Ok so I saw some weedy stalks that stopped growing and decided to have a "tester" of 2.5g semi dry. I thought this would be a low does, wrong...
The trip started 50mins after eating on an empty stomach, when reality warped in and out, me being able to walk and then feeling like my body was melting away like candle wax so I sat down. The walls began swirling and I saw Aztec and native American artwork of faces all over the wall, then the floor began swirling in to what looked like lakes and rivers. This all went on for a while until I began staring at the Christmas tree that transformed into a creature of some sort with big eyes and a shark mouth with teeth then a man bowing down to me and then a statue of a Greek god covered in vines throwing lightning bolts into the sky, suddenly those previous swirling patterns became roaring flames and the watery lakes became magma, as I looked on faces of grotesque decripid old men and animals began coming out the walls, arms and melting bodies floated in the magma and monstrous hell spawn full of arms, teeth, eyes and limbs began forming into a creature reaching for my legs. I remember not being bothered by any of this at all and was staring intently at it all thinking its not real, the voice of the kid in the shinning when he talks to "Tony" was going over in my head saying its not real. Then those strange shapes disappeared and I saw a bizarre creature forming on the wall spinning around like a vortex of feathers and eyes some how attached to a neck and pair of shoulders. After a while I needed a lay down and started hearing a voice that I could only describe as nature or reality itself having a conversation with me about "possessiveness" and that it was the reason for the fall of Lucifer then I began hearing a conversation on how Lucifer was exiled from heaven and the ones who followed him and what selfishness can do to beings and that it was happy I was not the selfish type, which was bizarre. Then I felt some very personal feelings on my purpose in life and why "evil" people do what they do and the importance of forgiveness of what people do, at the moment I felt like everyone was my brothers and sisters and that everyone was extremely important and of great value, even Hitler. I watched some TV and saw faces getting so big they grew over the persons head to the point I burst out laughing and got plenty of odd looks from my wife. I was so unbelievably high but not intoxicated, I felt like I could solve all the troubles of the world and could even read minds of anyone at will and truely understand who they were and all the experiences of their life, I actually needed to smoke a bowl to get less high, and music in that state was insane... Fucking hell all that on 2.5g scrawny stalks and to think I wanted to test them at 20gs!!!!
And back to the grow, look at how big they got in a week!
I am looking to take a spore print of the biggest one when its cap opens. These will be ready for Christmas and New Years Eve!!
@OneBakedWalrus, if you are in USA premiumspores and sporeworks are both solid. I work off liquid cultures but all my genetics trace back to those two sources. They are legit. Good luck
keep it up, im learning how to grow shrooms from you so keep up the awesome work. i plan on getting a grow happening this summer. trying to learn as much as i can b4 then
@FreshCoastOrganics, Compared to the trip I had last night on 48g this was nothing, these shrooms are completely insane. I never thought reality itself could speak to you...
Did you reach full consolidation before you added that casing layer of verm? Looking at week 7 photos you still had some uncolonized grain spawn. Then week 8 I see casing layer.
Be super careful, maintain your sterile practices...I never flip to fruit until full consolidation because there remains the risk for contamination, as Iβm sure you already know.
Been growing cubes for 10+ years. Good luck through fruiting.
@NexusDevil, we can agree to disagree on that idea. You canβt smell a contaminant spore until itβs blooming into trich or something nasty that will ruin your whole cycle. Also, just breathing on, exhaling near, or βsmellingβ your substrate is opening up a world of potential contam. You may get a good first & second flush before you notice Trich or cobweb mold, but those contaminants will take hold and reveal themselves on a 3rd, 4th, 5th flush as the result of that close up sniff test. I colonize rye grain bags, spawn to bulk, and get on average 5 flushes before I chuck them. Average 1LB dried per tub.
Hopefully that method keeps working for you, I am a believer in sticking with what works. To each their own. Good luck
@HighAltitudeOrganics, Thanks for the comment, I have found that when atleast 70% is colonised your good to go, this was at least 90%, and even at 100% its still not immune to contamination. The best tool against contamination is simply smelling your growth.