Advice for first mushroom experience.

[HeatlessBBQ]

So I tried a very small young mushroom plucked early off the cake of Golden Teacher's. I know I should have waited for it to get bigger but there was so much pinning/fruiting that I didn't think it would set me back too much. The Mushroom was only 4-5 days old and only weighed .85 grams. I also read that smaller mushrooms are more concentrated than larger ones and I wanted to give bizarrejohnson's advice of pre-tripping a shot to " test the waters" so to speak before I dive in.
After taking it I got a feeling of Euphoria rush over my body like a wave within 30-1 hour. Kind of like Marijuana but more powerful and different it its own respect, but very pleasant nevertheless. No visuals at all ( which I knew prob wouldn't happen at this dose ), but it is kind of like a body stoned feeling that makes small tasks very difficult...lol. I have just been listening to music and watching Bob Marley and other good vibes stuff. It is very easy to get lost in some music and I feel like I appreciate the music/understand it better. I also felt the need to show more affection to dogs/people which is a good thing. Overall this has been a extremely pleasant experience and I do think some of you were right about me overthinking it. I am thinking about and looking forward to what dose I will try next from here. Maybe 4-5 grams? Some of the suggestions earlier seamed really high... I appreciate everyone that has given me their help an opinions. Good Vibes

What a wonderful, mini trip report on learning to grow with the mushroom.

As for Your next adventures with mushrooms, do You still think that dose dose is too high? And what will be Your set and setting for this next journey, @OrganicConnoisseur ?

~~~~ Listen to Your intuition on the dose. ~~~~
Remember, You cannot undo a dose. You can always eat more. <-------

 

[jay5coat]

4 or 5 wet grams yes, not dry. I just did 5 fresh the other day to test my first ever grow and it was a very happy relaxing/w slight visuals and lasted about 5 hours. B+ strain. I would go up to 10 to 15 grams fresh, it will be a very good trip but not to intense. Definitely go outside, the Forrest is amazing when your tripping.

 

[HeatlessBBQ]

4 or 5 wet grams yes, not dry. I just did 5 fresh the other day to test my first ever grow and it was a very happy relaxing/w slight visuals and lasted about 5 hours. B+ strain. I would go up to 10 to 15 grams fresh, it will be a very good trip but not to intense. Definitely go outside, the Forrest is amazing when your tripping.

That is always the best. Testing the new fruits !!!
Ahhhhh !!!! So cool You get to experience that.

 

[dirtWeevil]

eat em dried, try two grams, the best way to eat em Imo is to powder them and fold the dose into dark chocolate, 60% cacao. Melt the chocolate, 20 grams, at 30 second intervals in a microwave til its melted, don't let the temp get over 200, but keep it much lower like 110 or just enough to melt it. Fold in the powder til its evenish and cool the chocolate. Break it into four even pieces, a little over 5 grams each, and eat one every ten minutes. You will not be disappointed if you follow that method your first time out.

use a coffee grinder to powder them, go easy and pulse it, so that heat from friction doesn't destroy the actives.

no matter what form or how much you dose take a good forty mins to eat the whole thing, break it down in fourths. DO NOT mix your dose with orange juice, especially with fresh shrooms, the intensity boost is hard to bear.

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

Hey HeatlessBBQ It was very pleasant! I felt like I had to share even if it was a ( full blown experience ).I think what I took was a good amount to test the waters, but next time I would like to take enough to experience hallucinations/ more powerful trip. I believe I have lost any of the inhibitions about mushrooms. That is a good question. Well after I took them I just found myself kind of " lost " and bouncing around here and there ( with no care in the world ). So I think next time I will just take em and see were they lead me lol. Definitely will go out in the Forest though and take a nice walk.

4-5 grams wet? I am glad you said that I was thinking 4-5 dry....... is wet 1/10 or 2/20 the power of dry? 10-15 wet ok I will remember that ( should have everything in a few days )
Thank you dirtWeevil that sounds delicious!

 

[dirtWeevil]

divide the fresh amount by 10 to get an approximation of dry weight.

 

[Chef420]

I always have to take off my clothes.

 

[natureboygrower]

we always used to just eat half an eighth.this was in the nineties. they were dried and they were Oregon blues.no way would I start off with more than this.just my opinion.

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

im thinking I may do 2-3 grams dry

 

[natureboygrower]

im thinking I may do 2-3 grams dry

yeah,me personally,I'd start on the lower end of that.you can always eat more.no sense consuming too much right from the get and ruining your trip as well as possibly leaving a bad taste for any further exploration with mushrooms. damn,I have not done them for a long time.so fun.but I have taken too much before. like attorney from 'fear and loathing' said,"you took much man,you took too much,too much" lol
good luck bro,I'm envious

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

Oh Ok Thank you for that advice natureboygrow I will shoot for 2 then. If you had to choose 2g. of Golden Teacher or 2g. of B+ for first full trip what would you go for? Or anyone's opinion on choosing strains would be helpful. Thanks

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

Maybe 2.5 grams natureboy some of these guys are saying that is the min for visuals.

 

[natureboygrower]

I've only dealt with two kinds.some fresh we picked (oh God,we ate them still wet,YUCK.)that did not do anything.and the others were always the Oregon blues.the blues really packed a punch though.these were the ones we would start off with half an eighth apiece,and would eat more if need be(again this was in th 90's,I've been out of the shroom game for awhile lol) I've never heard of the two you're interested in.are they dry?im interested to see if any other members have tried them.

 

[natureboygrower]

Maybe 2.5 grams natureboy some of these guys are saying that is the min for visuals.

it's different for everyone.not sure how you could put a number on that.thsts why I say,imo,you can always eat more

edit not trying to discourage your thoughts on this,just pointing out if you do eat too much from the start there's no turning back for a few hours lol

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

Thank you for the help

 

[DaSprout]

Thank you for the help

Just to let you know. Everytime I read your posts, I picture the old dude in your avatar talking. Just sayin'. It's like having an old fisherman telling you about hus shroom grow and trippin'. Pretty relaxing.

 

[HeatlessBBQ]

Just to let you know. Everytime I read your posts, I picture the old dude in your avatar talking. Just sayin'. It's like having an old fisherman telling you about hus shroom grow and trippin'. Pretty relaxing.

LOL this is awesome

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

Part 1: Hey everyone I hope all is well. I am just coming off of a trip and wanted to share my experience. I want to apologize for the length of the post, but it is the only way to explain and I Rollitup won't let me add paragraphs for some reason..... So I am growing shrooms using PF-Tek and only got 1.5 grams dry from my first flush.....I know it is rather sad, but I will be switching to bulk substrates pretty soon. So out impatience and because I got some advice from some of the users to try a smaller dosage I decided to give 1.5 g a shot ( dry ). I could have waited, but who knows if I would even have 3-4 grams after 2nd or 3rd flush...I should have just gone with Bulk Substrate from the get go...Anyway after taking the mushrooms I felt completely disorientated, colors started to get brighter, sounds were in a finer tune and I was just kind of lost in a daze. The whole time I felt like I was battling my body to stay up. My body kept on telling me to go lay down, but I didn't listen...So I scrolled around the internet listening to songs watching videos and I stumbled across my email page which was already open.

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

Part 2: I saw a email that said it was a receipt from PayPal for something I bought ( I did not buy anything with my PayPal account recently...) So in my tripping mind I freaked out because it said someone had purchased some type of Drone or some bullshit with my account. I quickly dialed PayPal and waited for what seamed like forever to speak to a customer service rep and cancel the transaction. I finally got this girl who barely spoke English and was obviously new at the company....She needed information from me to verify the account, but unfortunately I had not used my PayPal account in years. She needed the address that was linked to the account to verify but I only knew the street name and number and not the area code....( which I could have easily looked up ...) So she could not allow me access to my account to cancel the said transaction because I couldn't verify my account info....So im tripping the Fuck out and arguing with this lady saying " Who the hell would call to cancel a transaction other than the owner...." and I finally get forwarded to another service rep. Meanwhile I am tripping the Fuck Out and overall hating Mushrooms at this point.....

 

[OrganicConnoisseur]

Part 3: I explain my situation with this lady and she takes a few min's to look at my account and assess. She comes back and tells me no transaction had been made and that the email was a fake..... WTF...So Im pissed as shit still tripping the Fuck out and at this point feeling like I never want to try shrooms again....Ever!....., but my body still felt tired and wanted me to lay down. So I finally decided to listen to what my body was telling me. I went to the bed and laid under the covers and closed my eyes. It was a strange feeling. As if my body was on one page and my mind was on a complete different one, but it was it had a Animalistic nature to it. Something extremely primal that I cannot explain. My body wanted to move around and I just let go and kept my eyes shut. It was by far the most pleasurable experience I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing bar none. I felt waves of Euphoria rush over my body for what felt like hours and my mind raced off seeing all different things and colors. I wish I could give some type of description to it all, but I feel it was such a One of a Kind expedience that I would be doing a disservice by trying to categorize such a beautiful/poetic/mind altering endeavor. Afterwards, ( and I am still kind of coming down...) I felt as if I was more sure of myself than I had been before and things appear more clearer. Certain things that were on my list to do seamed easier and I found some better ways of accomplishing these tasks. I feel as if I accessed some little part of my brain that wasn't previously available. I guess in some respects similar to the " Limitless " movie.