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Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by dnfa »

pline wrote: post #47
s_dev wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think these smart boxes are for mushroom growers (agriculture) but for magic mushroom growers (recreational drug use). Where a "Click&Grow" equivalent is needed. With a hydrometer and water sprayer instead of a timed light.

i fear coming off as a hostile know it all, but i think this company is simply parting a fool from their money (see Juicero). i don't think that a click and grow equivalent is needed in the cubensis cultivation space. with the advent of uncle bens tek around 2019 and pf tek years before that the flood gates for at home cultivation psilocybe cubensis have already been opened.

I agree with you to an extent, but what has held me back in the past is that uncle bens tek seems a little sketchy (I want to watch it grow) and pf tek requires a lot of space (and oh my god what happens if it goes bad and then you just have a massive tub of rotting filth in your apartment).

I would not pay $200 for this, but if you can make it look nice and make the process idiot-proof, I think there's a market for it.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by 0_____0 »

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…

What I would pay money for is a simple panel -mount device with an ultrasonic mister and a fan, basically a simple humidistat that can sense and flush CO2. I actually bought components to do this but never quite got around to it.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by rdtwo »

imiric wrote: post #61
pline wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i fear coming off as a hostile know it all, but i think this company is simply parting a fool from their money (see Juicero). i don't think that a click and grow equivalent is needed in the cubensis cultivation space. with the advent of uncle bens tek around 2019 and pf tek years before that the flood gates for at home cultivation psilocybe cubensis have already been opened.

Yet there's still no begginer-friendly way of doing any of that without diving head-first into the DIY home growing literature. Your comments are coming off as gatekeeping for no other reason than speculation and the fact you're already familiar with the space. This product seems to simplify the entire process of home growing, which is a bit more involved than squeezing juice out of fruit. As long as it's priced and…

My local farmers market begs to differ. At 15$ you just soak the block and spray.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by everforward »

labrador wrote: post #51
upupandup wrote: post #46

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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

Viable spores are still federally legal, and they're legal in most states.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by nibbleshifter »

dnfa wrote: post #71
pline wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i fear coming off as a hostile know it all, but i think this company is simply parting a fool from their money (see Juicero). i don't think that a click and grow equivalent is needed in the cubensis cultivation space. with the advent of uncle bens tek around 2019 and pf tek years before that the flood gates for at home cultivation psilocybe cubensis have already been opened.

I agree with you to an extent, but what has held me back in the past is that uncle bens tek seems a little sketchy (I want to watch it grow) and pf tek requires a lot of space (and oh my god what happens if it goes bad and then you just have a massive tub of rotting filth in your apartment). I would not pay $200 for this, but if you can make it look nice and make the process idiot-proof, I think there's a market for…

You can "watch it grow" with uncle bens.

The amount of active time needed to successfully grow a few flushes of cubes is a few hours total (prep work, misting, harvesting).

The rest of the time you are just observing it.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by 0_____0 »

imiric wrote: post #61
pline wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i fear coming off as a hostile know it all, but i think this company is simply parting a fool from their money (see Juicero). i don't think that a click and grow equivalent is needed in the cubensis cultivation space. with the advent of uncle bens tek around 2019 and pf tek years before that the flood gates for at home cultivation psilocybe cubensis have already been opened.

Yet there's still no begginer-friendly way of doing any of that without diving head-first into the DIY home growing literature. Your comments are coming off as gatekeeping for no other reason than speculation and the fact you're already familiar with the space. This product seems to simplify the entire process of home growing, which is a bit more involved than squeezing juice out of fruit. As long as it's priced and…

In terms of complexity, IMO basic home cultivation is somewhere between baking a simple loaf of bread and assembling an IKEA shelf unit and installing it on the wall. It takes basic web search skills to find info on front-to-back DIY technique, and one can find colonized media online or at the farmers market.

That being said, every level of simplification grants a hobby a new audience. I think the objection here is the attempt to create a Juicero model, where you get a fancy machine that requires (maybe DRM'd? not sure) media pods in perpetuity if you want to keep using it.

(edit: doesn't appear to be vendor locked media, but the machine is $299... I spent less on that for my pressure canner, mason jars, fruiting chamber, and food dehydrator put together. sort of puts into question who this is for.)

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by alex64 »

chasebank wrote: post #68
HyprMusic wrote: post #63

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The banks do. Payment providers do. Advertisers do. There's plenty of reasons for a business to be low-key about providing accessories to break Federal laws.

No they don’t. They just want plausible deniability. They’re a bank, they want to make money. Every dispensary has CC processing and a bank account. If they cared about federal law, they would stop obvious money laundering.

I feel like this isn't the case? All dispos in California and Washington were cash only.. because they couldn't get accounts with banks.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by nibbleshifter »

chasebank wrote: post #65
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.

Indeed it is. As someone who’s been encapsulating magic mushrooms for 10+ years, what I’d really love to see is an easy way to extract psilocybin for a more accurate measurement of the compound. Encapsulated mushrooms work ok but sometimes it can be orders of magnitude different in potency. Like you think you’re drinking a beer and accidentally drank 3 margaritas. I’ve read that people are working on deriving psilocy…

Soxhlet extraction into ethanol might be promising for this (higher efficiency compared to soak and strain).

Just need to see if the elevated temp over a period of a couple of hours negatively impacts potency I guess.

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