TGR’s High Elevation Grow Journey

[DanielWesterfield]

Thank you!

I have a liquid syringe with some spores in it from like 9 years ago
I bought three specimens and only used two. I totally forgot about it until now. I wonder if it's still good

 

[Bobcat.Branch]

Them Cali Blues is thicc...

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

I have a liquid syringe with some spores in it from like 9 years ago
I bought three specimens and only used two. I totally forgot about it until now. I wonder if it's still good

I’d run it. Worst case nothing cultures.

 

[BearWater]

I have a liquid syringe with some spores in it from like 9 years ago
I bought three specimens and only used two. I totally forgot about it until now. I wonder if it's still good

There’s a shroom thread here on the Farm also. Not saying TGR doesnt know what hes talking about : ) just figured I share

 

[Oldchucky]

I’d run it. Worst case nothing cultures.

Ya! Always more peace of mind if you find out if it’s any good before you throw it away!

 

[Thatoneguyyouknow_]

I have a liquid syringe with some spores in it from like 9 years ago
I bought three specimens and only used two. I totally forgot about it until now. I wonder if it's still good

no, it isnt lol

theyre super hit or miss after 12-16 months, even at that point half your jars will contaminate or just do nothing at all, but dry, well stored spore prints can be saved for decades though. hydrated spores in a syringe are a totally different story

if i shot up a half dozen plus grain jars i went through the trouble of preparing and sterilizing id be pretty annoyed to find out my syringe was that old because absolutely nothing would happen in any of the jars. You cant just dump them out and remix like a soil. you gotta start over with fresh grains, and sometimes even fresh jars.

ive made the mistake a few times. i wont touch hydrated spores over a year old at all anymore. Tend to always end in annoyance or disappointment, as well as wastes resources. Wasted resources is 100% counter the thing a mushroom is to begin with, being a karma free decomposer rooted in a pure organic expression of sentient intelligence within total and complete efficiency and purpose.

the spores themselves are fairly meaningless to mushrooms. As meaningless as a single lone sperm cell to a testicle... They generate billions of them a day for weeks straight in the right conditions. And they shoot out of the gills with comparable force to a 30-06 rifle round relative their size. And if the mushroom is damaged or gets old, itll grow a new one in like 2 days and start the process again.

wasting the grain on dead spores would be a more karmically negative move then wasting and replacing the syringe of dead spores in my own opinion at least.


in my own experience cultivating psilocybin mushrooms, consciously making karmically neutral or positive decisions brings benefits your end result whether it makes sense for it to, or not.

 

[Thatoneguyyouknow_]

good example of karmic decisions that dont make logical sense with mushrooms:


If you use verm + castings for bulk and have great resuts, your results will deminish once *you personally learn* that verm is a non renewable conflict mineral. your bulk yields will steadily drop at that point until you switch to something renewable like straight coir. .

The verm+casting bulk doesnt stop working well until you learn this yourself. has nothing to do with the mushrooms. Im not the only grower that had to switch to coir once they learned verm was a conflict mineral either. I have several friends that had to switch after i informed them of vermiculite's origin because it stopped producing well for them too. Early on i much preferred verm+castings to straight coir, wasnt even comparable as a bulk. But now a days its the other way around and all thats changed is ME


They call em teachers for a damn good reason.

 

[Bobcat.Branch]

good example of karmic decisions that dont make logical sense with mushrooms:


If you use verm + castings for bulk and have great resuts, your results will deminish once *you personally learn* that verm is a non renewable conflict mineral. your bulk yields will steadily drop at that point until you switch to something renewable like straight coir. .

The verm+casting bulk doesnt stop working well until you learn this yourself. has nothing to do with the mushrooms. Im not the only grower that had to switch to coir once they learned verm was a conflict mineral either. I have several friends that had to switch after i informed them of vermiculite's origin because it stopped producing well for them too. Early on i much preferred verm+castings to straight coir, wasnt even comparable as a bulk. But now a days its the other way around and all thats changed is ME


They call em teachers for a damn good reason.

I absolutely love your replies here! Nice to see others who get it!

 

[Thatoneguyyouknow_]

I absolutely love your replies here! Nice to see others who get it!

Once they know that you know, they can't un-know knowing that you know....


And once you know that they know you know..... Shit gets weird. that's where rubber meets the road, where the chartreuse meets the mauve. Doesnt really matter what it is that's known because you can never really *know* anything.

Yin-yangs are fun to look at, but the invisible lines created where black meets the white is what matters, not the black or white itself.

Sorry for taking up space in your journal TGR

 

[Bobcat.Branch]

Once they know that you know, they can't un-know knowing that you know....


And once you know that they know you know..... Shit gets weird. that's where rubber meets the road, where the chartreuse meets the mauve. Doesnt really matter what it is that's known because you can never really *know* anything.

Yin-yangs are fun to look at, but the invisible lines created where black meets the white is what matters, not the black or white itself.

Sorry for taking up space in your journal TGR

I love you, man #nohomo

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

Once they know that you know, they can't un-know knowing that you know....


And once you know that they know you know..... Shit gets weird. that's where rubber meets the road, where the chartreuse meets the mauve. Doesnt really matter what it is that's known because you can never really *know* anything.

Yin-yangs are fun to look at, but the invisible lines created where black meets the white is what matters, not the black or white itself.

Sorry for taking up space in your journal TGR

All good!

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

These new blacked out Bics are pretty slick. I almost departed from the trademark orange model.

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

Thanks to the works of @MartyMcFly42oh I’ve been informed that the Hashplant is growing in a 2 gallon. That container and about 3 others blew into my yard during a wind storm. It was the only pot that didn’t crack and happened to be sitting around the lab when the seed popped. I’m pretty amazed that it’s as big as it is given the small pot. I think I’ll hop on the next 1 gallon challenge.

Rest of the gang is hanging out and enjoying the 70 degree weather this week. Still not much of an idea who’s staying and who’s going. I’m happy to collect the pollen from any males that pop up if anyone wants it but you gotta let me know soon.

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

I’m pretty convinced that I could trim the Cali Blues once a week and still have an abundance of overgrowth. Thank the stars I mainlined those and didn’t go au naturale or it would look like Vietnam in there.

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

I love the use of cinder blocks and wire racks, good to have airflow with the fabric pots, I don’t do anything for underneath mine, subsequently I get roots that penetrate through the bottom of my fabric pots because of it. The airflow underneath causes the roots to air prune just like that sides do.

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

I love the use of cinder blocks and wire racks, good to have airflow with the fabric pots, I don’t do anything for underneath mine, subsequently I get roots that penetrate through the bottom of my fabric pots because of it. The airflow underneath causes the roots to air prune just like that sides do.

I’ve always wondered about that.

 

[Bobcat.Branch]

Thanks to the works of @MartyMcFly42oh I’ve been informed that the Hashplant is growing in a 2 gallon. That container and about 3 others blew into my yard during a wind storm. It was the only pot that didn’t crack and happened to be sitting around the lab when the seed popped. I’m pretty amazed that it’s as big as it is given the small pot. I think I’ll hop on the next 1 gallon challenge.

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Rest of the gang is hanging out and enjoying the 70 degree weather this week. Still not much of an idea who’s staying and who’s going. I’m happy to collect the pollen from any males that pop up if anyone wants it but you gotta let me know soon.

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Sometimes, you get a gift from the Gods!

Sometimes, The Gods are crazy!

 

[Thatoneguyyouknow_]

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These new blacked out Bics are pretty slick. I almost departed from the trademark orange model.

I loved the blacked out bics for like 15 minutes.

i lose them starring right at them. I thought it was a cool lighter until the third time i lost it while it was standing vertical on the coffee table right in front of me.

my brain wont recognize it as a lighter for some reason.

I should have known though, i have the same problem with solid black vapes, and solid black wallets. I can look right at them, while actively looking for them, and not see them until i give up looking. Every time man.

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

There’s a shroom thread here on the Farm also. Not saying TGR doesnt know what hes talking about : ) just figured I share

I actually don’t know what I’m talking about with fungi. I just like taking chances. I’ve never grown shrooms. I just eat them

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

I loved the blacked out bics for like 15 minutes.

i lose them starring right at them. I thought it was a cool lighter until the third time i lost it while it was standing vertical on the coffee table right in front of me.

my brain wont recognize it as a lighter for some reason.

I should have known though, i have the same problem with solid black vapes, and solid black wallets. I can look right at them, while actively looking for them, and not see them until i give up looking. Every time man.

It’s called getting old