Shroom Weight

Hello everybody


i just had a quick question on how much does an average (dry) shroom weigh???

average size ect ect...

because i got some wet ones drying out and im just wondering how much they might weigh..


thanks
cali-high

they lose 90% of their weight when drying...

alright thanks

so how many shrooms you think would be in an eigth?

ive never done shrooms before sso i dont know..


but thanks for your help

there is no set number of shrooms for an eigth...

shrooms like buds come in all shapes, sizes and varieties. There is no "standard" size of a mushroom. Some grow tall, some grow small and some grow in-between. What's more important when buying mushrooms is making sure they are absolutely, 100% cracker dry. If they are not dry, then you got ripped off.

As the second poster said, mushrooms loss 90% of their weight after drying and that is what you care about. Dry weight.

ok thankyou very much...

im so excited this was my first mushie grow and i did the BRF method with 1 pint jars and as of right now i got like 40 mushies already picked

im so excited i cant wait to try some

how much should i take since im a first timer???

i always wanted to try em but never did because of the fear of a bad shrooms and i dont want my life to be at risk for one...

so thank you very much

I would take 1.5-2g dry for a first time. You can go up to 3.5g [1/8] but I did 3.5g my first time and I ended up blacking out for the first time in my life. I went into like a 2.5 hour dream sequence where I was literally not in the physical world anymore, I was a spirit flying around in space. I wasn't in control of my physical body anymore. Next thing I know, I'm in the back of my car with my girlfriend and it's night time.

Time flies when you're having fun I suppose haha.

LOL

thats crazy!!!

ive done salvia,thizz ect but never really did any kind of tripping drug like Lsd,and Mushies. so im really excited to do it, but kinda nervous since its my first time LOL

any pointers???


also didnt you also do a mushie grow??? how did it turn out????


me i had started with 12 jars and 1 jar had contams and the other were good but a few wernt all the way to the bottom of the jar but i put em in they seem to be dueing fine... i put em in the fruiting container like last week or so

so far i pick about 40 mushies and a few are carrot size

yeah my grow actually went (as is still going ) very well. I've pulled off 13g dry from the first flush of 3 cakes. I got one cake I just put in the fruiting chamber and the other three I just re-dunked and put in the fruiting chamber. Ive got 4 more jars of Golden Teacher colonizing right now that should be ready to birth when I've exhausted my other 4 cakes.

I stopped updating my grow thread because I really don't have a good camera and without pictures no one really cares. Plus I was tired of updating it when it felt like no one was really into besides me.

But don't be nervous about tripping. Once you get used to that feeling you'll love it. For you, I would definitely do 2g and just be chilling at home for the first time. Find a good movie (cartoon movies are always killer on shrooms) or just listen to some upbeat music. The only reason I say that is, you don't want to end up in a bad place mentally for your first time. Think positive, be chill and your trip will be magical instead of frightening or lonely.

Also, get some orange juice. It really takes the edge off the come up from shrooms and takes a little bit of stress off your stomach. Beyond that, do what you gotta do and always have fun.

btw congrats on your mushies. Have you dried them yet? Did you weigh them wet at least? You can always estimate a grow yield by weighing the wet mushrooms and multiplying by 0.1; for example: 50g wet * 0.1 = about 5g dry.

nope i dont have a scale i got to borrow one from a buddy to weigh em up...

but i picked off maybe 40 and still got like 60 more on em and still got 4 more cakes getting ready to fruit! im so excited

this was my first time and i think it is going well...

so i am gonna do it at home for the first time for sure...so will i be able to control myself some what???im just saying am i gonna act like a retard or just normal?? when i did X for the first time i was able to control myself even tho i was all fucked up LOL


so can i do it like 2 times in a week or no??? because i want to try it at home first but then i want to go into nature and trip out LOL

also i got a movie already picked out LOL..Pee Wee hermans big adventure LOL..


What do ya mean by redunking???(please explain)

thanks for replying..

also i hope to take some pictures of em if i remember LOL

i put the mushies on paper plates to dry out in a well ventilated room

If you followed the Pf tek, then you used Vermiculite and BRF, yes? Well basically, dunking is the process to rehydrate your cakes. Since mushrooms are 90% water, they typically grow bigger and grow more of them per flush. To dunk a cake you basically find a tupperware with lid and fill it with a capful of peroxide and water. Place your cake in the water so it is fully submerged and put in the fridge for no more than 48 hours. After the cake has been in there long enough (24 hours is a good range), you roll the cake in damp vermiculite and place in the fruiting chamber.

So my process has become, immediately after birthing I dunk the cake for 24 hours then place in the fruiting chamber. After most of the pins have become mushrooms and the cake is producing pins slower, I re-dunk the cake for 12 hours. You can repeat this up to about 4-5 times before all the nutrients in the cake are spent. But the beauty of this process is one cake now has the life of 3 or 4 cakes and can yield more mushrooms.

My first cake I got 3.5g off of. After dunking, the second flush again, 3.5g. So that's 7g off one cake so far with more mushroom still waiting to grow! Plus this cake still has at least 1 more flush in it, which could get me another 2-3g. That's almost 13g for one 1/2 pint cake.

Once you've picked all the mature mushrooms, that is a flush. Then, just dunk and roll and your good to go for round 2.

Also, on 2g of mushies you should be totally in control. An 1/8 is like jumping in the deep end and learning to swim. With 2g you are still very in control but also aware that you are getting fucked up.

As for how often you do them. I think Once a week isn't all that bad. But I try to stick to 1-2 a month just because it's not good for how your brain processes reality to always be living at the subconcious level. If you start seeing tracers or reminders of tripping when you aren't tripping, then it's time to take a long break.

thanks for replying

i just wanna do it twice in one week because i want to do it by myself the first time and then with a friend the second time.

thanks for telling me about dunking...

i did it before i put them into the fruiting chamber also..im gonna check out my cakes tommarrow and i will prolly dunk this weekend to get more mushies...

so will i be able to get some visuals while only doing 2 grams???

i want to trip but nervous since its a new thing for me LOL..

have you seen the laundry basket grow???(with straw) you can grow like 10 lbs...

i want to do it next time around...


also do you have your mushies under a light or by a window??? i have mine near a window and it seems to work really well

You'll get some visuals for sure. But don't listen to the exaggerations. Shrooms allow you to see patterns and the inner beauty in simple objects. Typically shroom hallucinations are flowing patterns in wood, aztec patterns in ceiling/carpet and objects "breathing" i.e. growing slightly bigger and smaller.

So don't be disappointed if you were expecting your TV to grow eyeballs and start talking to you; that was most likely an exaggeration or strong, strong acid trip. I've never had that happen in all my trips.

Also, I have my mushies growing in a stealth operation in my closet. I don't give them much light except for when I fan them and check on their growth. Maybe 1 hour a day if that. Mushies don't need much light to grow. The light is just a pinning trigger that helps that mushrooms grow upright (or towards the light). Mushies are NOT like plants and do not need light to photosynthesize or create food. Light is just a hormonal trigger that tells them it's time to start growing instead of colonizing substrate.

ive had one shroom that weighed 8 grams, and shrooms that only weighed like .05grams, i like the smaller boomers with the closed caps : )

thanks for all the help

i got many with different shapes and sizes. the biggest dried right now was 5 grams..

im really happy and thanks for the help

i tripped for my first time this weekend it was awsome

i ate 2.3 and i saw many exciting visuals such as trees growing and soil moving like ants it was crazy LOL

thanks for your help

peace
cali

AchillesLast said:

If you followed the Pf tek, then you used Vermiculite and BRF, yes? Well basically, dunking is the process to rehydrate your cakes. Since mushrooms are 90% water, they typically grow bigger and grow more of them per flush. To dunk a cake you basically find a tupperware with lid and fill it with a capful of peroxide and water. Place your cake in the water so it is fully submerged and put in the fridge for no more than 48 hours. After the cake has been in there long enough (24 hours is a good range), you roll the cake in damp vermiculite and place in the fruiting chamber.

So my process has become, immediately after birthing I dunk the cake for 24 hours then place in the fruiting chamber. After most of the pins have become mushrooms and the cake is producing pins slower, I re-dunk the cake for 12 hours. You can repeat this up to about 4-5 times before all the nutrients in the cake are spent. But the beauty of this process is one cake now has the life of 3 or 4 cakes and can yield more mushrooms.

My first cake I got 3.5g off of. After dunking, the second flush again, 3.5g. So that's 7g off one cake so far with more mushroom still waiting to grow! Plus this cake still has at least 1 more flush in it, which could get me another 2-3g. That's almost 13g for one 1/2 pint cake.

Once you've picked all the mature mushrooms, that is a flush. Then, just dunk and roll and your good to go for round 2.

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Would it be beneficial to add some nutrients or liquid karmainto the water that you dunk in?

Adding nutrients in between dunks would in theory work I suppose, but nutrients attract contaminants esp. once you put them in the fruiting chamber. I would avoid nutrients just to keep the process as simple as possible with less chances of having to toss cakes due to contamination.