First Time Shroom Grower PF-Tek

see..now thats one of those tips i was looking for
that could save me a lot of time and frustration..thanks kush

ok i signed up at USPS and have 30 tyvek envelopes being mailed to me.
thanks for that tip too kush

no problem bud

im looking around at the walmart website looking at what kind of birdseed they carry
i dont see the cardinal wearing the chef hat...would either of these work?

heres a website with all kinds of birdseed and they ship for free..but theyve got so many types of seeds i dont know what im looking for
http://www.duncraft.com/Bird-Seed-Blends-Mixes-C49.aspx

jollygreengiant8 said:

im looking around at the walmart website looking at what kind of birdseed they carry
i dont see the cardinal wearing the chef hat...would either of these work?

heres a website with all kinds of birdseed and they ship for free..but theyve got so many types of seeds i dont know what im looking for
Bird Seed Blends & Mixes from Duncraft

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I wouldnt get anything with cracked corn in it, it gets contams easy. The other parakeet seed has added shit for the birds...I wouldnt use it either. If you go up to walmart, you will find some kind of WBS without cracked corn.

ok cool so no cracked corn and no pet bird shit
they didnt have shit on their website so ill have to make a trip to look at what theyve got.
any certain kinds of seeds im looking for?

i decided to go ahead and pick everything off of the cake and dunk it for the night.

it ended up with a few nice shrooms..the big one weighed 13.5gs wet

I bet that big one alone will get you fellin good man. A couple fo those really look like some nice ass mushrooms bro props.

Well I got my journal up. It will be another couple days before there are plants, but its under way finally!!

jollygreengiant8 said:

ok cool so no cracked corn and no pet bird shit
they didnt have shit on their website so ill have to make a trip to look at what theyve got.
any certain kinds of seeds im looking for?

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Just look at the bag and if it has no cracked corn, you will be good to go! BTW, congrats on your harvest!

walmart didnt have the cardinal in the chef hat
they had a few wild bird feed but i wasnt sure on which bag to grab..
ended up going with a decent sized bag
let me know if this will work..

jollygreengiant8 said:

walmart didnt have the cardinal in the chef hat
they had a few wild bird feed but i wasnt sure on which bag to grab..
ended up going with a decent sized bag
let me know if this will work..

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yep thats the milo millet wheat stuff...just take out most of the sunflower seeds and your good...a few wont hurt or nothing they do provide lignins and edibles but just suck as far as the shell goes, it is the only reason to remove them.
you could also crush them and put them back in but screw that just float them out and get her going...leave all teh ones that sink if you want because seperating sux...good job man I see your dedicated.

sweet, i was hoping that stuff would work, ill be sure to remove as much sunflower seeds as possible
so all i still need is some more verm and perlite
dedicated i am!
thanks for verifying the birdseed

Lowes carries verm and perlite. It might be tough this time of the year to find verm, might have to buy it online somewhere.

yeah im going to look around town and see what i can find.
i can get a big ass bag of perlite for 20 bucks..enough perlite for a year or two id say.
might just have to get the verm online though, which shouldnt be a problem

You can get the vermiculite at lowes still, I just bought some from lowes still, I just bought some yesterday for my grow. Are you going to use your colonized jars to colonize the bird seed, so you can get started right away?

yeah thundercat, tomorrow im going to research the method to get myself acquainted with the procedure and hopeful start my first casing

ok so i got a little excited when saying id be starting on a casing today
ill be gone for a while to visit family for thanksgiving, so i cant start until i get back
and im still waiting on the mailman to bring the tyvek
but i think ill be starting with a multilspore syringe just because i have one left over that i made last go around, until i can get a hold of some different strains

but i have been reading a lot of stuff over at shroomery
and i think ill be using this tek Foo Man's WBS Method - Mushroom Cultivation - Shroomery Message Board

im ready to get this started! i want to see some trays full of shrooms

jollygreengiant8 said:

ok so i got a little excited when saying id be starting on a casing today
ill be gone for a while to visit family for thanksgiving, so i cant start until i get back
and im still waiting on the mailman to bring the tyvek
but i think ill be starting with a multilspore syringe just because i have one left over that i made last go around, until i can get a hold of some different strains

but i have been reading a lot of stuff over at shroomery
and i think ill be using this tek Foo Man's WBS Method - Mushroom Cultivation - Shroomery Message Board

im ready to get this started! i want to see some trays full of shrooms

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yeah thats a good prep method...why your over there look up monstermitchs journal
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/postlist.php/Journal/155280

Look at his monotubs. I posted it before here but this pics r gone....uh oh plagerizm...lol. But yeah simple method and im sure you have seen it...more effective than casings since the whole tub is in essence a casing...HUGE YIELDS. Just as easy as any PF TEK method

Also look up mycelium water or something about mycelium from grain in distilled water...shows how to use a grain jar thats colonized to make a ton of mycelium innoculate by shooting distilled h20 in it and sucking out water after agitating...lasts forever and makes more than u can use. Then youll never run out of the strain you got.
Eff buying more spores of that same kind later. Just keep it alive

sweet..thanks for that misterdogman
plagerizm..haha, yeah ok..more like helping
im going to check out those monotubs and the myc water for sure
thanks for pointing me in the right direction..
im excited to see what i can do with this method, i cant wait to get it going

From my understanding, if you have jars already colonized, you don't have to use the syringe at all. I was under the impression that you could take the jars once there are colonized, and break them up into your substrate once it is sterile. Then the mycelium would begin to grow in your substrate and colonize it. Once its colonized, you case it, and birth. Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe you just wanna use the syringe. Just some input.