Ive never used a premade spawn but as I understand it both of these companies are reputable.
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I started with MWGK but it’s so easy to make your own… you do need a pressure cooker however and need to be much more careful with the bags in the PC than you do in the jars. If you do bags, you need to put a dishwasher safe plate on top to keep the bags from floating.
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Yes it is! Cheaper in the long run too!
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So I was at the farmers market and ran into a mushroom vendor. He had a couple different strains going 1 oyster for sure and a different variety. We talked about his medium and what grain he liked to use. It was just neat to be able to talk to him and know the correct terms. He asked me what I grow I said cubes and cannabis but would love to try other mushrooms. Like lions mane or maybe something different the next time I go I’ll ask for a sample to taste and see if I like them or not. I have GT and Madagascar growing now and one of my tubs got the mean green so I have to scrap that one getting a second flush of the Madagascar now they look basically like a b+ I just put my gt to bulk yesterday growing great. I took a trip last Saturday my face still hurts from laughing so much and I found out my gf friend wants Thier daughter to try cube therapy. I told them if you need some mushrooms I have plenty of them probably a good lb now dried and ready to go. I got some 000 gel caps and found they hold .5 of a gram making them is a pain even with one of them machines. But I weighed then and they are all about half a gram making it easy to dose. I know the post is long but it’s a complete update. Waiting for my seed order to come in for my next grow.
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I would suggest getting a pressure canner and making your own spawn. Its alot easier then some make it to be and in the end its significantly cheaper. A good canner will last many years AND if you like tender roasts you will be blown away by the cooking capabilities of a good pressure cooker!
While I have a great deal of respect for PF’s tek, it is a far cry from bulk runs. Same with the shot gun FC. Seriously labor intensive by comparison to a martha tent.
While you can do that, I would argue that cannabis grow tents are far to expensive for mushroom growing. Look to portable greenhouses on amazon, they are considerably cheeper and easier to make alterations on.
Looks like this when done right.
1/2 gallon or gallon jars recommended. You can even take the stones out, case them and increase their size as well as fruit mushrooms from them to restock your spore supply. Fresh stones can be twice as potent as fresh cubies, all magic mushrooms loose potency in the dry.
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I love that part!
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Buy some mushies and take a clone.
How did that substrate turn out?
Waz thinking about this today. Consider running your air cleaner in the room you do spawn work in for 30-45 mins prior to doing work. Wipe every spawn jar with rubbing alchol and close any vents in that room while you are working. Make the air still as possible. Nail down that sterile procedure. You can also spray febreeze air liberaly in the room prior to spawning. It will actually grab and pull down bacteria and fungus spores in the work area air. Not the best way, but in a pinch. It will be difficult to deal with the fragrance but not impossible.
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Hows everyone doing? Please send myco porn.
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I’m doing well lol. I have no myco porn to share.
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Glad you are well, though still sad about the lack of myco porn.
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My latest tub. I had some leftover grain from teaching a friend. I added about 15% mushroom compost to the substrate and they seem to love it. It’s mainly horse crap and hay
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Thanks! It took a while and I was worried about contamination going that long but it’s all good! The pins were all leaning towards the window so when I got home Friday, I put the little grow light on a timer over the tub
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Oh and check out the pins growing on tiny fibers of myc on the left side, slightly lower than midway. Growing up the side of the tote! I’ve never seen anything like that lol
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Thats sweet! Im glad you mentioned it I woukd have never seen it
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@Caligurl @Docnraq @CoyoteCody any hints on a good place to get an all in one kit? i need to research more but i wanna try a shroom grow
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