Golden Teacher PF tek, Mono Tek grow

Greetings everyone!

I wanted to setup a thread for my new intrest which is growing mushrooms. I will be usinging several methods at once. as you can tell from the topic I will employ PF tek and Mono Tek.

To do this i will innoculate a sterile quart rye jar(4 cc's) and a set of 6 1/2 quart jars(1 cc) containing Brown rice flour cakes. With the quart jar i will let it fully colonize then shake it and add it in layers to a tub with horse poo substrate.

I will knock up each jar with as sterile conditions as i can muster. I have 99% Alcohol and a walk in closet to use as a makeshift lab. no air conditioning so the air is still.


In my closet half will be slowly turned into my lab for my new hobby. I will be posting pictures as my gear arrives. I went with a 14.5 gallon clear storage bin as my terrarium. I will be employing the shotgun terrarium tek with a tropicair pump combo. to do that i will be drilling 1/4 inch holes every 2 inches on all six sides of the storage bin. Ill hook up the air pump and allow that to provide 24 hour humidity and i will mist in the waking hours. I will be misting several times a day then fanning when i reach the fruiting phase.



So for now i am waiting on a spore syringe from spores101.com. I also ordered - Psilocybe Cubensis Cambodia
Psilocybe Cubensis B+
Psilocybe Cubensis Mazatapec

for later research. I am starting with golden teachers.
I hope to show successful start to finish so we can learn together!


As a cover, I will also be growing Shiitake mushrooms on a sawdust block.

JP

I'm subbed brah. I always wanted to learn how to grow shrooms, so this ought to be an interesting thread. I wish you the best of luck.

Peace.

I'll stay tuned too bro. I've never grown my own shrooms so it'll be interesting to watch and learn. I ussually walk around in the spring and fall and shit and go picking around here get me some copper tops hahah. Not very strong shrooms thats for sure but they get the job done.

Subbing JP..lol. I cant wait to see you go mad scientist with this also!

Good luck man! I've grown on Rye and BRF and BRF was much easier and much more forgiving. While I'm only growing marijuana right now, I found mushrooms to be really easy to grow and you get your fruits within 1.5 months. Enjoy!

subbed good luck,

I received my golden teacher syringe today ahead of my myco 101 kit and all the rest of the ordered gear so i will hang on to it and leave it in the plastic bag.

I have three more syringes coming in the mail soon. It was a kick ass deal for three strains for 40 bucks with shipping.

So i will have plenty to play with hehe

4 sterilized quart jars with rye berries and injection ports.
12 1/2 quart sterilized bfr cakes
1 bag of hpoo based substrate in bag with filter patch
10 petrie dishes with agar
2 lbs leeched hpoo
1 bag vermiculite
1 bag perlite
1 bag peat moss
1 bag gypsum
shotgun terrarium
tub in tub incubator
several carboard boxes for storage.


JP

i used spore works like two years ago and got 5, and one free, for 50 bucks, but i didn't get to pick the strains, but i got mostly the ones i would have chosen any ways

oh cool thats a sweet deal! I have 12 brf cakes to play with, how many of each strain should i work on at one time? should i just knock up as many as i can with GT?

JP

My suggestion to you is to invest in LOTS of 5 - 10 ml syringes. Because after your first flush, you're going to have all the spores you will EVER need! Compared to what they send you from the websites, making your own pays off exponentially. Check out www.shroomery.org

I would say knock up all that you can! And just save 1 cap from each species and your spore payout will be immense.

I've grown B+, Cambodian, Puerto Rican, GT, Alacabenzi, and Ecuador. And to be honest, the effects were all about the same. A cube is a cube, but the fruits for B+ were HUGE (I had one that was 52g wet) and the Cambodians colonized the fastest.

sounds great skolar! I will make sure to pick up a box of syringes. I am stoked to be growing these, cant wait to get started.

While i wait i have been going over the various teks involved. I figure i cannot be too educated when it comes to mushroom growing.

JP

Sub'd and good luck!

Ok now i am in business! I decided to knock up 6 jars and i placed them into my incubator. i flamed the needle between each jar and wiped down each jar with 99 % rubbing alcohol. the jars were steamed for 90 mins in my stock pot.

I filled the lower tub with water and plugged in the heater. Then placed the upper tub on top of the water. then i replaced the lid once the jars were knocked up and inside.

I decided to just go with 6 since i will be making prints and cloning them once they have grown. I wanted to leave a few jars for other strains.

subbed fa sho!

I wan't to begin getting a Fruiting chamber (FC) together using a container and an amount of perlite. the container has a synthetic filter disk covering a hole for gas exchange.

my question is should i make a shotgun terrarium out of this container? drill 1/4 holes every two inches on all six sides?

I ordered a Tropicaire Humidifier Air Exchanger to increase the air exchange when im asleep or not around. it wont replace misting and fanning but it should help some. anyone used one of these?


JP

Drilling 1/4 holes 2 inches apart on all sides should be good. I actually used a "Reptifogger", it's made to humidify an terarrium and on its mid to low setting it worked AMAZING. I've never used the unit you're referring to, but I'm sure it will work great .

Ok one problem i see, the perlite they sent me seems kinda fine to me. will it thicken up with water? how does it not fall through the holes in the bottom?
I havent drilled holes in the bottom yet but know they are important.

JP

How big are the holes?

I don't even have any in my FC and I haven't had any problems.

1/4 of an inch as instructed by pf tek.

Do you think i can get away with all but bottom holes or should i get a smaller drill bit for the bottom?

JP

justparanoid said:

1/4 of an inch as instructed by pf tek.

Do you think i can get away with all but bottom holes or should i get a smaller drill bit for the bottom?

JP

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I'd leave it or it'll just make a mess.

I keep a clear piece of plastic over the top of my bin and just take it off and fan them once in a while.