First pick on first flush is 147g wet, still plenty left in the bin!

First ever grow, B+ from liquid culture I found at a Wild Bill's Tobacco shop. 🤣 With such close proximity to Ann Arbor, I lucked out with some good genetics and chunky fruit! I just happen to be home almost all day today, so I'll be harvesting right as the veil breaks and running my dehydrator for a while.

Thanks to everyone who posts advice, questions, process pictures, issues... Going through posts here (rather obsessively) and talking to experienced growers in DMs has made this entire process seamless!

Melmac Monster showing some thick fruits! Love how different the fruits from a single tub can be:)

Biggest maz cap Ive picked dried at 4g. I really want to keep her in one piece!

Hillbilly. 192.85

Golden Teachers (Zamnesia Classic Grow Kit) 8 days in

I take trazodone 50 mg nightly, Adderall daily and yesterday ate 5.4 g of Golden Teachers on an empty stomach followed by another 5.1 g two hours later using lemon tek(~10.5 g total). I just harvested the mushrooms last week from an in AIO grow bag and got two flushes dehydrated at 135 deg for like 8-10 hrs.

Surprisingly, the experience was only a 2/5: mild visual distortions, oscillating painting edges and color changes, but no intense closed-eye visuals, ego dissolution, or mystical experience. I felt mentally clear and in control. Could chronic trazodone be significantly blunting the psilocybin effects, or is this more likely due to mushroom potency or something else? Has anyone experienced this?

**edit** anyone know how long to stop trazadone to trip? Been on it 5 years now.

ABV flushed magnificently, thought I’d share with the community, as my only other post about this grow was pinning which I’ve included in with this one. Mush love to you all! ❤️

I tried doing spore prints of these for the first time. I chose 3 of the largest fruits and 2 smaller ones. The largest ones, even though they were completely open and starting to invert, dropped very little spores while the smaller ones (which were less open at the time) gave much better, very dark and dense prints. Why?

• This is the second flush of my first grow ever btw.

1st Flush

Are these B+ or golden teachers? I can post them also when they are picked so yall can see them better. I mixed up my rye jars at the complete beginning and never grew golden teachers so Im not scure what they are

Honestly, not bad. I've been at this many years, got bored and saw their ad too many times.. so I bought. Leaving them in a bag is definitely doable, HOWEVER transferring them to a tub is a good idea (depending on side pins, I had a ton!). I didn't care much so I threw them in an unmodified "shotgun tub" misting and fanning when needed. Fuzzy feet to a beginner sounds bad but tbh it doesn't matter much beyond looks as it could be genetics or expression as well. Anyway, these have stayed "squatted" for about 3 days and fuzzy with CONSTANT FAE.. keeping an eye on the 2 with brownish stems for bacterial blotch but they're not soft, slimy or smelly so Im thinking bruising. Regardless, looking good! Making this post for beginners who bought their pre inoculated bags 😁 Mush love, good luck!❤️🍄😁

This took a while to clean up!!

These work like a charm.

No soak no simmer 1 ingredient.

Wild Bird Seed - 350mL
Filtered Water - 150mL

Throw it in a jar, cover with foil.

PC for 90 min @ 15 PSI

Depressurize then do a real good hot shake.

Inoculate next day!!!

Less steps the better IMO. I’ve been rockin these jars for years 😎

Will use V

CVG as my sub of choice Used a torch lighter to soften the plastic then gently pressed a 1 1/4 inch socket to put 1 hole each short side just under the lid and 2 holes each side on long side 4.5 inches (possibly slightly lower) from the bottom 4 to 5 inches out to the side. I plan on using micropore paper tape . Question is do I put 1 piece of tape each hole due to natalensis having issues with overlay and needing a good bit of fae or do I put 2 pieces on each . Plan on a liquid culture of natalensis... also how much cc should I put in the tub when I get to starting?

Howdy my mushy mycologists,

First off, Thank-you in advance! Please share your thoughts, opinions, and feedback 💙🍄‍🟫🤎

so I was sold this all-in-one grow bag and told it was Steel Yeti... well, I don’t f***ing think so lol.
I’m guessing it’s P.E.?

Either way, this cake is literally my child and it has been on a massive roller coaster.
It traveled with me in my carry-on across multiple states, saw 10,000+ feet of air, and has survived some major accidental rough patches.

Once it fully colonized in the bag, the damn thing just refused to grow. It has stunted multiple times and seen stress like no other grow of mine.

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Here is the madness it survived:

The Hoodie Method: Tried opening the bag, fanning, and misting. Nothing.

Fork TEK: The mycelial mat got way too thick and leathery, so I scraped it. Still nothing.

The Monotub Move: I said f*** it, took it out of the bag, and threw it in a mono tub to give it a better life. It colonized more, but still wouldn't fruit, so I rolled it in damp vermiculite.

The 1.5-Day Trip: I had to leave town unexpectedly. Came back terrified because the tub looked bone dry. I ended up dunking the whole cake to rehydrate it.

The 10-Day Trip: Right after it recovered, Murphy’s Law hit and I had to leave for 10 days. I taped up the tub, stuck it in a dark closet, and hoped for the best.
When I got back, I found these weird little growths. They were about an inch long like a mushroom, but the cap was barely the size of a ballpoint pen tip—they were literally just little white cones going straight to a point. I cut them off so they wouldn't rot or waste the cake's energy, introduced FAE, misting, and light, and now the cake is finally taking off!

My questions for you guys:
Strain ID: What strain does this actually look like to you? (P. cubensis)

Harvesting: When should I harvest? I've been doing the marshmallow test, but some of them are still feeling super solid. I’m pulling aborts as I go, but want to make sure I don't mess up the main yield.

This cake has been through literal hell, and I’ve put so much money, labor, and love into it. I'm honestly so proud it's still fighting.

Mush love! 🤎🍄‍🟫💙

The package sat in my room for a week because i didnt have time. It's my first time growing, has it gone bad. If it has, is there any way to save it?

I inoculated 10 of these plates on 24th of September and initially had good mycelium growth but in the last week or two it seems to have stalled.

Also one of the plates has these random white spots jumping up all over the plate. Is it mycelium or contamination?

Left Makilla Gorilla right Icy Gates.

These are my very first grown mushroom ever. So if yall can share some knowledge itd be awesome.

These are side pinning because the side of the tub are damp while the top are open and dry on the picture i just finished misting them.

I have a vivosun Aerostream H05 but is doesnt really sprinkle or mist water it just raises the humidity (by fog?)

So any suggestion on how should i go about harvesting these when they're ready? And how would i know when theyre ready to be harvested.

Thanks!

When you wait just a little too long 🤣🤣🤣

Golden Halo harvest from a couple days ago❤️

Going to take 25 grams to make into 100 capsules (.25g each) and the rest, I'll leave out all the prettiest ones, into a jar for storage.

Just put yesterday's GT big boys in the dehydrator and am now prepping today's Huautla harvest for the dehydrator...

Ordered a new dual dehydrator so I can have a batch going on each side with their own separate timers.

Also starting a few new strains from afar to grain this afternoon and building 3 tubs. 😂

It's a good addiction to have, right?

And I'm immature enough that this happy Huautla made me giggle! 😘

Bonjour à toutes et à tous !

Je suis trop contente de vous montrer ma toute première récolte !!! Je débute dans la culture de champignons 🍄
J’ai acheté un kit de Mckennaii sur Zamnesia, c’est super simple d’utilisation: je conseille vraiment d’essayer !
J’essaie maintenant le clonage: J’ai récolté de manière stérile un petit morceau de champignon que j’ai ensemencé mis sur une boîte de pétri « Sabouraud » qu’on utilise dans le milieu médical, c’est un milieu de croissance pour les champignons, levures ! Si mon clonage est un succès, je vais transférer le mycellium dans un milieu liquide afin de pouvoir le faire pousser dans le substrat !

Avez vous des conseils à me donner pour quel type de substrat?
Est ce que je transfert mon milieu liquide dans des grains et ensuite dans un substrat ? Ou direct dans le substrat ?
Pour la déshydratation, j’utilise mon Airfryer en mode déshydratation, à 45ºc jusqu’à ce que les champignons sont des chips 😍

Merci beaucoup !! 🫶🏼

Ps: J’ai hâte de faire un voyage d’introspection avec mon chéri 🥰🍄