Mushroom Grow Log
Growing legally in The Bahamas due to the unregulated nature of psilocybin in The Bahamas. For educational purposes only.
Update: 01/21/23 - Happy to announce that after a couple of failed grow attempts I’ve managed to get a few flushes under my belt. I’ve saved spore prints for future grows and now just working on perfecting my growing technique. I’ve manage to stave off contamination which was my problem in the first grows but have yet to get a nice even canopy of mushrooms like I’ve seen in time lapse videos from other growers. Still working on it but glad that the current grow method that I’m using is simple and pretty “set it and forget it”.
Grow Attempt 1
First Flush Inoculation Date: 7/12/22
Strain: Albino A+
Where Spores Obtained: Sporeworks
Growing Method Used: PF Tek
Notes:
8/11/22 - One month in and still 3 jars show no signs of inoculation. My only idea is that I used two large pots during the sterilizing process - each pot held 3 of the 6 jars. Perhaps the 3 that haven’t grown were all from one pot?
At least no mold!! 🙌🏽
Next time I will make better note of which pot each jar is in - or perhaps invest in a pressure cooker.
Planning on waiting another month before birthing, so there’s still time to see some action. Patience.
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8/21/22 - There was good news followed by immediate bad news.
A 4th jar started showing signs of inoculation a few days after my last entry. And then the next day green.
I immediately removed the 4th jar and the other two dud jars from my grow bucket.
In true Myer-Briggs INTP-fashion, I decided not to dump the jars like the entire internet advised and separated them from the healthier 3 jars for further study for a few days.🤓
These are my children… I want to see them fight to the death!
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Alright, enough of that. It’s time to give these 3 contaminated jars to the earth!
I took the unopened jars into the backyard and decided on a shady spot. It’s actually quite magical and close to my bee hives.
Note: Don’t ever open the contaminated jars inside because you risk contaminating your entire living/growing area.
This was a perfect Sunday morning mini activity - didn’t take more than 10 minutes, but it was time well spent in fellowship with mother nature.
I gave the cakes a good douse of water and will continue to monitor. Hopefully, mother nature will do her thing with these three.
Update: I’m pretty sure my dogs ate the BRF cakes. 😑 Savages.
8/27/22 - Have decided on shoebox method for fruiting - being down to two jars seems silly to build a large monotub setup. Read that the shoebox method is more “set it and forget it” - no drilling, no misting - might as well give it a try!
9/4/22 - And then there was 1 and a 1/2. Noticed an ugly spot of blue-green mold on the jar that had been doing second best. Definitely will sanitize better in the future. I was really hoping broke boy tek and good vibes would be enough, but no.
Was too attached to toss the jar over a spot. I scooped the mold out first then the remaining vermiculite/mycelium mixture. Sprayed it down with a little hydrogen peroxide. I dunked it in water overnight to rehydrate before rolling it in a new layer of vermiculite and placing the pieces in the mason jar that was nearby.
Didn’t even put the perlite in, don’t know why. Must circle back and do that. But, even without it, the jar has gathered quite a bit of condensation since yesterday. So that’s pretty cool.
The final jar is just about fully inoculated. I’ll prob birth this weekend. And it’s the Harvest Moon, too!
9/10/22 - Last man standing - the only cake to fully inoculate. Took two months to get to this, not the two weeks I was led to believe.
It slid easily out of its jar after a few whacks on the bottom and I let it soak in water overnight to hydrate. Then it was time to scrape it, roll it and set up shop! All before morning coffee. 🧟♀️
This has been such a fun project, even though it bombed. lol
I’m gonna keep at it. Excited to try the 5-gallon bucket grow method in the future, try casing mushrooms instead of cakes, and also in time experiment with different substrates such as coffee grounds and compare grow notes. 🤓
10/08/22 - Saw some white growth a few days after creating my mini shoebox but nope, not a single pin.
I didn’t take my own (and the internet at large’s advice) and kept fucking with shit even though the whole point of the shoebox method was suppose to be to “set it and forget it”. So yea… misting, checking to see if the perlite was still moist. Just all the things.