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Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by pline »

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

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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…

for edible gourmet mushrooms (lions main, oyster, king trumpet) its as simple as buying a fully colonized block, slashing open the package and letting it grow with some occasional misting. its a great activity for kids. mushrooms are incredibly resilient and want to grow. below is a good video on how easy it is.

https://fatmoonmushrooms.com/pages/oyster-grow-kit-instructi...

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by CuriouslyC »

Growing mushrooms is stupid easy, the only challenging part is keeping things sterile during inoculation and before the mycelium is established. Moisture content of the substrate is important as well but that's pretty easy to get right.

You can set up a monotub using a storage bin, just line it with a trash bag, toss in some damp hot water sterilized coco coir and mix your fully colonized grain spawn, then cover the bin loosely so there is some airflow and keep it in a closet that you've cleaned thoroughly. Once set up they require almost no maintenance until they start to flush.

Once you've got pins showing you can improve your flushes by spraying and fanning, but even without that you will probably get 1-2 flushes of decent size.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by Alex3917 »

skyyler wrote: post #60
Alex3917 wrote: post #19

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> 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...

Because that's a fake recipe that was written just to rack up page views, that wouldn't actually work at all if you tried it. Making crab cakes isn't going to work at all unless you sweat the mushrooms to get the water out -- you cook them for 20+ min on low with a lot of sea salt, and then you rinse off the salt and squeeze out as much water as you can before forming them into crab cakes and pan frying.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by bragr »

kodah wrote: post #48
s_dev wrote: post #40

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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.

Considering they're trying to sell pods that go with this device rather than selling some general purpose device, I don't think you're correct.

You need to watch the last half of the promotional video once they get past the cover material.

This is clearly intended as a set it and forgot it solution for growing magic mushrooms.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by chasebank »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #84
chasebank wrote: post #68

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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.

> Every dispensary has CC processing and a bank account. I've never been to a dispensary in the US that takes credit cards, and MC and Visa specifically don't allow cannabis businesses. https://www.cato.org/blog/cannabis-banking-clash-between-fed...

I've only been to our dispensaries here in Santa Barbara and they all take cards.

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/12/24405152/its...

EDIT: Just read the company is issuing and processing their own 'credit cards'. I'm positive I've only used cards when buying from our dispensaries. Come to think of it, it's just debit cards but it's a card and it will buy weed if you want it to.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by mellavora »

chasebank wrote: post #56
devwastaken wrote: post #53

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It's still illigal at a federal level.

So is weed. Nobody cares.

Unless you are a vet receiving federal benefits or living in federal sponsored housing. They might not want to cut your benefits, but the law says they have to.

Many sad stories here. Vet thought it was legal, and it helped their PTSD, but they lost their housing over it.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by basch »

CuriouslyC wrote: post #92

Growing mushrooms is stupid easy, the only challenging part is keeping things sterile during inoculation and before the mycelium is established. Moisture content of the substrate is important as well but that's pretty easy to get right. You can set up a monotub using a storage bin, just line it with a trash bag, toss in some damp hot water sterilized coco coir and mix your fully colonized grain spawn, then cover the…

I agree, but this reads as "you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem"

The keurigification/dropboxification and the ability of companies like instantpot/ninja to clone and resell old ideas but slightly better cant be understated. People like easy pods and start buttons.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by skyyler »

Alex3917 wrote: post #93
skyyler wrote: post #60

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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...

Because that's a fake recipe that was written just to rack up page views, that wouldn't actually work at all if you tried it. Making crab cakes isn't going to work at all unless you sweat the mushrooms to get the water out -- you cook them for 20+ min on low with a lot of sea salt, and then you rinse off the salt and squeeze out as much water as you can before forming them into crab cakes and pan frying.

https://foragerchef.com/hericium-crabcakes/

Okay, is this one better? It still only calls for 16oz of mushrooms to make 4-6 cakes.

I can't find a single recipe that calls for anywhere near 10lbs of fungus. Could you link one?

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by elif »

throwawaymaths wrote: post #86
itslennysfault wrote: post #55

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

It does look nice enough to use it as a conversation piece when you throw parties, so there's that, over juicero. I think that must appeal to a certain type of person.

Yea if I was cooking for someone I would feel better about harvesting food from this device than "hold on a second while I get this bucket out of my cupboard."
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