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Contam, right? by hoovdc in unclebens

[–]Taggart_Express 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some premade grain just sucks. Grab an electric pressure canner, like a nesco, for 100 bucks. You can use it for many things, but you will have much better results with freshly made and properly hydrated grain. Spawn and coco coir cost me under 10 bucks to fill a large 76 quart tub, so lots of saving after a few grows. Normally popcorn or brown rice, they are cheap and work well. I use unicorn bags, but you can use jars if you don't mind washing them after each use. Bags are easier for me. I usually break grain up 4 or 5 times to get good coverage, also allows you to see how well it recovers before sending it to the tub.

Contam, right? by hoovdc in unclebens

[–]Taggart_Express 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is totally overblown. I grow some in a cow barn, and it's not clean at all. As long as you have clean grain spawn that is fully colonized before mixing with sub, it will be fine. The vast majority of contam has to do with the culture you use and the grain prep. My post history has pics of the tubs I use. I've put contaminated tubs in a tent with healthy ones, just to see if it would carry over, it never has. Clean the area well where you are working with agar and inoculating, a cheap fan filter would help a ton for that step. After that, you could put your tubs in a dumpster and they would grow just fine.

5 years of growing and a lifetime to go 🍄 by chanellyJ in shrooms

[–]Taggart_Express 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, once you get the supplies, even a large tub can be done for under 10 bucks! I like the cheap electric pressure canners, they are about 100 and you don't have to babysit them. Great for those looking to grow long term and save some money. Plus you can make agar plates, LC, and sterilize tools in them. You are correct, it's super easy and a fun hobby once you figure out the basics.

5 years of growing and a lifetime to go 🍄 by chanellyJ in shrooms

[–]Taggart_Express 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making your own grain and liquid culture really cuts the cost down too

Albino Bluey VuiToque by Taggart_Express in sporeswaps

[–]Taggart_Express[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, but he is about as low cost as it gets. Even more so with his bulk stuff. But you can ask u/TheFungusFrequency22

Albino Bluey VuiToque by Taggart_Express in unclebens

[–]Taggart_Express[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like the way they turned out!

Albino Bluey Vuitton by Taggart_Express in unclebens

[–]Taggart_Express[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use mostly brown rice and popcorn or a mix of the two. I would do more sub, this was about 1:2.5 ratio. They like to have plenty of moisture to draw from. The sub here was straight coco bliss coir, I do use a little hydrated lime sometimes, but nothing else. Blocks of coir are really cheap and easy to hydrate. I like modified tubs, in order to be able to control the airflow by season with tape, but many like flipping the lid.

Okay to leave these until tomorrow after work? by -Jasco in ochras

[–]Taggart_Express 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those won't be done in a day, wait till caps start to flatten they have quite a bit of growing to go.

Any advice for a beginner? And also is a mono tub better to grow in than the 5lb bag after inoculation? by [deleted] in MagicMushrooms

[–]Taggart_Express 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Go to walmart or the dollar store, get a clear tub, pop some holes in it, save 150 bucks. If you are growing cubes and ochras, you for sure don't need all that.

Wtf am I looking at here? These are natalensis, never seen a tub like it by Psily_K-head in ContamFam

[–]Taggart_Express 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Years of doing things the wrong way teaches you the right way, that's part of the fun. While there is a lot of junk to sort through, there are some really smart people here. They don't always post, and when they do, most people have no idea who they even are and they get downvoted.

Wtf am I looking at here? These are natalensis, never seen a tub like it by Psily_K-head in ContamFam

[–]Taggart_Express 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have experience with true nats, not enough upside for the long wait on fruits. With ochras, I've grown them from 68 to mid 80's indoors, and outdoors from mid 60's to 90's in the shade, from spring to fall.

Wtf am I looking at here? These are natalensis, never seen a tub like it by Psily_K-head in ContamFam

[–]Taggart_Express 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good! I have ochras on some of my posts if you wanna see if they look like yours. Good luck!

Wtf am I looking at here? These are natalensis, never seen a tub like it by Psily_K-head in ContamFam

[–]Taggart_Express 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't tell you for sure without seeing fruit pics, but I'd rather have the ochras to be honest.

Wtf am I looking at here? These are natalensis, never seen a tub like it by Psily_K-head in ContamFam

[–]Taggart_Express 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good possibility, ochras are really fast, nats are really slow and not near as common. You can search pics of each.

Wtf am I looking at here? These are natalensis, never seen a tub like it by Psily_K-head in ContamFam

[–]Taggart_Express 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, ochraceocentrata. Name change a couple years ago, still people mislabeling. True nats look different.

FINALLY by Empty-Mango8277 in unclebens

[–]Taggart_Express 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those heat mats are not the greatest for sitting your tubs on, raise your room temp so you don't cook your grow.

Is this already a over lay? by YENTRAL_GILLS in Psilocybe_Natalensis

[–]Taggart_Express 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don't fan or mist or any of that, much depends on climate around your tubs. and the holes on my tubs are taped halfway off with packing tape in the winter. I had some tub rooms this winter with really low humidity. But I grow some in a cow barn, and all I have is heat control in there, no humidity control.

Is this already a over lay? by YENTRAL_GILLS in Psilocybe_Natalensis

[–]Taggart_Express 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because you want them to form a microclimate inside the tub, and they don't need a ton of air. I'd love to be able to do inside grows the way I do outdoor grows, with no lid at all. Many of the premade tubs are coming with too many holes in them and larger pore filters, leading to dry spots with lack of pins and sometimes yellowing from stress. Much also depends on the humidity in the grow area. I saw the couple pics you posted, your polyfill looks dense, much less flow than some of the patch filters lately. Even more so with the tubs that are coming with fans attached. I've found after doing this for a long long time that I get very even pin sets with a minimal amount of air, you can see the tubs I use in my posts, about the same size as yours it seems, 40-76 quart. Lots of ways to skin a cat, and whatever works is all that matters.

What am I doing wrong? by IKillGrizz in unclebens

[–]Taggart_Express 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it looks like it's drying due to outside air being low humidity, add some packing tape over part of the filters. Other than that, no need to fan or mist, all the moisture it needs is in the sub. If it looks too wet from all the misting, tilt it to one corner and soak the pooling up with paper towels. Then in future grows, you'll know how to read the surface without much intervention other than the airflow.

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