up with $600 from a provincial victim of crime fund. yay

About a year later I was working as a framer on big housing project and had gone down to the pile of 20' 2x4s to select the straightest ones I could find for top plates on the unit we were working on. Made a pile of a dozen or so then picked up a few and took them up to the house. On the way back I see a guy grabbing some off my pile and told him to leave them. Guy turns around telling me 'these are for all of us' and damn if it isn't him so I whipped out my 32oz framing hammer and asked if he was prepared to die for them. He turned white as a sheet, dropped them and fucked right off. Never showed up for work on that site again.

The worst part was the sleep paralysis nightmares that I still get once in a while when stressful things happen. Been a few months since the last one.

'Shrooms finally chased the dark clouds away tho it still ain't all fun and frolic.

:peace:
Damb bro.. im glad you find that shrooms help..
 
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