hey guy, been growin herb for a few years, and i want to expand and grow some shrooms. my question is before i even consider...how long does it take for them to be ready, and how easily can i achieve a pound? ive done shrooms back in the day but have NO knowledge watsoever about how to grow them. please somebody let me know. if its not worth it, i wont even consider it. thanks guys!

about 2 mo.
With a lot of work... not easily, if you don't have a job and go buy atleast 5 cases of jars you might be able to pull it off in a few months.
what makes it worth it for you???

well i dont even know what a pound goes for of shrooms, like 3gs? what do u think? i dont have a job, is it going to be harder then growing headies? that pretty easy to me lol

depends on your area. Depends if you have buyers... especially buyers with money if your trying to push a pound on them.
Personally I would sell an 1/8 for $20 1/4 for $40 1 oz for $130 QP for about $400 so an lb for $1200. Those would be the minimum prices I would slide for.

2 pounds in 2 months? Or just growing specifically?

But i doubt that it is harder than growing marijuana, if your growing marijuana to achieve optimal results anyway.

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would it be hard for me to achieve a pound? i put enough time into my herb, i dont have dump loads of time to do mushroom shit. what do u think? not worth it? i wont use them, just dish a lb. out to my buddy

Yes, it would be very hard to acheve a pound. Mushrooms are a lot more work than growing pot. gotta prep all your lids with polyfill, pressure cook all of your jars for about 45+ min a piece. Inject all the jars and wait for them to colonize. Then you need to sterilize a shit load of vermiculite/coco fiber mix for that many mushrooms. Mix that and the jars into pans, wait for them to colonize. Put them in terariums (you would quite a few to make a pound in any time fast). and there you go.

Miriacle, I said a few month, more than two. And I said you better get 60 jars of the bat.

fuck all that. if a pound was worth 5gs like my headies, then id consider. not worth my time

i produce in about 1-2 months depending on incbation

i have used verious methods, PF tek, casing, and bulk substrate. the easiest of course is the PF tek (verm, brown rice flour, water) 1/2 pint jar
spores -to- pf jars -to- fruit

with this method 1 12cc syringe will do 10-12 jars (1cc per jar)

i vary between 2-7g per jar dried, it depends on strain... contamination rates... if you do more than one flush... ect

i use ruber made tubs, larger ones not sure the size... that will fit about 24 of these 'cakes' after incubation (2-3 weeks at above room temp...) and simple LED rope lights above the clear top to show em which way is up

the biggest commercial shroom seyt up i have seen was producing 22lbs a month
this set up was a bedroom, with 3 of the 4 walls covered in fish tanks and each tank with 12-20 cakes. and the 4th wall had the glovebox/flowhood for inoculation and the closet was for incubation

with other methods like bulk substrate straw logs can take an extra month
spores -to- grain jars -to- pasturized organic straw -to- fruit

a 2ft long "log" of straw 6-8" in diam will produce 1lb+ DRY... but you can only fit one per "fruiting chamber"

i hope this helps.. GOOD LUCK

Jr.


EDIT: shroom prices in my area (east coast) vary greatly from what i have seen
"dose" (1.5-2g) $20
3.5g $25-$45
the most i have seen a friend get was about $250oz

also.. the LOG method produces More weight but keep in mind the LARGER the mushroom "bed" the LARGER the mushrooms... so you could easily end up with a 7g mushroom. this might pose a problem when selling/dividing them as one person my not want a single 7g mushroom. and i hate to separate the cap and the stem so i tend to stick with PF tek when wanting mushrooms weighing a few grams or less, and the log method is better for creating larger mushrooms for things like mushroom chocolates...

mushroom chocolates around here go for about $15-$30 depending on how much is in it or how much the DEALER says is in it... when i make them i tend to put just a dose (around 2g, depending on the strength of the crop, seeing as lot of these go to first timers) usually over half of what goes in each chocolate is chopped fine and the rest is powdered. all powder seems to create a very quick trip, and all chopped seems to take a little longer to kick in

heat chocolate
fill each form 1/2 way with chocolate (i use ice cube trays)
add magic
stir with toothpick
top off
let cool
wrap

Jr.