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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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Post by azurelake »

antoniuschan99 wrote: post #149
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…

I found sterilizing the jars (in a hot bath), innoculating the (brown rice) and getting the mycelium to take over took the most effort and time (takes like 2 months in the dark for the mycelium to take over the entire jar). Getting it to fruit was easy and all I needed was some vermeculite to place the mycelium block on top of and a plastic container to act as a terrarium so it will trap the humidity from the spray b…

You’re living in the past my friend! https://old.reddit.com/r/unclebens/comments/el1d8q/part_2_in...

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Post by s1artibartfast »

idiotsecant wrote: post #147
s1artibartfast wrote: post #104

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I am only familiar with eating of the fruiting body. Are you saying that the fruiting body is useless, or am I misunderstanding you? The eating of the fruiting body has a very long history and some literature. Do you have any more information.?

The fruiting body of hericium mushrooms like lion's mane do not contain Erinacine A, which is generally recognized to be the most beneficial component of lions mane. That compound is present only in the mycelium. The fruiting body does contain Hericenones, which are also thought to have some health benefits, just not the nervous system repair benefits that Erinacine A provides.

Thanks!

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

chasebank wrote: post #145
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #113

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Point being, the large credit card networks, and more importantly, any FDIC insured bank, will not deal with cannabis funds. There are a number of workarounds (Colorado credit unions being a notable one), and fintechs like the ones described in the article you linked trying to provide card solutions, but they're still all locked out of the "normal" US banking system.

"and more importantly, any FDIC insured bank, will not deal with cannabis funds." This is patently false. My close friend runs a $75M/yr wholesale distribution op out of Carpinteria, Ca, called Headwaters. He has multiple FDIC banking relationships for his business.

Thanks, I stand corrected, looks like some smaller regional banks will accept cannabis businesses: https://flowhub.com/learn/cannabis-dispensary-bank-account

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Post by goatsi »

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

Those people are generally scammers unfortunately.

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Post by ge96 »

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…

/r/unclebens bags of rice

Re: Smart mushroom growing device for beginners

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Post by csteubs »

unicornporn wrote: post #62
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…

This thing looks extremely rough when examining pictures and video at highest resolution available. Take a look at the left edge of the display cut out, as an example: https://i.imgur.com/ttZZhwa.png This hobbyist level of machining does not go very well with the slick design and marketing.

Good call out. I respect the effort put into the aesthetics of the prototype, but the display cut out could definitely have been flush-mounted in a way to disguise the cut out with something as simple as household white quarter inch trim.

Slick design comes in time, and the device itself looks quite nice IMO. I just think it reeks of the Juicero "hammering a screw" approach. Monotubs are dead simple and cheap, but do require a bit of research/knowledge/trial and error to get started producing fruiting bodies. Without knowing the cost of Shrooly's replacement boxes, it really comes down to convenience and personal value of having fresh mushrooms on hand. I'd rather have something like this on my bookshelf than a Rubbermaid shoe tote full of dirt and pinheads, though.

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