Spore-tacular Shenanigans

[Orb]

time can feel like it’s standing still when I’m at work or attempting to germinate beans, seems to fly by the rest of the time

27g+ dry from this second tray so far but its developed what appeared to be a fluffy white mould around the stem base of a few shrooms, so threw them away just in case

the last contamination was green, so it’s a plus I don’t have any of that but spraying the fluffy stuff with iso and it appears to have killed it and turned that area blue/black

there are plenty of unaffected pins so it would be great to get more but we’ll see how things play out

 

[Goonie Goat]

time can feel like it’s standing still when I’m at work or attempting to germinate beans, seems to fly by the rest of the time

27g+ dry from this second tray so far but its developed what appeared to be a fluffy white mould around the stem base of a few shrooms, so threw them away just in case

the last contamination was green, so it’s a plus I don’t have any of that but spraying the fluffy stuff with iso and it appears to have killed it and turned that area blue/black

there are plenty of unaffected pins so it would be great to get more but we’ll see how things play out

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The fluffy stuff might just be tomentose mycelium? Is it around the base of the mushrooms? It can look really fluffy at times.
eBay has 12% peroxide which you can dilute to 3% or 6% which won't kill the mycelium like the alcohol does.

I did the same as you did in a monotub a few years back and while the alcohol did kill everything, it left a dead patch which encouraged more contamination to grow.
Peroxide will kill the contam but won't kill the mycelium unless it's a high concentration

 

[Sun Ra]

 

[Orb]

The fluffy stuff might just be tomentose mycelium? Is it around the base of the mushrooms? It can look really fluffy at times.
eBay has 12% peroxide which you can dilute to 3% or 6% which won't kill the mycelium like the alcohol does.

I did the same as you did in a monotub a few years back and while the alcohol did kill everything, it left a dead patch which encouraged more contamination to grow.
Peroxide will kill the contam but won't kill the mycelium unless it's a high concentration

thanks Goonie, i though the iso would be the gentler of the two but I’ll try the peroxide if it continues

I reckon between contamination risk, final yields, actual effort and total cost, the larger all in one grow bags might be a better option for me

 

[HGO]

I would really like to try shrooms for the 1st time
ideally on xmas day or something
are there any places you guys know of to score enough for 1 or 2 people that would post them out?

 

[med180]

I would really like to try shrooms for the 1st time
ideally on xmas day or something
are there any places you guys know of to score enough for 1 or 2 people that would post them out?

Check your PM's mate, I'm sure plenty of fellas around here will have ideas

 

[Harry bootlace]

I would really like to try shrooms for the 1st time
ideally on xmas day or something
are there any places you guys know of to score enough for 1 or 2 people that would post them out?

wish i had the guts to try again. haha
i had a lot of great experiences as a youngster.
maybe one day.

 

[SAW]

I highly recommend Re-experiencing all your previous experiences with the advantage of experience Harry. You’ll be glad you do mate, mushrooms? one of the purest medicines.

 

[Harry bootlace]

yeah. i probably will at some stage.
i rarely get a day/night off so might take a while to find time.

maybe when kids are older i’ll go down south and pick some and eat in the field.

 

[Sun Ra]

yeah. i probably will at some stage.
i rarely get a day/night off so might take a while to find time.

maybe when kids are older i’ll go down south and pick some and eat in the field.

Sounds like you have your hands full right now Harry - agree, wait for the right time mate.

 

[med180]

yeah. i probably will at some stage.
i rarely get a day/night off so might take a while to find time.

maybe when kids are older i’ll go down south and pick some and eat in the field.

You're welcome to come pick in my forest if the opportunity ever arises mate, but be sure to bring some warm clothes

 

[Harry bootlace]

ohhh ok. and no worries i’m a cold person.

 

[med180]

ohhh ok. and no worries i’m a cold person.

Native shroom picking down here goes for a couple of months and comes in just after the outdoor weed harvest, a bountiful time of year

 

[Hudo]

We have lift off

 

[Harry bootlace]

Native shroom picking down here goes for a couple of months and comes in just after the outdoor weed harvest, a bountiful time of year

WA there’s just one small area they grow. a micro climate perhaps. i’ve never heard of anyone being able to get growing wild elsewhere. even in towns close by the native patch.
years ago i was on a mushroom forum like this but magic mushrooms and people were trying to inoculate (?) in pine chips or something and move locations but no luck.

so sad i live “so close, but so far”
and the one town they grow in is swamped with pickers and cops waiting to nab them.

 

[med180]

WA there’s just one small area they grow. a micro climate perhaps. i’ve never heard of anyone being able to get growing wild elsewhere. even in towns close by the native patch.
years ago i was on a mushroom forum like this but magic mushrooms and people were trying to inoculate (?) in pine chips or something and move locations but no luck.

so sad i live “so close, but so far”
and the one town they grow in is swamped with pickers and cops waiting to nab them.

Down here they grow all over the place, from wet gum forest to pine forest, from sea level to up in the mountains. My property alone would produce a few thousand a year!

 

[Goonie Goat]

WA there’s just one small area they grow. a micro climate perhaps. i’ve never heard of anyone being able to get growing wild elsewhere. even in towns close by the native patch.
years ago i was on a mushroom forum like this but magic mushrooms and people were trying to inoculate (?) in pine chips or something and move locations but no luck.

so sad i live “so close, but so far”
and the one town they grow in is swamped with pickers and cops waiting to nab them.

Might want to just grow your own, sterile substrate bags and syringes aren't the cheapest but aren't that expensive either if you end up getting a few flushes of mushies..

I've sent seeds through to WA which got past Perth border control, surely some spore syringes would get through?

 

[Harry bootlace]

yeah i think that would get through.

i’d like them growing in the yard. any species from anywhere that you can get growing outdoors ? that would be fun.

 

[Goonie Goat]

yeah i think that would get through.

i’d like them growing in the yard. any species from anywhere that you can get growing outdoors ? that would be fun.

I think maybe 'Wavy Caps' aka Psilocybin Cyanescens could work. Just read the articles about the mushroom busts in WA and the mushrooms pictured look very similar. They should grow in hardwood chips, aged dead pine should work too, fresh pine not so much as it contains compounds which are antifungal / antibacterials. Sporespecs may have them (never bought from them so wouldn't know).

 

[SRH]

WA there’s just one small area they grow. a micro climate perhaps. i’ve never heard of anyone being able to get growing wild elsewhere. even in towns close by the native patch.
years ago i was on a mushroom forum like this but magic mushrooms and people were trying to inoculate (?) in pine chips or something and move locations but no luck.

so sad i live “so close, but so far”
and the one town they grow in is swamped with pickers and cops waiting to nab them.

Hey Harry shrooms grow around quite a lot of towns in the lower south west wa not just bailingup and yeah I've ordered through sporespecs no problems and had my packages arive safely