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ShLUbY
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Thanks! hahaha whoever figures that out will be one rich mofo... for a little while at least lol.
This tent is at school, but when I'm done with school, I will have one at my house (probably smaller). I'm VP and project coordinator of the mycology club. Been learning a lot, and sharing with others.
ChronicWonders.
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What’s the flavor like on those Lion’s Mane?
ShLUbY
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Amazing, one of my favorites. The closest thing I can compare it to is it's sweet like lobster or crab, but doesn't have that exact shellfish profile. It could easily be substituted for shellfish though. Season with butter, salt and pepper... delicious!
ChronicWonders.
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You suggest try starting with oyster? What different mediums are you using in your bags?
ShLUbY
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oyster and lion's mane are both quite easy to work with and don't require specific environmental temperatures. they'll grow pretty much in anything above 50 deg. F.
oyster you can do on straw or sawdust or hardwood logs (there are more substrates but these are the most common). the lion's mane can be done on sawdust or hardwood logs as well. just depends on what kinda space you're working with and if you want to cultivate outdoors or not.
straw is nice for oyster because it is cheap and they really take to it well and depending on how big you want to go, you can really get a lot out of a straw "log". sawdust is also cheap (just buy the hardwood pellets for pellet stoves), and the blocks are easier to keep contaminant free because they're smaller and easy to work with in a still air box or a makeshift flow hood, plus you can grow a lot of different cultivars on sawdust blocks. hardwood logs are great if you have access to good timber. you inoculate them with dowel spawn and seal them with beeswax or parafin and find a shaded moist place for them and forget about them pretty much but they take the longest to fruit.
Amazon Blaze
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Hi man, you have some wonderful info and experience here, producing some excellent weed and mushrooms.
I have grown outside since the early eighties, guerrilla style in the UK, before emigrating to Canada 13 years ago. Started to grow indoors 2 and a half years ago, after a bad accident, got me a medical weed licence
trying to get to grips with the no till the last 7 months. I think I shall get a lot of answers to my questions reading your thread. Cheers.
I have grown outside since the early eighties, guerrilla style in the UK, before emigrating to Canada 13 years ago. Started to grow indoors 2 and a half years ago, after a bad accident, got me a medical weed licence
trying to get to grips with the no till the last 7 months. I think I shall get a lot of answers to my questions reading your thread. Cheers.
ShLUbY
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Thanks a bunch AB. Sorry to hear about the accident, but I hope it all worked out in the endHi man, you have some wonderful info and experience here, producing some excellent weed and mushrooms.
I have grown outside since the early eighties, guerrilla style in the UK, before emigrating to Canada 13 years ago. Started to grow indoors 2 and a half years ago, after a bad accident, got me a medical weed licence
No-till can be tricky getting used to. I would recommend sending in a soil sample once or twice a year just to make sure things are going as they should be. When I get back to no-till, I'm definitely gonna be doing that! If you don't find what you're looking for info wise, feel free to ask. I'll help as best as I can. 
Amazon Blaze
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Cheers, nothing terrible just 4 herniated discs in my neck pressing on my spinal cord. Causes a lot of pain if I am careless and overdo stuff.
Yes, there is always a silver lining, now I can grow 20 plants legally
GentleCaveman
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I heard Lion's Mane is really good for your nerves and memory. Good stuff. Wish I had enough room to grow mushrooms.
ShLUbY
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Brainwreck at 10 weeks. Looked great under the scope! Here's a couple bud shots.
Shangri-La is looking AMAZING. One more week to go. The fade over the last week has progressed a lot, and I should have scoped it at 49 days, but I'm guessing that it will be fine to let it go to 54-56.
Shangri-La is looking AMAZING. One more week to go. The fade over the last week has progressed a lot, and I should have scoped it at 49 days, but I'm guessing that it will be fine to let it go to 54-56.
Greenthumbs256
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I bought this last year, and I absolutely love it! it hooks straight to my phone, and it's just very impressive, especially for 20 bucks!Ugh, I wish I had a triocular lense on this scope to get digital images. The lenses are so crisp and clear, my phone does not capture the image well
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but it says it zooms, well it dont, it does focus, but the zoom is you moving it closer and farther away lol! but regardless I'd highly recommend this!
Greenthumbs256
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here's a few pics I snapped with it in the past!
Dolldolphinfin
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Hey now, nice looking flowers. And Scrogg is lookin good.
Wanted you to elaborate on you're areo cloner tech. I've been running home made 5 gallon buckets with 14 holes but usually only use outside 10 holes to avoid overcrowding.
Question 1 water source? I'm using water from britta filter. Water is supposed to come out at 0 ppm. Not sure if that is good for cuttings to have no minerals. I'm sure you have an educated opinion.
Question 2 ph? Have heard people like 5.5, but when I tried that I didn't have so much luck. So then I did a test (this is with my old dug well as opposed to new drilled well, so different mineral profile) 5 5gal clones with ph going from 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7 and 6.9. Found the 6.5 to be most productive.
Question 3 clonex gel or more liquid one. I saw you're post comparing clonex vs aloe. And at what rate?
Wanted you to elaborate on you're areo cloner tech. I've been running home made 5 gallon buckets with 14 holes but usually only use outside 10 holes to avoid overcrowding.
Question 1 water source? I'm using water from britta filter. Water is supposed to come out at 0 ppm. Not sure if that is good for cuttings to have no minerals. I'm sure you have an educated opinion.
Question 2 ph? Have heard people like 5.5, but when I tried that I didn't have so much luck. So then I did a test (this is with my old dug well as opposed to new drilled well, so different mineral profile) 5 5gal clones with ph going from 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7 and 6.9. Found the 6.5 to be most productive.
Question 3 clonex gel or more liquid one. I saw you're post comparing clonex vs aloe. And at what rate?
Amazon Blaze
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I am trying to improve my clone production as well Dolldol I use a zero water filter, its like a Britta, only it guarantees a zero ppm you even get a ppm meter with the jug and filter to test the water. Unless Britta has changed their design since I last had one they get no where near a zero ppm. Even running my 40 to 47 ppm tap water through my Britta 3 times I could only get the ppm down to around 20. Which is why I got the zero filter.
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Dolldolphinfin
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Hey Amazon I've got a zero water filter too. Although our raw water is so dirty the filter was only effective for two or three monthes. And a reverse osmosis machine that produces waterwith 0ppm and 5.3 ph.
ShLUbY
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Thanks DollDolphinfin
To answer your questions....I also use a 5 gallon bucket but I'm getting ready to by an oxycloner. Not that my bucket doesn't work, but I just want more cloning sites and like you say, more space. I have 10 sites in my bucket and it can get way crowded.
A Brita that does 0 ppm??? that's pretty unheard for me lol. I use my RO water. But, I also supplement it with a liquid cloning product (I use the clonex brand but any brand will do as long as it's full spectrum).
I don't aim for a specific pH, other than a range of 5.5-6.0. It usually creeps back up over the course of a couple days so that's why I shoot for the lower end.
So the clonex gel... you can do it their way by sticking the cuttings right in the gel for about 20-30 minutes, which is fine. The way I usually use it is I take a solo cup with about 3/4c of water in it (so it's a 2-2.5in deep) and I add about 5-6 drops of the gel to the water and stir it in real well. Then I soak my cuttings in that overnight and put them in the cloner the next day.
The aloe gel works the same as the clonex. You can rip off an aloe filet and mush up the gel inside the leaf and stick the cutting right in the leaf gel, or you can add the leaf gel to water (just line the clonex), puree it a bit and then soak the clones overnight in the liquid. I'd say for 3/4c of water, a couple tablespoons of aloe should do the trick. I've done it both ways. They both work.
Have you had your new well water tested? I'd just be using that if it's good clean water! Sometimes they can be a bit alkaline (which is great for us, but not the best for the soil haha).
ShLUbY
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damn that looks good for 20$ lol. thanks for the tip!