[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
I have no interest in the subject of psilocybin mycology, and in fact spend most of my time snacking on plain celery sticks and clinching my buttocks instead of partaking in hallucinogens, but this guy I know (“Billy”) might advise staying away from canned, all-in-one mushroom kits, and instead might head to a local hardware/home store for a bunch of 250ml mason jars, a pressure cooker, some vermiculite, some disposable tin baking pans, and a large rubbermaid container.
He might also buy an inexpensive 60 watt clamp light with a blue bulb. At a health food store, he would perhaps pick up some brown rice powder, or if he wanted bigger yields might have gotten some birdseed from the home store, knowing full well that manure would be best but also much messier and labour-intensive.
He would also buy some 5% H202 (Hydrogen Peroxide) and put it in a spray bottle, sterilizing everything he comes in contact with thoroughly, knowing that mushroom mycelia are not damaged by it, unlike other chemicals such as bleach.
He would finally suggest to check the legality of psilocybin spores in your state, and might point out that several of the top suppliers of spores have online sites and are located in the Pacific Northwest. There might be several strains to choose from, but “B+” would probably be the best for a beginner. A very forgiving strain…so they say.
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Yes… Someone who isn’t me has heard this kind of information before. Just out of curiosity, why doesn’t Billy recommend all-in-one kits such as the Mycodome? My friend has heard good success stories with them, although as was aforementioned, don’t necessarily produce the highest yields.
My friend has a very good friend who has partaken in a “real” psilocybin-growing system, and didn’t have a lot of success. He did yield some, but had more failures than successes. Seems as though a sure (but smaller) yield is better than an iffy large yield, perhaps? This good friend is also extremely intelligent, and far more knowledgeable on the subject than my other friend.
Anyway, my friend was planning on starting of with B+ spores no matter which way he went. Anyway, he does appreciate your input and will take into account this opinion when making his ultimate decision.
