a Different Kinda Indoor Growing 🍄

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

put some LED strip, mushrooms showing a lot more colour when grown under supplemented lights, looks like someones watching movies inside my grow room

Grey Oysters

Elf Oysters

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

KING TRUMPET

first one for the colder months

compared to regular sized oyster

the weigh in

[John Stonedwell]

14 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

KING TRUMPET

first one for the colder months

compared to regular sized oyster

the weigh in

Oh wow that is really something beautiful well done man 

[Beardedbruuh]

This looks great man! I'd love some pointers on how to get into growing some oysters and shiitake mushrooms! If you're keen please PM me some details bud! Thanks so much @Naughty.Psychonaut

[Bos]

Looks awesome. Have you tasted them yet?

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

3 hours ago, Beardedbruuh said:

This looks great man! I'd love some pointers on how to get into growing some oysters and shiitake mushrooms! If you're keen please PM me some details bud! Thanks so much @Naughty.Psychonaut

what's up man! 

what exactly you aiming to do? It sounds like you wana know how to grow?

if so you would need a few things and quite a bit of info. 

If you haven't done any research or haven't worked with mushrooms or with someone who's worked with them I would suggest doing some research on the broad spectrum of exotic mushroom cultivation. then you take from that what would work best for you, maybe start setting things up and getting resources together then we can talk again about where you need some help and what you need help to understand. 

the reason is, there are 3 phases of growing mushrooms, if you can spend money whole time you can get away with doing only 1 phase. if you wana save some money you have to do 2 of the phases and becomes more risky and you need more resources and knowledge. if you really wana not spend anything I gotta take you through the whole process of selecting a mushroom to clone and then doing tissue culture and all that. and with all these different things that need different resources you get different techniques of doing every second thing and it all depends on your given situation what environment you're working with what you need to do. 

so I really can't just "give you a few pointers", but if it was basics you looking for, what you see in the pics is mostly my grow room. Humidity is 85 - 95% at all times. Temperature 17-24°C all times. Good air circulation and what not. 

Also, almost every second mushroom want different environments, so if I wana switch to shiitake I have to change a few things. Shiitake actually prefers growing outside on solid hard wood. whole different story, but very fun back yard project. 

@Bos

Indeed I have!!!

chopped into strips, a heavy spoon of butter in the pan, salt, pepper and sweet white wine, cooked them till the edges became crispy.

couldn't stop eating

my lady and I split the 270g big boy, it was a whole meal by itself. 

pretty soon I will be growing these off nut tree wood

 

[Bos]

9 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

what's up man! 

what exactly you aiming to do? It sounds like you wana know how to grow?

if so you would need a few things and quite a bit of info. 

If you haven't done any research or haven't worked with mushrooms or with someone who's worked with them I would suggest doing some research on the broad spectrum of exotic mushroom cultivation. then you take from that what would work best for you, maybe start setting things up and getting resources together then we can talk again about where you need some help and what you need help to understand. 

the reason is, there are 3 phases of growing mushrooms, if you can spend money whole time you can get away with doing only 1 phase. if you wana save some money you have to do 2 of the phases and becomes more risky and you need more resources and knowledge. if you really wana not spend anything I gotta take you through the whole process of selecting a mushroom to clone and then doing tissue culture and all that. and with all these different things that need different resources you get different techniques of doing every second thing and it all depends on your given situation what environment you're working with what you need to do. 

so I really can't just "give you a few pointers", but if it was basics you looking for, what you see in the pics is mostly my grow room. Humidity is 85 - 95% at all times. Temperature 17-24°C all times. Good air circulation and what not. 

Also, almost every second mushroom want different environments, so if I wana switch to shiitake I have to change a few things. Shiitake actually prefers growing outside on solid hard wood. whole different story, but very fun back yard project. 

@Bos

Indeed I have!!!

chopped into strips, a heavy spoon of butter in the pan, salt, pepper and sweet white wine, cooked them till the edges became crispy.

couldn't stop eating

my lady and I split the 270g big boy, it was a whole meal by itself. 

pretty soon I will be growing these off nut tree wood

 

Lekker, sounds delicious. Love mushrooms, from dinnerplate size congolese browns to portabellini's. Also learning about wild local varieties worth foraging without killing yourself

Would be awesome one to grow our own edible shrooms.

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

On 5/29/2021 at 4:56 PM, Bos said:

Lekker, sounds delicious. Love mushrooms, from dinnerplate size congolese browns to portabellini's. Also learning about wild local varieties worth foraging without killing yourself

Would be awesome one to grow our own edible shrooms.

Why don't you try it brother? 

Believe it or not, I only been eating mushrooms for about a year now. "gourmet" ones that would be. I remember getting sick from eating one when I was a kid. never touched them again till I turned 15 and had a magic mushroom shoved in my hand. first mushroom I had since. only ones I at till the other day was magic, they obviously opened me up to EVERYTHING!!! my favourite is going foraging for edible mushrooms on mushrooms and having mushrooms for dinner.

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

more King Trumpets, boiiiii 

[Bos]

Aint enough time in a day for me to do all the stuff I want....allready father of 2, stepdad to 2 more, working full time shift, 4x4 enthuisiast, handyman, mechanic and  cannabis grower, also just got engaged....  I'll sleep when I'm dead.

One day soon, got enough stuffs on my plate just now....hahaha.

[Bos]

4 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

more King Trumpets, boiiiii 

Salivating right now, evil person you....

Frying pan butter and garlic-dinner sorted.

[PsyCLown]

Soo very cool.
Growing mushrooms is quite fun, in the way growing weed is fun.

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[Naughty.Psychonaut]

@Bos

hahahah yeah fuck sounds like you got a full plate there!!! understandable! what area you in man? I could possibly gift you a colonised bag and all you have to do is poke a few holes, keep it in a well lit humid place with no direct sunlight, maybe spray a few squirts of tap water once or twice a day and watch them grow?

let me know

@PsyCLown

indeed it is, constant new challenges and constant rewards!!! 

[Bos]

I'm on the north coast, KZN. Where you at?

 

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

faqme that's a bit far hahah 

I'm in the winelands cpt, I'll keep you in mind though and if I ever make a mission over to that side I'll pack you a kit!!

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

WHAT'S GOOOOD, BOYS AND GIRLS OF 2022!!!  

fuck the big C word we shall not speak of, we all made it this far in the shit show, so let's make some lemonade, shall we!?

Moving into the new year with a BANGER!!!!!!! things have been looking up, so over the last few months I been busy turning a backyard hobby / hustle into a registered business, getting our commercial licensing done as we speak

I will leave the nitty gritty for the papers, but holy hell starting up a business has probably never been more of a headache!!!! Really trying to tame the bull wanting to get anything done that means help from the government. Took them 2 months to send a health and safety inspector to come spend 30min at our new site.... pathetic.... 

that's right.... our new site!!!!

bigger and better!!! 

we will be installing isoboard rooms with full climate control shortly  

[ORGANinc.]

Great work brother, congratulations man! Starting a small business from scratch is no joke, but with a little bit of perseverance you can kill it! Also request your pricing champ, my head office will definitely have a look/possibly make use of your stuff as they do wholesale. Unless you already sold out lol. Will message you.

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

1 hour ago, ORGANinc. said:

Great work brother, congratulations man! Starting a small business from scratch is no joke, but with a little bit of perseverance you can kill it! Also request your pricing champ, my head office will definitely have a look/possibly make use of your stuff as they do wholesale. Unless you already sold out lol. Will message you.

Thanks for the kind words and support man!   it goes a long way! 

When the ball gets rolling I'll be updating here again, watch this space

[Khakibos]

@Naughty.Psychonaut This question is rather random, but If you don't mind me asking what made you decide on the isoboard instead of something like PVC boards or whatever it is actually called ? was it purely due to the thermal insulation that the isoboard offers ? 

edit: aaahhh nevermind I see they both basically have the same uses but the isoboard has better thermal insulation  should've looked it up before I asked .................

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by Khakibos

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

31 minutes ago, Khakibos said:

@Naughty.Psychonaut This question is rather random, but If you don't mind me asking what made you decide on the isoboard instead of something like PVC boards or whatever it is actually called ? was it purely due to the thermal insulation that the isoboard offers ? 

edit: aaahhh nevermind I see they both basically have the same properties but the isoboard has better thermal insulation  should've looked it up before I asked .................

Hey bud  

I guess there's a couple reasons, the insulation being at the top of that list, because my previous setup didn't allow me to achieve the desired enviromental conditions and it was quite a headache.

I want a strong structure, because the highest point in that building is higer than 10m so we can always build another room ontop of the ones we are putting up now. and if you look at the back above the 3 doorways there's a thick white beam that forms the edge of a floor, will have a staircase going up soon, but our plan is to extend that floor once the rooms are in so we can build ontop of them and have the stairs in a whole different spot. 

[Khakibos]

14 minutes ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

Hey bud  

I guess there's a couple reasons, the insulation being at the top of that list, because my previous setup didn't allow me to achieve the desired enviromental conditions and it was quite a headache.

I want a strong structure, because the highest point in that building is higer than 10m so we can always build another room ontop of the ones we are putting up now. and if you look at the back above the 3 doorways there's a thick white beam that forms the edge of a floor, will have a staircase going up soon, but our plan is to extend that floor once the rooms are in so we can build ontop of them and have the stairs in a whole different spot. 

Sounds like you're going to have a killer setup !  

 

[Weskush]

Yo @Naughty.Psychonaut . I ordered myself a PF Tek innoculation kit, PF Classic spore syringe and some perlite from B&B. You reckon that i can use my propagator for fruiting? It has holes in the bottom and an air vent on the lid. This will be small scale and my first time trying psilocyben shroom cultivation. Shot

Edited January 26, 2022 by Weskush

[PsyCLown]

3 hours ago, Weskush said:

Yo @Naughty.Psychonaut . I ordered myself a PF Tek innoculation kit, PF Classic spore syringe and some perlite from B&B. You reckon that i can use my propagator for fruiting? It has holes in the bottom and an air vent on the lid. This will be small scale and my first time trying psilocyben shroom cultivation. Shot

You could, otherwise just build yourself a shotgun fruiting chamber and fill it with some perlite.

Also keep in mind trichoderma is a very aggressive fungi which will be to your detriments when you're trying to grow mushrooms. If you have ever used products which contain trichoderma (rather common with cannabis products), the chances of contamination are much higher.

 

I am not a big fan of PF Tek, it works but there are better ways out there. Do it for your first grow then move away, rather try trays.

[Weskush]

11 minutes ago, PsyCLown said:

You could, otherwise just build yourself a shotgun fruiting chamber and fill it with some perlite.

Also keep in mind trichoderma is a very aggressive fungi which will be to your detriments when you're trying to grow mushrooms. If you have ever used products which contain trichoderma (rather common with cannabis products), the chances of contamination are much higher.

 

I am not a big fan of PF Tek, it works but there are better ways out there. Do it for your first grow then move away, rather try trays.

Shot thanks. Ja this seemed the easier route to go for my first grow. Will see how it goes and will remember to keep things sterile as a scientists tools. Will log it while im at it if allowed on the forum?

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

what's up @Weskush

You talking about a clone dome there? I am not sure man, it might work, but the air is very stagnant in there. might just get like one or two shroomies off a flush

for fruiting conditions you're working within a band of 85 to 95%RH with an almost constant fresh air exchange. what gets your mycelium to push fruits is the evaporation of small water droplets off the surface of your substrate. so idealy if you can constantly have fresh new tiny tiny tiny like ultrasonic mist water particles land on your substrate and have it evaporate off every couple minutes, the quicker you'll see mushroom pins. 

so the fresh air exchange is more important than the high RH. if you gona have stagnant air and the mycelium used up all the oxygen (yes, mushrooms breathe like humans. oxygen in carbon dioxide out) there will be high levels of co2 chocking out your mycelium and if, only if it fruirs it'll make loooong thin fruits with small caps. 

this is why a shotgun fruiting chamber will work best, just remember to fan, mist, fan - in that order. as many times a day as you can. open tote, fan old co2 out, mist lightly and fan again to get the new water droplets to start evapotating, next time you walk past the tote do it again. 5 times a day if you can. 

I have gotten very few clean LC syringes through the web, but there is a way to get them clean on agar. once you got clean culture on agar you can make unlimited agar plates and your own master LC then to grain spawn and from there you basically golden. you'll be able to do trays for days. hell if you can sterilise a shoe you can grow them out of a shoe. 

the PF tek does have a little bad rep, but it does work for sure and it's a good way to get off the ground with all this myco stuff!

excited to see how your project takes off bud