Anybody growing mushrooms willing to talk???

[Aeroknow]

If i left open an agar plate for one second, outside of the flowhood, it would contam. Guaranteed

 

[canndo]

No idea

Oh man, you are missing valuable info. A box of ph strips, what, 4.5 to 10? Costs a few bucks and will give you a new view of your grows.

 

[canndo]

If i left open an agar plate for one second, outside of the flowhood, it would contam. Guaranteed

The point is concentration. Hence the grid on the plate. Also you get an idea of what sorts of contams there are.

 

[Aeroknow]

@canndo
I just squeezed out enough juice to test and my CV no G is at 6.7. About what I expected

 

[Aeroknow]

The point is concentration. Hence the grid on the plate. Also you get an idea of what sorts of contams there are.

Yeah I gotcha but I guarantee you there’s a reason why prices got down to $350/lb here in Ca for a minute. Bunch of heads switched from growing bud to growing shrooms in bags. Every big bulk setup they grow in bags these days. I know a few people lol. Bags are so wasteful that’s my only complaint. Using a garbage bag as liner per monotub isn’t the greenest thing either though.

 

[canndo]

@canndo
I just squeezed out enough juice to test and my CV no G is at 6.7. About what I expected

Yeah, 6.7 is in the danger zone.

 

[Aeroknow]

Yeah, 6.7 is in the danger zone.

How would you raise the ph before PC’ing? Or just bucket teking it? Ph up?

 

[Aeroknow]

@7L!fTeD24
I’m gonna do it like this if you don’t mind. I’m not a good walkthrough type of grower.
Bags fresh out the PC’s


Gotta mix them mofos up while still hot if ur gonna do a no soak no simmer

those are 1800g’s hydrated of a milo/millet in 10T bags. 6 per cooker.
1/2 a bag to one XLS bag.

 

[Aeroknow]

Christmas gift to me would be a 150L autoclave for all the shiitake mushrooms i grow.
Wtf you guys think i’m growing shrooms? Nope. Hundred percent legit

 

[canndo]

How would you raise the ph before PC’ing? Or just bucket teking it? Ph up?

Pickling lime. Works great, no magnesium.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Oh man, you are missing valuable info. A box of ph strips, what, 4.5 to 10? Costs a few bucks and will give you a new view of your grows.

I have a blue lab ph. Pen Maybe I'll do a slurry test on my substrate.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Yeah I gotcha but I guarantee you there’s a reason why prices got down to $350/lb here in Ca for a minute. Bunch of heads switched from growing bud to growing shrooms in bags. Every big bulk setup they grow in bags these days. I know a few people lol. Bags are so wasteful that’s my only complaint. Using a garbage bag as liner per monotub isn’t the greenest thing either though.

As bud is becoming Legal everywhere the prices are dropping. Nobody wants to grow it anymore and everybody is moving to mushrooms. My buddy and Vegas said the same thing.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

@7L!fTeD24
I’m gonna do it like this if you don’t mind. I’m not a good walkthrough type of grower.
Bags fresh out the PC’s
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Gotta mix them mofos up while still hot if ur gonna do a no soak no simmer
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those are 1800g’s hydrated of a milo/millet in 10T bags. 6 per cooker.
1/2 a bag to one XLS bag.

As soon as I get my money up to get a flow hood and go this route.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Here's my 10 jars. I made with 1 LC syringe. They definitely caramelized after PC ing for 25 minutes. So I'm only gonna pull out of these jars one time. Hopefully this helps me narrow down my contamination problem.

 

[natureboygrower]

Damn, weed prices must be complete trash on the West coast if growers are moving to shrooms @$350 an lb that price does not sound appealing.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Damn, weed prices must be complete trash on the West coast if growers are moving to shrooms @$350 an lb that price does not sound appealing.

Yeah, that wouldn't even be sustainable for someone like me unless I was having 100% success.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Im Wondering is solution grade gypsum and different than granular? I just switched from this brown granular to solution grade and am wondering if solution grade is stronger. I've been using a cup in my cvg.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Damn, weed prices must be complete trash on the West coast if growers are moving to shrooms @$350 an lb that price does not sound appealing.

If it was that cheap where I'm at I'd probably just buy them instead of grow them for myself. But I do love the hobby.

 

[natureboygrower]

Yeah, that wouldn't even be sustainable for someone like me unless I was having 100% success.

Yeah, no doubt. There must be huge op's out there. Hell, I'd buy a QP at that price and wouldn't bother growing for personal.
I'm curious where the price jumps up? At $25 eighth ( like it's always been) there's a lot of room for someone to make money.

 

[canndo]

Im Wondering is solution grade gypsum and different than granular? I just switched from this brown granular to solution grade and am wondering if solution grade is stronger. I've been using a cup in my cvg.

Gypsum just doesn't cut it. I use it to sweeten mixtures, giving them calcium but it acts too slowly for anything else and it barely moves the needle anyway.