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Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by labrador » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:16 PM UTC

upupandup wrote: post #46

labrador wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For the section on growing your own "special" mushrooms The county where I'm from in California has decriminalized growing psilocybin mushrooms for personal use so I can just come right out and say that I plan on growing hallucinogenic mushrooms

There are psilocybin mushroom sold in marijuana dispensaries online and offline. To be honest I don't like the come up. I no longer like being "scolded" by it.

I get people selling psilocybin mushrooms following me on Twitter all the time since I follow MAPS and other research groups. I've been afraid to order because I have to give a real address to mail to and it's still illegal at the federal level

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by VectorLock » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:17 PM UTC

All things must be made Blades and Razors.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by devwastaken » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:19 PM UTC

labrador wrote: post #21

eterpstra wrote: post #5

For the section on growing your own "special" mushrooms, they have a young guy in a baja hoodie watching the "magic" happen and winking at the camera. Pretty sure they're targeting a very specific audience here. Solid marketing.

> For the section on growing your own "special" mushrooms The county where I'm from in California has decriminalized growing psilocybin mushrooms for personal use so I can just come right out and say that I plan on growing hallucinogenic mushrooms

It's still illigal at a federal level.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by flutas » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:21 PM UTC

anewpersonality wrote: post #29

PaulHoule wrote: post #2

Usually when you grow mushrooms you do it in two steps. First you grow out the mycelium on a growth medium such as grains, then you spread out the mycelium and cover it with some casing material, say peat moss, and fruit it under different environmental conditions. A typical mushroom lab has two areas built out (say with plastic sheets) to maintain the conditions for these two phases. Looks like their machine creates…

No no no.. for Lion's Mane, you want only the mycelium. How do you grow it in liquid such that 100% of the mycelium is available? Growing on grain ruins the cost-efficiency of the product.

There's a reason Ben's Original (Uncle Ben's) is big in the mushroom community.

- Pre sterilized

- Cost effective

- Easy to monitor

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by itslennysfault » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:22 PM UTC

pline wrote: post #25

as a home mushroom cultivator I can tell you that this device is pretty much the Juicero of the mushroom world. from what i'm reading this device accomplishes nothing that one can't do with a homemade monotub composed of a 32 quart storage tote, a spray bottle and some polyfill. if you are interested in growing edible gourmet mushrooms look up a local mushroom farm in your area, most of them sell blocks that you can…

Yeah, this was my initial reaction as well. Growing mushrooms is not difficult. This feels like a solution looking for a problem.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by chasebank » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:23 PM UTC

devwastaken wrote: post #53

labrador wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For the section on growing your own "special" mushrooms The county where I'm from in California has decriminalized growing psilocybin mushrooms for personal use so I can just come right out and say that I plan on growing hallucinogenic mushrooms

It's still illigal at a federal level.

So is weed. Nobody cares.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by jmlucjav » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:24 PM UTC

I just harvested my first mushrooms ever yesterday. This was not some fancy lab stuff, just put the mycelium in some got a couple of sq meters in my garden (dried leaves and such), keep it moist, and got a nice harvest. Like this guy does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERv85b9krI

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by feynmanalgo » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:25 PM UTC

I'm surprised people are consuming special mushrooms so frequently that they would even consider a special gadget for this purpose.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by bsedlm » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:25 PM UTC

the fact that the frontpage animation is a cartoon (computer graphics rendering) of what they intend to do, and not a well produced timelapse makes me doubt their entire project.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by skyyler » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 3:27 PM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #19

eterpstra wrote: post #5

For the section on growing your own "special" mushrooms, they have a young guy in a baja hoodie watching the "magic" happen and winking at the camera. Pretty sure they're targeting a very specific audience here. Solid marketing.

> Pretty sure they're targeting a very specific audience here. Probably accurate. Growing edible mushrooms on such a small scale doesn't make any sense given that they are 90% water, and so shrink ~90% when you cook them. This would be like buying an AeroGarden that can grow only a single leaf of parsley. E.g. it takes at least 10 lbs of lions mane to make crab cakes for two people, whereas I doubt this thing is goin…

What makes you think it takes 10lbs of lions mane to make two servings of crab cakes? This recipe uses 6oz and claims to make four: https://steamykitchen.com/192632-lions-mane-crab-cake-recipe...