Magic Mushroom Grow Kit?

[BudToaster]

I thought you had to harvest before the veil opens for maximum potency.

i don't know for sure - i get it within about 24 hours of dropping the veil - i check the bin several times a day to ensure fresh air exchange. i do see spurts of growth around that time. i also see a richer/darker blue color at/after veil drop when i slice the shrooms. i am guessing that means more psilocybin but i haven't researched that.

 

[Petrochemical]

There once was a site made by a riddler..... who had a Crypt Keeper who made chocolates with psychedelic experiences of bounding I'd pick through Papa Smurfs s*** piles to find that dude again

 

[Petrochemical]

Let me find out I'm going to be doing and Uncle Ben's rice project here in my small little room where I am

 

[BudToaster]

just a slow roll ... only 7 shrooms plucked today - i thought it would be only 1 but when i went back later this morning, there were 6 more ready to go. many more babies awaiting.

been leaving the LED on 24 hours to attract the small black fliers toward the sticky pads - seems to be working nicely .... can't tell if it affects the shroom growth or not.

been ignoring the Burma but plan to switch to fruiting on 1 July - two weeks of colonizing the substrate. listed online as having a higher potency than my normal choices.

 

[BudToaster]

another 7 this morning with many more babies rising.

 

[chilliwilli]

Hi folks
The few times i tried a shroom grow kit they stopped growing after i picked the first ones. I was told to pick all at once when the veil opens and only leave the litttle pins but that didn't work.
Also tried to pick the ones with open veil but growth got stunned.
To be honest i didn't give them much attention and had them at summertimes in my room and did handspraying.

How do u proceed all or partial?

 

[chilliwilli]

Right now i'm thinking of getting some truffel growkit because that was very easy to do. Just throw it in your cupboard and try to remember in 3 months.

 

[BudToaster]

Hi folks
The few times i tried a shroom grow kit they stopped growing after i picked the first ones. I was told to pick all at once when the veil opens and only leave the litttle pins but that didn't work.
Also tried to pick the ones with open veil but growth got stunned.
To be honest i didn't give them much attention and had them at summertimes in my room and did handspraying.

How do u proceed all or partial?

i pick 'em when they are ready - i.e. veil drop or almost drop. shrooms come in flushes - with 7 to 10 ready to pick each day (this strain) until the mycelium is tired - maybe a week or two - and needs to be recharged (soak in water for 24 hrs).

shrooms grow fast - like when you walk into the yard and there be a giant shroom that wasn't there yesterday - but in a covered tray.

like any grow i check at least once per day. pretty simple. i use Everclear as an antiseptic to clean everything before i fill the tray with substrate + colonized grain jar. easy peasy.

 

[D. B. Doober]

I miss growing B+
Amazing-looking shrooms and great trip. Would rather pay $100 for a 1/4 ounce than grow. My B+ were like golden dusted and shit...oh how I remember.

 

[BudToaster]

ever since i was 22, headed for san francisco region in 1970 right out of college, i have lived by the rule: know thy chemist. plus, i like to do it myself.

 

[BudToaster]

night time check and another 8 shrooms got plucked and processed, so 15 for today

 

[BudToaster]

a little over 20g dry so far - or 4 hero doses.

just picked a nice large one over 21g wet - typically will be 10% of this weight after drying.

 

[BudToaster]

so, after 2 weeks of colonizing the substrate, the Burma is now in fruiting configuration - dome lid with micropore filters for fresh air exchange, LED above the lid running 12 hr on/12 hr off, HUMID on 1 hour every 3 hrs.

 

[trichrider]

carry on Bud

 

[BudToaster]

so, two medium size shrooms today, and it looks like the first flush of Nepal is done. the mycelium causes the substrate to compact and pull away from the sides of the tray, leaving a gap between the substrate and the tray. maybe a dozen tiny shrooms in this gap. a couple of days to finish the drying and i will weigh and grind the first flush fruit.

switching back to colonizing mode - keep the HUMID working, unplug the LED, replace the dome lid with the flat colonizing lid to block oxygen to the mycelium. the mycelium on the surface looks a bit exhausted - compared to the Burma just 3 days into fruiting.

 

[BudToaster]

well, all those little gap shrooms are now big - probably pick a dozen tomorrow.

so far: 39.3g of dried Nepal shroom.

 

[BudToaster]

well, that was a surprise ... turned out to be 16 massive Nepal shrooms from the gap this morning - quite a growth spurt overnight. took almost an hour to clean and cut and lay out in a tray for 24 hours of air dry. gotta be at least another 20g when dry.

so, now this tray can go back under the colonizing lid for a while. Burma starting to show some growth.

 

[BudToaster]

looks like the Nepal mycelium doesn't want to rest and regroup - still pumping out the baby shrooms, although it will be several days before the next dozen are ready to pluck.

took a second bunch of 4 Burma shrooms today - total of 8 are air drying - rainy and humid here today.

the drying box is not quite up to the job for that last harvest of Nepal - added a fuckton more desiccant packs - each is 50g - for a total of 20 in a shoe box size bin. even recharged 10 of them in the microwave. hope to get them dried, weighed and in the jar tomorrow.

 

[BudToaster]

yep ... dry as a cracker. forgot to weight them before they were already half in the collection jar. so, call it 20g.

Burma tray is starting to fruit nicely. Nepal still going, too.

 

[BudToaster]

Nepal is still producing - 15 shrooms today, some quite large. doing all the daily processing of the fruit is turning into a real job.