cubensis grow box

[ratakaberu]

hey.
I'm growing psilocybe cubensis with the grow box from azarius. It seems that some shrooms are ready before the others (they're tall and crack on the top), shall i harvest them before as well?
Some shrooms have also little black stains on their tail, is it normal? and is it also normal that the white parts of the shrooms turn blue in some parts while drying?
shame on my newbie person...

 

[NewIdentity]

You can pick some of the shrooms when they are tall enough, be carefull so you won't damage the growbox.

The black spots are normally spores which fall down from the mushroom hats. The blue spots are normal when drying, some people say these are signs of psilocybin, but I don't know if this is true.

 

[Dan_kNugs]

I'd recommend picking all of them at the same time. If the big ones look like they're ready for pickin', i'd just pick them all. Last time i had the growbow I just picked the large ones, and let the small ones to grow bigger..but they never grew, they just died. So with my experience, you should pick them all at one time.

 

[ratakaberu]

Thanx for answering.
I did my first harvest, and i have approximatly 10grs of dried shrooms, wich is nice (still didn't try them). Looking forward for the next harvest. I advice as well, people who have the grow box to make spore prints with it and to give it to all gardening lover friends. I'll try to keep you informed on my grow box production.
ratakaberu

 

[Dan_kNugs]

Why do you not try them?? They are amazing.

 

[ratakaberu]

I DID TRY THEM YESTERDAY! I only took 2 grs of dried cubensis...woaw! They are trully fucking amazing. Really strong compared to the shrooms (psylocybe as well) you can find in france (on cow poo).
The second flush is starting to grow, and i still have 10 grs left of dried shrooms from the first one.
seeya

 

[Dan_kNugs]

I cannot wait until I get to have another awesome experience with the shroomies. I'm sendin' my check today Azarius.

 

[ratakaberu]

One question:
Is 3grs of cubensis (one big shroom and 2 little ones) stronger than 3grs (5 little shrooms)? Are the caps more potent than the tails? Is the psylocybin located in one part of the shroom?
just wondering...

 

[Dan_kNugs]

Actually I think the smaller ones are supposed to be more potent. There isn't more psylocybin in the caps or the stalks.

 

[Phixon]

Nice thread, can't wait on my box /forum/images/graemlins/jester.gif

 

[ACE101]

You guys are so luckey! I ordered a growbox from Azarius about 6 months ago and I was so amazed how good they were. After that I tried ordering 6 boxes but they stoped shipping to the USA. /forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif That's horrible!

With all the things going on around the world, you would think they could give this war on drugs a break... Freeking retarded governmet.

 

[Sniek]

Indeed there is no more psilocybin in the capts then in the straws,... However, 2 grams is not very much even when dried,... so they must have been pretty good then!

 

[Guest]

But you can still easily grow mushrooms yourself, you can legally buy spores on the internet, and you can find the rest of the equipment in a gardening centre.
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And if you read some good guides or find someone with experience you could find a lot of magic mushrooms in the forrest. They grow everywhere in the US.

 

[Sniek]

The US is kinda big lennart, please be more specific then 3000 km! /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Guest]

You can fly everywhere within a couple of hours.

There are a lot of good guidebooks about picking mushrooms in the US (for instance 'Psilocybin mushrooms of the world' from Stamets) but there isn't many liturature about where to pick mushrooms in Europe.

 

[Sniek]

Hmmm,.. maybe a nice idea for a book?

 

[ACE101]

I'm currently growing the Keepers Creepers strain on my own. It wasn’t too difficult either. Right now the jars a colonizing and hopefully in 2 weeks they should be ready to fruit.. I’ll post pictures after the first harvest. Now I need to pick up some Educators, Mexicans, Golden Teachers, and B+. Thank goodness there is FSRE!

What strain grows in the wild around here (USA)? A few of my friends picked some magic mushrooms in a field. They didn’t look very good, and their trip was very weak.

 

[nordist]

Des infos que j'ai eues par mon grossiste hollandais (il en fait pousser dans des boîtes d'un demi metre carre dans son arriere boutique) :

Recolte les au fur et a mesure qu'ils poussent. Utilise des gants steriles des que tu ouvres la boîte (ou le seau, ou la cuvette, terrarium) dans laquelle tu a mis ta growbox. Coupe avec des ciseaux (de preference passes au bruleur a alcool, genre le petit truc qu'on met sous la casserole pour faire de la fondue savoyarde) le pied couvert de "terre".

Quand les recolter : Le meilleur moment, c'est juste avant que le chapeau s'étale, c'est a dire quand le chapeau est encore en boule. C'est à ce moment que tu as la concentration maximum de psylocibine. En plus, ils sont beaucoup plus faciles à vendre comme çà (le client prefere avoir 3 petits champignons que la moitié d'un pied). Si c'est pour ta conso, attends que le champignonait atteint sa taille maximale pour le cueillir (quand le chapeau est bien plat), je pense que tu es plus interesse par un champignon de 50 grammes que par un champignon de 10 grammes (même s'il est un poil plus concentré et se vend mieux).

Comment les sécher :
En haut d'un placard (a l'abri des regards indiscrets), sur du papier journal. Cà pue.

C'est quoi les traces bleues ?
C'est la psylocibine ! Normalement, le champignon devrait être uniformément blanc en séchant, mais certaines cellules éclatent et la psylocybine se transfoeme en psylocine au contact de l'air : C'est les traces bleues. C'est donc la preuve qu'ils sont bons, mais aussi qu'ils ont séché trop vite.Cà ne change rien à la qualité, çà défonce autant.

Il y a la même densité de psylocibine dans les pieds et dans les chapeaux.

2 grammes qui viennent du bout d'un pied d'un gros champignon, ou 2 grammes qui viennet de 3 petits champignons complets te défonceront autant.

 

[ACE101]

What a beautiful bag that is!

Want to know a better way to dry them without losing potency?

Get a bottle of Drierite from a checmical supply store and some mesh screen (Like the screens used in your house windows during the summer time).

Place a layer of Drierite in the bottom of a square pan (a brownie pan works good). Then place the mesh screen on top of that. Place the mushrooms on top on the mesh screen, and finally paper (Printer, copier, news) on top of that..

Place the pan in your refridgerator over night. The mushrooms will be dried the very next day. The best part is cold drying preserves the strength of the mushrooms.

I use this tek every time! /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Sniek]

sounds good,.. works with my cheese too! /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif Had to throw it away!