Where the Pink Buffalo roam

420God said:

I'm thinking it'll be around 8-10 ozs or so but I'm not positive as I've never really grown them before.

Since I went with full pint jars they have quite a bit of food to keep producing fruit.

When the cakes are done I plan on spawning them to a bulk substrate so I could end up with pounds off one syringe.

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joe macclennan said:

nice thread brother

I tried growing mushies years ago and had pretty good results.

been thinking about trying another batch.

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420God said:

Hello fellow RIU members, I have just recently started a small shroom grow that I wanted to share. I used the basic PF Tech method from Shroomery consisiting of Brown rice flour and vermiculite. All the supplies can be picked up at most local stores.

I purchased the shroom spores from Microtech Industries here---> http://www.micro-supply.com/index.htm

The spore syringes came to about $20 US dollars for 2 syringes which can do twenty 1/2 pint jars.

Here's a cut from Shroomery to expain what I'm doing. http://www.shroomery.org/10256/PF-Tek-v2

1. Brown rice powder, vermiculite and distilled water are mixed and loaded into a 1 pint jar, which is steam sterilized. The jar is then inoculated by the spore syringe. 2. After the substrate cake in the jar colonizes and begins to show signs of fruiting, the cake is released from the jar and placed into the dual chambered terrarium (or a different fruiting chamber of your choice) to fruit.
3. A mature mushroom is decapitated and spore printed in a jar.
4. Spore syringes are prepared with the spore print jar to begin another life cycle.


For my mix I ground only half of the brown rice and left half whole so it's easier for the mycelium to spread thoughout the cake. I have a pressure canner so that helped sterilize but you can still do this with a good pot and lid and I went with 1 pint jars instead of 1/2 pint.

I inoculated 7 jars last week and 5 are now showing signs of growth. No signs of contams yet but also no signs of growth in the other 2 jars yet.

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420God said:

I'm thinking it'll be around 8-10 ozs or so but I'm not positive as I've never really grown them before.

Since I went with full pint jars they have quite a bit of food to keep producing fruit.

When the cakes are done I plan on spawning them to a bulk substrate so I could end up with pounds off one syringe.

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420God said:

Quick update. 6 of the jars have good growth and no signs of contamination and in all honesty I think my high ass might have missed inoculating one of the jars because there's no signs of any growth.

I'm hoping that they'll be ready to go into the fruiting chamber in the next 2-3 weeks.

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~Dankster~420 said:

Also, can you use the same "cake" more then one run ?:

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~Dankster~420 said:

I know this is an older grow and all, but had a question 4 you ?: How if any way can you spread the mycelium in the jars quicker ?:

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420God said:

Yes, I scrape the outer surface off and can get a few runs off the same cakes.



Putting the jars in a warmer area, around 80ºF, sped up the spread of mycelium greatly.

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420God said:

Hello fellow RIU members, I have just recently started a small shroom grow that I wanted to share. I used the basic PF Tech method from Shroomery consisiting of Brown rice flour and vermiculite. All the supplies can be picked up at most local stores.

I purchased the shroom spores from Microtech Industries here---> http://www.micro-supply.com/index.htm

The spore syringes came to about $20 US dollars for 2 syringes which can do twenty 1/2 pint jars.

Here's a cut from Shroomery to expain what I'm doing. http://www.shroomery.org/10256/PF-Tek-v2

1. Brown rice powder, vermiculite and distilled water are mixed and loaded into a 1 pint jar, which is steam sterilized. The jar is then inoculated by the spore syringe. 2. After the substrate cake in the jar colonizes and begins to show signs of fruiting, the cake is released from the jar and placed into the dual chambered terrarium (or a different fruiting chamber of your choice) to fruit.
3. A mature mushroom is decapitated and spore printed in a jar.
4. Spore syringes are prepared with the spore print jar to begin another life cycle.


For my mix I ground only half of the brown rice and left half whole so it's easier for the mycelium to spread thoughout the cake. I have a pressure canner so that helped sterilize but you can still do this with a good pot and lid and I went with 1 pint jars instead of 1/2 pint.

I inoculated 7 jars last week and 5 are now showing signs of growth. No signs of contams yet but also no signs of growth in the other 2 jars yet.

Click to expand...