Anybody growing mushrooms willing to talk???

canndo

canndo

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7L!fTeD24 said:
After reading your guys' knowledge about filtration and positive and negative pressure in the tent I realized a few things. I started having the big issues with contamination when I turned my window ac unit in the room off and turned the space heater on. The air conditioner was pulling air from the room And blowing cool air in I don't know if this was causing positive or negative pressure inside the tent, But it was working at the time even with carpet in the room. When I turned the Oscillating tower space heater on I'm Sure, it was blowing a lot of air inside the tent through the zippers and seams Even though it's closed up. Especially With the carpet In the room holding millions of spores And it probably picking them up and pushing them through all the cracks in the tent. I'm sure tearing the carpet out will help a lot But I'm sure it's still Pushing some bad stuff Through those same cracks and seams. It's a 4x8 tent in a 10x10 room With the door Kept shut. I keep the space heater off the floor on a bucket And it Oscillates, but I don't have it blowing right at the tent. It blows alongside the front, but not directly at it. Keeping the door open would probably help all the air from blowing in the cracks But I don't want any contaminants from the room next to it Coming in either especially because I have a dog And I'm vacuuming up dog hair daily. Regardless I'm getting a flow hood and/or a couple FFU's buts it's gonna be about 3 weeks before I can afford them. So I still have a little bit of time to shop around and gather a little bit more knowledge about them And figure out exactly what I need. You guys have been a big help For me getting an understanding of how They work and how they're used And the use of positive and negative Air flow. Now it's just figuring out what to buy and how to put them to use.
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Well, for me anyway, I run three reactive hepa systems and an electrostatic.

Tests show that the spore load in the room is about the same whether I use them or not. It's lower in a sphere of about two feet from each but not a whole lot. The room is not hermetically sealed.
 
natureboygrower

natureboygrower

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7L!fTeD24 said:
I nocked these jars yesterday!!
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Wow, man, that is crazy fast! I hope you're on the path to success again :cool:
Hey, are you still microdosing? How much? I broke off .15 this morning with no unwanted side effects, agitation or feeling jittery. The only slight issue was like a "hollow" ( best i can describe it) feeling 6 or 7 hours later. I may step down to .10. But I was also spraying ceilings without my respirator for half the morning so I suppose that coulda been it:eyesmoke:
 
natureboygrower

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Fangthane said:
I just got a mortar and pestle, as well as some empty gel caps to fill up with shroom powder. Gonna give microdosing more serious shot. Is .15 grams generally considered weak or strong, as far as micro doses go?
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Middle maybe? I think I read .2 is getting up there. I started off a couple years ago at .3, .4 and I didn't like it. I guess I'm really sensitive ( I don't really care for the body load on the come up with mushrooms)
I used to grind mine in a dedicated coffee grinder and fill caps. Do you have your press and everything? You need specific cap sizes for the amount your going to fill ( just in case you weren't aware). I went larger caps a few years ago so if I decide to go that route again, I'll need smaller caps for a smaller dose. The kits are cheap and work fairly well.
I may just weigh up a piece on days I dose.
 
7L!fTeD24

7L!fTeD24

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I'm taking an unwanted break from microdosing. I'll definitely go back to it when some grow. Dosage depends on strain. But yes .15 is a good start. I like to take that for a while until I get used to the dose. My reason for liking natalensis for microdosing is because it makes my body feel pretty good, when taking them to trip they have really nice visuals, body buzz, and all around positive experience.
 
Fangthane

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No, no press or any kind of specialized equipment. The caps came with a couple of plastic spoons, apparently meant for filling and packing the empty capsules. Here's all I got so far. Hopefully it's not too low-tech to get the job done.
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Fangthane

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natureboygrower said:
1's might hold more than you want
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All I really had to go by was a visual reference pic of the various sizes in the Amazon listing. No actual experience with stuffing pills yet, so I just straight up guessed which size would be best. If anything, I was thinking 1 might be on the small side. Don't yet have any kind of feel for how much space a pulverized shroom will take up.
 
7L!fTeD24

7L!fTeD24

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Fangthane said:
All I really had to go by was a visual reference pic of the various sizes in the Amazon listing. No actual experience with stuffing pills yet, so I just straight up guessed which size would be best. If anything, I was thinking 1 might be on the small side. Don't yet have any kind of feel for how much space a pulverized shroom will take up.
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They hold more than you would think One sits crushed up into powder. Especially if you really pack it down with the back end of one of the plastic spoons they give you.
 
7L!fTeD24

7L!fTeD24

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Fangthane said:
All I really had to go by was a visual reference pic of the various sizes in the Amazon listing. No actual experience with stuffing pills yet, so I just straight up guessed which size would be best. If anything, I was thinking 1 might be on the small side. Don't yet have any kind of feel for how much space a pulverized shroom will take up.
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Also Give them a while to start to take effect. Don't give up on micro dosing too soon Because you don't like the feeling of it. If you feel something from it, you may be taking too much And have to adjust the dose. I've made this mistake and have given up microdosing before because I didn't give it long enough to work. I start seeing the most benefits from it after a couple weeks But you will definitely gain a tolerance really quick I like to take breaks. A lot of the times I would actually take my micro dose at night time and feel great the next day. A lot of medications also mess with The benefits of mushrooms. Especially something like benzo's it completely cancels it out. I was on 5 medications 3 of them narcotics all For depression and anxiety and Was having a hard time tripping at all. Id have to eat 5 grams of ape With a dose or 2 on top. I thought the mushrooms were weak until I stopped taking most of these meds Then was amazed at how little I actually had to take And in all honesty I felt way better microdosing then I did with all those medications combined. But everybody body is different, this is just my personal experience.
 
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Fangthane

Fangthane

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I made 25 of them so far. My digital scale only has a resolution of 0.1, so I'm basically just guesstimating the dosage per cap. I took 1 to test out and about an hour after taking it, I got a little bit of a peak where I felt like I was starting to trip slightly. Only lasted maybe 20-30 minutes. I was pretty surprised such a small amount could make someone my size feel much of anything at all.
 
7L!fTeD24

7L!fTeD24

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A couple boxes that got contaminated had a contamination that i've rarely seen A small amount of the mycelium was rust colored. I'm usually dealing with green.
 
Aeroknow

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Fangthane said:
I just ordered another all-in-one bag. Gonna squirt the last of my Jack Frost spores in and see if I have any luck this time.
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Man. I wish you were dealing with a liquid culture. If you think about it, allot of things need to happen just right if you go squirting some spores in a bag.
I think the smartest thing you can do is squirt what you’re gonna squirt into one spot. Agitate the syringe up as much as you can first.
 
Aeroknow

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Fangthane said:
I made 25 of them so far. My digital scale only has a resolution of 0.1, so I'm basically just guesstimating the dosage per cap. I took 1 to test out and about an hour after taking it, I got a little bit of a peak where I felt like I was starting to trip slightly. Only lasted maybe 20-30 minutes. I was pretty surprised such a small amount could make someone my size feel much of anything at all.
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A micro dose is .10 to .25 of a gram a day. If you took .25 of my PE blobs you would trip. Prob not a good one to start off with. But! Might be the killer one to micro dose after that initial .25 gram.
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Fallguy111 said:
Eavesdropper over here. I’m unable to dm you and would greatly appreciate a bit of knowledge.
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Been on vacation
Pm sent to you but I must warn you, i’m not good at giving step by step advice. I’m so busy, that type of stuff scares me. I been burnt so many times from heads on here from me giving shitloads of my time helping them out and i don’t even get a thank you. Fuckers extract my knowledge and then bail without even a thank you.
i’m typing this with big fat fingers on my iphone.
 
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