PF tek - Shotgun Terrarium - GT & Cambodians Cubensis

finally got the time to make a journal thread about my 2010-2011 cubensis cultivation.

i knocked up 12 half pint jars (no lip) on Nov. 7th around 2 p.m.
with golden teacher spores. i got the spores from microtech.
i will post link later.
(i still have a 12 cc cambodian syringe which i will knock up 12 more jars in the next day or two.)
i bought two 12 cc syringes (one:GT and other: Cambodian cubensis) about 30 bucks for both syringes including shipping and handling.


today is day 15 into incubation after inoculation.


there is no signs signs of contamination in any of the 12 jars (GT).
only thing is that two of the jars only got 2 inoculation points set so it will take a lot longer to colonize (hope they dont contam.) =/

they are incubating in a closest thats never really used.
the temp is at 75-76 degrees F.
everything looks awesome and will expect to be fruiting within the next week or two.
im guessing itll be around Dec. 1st.

here are some pictures of colonization...
1st picture----Day 4
2nd Picture-----Day 6
3rd Picture------Day 10

i will post most images in the next day or so.


please post any critiques, comments, thoughts, suggestions..etc.

thank you all for checking it out!!!

-BBQ

Nice! I'm doing Pink Buffalo from micro-supply and I have a syringe of Golden Teacher I'm doing next.

Looks like it's going well, good luck!

hell yeah bruv and thank you!!!.

im surprised how fast the golden teachers are colonizing in 76 degrees.
i cant wait to see how fast the cambodians are (seeing how they are the 2nd fastest colonizing cube)
but it probably wont be much a difference.

good luck to you as well

Good luck with your grow!

Arent those pint jars bro? Half pints are the shorter jars I believe... Maybe im wrong. Those jars will work ok but if you can snag some of the shorter wide mouths they will colonize faster and have just as good fruiting results. Looks to be healthy myc though! So your gonna be using a shotgun terrarium to fruit these then, right? Where are you going to keep it? Looks good, keep the updates and pic coming. Cheers!

nah man.
those are half pints (wide mouth) jars.

and yes, i will be fruiting in a shotgun terrarium. (6 cakes per each plastic tote)

and i havnt exactly decided where to fruit them.
since i am incubating at 76 degrees F. what should i have my terrarium at?
would 76 still work or do i need to drop the temperature?

tempature drop is not needed for cubes there tropical

Ah, guess I've never seen half pint jars that tall and narrow... I've only seen the short wide ones... Maybe it's a brand I haven't seen. So what kind of light are you gonna use?

im gunna use a 26 watt Daylight 6500K CFL Twist ENERGY STAR bulb with clamp light on a cheap timer at 12 hours on and 12 hours off.

thatd not even be 15 bucks at home depot

today is Day 17 into incubation.
everything is looking awesome!!!

i think ill be birthing all cakes this time next week, maybe sooner =]

here is an image i took last night on Day 16.

p.s. i sterilized 12 jars last night but 4 of the jars bottoms cracked due to me not using a layer of tin foil above the jar lids to elivate the jars. and it the water level may have been too high (i didnt use a pressure cooker)
HOWEVER, 8 of them made it fine.

so ill be knocking up 8 jars tonight with some Cambodian spores. (starting a Sea of Green....mushroom style)
=]

Looking good! I've been waiting weeks on mine, real slow going, used the full pint.

You'll probably have mushies before me.

glShemp said:

Good luck with your grow!

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thank you sir!!!

stay tuned...

420God said:

Looking good! I've been waiting weeks on mine, real slow going, used the full pint.

You'll probably have mushies before me.

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next time use half pints. unless you dont roll that way.

may i ask why you decided to use a full pint instead of half?
just curious. =]

more time = more yield??

HeatlessBBQ said:

next time use half pints. unless you dont roll that way.

may i ask why you decided to use a full pint instead of half?
just curious. =]

more time = more yield??

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They were the first ones I saw and figured what the hell.

I bought the half pints for my next syringe, lol.

420God said:

They were the first ones I saw and figured what the hell.

I bought the half pints for my next syringe, lol.

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good sir!!!
=]

hehe all of us stoners miss or screw up at least one step.

i forgot to put tape over the inoculation holes after knocking up the jars.
they are fine. no contaminates. =]

I'm actually getting ready to start a project like this myself as soon as I get some time. Maybe over the holiday. I have some Ecuador I heard they are pretty fast. Although from what I gather "strains" are nothing like cannabis with the variety.

I guess there are a few ways to do it, but you guys put tape over the inoculation holes after knocking up the jars? I was just going to put the foil back over the top.

Oh any of you guys looking for jars I found them online here. I love Ace hardware they will get you pretty much anything you want and you get it delivered with their regular shipments so you don't have to pay shipping.

Those are actually half pint (not wide mouth). I've grown in both the wide mouth and the tall jar, and both yielded about the same. I just noticed that birthing the cake from the tall jar was a little more difficult. I grew B+ and if I remember correctly I got about 3 ounces dried from 12 cakes, and they were awesome . I have also tried to grow in the full pint and had less luck... I think the more substrate you use, the more it packs down and hurts your results. Stick to half pints unless you are growing on rye-berries. Good luck!

sonar said:

Although from what I gather "strains" are nothing like cannabis with the variety.

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This is very true. A cubensis is a cubensis, is a cubensis. The only way they differ is in size, shape, colonization time, and spore count. They are the weakest of the Psilocybe genus but my favorite because it's easiest to dose and easiest to grow by far. 3.5g of Cubensis is about as strong as 1g Psilocybe azurescens because the azurescens contain so much more Psilocybin.

If you're looking for more potent, you'll need a different species.

skolar is correct ^^^^^^

i really want to cultivate Cyanesceans.

i havnt cased or spawned to bigger substrate yet so i gotta try some bulk methods before even thinking about trying to grow these amazing, white, blue beauties.

sonar said:

but you guys put tape over the inoculation holes after knocking up the jars? I was just going to put the foil back over the top.

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that works too