How To Grow Magic Mushrooms

lucidhaze

Member
How does making prints work? Is it possible to buy syringes, and make a print off them to basically have an infinite supply of spores that can be recycled? Or is it better off to just buy the syringes and use them up, then continue buying more every time i run out?
 

testtime

Well-Known Member
1)How does making prints work? 2) Is it possible to buy syringes, and make a print off them to basically have an infinite supply of spores that can be recycled? 3) Or is it better off to just buy the syringes and use them up, then continue buying more every time i run out?
1) Take a full grown cap and place it over some type of media for a couple of days. Spores are deposited. Lots of additional reading, but that's it.

2) Spores in needle are used to inoculate something, either jars of grain, bags of grain, brf (for some), etc. But those must be allowed to grow to become mushrooms, which you then get the spore prints from.

3) After a 1st pass of needles, you then can choose to keep the best cap and make spore prints (and live myc as well) forever, and never have to buy needles again.
 

lucidhaze

Member
1) Take a full grown cap and place it over some type of media for a couple of days. Spores are deposited. Lots of additional reading, but that's it.

2) Spores in needle are used to inoculate something, either jars of grain, bags of grain, brf (for some), etc. But those must be allowed to grow to become mushrooms, which you then get the spore prints from.

3) After a 1st pass of needles, you then can choose to keep the best cap and make spore prints (and live myc as well) forever, and never have to buy needles again.

Thanks for the fast and helpful reply!
 

morfin56

New Member
Might I recommend http://mycrotopia.com, good prices, good genetics, and reliable.
That site owns the mycotopia mushroom growing site, it has more knowledge then you could ever need on a wide range of topics(not just mushrooms).
 

DoctorSmoke

Active Member
i had the idea of buying some spore prints or those syringes and just placing it in a plastic container with compost or good soil blend like something u would grow worms in then just see if it works. but im guessin i need to start thsoe off in a sterile environment. if i could get it to work small scale then i would transplant what i got into a bigger container and just keep them going. im assuming they reproduce on their own. i havent looked into it that much but i could get it to work, eventually.
 

canndo

Well-Known Member
i had the idea of buying some spore prints or those syringes and just placing it in a plastic container with compost or good soil blend like something u would grow worms in then just see if it works. but im guessin i need to start thsoe off in a sterile environment. if i could get it to work small scale then i would transplant what i got into a bigger container and just keep them going. im assuming they reproduce on their own. i havent looked into it that much but i could get it to work, eventually.

Probably not.
 
first off thank you for having a guide that i can actually understand but im new to shrooms in general and only tried them once but im interested in growing and this is gonna sound funny but i've never heard anyone specify what cakes are they just shrooms or what sorry for the stupid question i just need to know thank you in advance.
 

Sugar420

Member
Hi there!
I just recently purchased some spores & am in the incubation state (it's been 5 days) & I do already start to see the fuzzy white on the edges of the jars & I purchased my spores from http://www.microsporetech.com/; Each needle is $10.00 a piece & if you get 2, you get a third one free... Just curious, in my first one, while injecting (it's my first time), everything ran out of the needle so fast that my first 2 jars have way too many spores. How will that affect me within the rest of the process?
Thanks so much! This article rocks!!!!!! o}
 

Kaypay

Member
After filling the jars with syringe solution instruction says to tape the holes. But another guide says to leave the lids a bit loose to let the air in.. So which one is correct? Would it be ok to tape the holes and tighten lids up and let no air get in at all?
 

morfin56

New Member
No, Kaypay.
Your jars need FAE, fresh air exchange.

They probably used micropore tape which allows for FAE.

I suggest leaving your lids on all the way and just leaving the holes open.
 

PuffinChronic

Active Member
first off thank you for having a guide that i can actually understand but im new to shrooms in general and only tried them once but im interested in growing and this is gonna sound funny but i've never heard anyone specify what cakes are they just shrooms or what sorry for the stupid question i just need to know thank you in advance.
First things first... Go over to
http://www.shroomery.org ... everything you could every possibly want to know is available there.

If you do decide to go ahead and try your hand at some amateur mycology I suggest the following..
Phase 1 : http://www.shroomery.org/9031/Fool-Proof-Birdseed-Method
Phase 2 : http://www.shroomery.org/10858/How-to-do-Coir

Good luck,
Puff.
 

PuffinChronic

Active Member
After filling the jars with syringe solution instruction says to tape the holes. But another guide says to leave the lids a bit loose to let the air in.. So which one is correct? Would it be ok to tape the holes and tighten lids up and let no air get in at all?
Try this... Before hand take all your jar lids and drill 3 or 4 holes around the perimeter and use silicone as a self healing inoculation point. You can stick your syringe in and pull it out and it closes up on its own. The jar is therefore never exposed to outside air.

Again... http://www.shoomery.org is the place to go for this type of information.

Puffin.
 

Kaypay

Member
I dont know if my tape is breathable, i think it is, its the one you use for skin, so it has to be. Anyways, i am doing 6 jars. So i left 3 with tape on, and 3 with a few holes and will see how it goes. Its my first time, gotta experiment :)
 

Kaypay

Member
No, Kaypay.
Your jars need FAE, fresh air exchange.

They probably used micropore tape which allows for FAE.

I suggest leaving your lids on all the way and just leaving the holes open.
Thanks for reply.

Wouldn't letting air in increase a chance of contamination though?

On shroomery org it is said that you can tighten lids and tape holes if the humidity is not too high, otherwise water can start gathering up at the bottom of jars.

But maybe they meant breathable tape..
 
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