Let's Grow Mushrooms - A Beginners Gigantic Bulk Attempt with PF Tek

[researchkitty]

and LOL at whoever tagged this thread with the keyword "happymotherfuckingdays" hahaha that made me laugh

 

[rucca]

Nice! But.... No secret stash?

 

[DarthD3vl]

congrats, thats gonna be such a wicked harvest when your done. few questions, what temp are you drying at? those bags are sick... did you get them online??



oh and your shrooms aren't deformed any more, that terrific

 

[glShemp]

Beautiful!

 

[researchkitty]

Nice! But.... No secret stash?

A small jar reserved for aborts. Got about 40 aborts or so already. I plan to put them on pizza and not tell my friends on New Years Eve.

congrats, thats gonna be such a wicked harvest when your done. few questions, what temp are you drying at? those bags are sick... did you get them online??

oh and your shrooms aren't deformed any more, that terrific

The bags on eBay are called "stand up pouch". Search for that and there's a ton of em!

I too am glad the shrooms are no longer deformed. The drying temperature of the dehydrator is set to the lowest, 95(f). The ones closest to the heating element were the crisper ones. I'll just leave two empty trays on the bottom to ensure it doesnt happen again. Easy stuff.

 

[DarthD3vl]

fa sho also check your bags tomorrow just to make sure there still dry im sure they are, but once or twice i put up some dry shrooms two days later pull em out to find there totally soft again, so just wouldn't want you to have that problem so just a reminder

 

[researchkitty]

fa sho also check your bags tomorrow just to make sure there still dry im sure they are, but once or twice i put up some dry shrooms two days later pull em out to find there totally soft again, so just wouldn't want you to have that problem so just a reminder

Will do, thanks! I didnt heat seal the tops just in case, and the extra pack of dessicant per 2oz of shrooms in the bag should hopefully finish anything up.

 

[CaNNaBiZ CaNucK]

I like your style, Kitty. You even make the final product eye-catching! You certainly take pride in your work God, I wish I could rep you again.. It's the least you deserve lol

 

[mcpurple]

hey man awesome thread, i have a few questions though that i didnt find the answer to in here.
1. where do i obtain these spores.
2. do you know a good website on how to grow shrooms on a small scale

 

[researchkitty]

hey man awesome thread, i have a few questions though that i didnt find the answer to in here.
1. where do i obtain these spores.
2. do you know a good website on how to grow shrooms on a small scale

Thanks. We discussed where to buy spores a few pages back. We also discussed where to learn to grow with the video links. Go check it out

 

[mcpurple]

i must have missed it, read all 6 pages. i will double check.
i just looked again and cant find any thing but a place you ordered spores from called ralphies i think. but no links to any thing. could you mabye point me in the right direction

 

[DarthD3vl]

check out ralphsters, there a sponsor on the shroomery also that a decent site but the search engine is kinda whack, let grow mushrooms videos on youtube or buy the dvd or download via torrent.
thats all the info that was in this thread.. its just burried

 

[thelightison]

I just got done catching up on the last few days, very interesting stuff. you have alot of things figured out for only doing your second grow. props to you for doing your research and having the gusto to be able to aply it.
it's also nice to see that you aren't getting barked at to turn your drawers into shotgun trays anymore, you are doing great. please keep sharing all the great photos.

 

[asdf1]

Oh, and on the 12oz dry weight -- That's just from 28 cakes out of the 120 or so cakes in the drawers. It's not the full weight from the full entire first flush. I cant wait to see that number, but if my math is right it should be around 48 ounces (3 Lbs).

Did you birth all of the cakes at the same time? If so I bet your freaking out with 92 cakes left that are on the brink of harvesting. Do you think your dehydrator(s) can handle that sort of volume. I almost feel like your gonna run out of space in that little room for all the shrooms.

And your math is wrong i just worked it out it came out to about 53oz. so that's an extra 5 for you congrats....

I just cant wrap my head around how efficient your set up is. Hell I could set that up in my bedroom, it takes up little to no space. The only hard part is sterilizing and innoculating. I suppose drilling the holes in the FC was awefully tedious also, but if your going to do a second grow with this same setup you could just enlist your friends to help out with all of the sterilizing and innoculating, promise them an eigth of shrooms apiece, hire 8 friends, thats a half a cake out of one flush and it takes out all of the hard work. If you could keep this running continuously it could be a full time career except you'd only work 10 hours a month!!!

 

[researchkitty]

Did you birth all of the cakes at the same time? If so I bet your freaking out with 92 cakes left that are on the brink of harvesting. Do you think your dehydrator(s) can handle that sort of volume. I almost feel like your gonna run out of space in that little room for all the shrooms.

And your math is wrong i just worked it out it came out to about 53oz. so that's an extra 5 for you congrats....

I just cant wrap my head around how efficient your set up is. Hell I could set that up in my bedroom, it takes up little to no space. The only hard part is sterilizing and innoculating. I suppose drilling the holes in the FC was awefully tedious also, but if your going to do a second grow with this same setup you could just enlist your friends to help out with all of the sterilizing and innoculating, promise them an eigth of shrooms apiece, hire 8 friends, thats a half a cake out of one flush and it takes out all of the hard work. If you could keep this running continuously it could be a full time career except you'd only work 10 hours a month!!!

You can grow a thousand cakes in a bedroom if you wanted to. Sterilization is easy, really easy! Just a plastic glove box and a pressure cooker is all you need. Well, and some bleach spray.

The setup time for drilling the holes sucked. But, do it once and done never again.



No pictures today, harvested a handful of cakes and more in the dehydrator already.................

 

[Mookjong]

This looks really good!

I think it's time for you to ditch the cakes and step up to casings. It will dramatically increase your yield and utilize alot of you wasted space in your fruiting chambers.

Building an incubator will also speed up the colonization process.

Tip for building you casing layers or really any time you need a sterile work space: Set you oven 300 and use the oven door as your work space. Since heat rises, the heat from the oven will keep any contaminations at bay.

Anyways great job so far! Your more than ready for bulk substrates.

 

[aeviaanah]

Lookin real good kitty! I am impressed. I received my spores today....lots of them too 9 different strains.

 

[egon]

Amazing, thats the most cakes i've seen in one place

 

[aeviaanah]

I am wondering about the dangers of ingesting the home-grown shrooms. I have heard it can be quiet dangerous when not knowing the potency. Do you test these before giving away? Can you elaborate on how you know they are safe for yourself and others?

 

[researchkitty]

I am wondering about the dangers of ingesting the home-grown shrooms. I have heard it can be quiet dangerous when not knowing the potency. Do you test these before giving away? Can you elaborate on how you know they are safe for yourself and others?

Mushrooms are mushrooms, and they are all potent as the next. There should be zero noticeable trip difference from something grown in the wild to something cultivated at home.

I would feel SAFER eating home grown shrooms than one I just found in a field somewhere. At least I know where they came from.

This is the same argument that the government makes against home pot growers, that it could be "un safe" and that it could be "contaminated" or "laced" and shit. Its kinda lame. Why would something I do be dangerous versus something someone with a business license doing it? The only difference is the other guy pays taxes.

You can eat POUNDS of mushrooms and not die or hurt yourself. You cant possibly consume enough as a human being to hurt you.

The only danger to mushrooms is eating one covered in mold. So, if you eat a green mushroom, its the customers own damn fault for eating it. But, my job is to make sure it isnt green when it leaves the factory so to say.

"LETS LACE THAT WEED WITH LSD YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" lol

On the testing them note, there's really no need to test them either. If its a mushroom, it'll make you trip! I do have 5 people coming over tomorrow night to "test" them, though. Candy Mountain, Charlie, Candy Mountain!!