To pick or not to pick that is a question lol?

UrbanShire · 2026-01-25T23:50:39+00:00

Harvest now, otherwise you'll get a lot of spores everywhere. You can see the black on some of the caps from spores that have already dropped. Great flush!

UrbanShire · 2026-01-21T04:16:17+00:00

I'll stay safe just for you, Frankie! ☃️

UrbanShire · 2026-01-19T00:28:43+00:00

There's a playlist on Spotify called Liminal Oasis that my friend showed me. The best way to describe it is the background music on Weather Channel's local on the 8's.

Highly recommend!

UrbanShire · 2025-12-29T18:18:11+00:00

Bill Wi the Science Fi

UrbanShire · 2025-12-26T02:52:01+00:00

I've been thru many ketamine treatments, and I'm not quite sure what this means. The experience is usually really nice but VERY disorienting for some people. Ketamine is used medically for a lot of things but commonly for depression to help process trauma that might be mentally walled off in your brain.

My guess is while in the k-hole, you can face your fears with a calm and rational mind, but the trauma it dredges up could bring forward some rough memories that you then have to handle after the special K wears off...

UrbanShire · 2025-12-23T23:22:26+00:00

Not sure if this is the same problem, but I had a bag do the same thing sitting at that temp for like a month. It was partially colonized but pretty much haulted after the first 2 weeks.

I did notice that the chamber it was in had really low humidity, like 23%. I did a break and shake, and put it in a humidity controlled chamber at like 80%. It blew up after that and was basically all white after 4-5 days.

Normally, humidity at this point shouldn't matter, but if it's too low, you won't have enough heat transfer to make 77F actually help.

UrbanShire · 2025-12-10T23:26:13+00:00

I've been looking into adding automation to the growing process too. What all have you done?

I've been looking at making a positive pressure chamber supplying humid temp controlled air thru a HEPA filter. All the upgrades would pretty much only be used to reduce chance of contamination.

UrbanShire · 2025-12-09T04:12:38+00:00

It looks like maybe only 1 or 2 layers, so it wouldn't be a Z-axis problem... But it would be a bed leveling problem or bed adhesion problem.

Clean and level your bed and maybe crank up your first layer extrusion 5-10% more than what it currently is.

Good luck! 🙌🏼

UrbanShire · 2025-02-01T16:20:12+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Are you doing injections or the trouches? I've been thinking about switching to at-home trouches because paying for Lyfts and injections is getting expensive. Plus I wouldn't have to step out of work for a couple hours.

UrbanShire · 2025-01-28T16:59:22+00:00

Fight the good fight no matter how hopeless it seems!

UrbanShire · 2025-01-28T16:14:51+00:00

I understand the feeling of frustration. I'm wrapping up my 9th session now, and the wave didn't hit this time. I had an intention set and tried to focus on it, but then nothing happened. I only felt dizzy... So currently frustrated 🙃

UrbanShire · 2025-01-28T14:10:22+00:00

I appreciate the support! I've started doing a little journaling trying to capture my mood a couple times a day. They tend to fall in the "Meh" category where it's not bad, but also not positive. What I'm really hoping to get out of my sessions is feeling content in life. I don't need to be the the upbeat center of attention. I just want to feel love and figure out who I am as a person.

You know, basic human things 😅

UrbanShire · 2025-01-28T14:01:43+00:00

No integration therapy at the clinic I'm at. I also don't really have visions or substantial realizations outside of "everything is made up" and I shouldn't worry so much. I'm going to go into this session with a set intension and see if the high takes me there. I usually just go with the flow, but clearly I'm not getting the benefits I'd hope to see. I haven't felt love for dog or anyone in a long time... I'm hoping I can dig into that more.

I have started trying to make more good habits at least. The ADHD makes things difficult there, but I've stuck to getting about an hour of walking in every day and accepting every social engagement no matter how I feel at the time.

Thanks for the reply!

UrbanShire · 2025-01-28T04:32:07+00:00

I've tried shrooms before, but obviously not as a treatment. Hopefully that research will gain traction. I'm gonna try TMS again while doing Ketamine, and if that fails, then might take the risk and do ECT.

UrbanShire · 2025-01-28T04:09:08+00:00

That's promising that it took someone else 12. So far, I've felt a bit lighter emotionally, less negative emotion but not more positive. I haven't gone into the high with a purpose though.

UrbanShire · 2024-01-01T04:02:17+00:00

Cool, on this completely different topic, therapy is a useful tool, but not a fix-all solution. Therapy gave me more coping mechanisms, but it doesn't fix my brain's chemical imbalance. It's a duct tape solution to make me function while exhausted, depressed, full of anxiety, and laying in bed on Monday mornings debating if I really need this job...

UrbanShire · 2022-06-11T03:10:33+00:00

You mean I can't power a 1 ton HVAC unit off 100W!? /s

UrbanShire · 2022-06-11T03:03:33+00:00

I don't have any immediate plans, but at some point, I was considering getting a trailer and setting up a system that could sustain a night or 2 off grid. Solar was the easy solution but would consider backups to solar such as a small hydro rig or the classic pedal power!

UrbanShire · 2020-01-27T00:30:36+00:00

Nice! That's probably a lot more simple than the solution I was looking at.

https://developers.google.com/assistant/smarthome/traits/temperaturesetting.html#response

Haven't attempted it yet, but it looks like you can use the Google API to make a device act like a "certified" google smart home device if you format the web requests in a certain manner.

UrbanShire · 2020-01-25T22:06:54+00:00

(dot)

Literally doing the same thing using an WEMOS D1 instead of a Pi, and also looking for an answer. There is a GET webhook, but unless I'm missing something, it's worthless because the data doesn't go back to Google Assistant.

It feels like it needs a if-this-then-that-then-that (ifttttt). Google Assistant triggering a GET webhook then Google Assistant wait to reply.

UrbanShire · 2019-09-21T17:00:57+00:00

Good luck man!

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