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Im doing coco verm. The verm lowers the cost a bit. Small tubs atm but probably get back into the bigger monos soon.
I usually run 6, 12qts at a time. I learn with straight coco a 650g brick and 3.5 quarts of water hits field capacity perfect for the whole brick.
Yeah i have dropped down to about 3 quarts spawn to the mix i listed about probably 3-4 quarts as i never measured. So you are running pretty much what i used to.
i remember back in circa 2001 when I started, B+ was the most recommended strain for beginners to start with. Granted, the PF Tek was also the recommended method and people that did bulk casings were super close lipped about their methods and techniques. However, anything that's technically a mutation is gonna be more susceptible to contams just by the nature of being a mutation.
Yeah that PE takes 3 times as long to colonize and 3x as long to fruit…. At min. But its very fucking potent. And I can’t keep it around more than a day or 2.
jeez lol that's almost as bad as psilocybe cyanescens. which, reminds me. i need to move forward with getting the spawn expanded on those and get em out to some outdoor beds. maybe by next year will end up with a crop of wood lovers.
Depends if you're refering to panaeleous or psilocybe. Pan Cyan's -- yes. Psilocybe Cyanescens, maybe but not likely. I've only seen one individual run Ps. Cyan. indoors and the flushes were lackluster. Woodlovers like that do best outdoors.
psilocybe cyanescens is a wood lover, and only slightly more potent than cubensis. However -- it has this wonderful side effect called Wood Lover's Paralysis. Medical and mycological science doesn't quite understand why they cause temporary paralysis but it is a known side effect. Some independent research has shown benadryl can help alleviate or prevent the symptoms from presenting themselves but there hasn't been any academic or otherwise research done (or at least published) to determine exactly what causes the paralysis.
I just can't sterilize w/o equipment
Man I'd love to try those potent ones....
They are pretty dam good but again such a pain in the ass. At least this specific strain is.
APEs they are a fun novelty grow is how I see them, I have noticed one things about them they do tend to colonize faster on potato dextrose agar plates instead of LME. Last run I did the Yeti mutation and damn they are finicky little things.
Try some TAT from SporeNite, I’ve yet to have any of my APE compare in potency to their genetics. 2 grams and you’re frying hard!!
ah good call out. i haven't ran em on PDA yet, just LMEA and nutrient yeast LMEA. They seemed move a little faster with the nutrient yeast but not enough to be excited about.
Mine are PE not APE
I would assume that they do yes
Thats awesome
My buddy Danny is an amazing artist.we just helped him fill it in.
This is the one medium I’ve yet to try for colonizing spawn. Does it colonize faster?
I haven't noticed any increase in speed vs WBS. It's been too long since I last did any BRF cakes, either, so can't give a reliable opinion on that either. But, I like the preparation better, and the grain size better than WBS or popcorn. It's a little more tedious than popcorn but not nearly the PITA that WBS is. I have some ideas to reduce the issues I have with prep (primarily drying the grain before loading it into jars). The nutrient density is also fantastic for pretty much all the varieties of mushrooms I'll be producing in bulk (cordyceps will be a whole other animal to tackle later on), and that's helpful for keeping the complications down.
I just got a source for $25 per 50/lb bag. Things are ramping up now
lost my contact that was $40 when i moved. My first 2 bags after coming back cost me almost $200 to get shipped in. Picked up 4 bags for now and see where that takes me. Supplier always has but i can get it even cheaper if i can buy in totes. Lmao thats a lot of mushrooms to grow to need that much
hell yeah it is lol i already hit up a buddy in my old town that grows for a seasonal farmers market out there and asked if he wanted to take one of the bags off my hands. it's a lot of grain to deal with, man. even more to prep and process through a medium sized PC. Gonna have to build a steam sterilizer barrel system me thinks.I just got a source for $25 per 50/lb bag. Things are ramping up now
Yeah i can do 7 jars at a time. Right now that eats up a lot of my Saturday. I was thinking of getting another for now.
that's what i remember from growing them years ago. they're not quite as aggressive as KSSS but they're up there. I have a jar of JMF and Pink Buffalo going right now that I'll be propagating out to more grain bags probably tomorrow, and need to make some test plates for their respective LCs I made. also still gotta go find some containers to actually fruit the things in.
I tried seedling trays and they suck ass bro.
If you want a high potency mushroom without the long agonizing growth rate of PE try some True Albino Teachers. I can’t tell much difference in growth than a regular cube, but with buckle the fuck up potency. Every time I harvest them they turn black instead of blue.
KSSS is one of my all time favorites. Haven't been able to find a reliable source for a print again, yet, but I'll find it eventually. I liked them for their aggressive growth rates, size of fruits, and strong potency. In comparison to like, Thai Lipa Yai, they definitely carried more of a holistic punch. Thai Lipa Yai was super visual without the same kind of body load. We'll see what the Jedi Mind Fuck are like. It's my first venture into the new school hybrid varieties. Everything else I've done before has been some regional variety.
Ok im going to order them tomorrow. I’m ditching the PE entirely. I have done 3 grain transfers of amazon and the PE is just finishing colonizing the first round.
