mescalinebandit420
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dam girl. hats off to you. u have one of the biggest and nicest setups ive ever seen. good luck and keep the great pics coming.
Let's Grow Mushrooms - A Beginners Gigantic Bulk Attempt with PF Tek
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TheOrganic
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Awesome thread!! Love the roll technique. I grew mushrooms about 5yrs ago and ordered them out of a High Times mag. They weren't too bad but have had better, and was thinking of doing it again where do go about getting some kick-ass spores to the US. Website? or MAG.?
Thought this would be a good place too ask.
Thought this would be a good place too ask.
researchkitty
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Thanks! I cant speak for the USA really, I'm in Canada. However, Ralphster is where I buy from and he's USA based and extremely reliable. You even get a funky neon t-shirt when you buy a big package of spores.
I'm totally lost in the world of mushroom strains, so what I did is just order the top 6 strains that he sells. Easy mode and done, instant popular strains.......... Good luck!!
ndangerspecimen101
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Didn't know I had the cabality to still drool... but you certainly got my attention research KITTY ! I have subscribed to this thread like I did to the hit cable tv series "The Wire"... kudos again 
Sgt. Floyd
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Question:
How much time invested so far?
How much time invested so far?
researchkitty
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Time in ACTUALLY working (rather than smoking a bowl then thinking about it) - About 25 hours to this point in total. If I didnt have to build the drawer systems it'd knock 5 hours off that pretty easily. Mushrooms arent about time investment moreso as making sure the tubs are looked at a bunch a day since the shrooms grow so fast literally overnight they can.
Equipment wise, pressure cooker was $80, then just $10 per dozen jars and $3/$4 for a bag of vermiculite or perlite (8 qt bags). Spores about $9/syringe shipped, drawer units $17.88 for one setup with 3 drawers. Equipment cost, I think I'd estimate it at about $400 worth in graaaaaaaaand total.
Its very inexpensive to try, and if you did it on a few jars at a time from eBay folks selling substrate then you can do a dozen jars for under $50 if you want.
researchkitty
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They require very, very little light, just enough to tell the shrooms which direction is up so they know how to gro. Some people use Christmas Tree lights and string em around tubs. That's what I'll be using eventually, just havent had a chance to grab them from the store. The drawers are in front of windows with slotted blinds which will let natural light in for now.
ndangerspecimen101
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My art is centered towards gourmet mushrooms... you'll see my mark soon fella's
TheOrganic
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I used a flourescent light on mine and it was to much i think. They were growing out the bottom of the cakes. Christmas lights would work great!!
dankillerbs
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Wow, I think I'm in love
researchkitty
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I got a few cakes like that before too where they grew out the bottom. One thing I'm unsure of is if the cakes direction matters. They are "upside down" in the jars, and I put them "lid side of the cake" down and "bottom side of the jar/cake" up in the tubs. I do this because there's a bit of the dry verm layer still there from before, albiet not much, but enough that it makes sense I guess. Am I doing that wrong or right? I have no clue!
researchkitty
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Awwwww, thanks cupcake.
DarthD3vl
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Thats how I do it, i've had them grow out of both top and bottom at same time before haha I didn't know what to do with it.I got a few cakes like that before too where they grew out the bottom. One thing I'm unsure of is if the cakes direction matters. They are "upside down" in the jars, and I put them "lid side of the cake" down and "bottom side of the jar/cake" up in the tubs. I do this because there's a bit of the dry verm layer still there from before, albiet not much, but enough that it makes sense I guess. Am I doing that wrong or right? I have no clue!
researchkitty
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They are tubs. They are just stacked 6 tall and in the shape of drawers. They are the same in every other aspect though, holes on all sides misting and air circulation and little bits of light.
I'd love nothing more than to not deal with jars, but I dont know how yet and I'd rather screw up a few jars out of a batch than a few entire tubs. Once I get the hang of it in this type of environment I'll start to explore more bulk options for sure....... Probably with everyone here's advice and help
Thanks everyone....... No new pictures today, they look the same as yesterday. Once they start to pin and fruit there'll be pictures of each strains drawers and a map of which strain is in which drawer too. Still have the other 50 or whatever cakes in jars finishing up colonization, so those will fill up another 3 drawers shortly. Then we clone the good shrooms and make more jars and fill all 30 drawers!
They are the same in every other aspect though, holes on all sides misting and air circulation and little bits of light.I'd love nothing more than to not deal with jars, but I dont know how yet and I'd rather screw up a few jars out of a batch than a few entire tubs. Once I get the hang of it in this type of environment I'll start to explore more bulk options for sure....... Probably with everyone here's advice and help
Thanks everyone....... No new pictures today, they look the same as yesterday. Once they start to pin and fruit there'll be pictures of each strains drawers and a map of which strain is in which drawer too. Still have the other 50 or whatever cakes in jars finishing up colonization, so those will fill up another 3 drawers shortly. Then we clone the good shrooms and make more jars and fill all 30 drawers!
researchkitty
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to DarthD3vl again.
I tried!