Mushrooms
How To Grow Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybe cubensis Growing Technique (page 1)
This method is recommended for people who have never grown magic mushrooms before because it is a very reliable way to grow magic mushrooms. The magic mushroom growers guide is also an excellent guide for first time magic mushroom growers.
The first time you use the process you should follow the directions exactly and resist the temptation to innovate. Innovation without experience is the primary cause of failure.
If you must innovate because you can not find a particular item or for some other reason, first check with someone that has experience to make sure you are not doing something crazy.
If you have tried this method but still can't produce a crop of magic mushrooms, there is an easier method but it will not produce as large a crop.
A quick description of the procedure
A substrate consisting of brown rice flour, vermiculite, and water that will feed and supply water to our magic mushrooms is sealed in ½ pint jars and sterilized in a pressure cooker, or boiling water. This is to kill anything that might endanger the mushrooms.
After the mushroom substrate has been sterilized and has cooled, mushroom spores are added to the substrate using a syringe full of spore solution. The spores germinate and colonize the entire jar full of substrate.
They are germinated at about 75-85 degrees F, in a dark place. The resulting 'cakes' are removed from the jars when fully colonized, and placed in a terrarium until mushrooms begin to grow from the cakes.
They grow best at 75-80 degrees F, with 90-95% humidity in a place that gets some light. When mature, they are harvested and dried. Magic mushrooms you produce yourself will probably be at least two to three times as potent as buying them from someone else.
This is because your magic mushrooms will be fresh and they will have been grown under optimal conditions. Most mushrooms bought on the street are several months old, or older and have grown wild outdoors.
Growing mushrooms outdoors is not a bad thing, but when growing wild, mushrooms might not be getting enough or optimal nutrition. Now on to the equipment needed to grow magic mushrooms.
I Overview II Equipment III Procedure IV Fruiting V Extras
Books Psilocybin Mushroom Handbook:
Easy Indoor and Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation
If you have never grown and find it hard to follow online guides or if you have tried to grow magic mushrooms and had problems, this is the book to look at. Compared to previous mushroom growing books, this is a fairly easy to understand, accurate, illustrated guide to growing mushrooms that contain high concentrations of psilocybin (the primary chemical that produces intoxication when a person takes most types of magic mushrooms).
This book was written for the first timer but and also has information that intermediate and advanced growers might benefit from. Primarily about growing indoors, there is a chapter about growing outdoors. About 200 pages with black and white images that illustrate the text being discussed. Includes 32 page section of color photos. If this book and info you find online don't help, mushroom cultivation might not be for you.
Psilocybin Mushroom Handbook
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