First outdoor grow, small scale

Saintanky · 08-17-08, 17:47

With the high heats dropping off and hurricane season upon us I decided to salvage some mistreated and dehydrated Gulf Coast cakes and try an outdoor project. I constructed a blender attachment as per TVCasualty's slurry tek and after a 6 hour dunk ground up 4 cakes. http://forums.mycotopia.net/holding-...hree-days.html

The substrate is old horse poo and straw scrounged from a barn up the road, chopped the straw up pretty well and soaked with the poo for an hour (no pasteurization).
Laid down a layer of straw, layer of the mix, layer of myc. soup, then more horse poo and straw. I'm casing one but I really don't think it will matter seeing how sloppy I threw these together. 2 days after setting them outside I can see some myc. has gotten through about two inches of substrate.
The poo is attracting quite a few bugs so later on I'll be looking into screening of some sort, but I'm really happy with how little effort this took. Even those living in a tightly packed neighborhood could probably get away with a grow like this. "Oh those? My petunias never came up, such a dissapointment."

Shroomette · 08-17-08, 17:55

Sorry about your disappointment but, there is always better luck next time. you should have pasteurized the poo. Good luck!! thanks for sharing.

Saintanky · 08-17-08, 18:02

Sorry I was a little unclear, the myc. is the only thing living in there so far that I can tell

so far my project is on track! I'll have more updates and pics when it's fully colonized.

Shroomette · 08-17-08, 18:06

Oh! I was referring to your petunas hun I should have made that more clear. Good Luck as always.

~Hippie3 · 08-17-08, 18:16

lol
just read the last sentence eh ?
he didn't plant any petunias, btw.

Saintanky · 08-26-08, 00:22

Here's the first flush, they seemed kind of small for an outdoor grow, but really no complaints here. They smell so delicious and tempting but they need to be dried so they can travel the appalachian trail with me.

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08-17-08, 17:47	#1 (permalink)
Saintanky Mycophiliac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 37	First outdoor grow, small scale With the high heats dropping off and hurricane season upon us I decided to salvage some mistreated and dehydrated Gulf Coast cakes and try an outdoor project. I constructed a blender attachment as per TVCasualty's slurry tek and after a 6 hour dunk ground up 4 cakes. http://forums.mycotopia.net/holding-...hree-days.html The substrate is old horse poo and straw scrounged from a barn up the road, chopped the straw up pretty well and soaked with the poo for an hour (no pasteurization). Laid down a layer of straw, layer of the mix, layer of myc. soup, then more horse poo and straw. I'm casing one but I really don't think it will matter seeing how sloppy I threw these together. 2 days after setting them outside I can see some myc. has gotten through about two inches of substrate. The poo is attracting quite a few bugs so later on I'll be looking into screening of some sort, but I'm really happy with how little effort this took. Even those living in a tightly packed neighborhood could probably get away with a grow like this. "Oh those? My petunias never came up, such a dissapointment." Attached Thumbnails

08-17-08, 17:55	#2 (permalink)
Shroomette Fairy Princess Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,144	Sorry about your disappointment but, there is always better luck next time. you should have pasteurized the poo. Good luck!! thanks for sharing. __________________ "Every exit is an entrance somewhere else".~Tom Stoppard

08-17-08, 18:06	#4 (permalink)
Shroomette Fairy Princess Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,144	Oh! I was referring to your petunas hun I should have made that more clear. Good Luck as always. __________________ "Every exit is an entrance somewhere else".~Tom Stoppard

08-26-08, 00:22	#6 (permalink)
Saintanky Mycophiliac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 37	Here's the first flush, they seemed kind of small for an outdoor grow, but really no complaints here. They smell so delicious and tempting but they need to be dried so they can travel the appalachian trail with me. Attached Thumbnails

08-17-08, 18:02	#3 (permalink)
Saintanky Mycophiliac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 37	Sorry I was a little unclear, the myc. is the only thing living in there so far that I can tell so far my project is on track! I'll have more updates and pics when it's fully colonized.

08-17-08, 18:16	#5 (permalink)
~Hippie3 DUNG DEALER Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 43,496	lol just read the last sentence eh ? he didn't plant any petunias, btw.

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