Love those little guyz! Shroomz are amazing to watch grow......This is the Blue Meanie #3 and #2.....I think. LOL Definitely #3 which has been the best producer. There are two Tidal wave cakes showing pins. I have one APE still in the jar that should be ready for first dunk in a couple days.
I think these are going to be my favorites to grow.
I've never used supplemental lighting. The ambient light from the window is just fine. Happy Tuesday!!
That's good to know for future grows. Right now the fruiting tub is in a room with no available window light. Things will get rearranged in a couple months.I've never used supplemental lighting. The ambient light from the window is just fine. Happy Tuesday!!
I use tin foil and then vacuum pack them, then into a little plastic box that i leave in a kitchen cupboard (very scientific lol)
Same here. Indirect sunlight is your friendI've never used supplemental lighting. The ambient light from the window is just fine. Happy Tuesday!!
Well, I think I'm going to move that fruiting tub in front of a bay window. Take out the light that is in it, and see how the shrooms do with just indirect lighting. If I don't experiment.....I'll never know what works best.Same here. Indirect sunlight is your friend
I use bucket tek too! Works perfect every time. I also boil composted manure and it enriches the coir!!! Happy Tuesday!!
Never tried manure, back in the 80s we used peat moss and straw for the substrate. Im sure you see better results with manure as opposed to nutritionaless coir.I use bucket tek too! Works perfect every time. I also boil composted manure and it enriches the coir!!! Happy Tuesday!!
You could also add some fresh ginger to the tea. It is said to help with the nausea. Glad to hear you had a good experience on the blue meanies.So, let me give you just a couple highlights of my trip.
I had only mild nausea. Once this kicked in completely (about 45 minutes or so, I'm guessing), I forgot all about that.
I kicked back on the couch and chose a comedy-ish movie I had not seen yet, "Cocaine Bear".
First of all the colors were so vivid, and I know that wasn't my TV setting. I was completely absorbed in that. The first time that bear let out a loud gnarly growl it almost blew my ears out. I had to turn the tv volume way down while I watching. Every loud sound was amplified ten fold Unusual for me, my hearing is very bad. LOL
I immediately found myself sympathetic to that Bear, and wanted it to have what it was looking for! Every time it approached a human with that look, I spoke for it with a giggle saying "Give me what I want, and I'll go away", which is a reference to a Stephen King movie called "Storm of the Century". I didn't even realize I was doing that until.......
.......I noticed my cats were eyeing me warily, and it made me really nervous...especially when I saw one of them walking toward me with what appeared to be 8 legs.
The next movie up was "Mars Attacks". I've never had such a laughter fest in all my life as I had when Grandma said "They blew up congress!" I couldn't stop laughing.
All in all, it lasted about 4 1/2 hours, I'm still guessing.......
The cats are still looking at me funny this morning.......
I keep mine on a folded piece of aluminum foil. Then in a tupperware container with a dessicant pack in a dedicated refrigerator. My gf would kill me if I kept my science projects in our kitchen fridge.
I don't understand why they call them Blue Meanies.....I was far from blue, and they weren't mean to me at all.
My supplies all arrived last night. Now I need to find my buckets that have lids and I'm set to start.
I’m so envious of your work but I know my time is coming upThe fruiting tub is very active today. All 5 of the cakes have shrooms, some not too many. Mostly the Blue Meanie's going crazy. I will have a pic later. In the meantime, I'm playing with some of my own photos. Psychedelic plays.....
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You'll get there my friend. You will have shrooms growing out of your ears soon. LOLI’m so envious of your work but I know my time is coming up
