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There are some good folks over there and definitely tons of good information... but it does have a way more aggressive community than this one.
I think a lot of that stemmed from some bad blood from the get-go of when the alt.drugs (proto discussion forum) dudes who were pioneering the home mushcult frontier had a spat and split up between mycotopia and shroomery. It created a sort of partisan rift that seemed to invite a lot of heavy egotism and.. for whatever reason.. that attitude seems to keep perpetuating that way.
It's a hell of a lot more inviting than it once was.. but yeah, still rough around the edges. I have the same thoughts.. like.. for people doing mushrooms, it's a damn heated community.
Maybe something to do with all the ego loss...
I still like popping in from time to time.. I just have a shorter attention span for it these days.
I do, i just ask folks here or my local friend. Shroomery kinda turned me off.Everyone has to learn, everyone has questions from time to time. Ask away.
Agreed. I've run the gamut through the weed discussion forums over the past... jeez.. 15 years now. Much of the same egotism and hostility.For sure, and dont get me wrong i read a LOT of threads over at shroomery. It has an enormous wealth of info to peruse, I just dont have the desire to engage in discussion there.
The farm and one other forum are about the only online forums i engage in. Even the rest of the weed forums are full of assholes.
And yeah i see Stamets get trashed over there quite a bit, usually because of things he said or did like 20 years ago that he has changed his position on. Im not sure how anyone can trash talk a guy like Paul S, he clearly loves mushrooms and seems like a really down to earth guy.
At least in the past, he was very open about his psychoactive mushroom use. Which was a lot.Is it just me, or does Paul Stamets sound like hes on magic mushrooms all the time? I know he had a stutter at one time but there is just something about his delivery, the way he speaks that sounds like hes buzzin on shrooms. Like you can hear it in his voice.
It wouldnt surprise me in the least.
As far as I know, light is not a pinning trigger. It's mostly gonna be moisture and air.. light gives them some pigmentation and (might be wrong on this) some direction to grow. I've seen tubs fruited in complete darkness and they just end up really pale and spindly/haphazardly growing.Thats exciting as hell @1diesel1! What variety are those? I seriously cant wait to see some pinning action.
Ive read you should paint the bottom sides of the tote black or line it with a black trash bag to prevent light hitting the sides to reduce side pinning. For next time perhaps..
Window light is definitely sufficient. If it gets any direct sun, that may be an issue.These two shoeboxes are knotting up nicely, Ive got the vent holes covered in micropore tape now, and i think ill have a fan blow on them for a few mins a day pretty soon here to try and get the flush going. So far, I havent misted or fanned them at all. But they have a nice amount of tiny water droplets on the surface, so i think pinning is not too far off. Primordia is forming all over the place.
Do you think the window light is sufficient @beluga or should i throw up a T5? Does spectrum matter?
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As far as I know, light is not a pinning trigger. It's mostly gonna be moisture and air.. light gives them some pigmentation and (might be wrong on this) some direction to grow. I've seen tubs fruited in complete darkness and they just end up really pale and spindly/haphazardly growing.
The liners work well because they provide a more flexible wall/floor that keeps the sides and bottom of the substrate from getting those surface conditions that initiate pinning.
Window light is definitely sufficient. If it gets any direct sun, that may be an issue.
I've done a lot of growing in a room that only received ambient lighting from windows... works quite well.
Yeah, definitely a more recent ideology that light doesn't make it pin. I'm not even sure if that applies to all mushrooms, but cubes and pans at least follow that rule.Huh, interesting stuff. What i had read said that Light, evaporation and temperature were the 3 main pinning triggers. I would have used a black liner rather than paint had I known that. Next time. Like any other hobby there is a lot of headscratching over here figuring out whats myth and whats legit.
And yeah it doesnt get any direct sunlight in that window, only indirect light.
Also to update, my peurto rican petrie dish looks weird like something went wrong. Not sure if its bad or not, i think some condensation from the lid may have dripped onto the agar. The Amazonian though so far looks very aggressive, its almost doubled in size in 3 days after taking a sample out of the slant. Growing nicely outward from the center and very stringy rhizo looking mycelium.
I would wipe the lid so it don't drip on the sub if the drops are looking heavy.2 tubs that haven’t started yet have quit a bit of condensation, is this ok?View attachment 1070523View attachment 1070524
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