I wasn't being cynical Brugmansia. Like you SnakeEyes my parents wouldn't let me stop eating meat when I first wanted to. I eventually convinced them I would be able to get enough nutrients/vitamins without meat, although they wanted me to eat fish once every week or so. Waiting untill you leave...

For me eating vegetarian (and rarely dairy/eggs) is part of a lifestyle of moderate consumption and awareness in this world. It is good to know there are other likeminded people. Good for you Brugmansia, being a modern day nomad!

Please leave the picture, I love pictures! I had the same experience with riceflour-vermiculite cakes, they grew very good when I cased them. Since vermicule was harder to get, I decided to try a grain spawn, popcorn this time. I got a filter bag from a friend and I am now testing it with the...

The black is peat based soil mixed with crushed shells. Seemed the best I could think of at that time and it worked! My cakes seem to dry out before any mushrooms grow and the casing really helps. Overall it was a succes. I am not sure I would try to grow them on corn again, I will try some...

Ik vind het helemaal geen gek idee om een (voorlopige) datum te kiezen. Dan hebben we iets om naar uit te kijken, op te richten en wordt het wat concreter. 9 mei is de temperatuur waarschijnlijk weer aangenamer buiten en is het weekend en volle maan. Lijkt mij een goede combinatie of heeft...

I've had many different experiences with the mushrooms from this little experiment of mine. Usually the first flush of my casings turns out good, I think I've lowered humidity too much for a while, had more mushrooms growing on the bottom of the casing then on top, some seized growing altogether...

En nog iemand die geinteresseerd is. Ook vrijwilliger om te helpen wanneer dat nodig is.

These are Golden Teacher, hopefully I'll have some B+ next week too. They are about 5 cm now, are they ready to be harvested?

I am awed by your story MindAstronaut and the tower that you came across. It'll make me more cautious about unknown surroundings. Count me in for supporting and helping with the centre! If somebody finds a good building.

I might change my setup a little tomorrow, they are growing great as they are and I am confident they will be fine if I leave them as they are. They've grow a little more and I can see a lot of pinheads in the next container as of today :) I got the idea and tek on the shroomery site. I just...

Update: My first casing (the one in the picture) has continued to grow and amaze me and it started pinning 2 days ago. Imagine my exitement. However, as you can see in the picture, there are a lot of little doplets on the mycelium and there are little white dots on the caps of the pins. Is...

Op deze regenachtige middag... (waar overigens vanalles tegen zit) kan ik de gedachte aan een grasveld met paddestoelen maar niet uit mijn hoofd krijgen. Wie heeft er zin dit jaar samen op paddo jacht te gaan? Ik heb zelf helemaal geen ervaring en zou het heel leuk vinden met iemand mee te...

Here's a picture of my current progress. Any comments, reactions, questions or advice are welcome. I hope to be able to post a picture of my first shrooms in a couple of weeks. For now, on the right a fully colonised jar of popcorn which has been transfered to the box on the left with the...

After reading a lot on the internet I am trying to grow my own shrooms. I decided to use popcorn as a grain spawn and am planning to case the colonised popcorn with peat based soil mixed with crushed shells. For my first batch I made holes in the jars and covered these with bandaid, then...

In support of Shake and as a newcomer, I didn't know what to think of GOD and his moderator status either. However, he didn't scare me off while reading some of the topics before joining. I believe he has some real insights, good advice, time, lots of knowledge that he is willing to share and...