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Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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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.

And the guy in Baja hoodie winking every time he says Mushroom? The other guy going on about "Uncle Ben tek" for growing mushrooms? You gotta read between the lines -- obviously this product will not be explicitly marketed for drug use. https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=32056302&goto=item%3Fi...

Hah, I didn't catch that!

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Have a watch of border control TV shows based in the US. They will literally cancel your visa and send you back home for admitting smoking weed in the US. If you're not from the US, beware weed is very much ILLEGAL, and you should treat it as such.

> They will literally cancel your visa and send you back home for admitting smoking weed in the US. No they don't. They explicitly state, "we do not care what you do on your travels, only that you do not bring any forbidden substances with you across the border." If you BRING something measurable (beyond a trace sample they wipe from you or your stuff) then they can take action like what you suggest. Admitting to the…

This is why I bring hella weed with me to Japan. Not only do they never catch me, but the worst case scenario is going home.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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This is a fruiting chamber, not a mushroom growing device. Fruiting is by far the most trivial part of mushroom growing. You still need to sterilize a growth media, innoculate it with spores or mycelium, grow it out without contamination, and mix into a substrate long before it enters this device. Or buy their overpriced pre-packaged, pre-grown substrates.

As a fruiting chamber, it does nothing that a $2 plastic Sterilite shoebox cannot do. They already self-regulate humidity and CO2 when set up correctly. Use your favorite search engine and look for Shoebox Tek.

I've seen a few mentions of Uncle Ben's pre-cooked rice Tek on here. Using UB for mushroom cultivation is the mycological equivalent of programming in Visual Basic or writing a database in Excel. It's a technique for uneducated new users which is technically inferior, and in the long run way more expensive, than learning to do it the correct way. But it uses components that users have easy access to, so it is irrationally popular.

I've tried my own hand at automating fruiting chambers, using a RasPi with CO2/humidity/temperature sensors (Sensiron SCD30), misters, and fans. Nothing but a pain, didn't increase yields, too much data leads to too much tinkering and tweaking. The best thing you can do for a mushroom grow is to leave it alone.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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As someone who watch too much This Old House as a child, and lives in the PNW, if you live in a particularly humid part of the world I would strongly suggest you keep your mushroom experiments outside. There are some non-zero risks around having saprophytic mushrooms producing spores inside or immediately outside of your house. I need to replace the framing around my back door and add a roof over it due to water dama…

Are t there spores literally everywhere all the time though?

When identifying a mushroom you collect a spore print, which generally involves finding a young mushroom and sitting it on a piece of paper. The color of the spores can often distinguish between lookalikes. Doing a spore print, it can be a bit of a surprise how much a single mushroom can produce.

Teaspoons of sugar versus the entire bowl makes for a very different coffee experience.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Apropos of nothing you can easily buy Psilocybe cubensis spores by mail as they do not contain any psilocybin. Of course they’re only intended for you to look at under a microscope ;) https://sporeworks.com/

> Strain Origin: Cross of B+ and Penis Envy

Here you go. Reason for the name should be obvious. https://sporeworks.com/Psilocybe-cubensis-Penis-Envy-Spore-S...

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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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…

Could you recommend any types of mushrooms you'd recommend for home cultivation and online sources for blocks? Already grow vegetables and it would be great to add mushrooms to the mix. Also are there any communities you'd recommend that share good advice?

lions mane and oyster are both great for home cultivation. if you look for a local mushroom farm in your area you can likely buy blocks from them. I've purchased blocks from Fat Moon Farms and had good success with them growing several pounds of mushrooms from a single block. https://fatmoonmushrooms.com/

there are a variety of mushroom/mycology related subreddits and Southwest Mushrooms on youtube has alot of informative well produced video content https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthwestMushrooms

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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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…

This product simplifies nothing, honestly. The ‘hardest’ part of growing mushrooms is keeping things sterile for the inoculation and colonization phases. This does nothing to address that besides offering it pre-made. Which you can already buy at tons of places for reasonable prices. This device only actually involves the easiest part of the entire process - fruiting. And you’ll get the same results by just throwing your colonized media in a $2 shoebox as other people have already stated. I like the comparison to juicero others are making, that’s essentially what this is.

And by the way, absolutely none of this is too complicated for your average person. There are tons of literally step-by-step guides online for free.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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It's still illigal at a federal level.

So is weed. Nobody cares.

If you admit to smoking weed in the ER, or to any benefits program, your benefits will end or not begin, with a big red stamp on your file. If you have weed on a federally funded college campus, they by law have to cut your loans.

The feds very much so care. Don't get complacent.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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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…

Could you recommend any types of mushrooms you'd recommend for home cultivation and online sources for blocks? Already grow vegetables and it would be great to add mushrooms to the mix. Also are there any communities you'd recommend that share good advice?

I have found that pink oysters are absolutely impossible to fail to grow in a wide variety of conditions, very robust to storage and handling, and very good to eat. They are very hearty little mushrooms (or big mushrooms sometimes!) I honestly have no idea why pink oysters are not sold in grocery stores or used in more dishes, they are very cheap to grow and add interesting color.

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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So is weed. Nobody cares.

Federal employees can be fired if their drug test comes pack positive for cannabis.

As well as private, federal-adjacent businesses like power utilities and other heavy infrastructure.
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