First Time Shroom Grower PF-Tek

Ive been wondering what kind of bush that is..it only flowers in the winter but it has some beautiful flowers

Ive heard of people using a mix of organic soil and other things to make a casing but I havent heard of people actually casing with soil...Id stick with verm if you have any.
Have you looked on shroomery or mycotopia?

jollygreengiant8 said:

Ive been wondering what kind of bush that is..it only flowers in the winter but it has some beautiful flowers

Ive heard of people using a mix of organic soil and other things to make a casing but I havent heard of people actually casing with soil...Id stick with verm if you have any.
Have you looked on shroomery or mycotopia?

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I don't feel like spending the money. My shroom grow has worked out half-ass from the beginning so I might as well continue . . .

I used whole brown rice for the substrate and it worked great. I have some organic potting mix with sheep manure in it and some perlite. I'll just try it out with this next cake and let you guys know how it works. Either way I already have plenty of shrooms and lots of cakes still incubating.

A bush huh? Not crocus' then, I looked at the picture again and I must have been high the first time.

you can find vermiculte for pretty damn cheap but if youre set on the soil try it out and let us know how it goes!

I guess its a bush, it looks bush-like...I have two of them in my yard, one with dark pink flowers and one with the light pink, still dont have a clue as to what they might be

jollygreengiant8 said:

you can find vermiculte for pretty damn cheap but if youre set on the soil try it out and let us know how it goes!

I guess its a bush, it looks bush-like...I have two of them in my yard, one with dark pink flowers and one with the light pink, still dont have a clue as to what they might be

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Take a pic I'll let you know!

Yeah verm is cheap but I have soil left over from an old grow that I have no use for. Plus I would have to go to the store and that sucks this time of year, I already did my x-mas shopping.

Ill get a pic when I go back home after the holidays. Hopefully you can ID it for me

and yeah its fucking crazy out there, people driving like assholes..i wont even go into a store

It's snowing really hard here, I really wanted to eat some shrooms and explore the snow but I have a lot of stuff to do tomorrow and today.

well go get that shit done! then munch down and enjoy
i bet tripping in the snow is fun
we dont get snow..only cold sometimes, but it was fucking 27 today...burrrr
it was 70 on saturday

i took these pics before i left
its looking pretty good to me

Super cool hopefully minimal aborts!

Looking great JG, I hope mine start to follow suit in the next day or two!

Try this...

8 ..."1/2 pint" jars.

mix 1/4 cup fresh ground Brown rice with 2/3 cup Vermiculite and 1/4 cup distilled water. **** This IS the widely accepted new PF Tech formula****

Place 1/4 cup Verm in bottom of jars. (less time collonizing).

Add mixture.

place 1/4 cup verm on top of mixture as a contam barrier.

Cover lids that have innoculation holes already punched with double layer foil (first layer shiney down, next shiney up.

seal foil tightly around edge of screw on ring

place in water in PC with water level 1/3 to 1/2 up jars.

Once ball on cooker starts to "rattle" your time then starts... cook at 15psi for 1 hour (no less)..

Turn off burner and let cool overnight.

Innoculate with syringe in am/next day.

Innoculate jars in a Glove Box.

place jars in a shoe box and place in a warm clean area at 75-78 degrees.

Do not fuck with jars for at least 1 week. Check after 1 week if you just have to. Most oftern complete collonization takes 2 weeks.

Remove cakes from jars in a clean enviroment and place into distilled water overnight.

Remove cakes and place into sterile grow boxes that have moistened Perlite in the bottom and wire screens for the cakes to rest on in a 73-76 degree enviroment.

Keep lights off for 3-4 days so mycellium will grow (as in nature).

Then turn lights on for 8-10 hours a day and keep an eye on temps.

Rotate boxes up/down and right/left once first pinning starts.

Do not open boxes or breathe on cakes.

After about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks you can harvest.

There is a bit more to this... but these are the basics. And always, ALWAYS WORK CLEAN. Take this from someone with over 7 years expierence and over 300 grows.

I decided to take a cruise over to my house and see what was going on.
I popped open the FC and and then
I'm glad I didn't wait any longer



I was about to start picking and I stopped myself and remembered PRINTS


not big but theres plenty to go around


checked the jars...all looks good, no green ninja in sight


I want to say a special thanks to Kushcrosser and Thundercat
You guys have helped me so much and havent abandoned my thread, thanks guys

lets hope to see some bigger shrooms on the 2nd flush
I need a smilie like this but with a shroom

right on bud...things are lookin great! If someone needs help and I can assist...I will!

They look great man, and you know I've been glad to be along for the ride bro. I don't have a ton of answers, but any help I've got, I'm glad to give!

the tray was covered in green mold when I got home so it went in the trash.

The WBS pint jars are doing well, although it looks like 1 may have the starts of some green mold. The other 4 are coming along

The shrooms are dried and weighed in at 9g

Nice man, 9g dry, not bad at all. How many jars of myc did you have in that tray?

the tray was about 3.5 BRF pint jars

I'm getting antsy to trip for tonight
still got another 8 hours before I'm able to eat any

Hehe, I'm dealing with the same thing, but I get to eat them in like 1.5 hours. 8 hours man, what time are you gonna eat them? 1 am? That sucks about the green mold, but still gave you plenty to trip off, and get some prints.

I was going to wait for my girl to get off work at around 11 and eat them but she backed out so solo tripping again...ate 4g and chilled, got stoned, set off fireworks, drank some delicious premium beers....it was a good time

2 jars have been infested with the green ninja..but the other 3 are just about colonized

Nice man, glad you had a good evening. Them ninjas are sneaky, I've been fighting the one in my burma tray.