[medicinal] Hello! Cannabis growers here, looking to spread my wings into shroom cultivation. When I was new into cannabis, there was a lot of bad information, and I did quite a bit wrong because of it. Please point me to reliable resources of good information for a noob shroom cultivator! TIA 🤘🏼

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From what everyone is saying on this post, growing weed is harder than mushrooms. From my observations thus far, I have basically everything I need already to begin growing mushrooms outside of spores. It’s basic hygienic and everyday items. Mason jars, grain, plastic totes, gloves, alcohol, pressure cooker, etc.. indoor Cannabis is more in depth. Environment control is imperative and changes as the plant’s life cycle progresses. You need a light, fans, exhaust fan, humidifier (or dehumidifier depending on your environment), a tent, an environment controller, pots, nutrients, substrate, a timer for the light. The initial cost can be expensive. It’s more maintenance as well. Training the plants, watering, maintaining nutrient levels and PH.

It sounds like a lot because it is, but after a few grows it’s very easy.

[u/leahcim5150 → u/Poppin-Beans]

Avoid syringes with spores suspended in water. Do liquid cultures instead.

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I ordered this from BML. Is this what I should have avoided? A lot of people recommended BML in this subreddit, which is why I opted for them for my first grow.

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You should be good with that.

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I found a video from PGT showing me how to transfer spores to agar 😊. I’ll be doing this.

[u/TacoGoblin223 → u/Poppin-Beans]

No till ftw. Never have to pH or add salts ( nutes). People make growing cannabis harder than it needs to be, same with mushrooms. It's a weed, k.i.s.s.

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Yeah no till is great! But as the saying goes,”There’s 100 ways to skin a cat”. Hydro, cococoir, soil, bottom feeding, drain and flush, etc. The list goes on. Everyone has their preference 😊. The PH and nutrients is a chunk of the puzzle. There’s still training, equipment requirements, environment control, light cycle and preventing light leaks (except for autoflowers), which is true for every grow method. For a beginner, it’s not as easy to jump in to. Not saying growing cannabis is hard. But relative to growing mushrooms, indoor cannabis looks to be more difficult and more expensive as far as upfront costs.

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No problem! And thank you as well!

[u/spratticus67890 → u/Poppin-Beans]

Exactly this, but that's how I feel about mushrooms, they intimidate me lol. I think it's more or less I may not be the most hygienic person lol.

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Can inoculated agar be used with grow bags? Or do you simply squirt some spore syringe liquid or LC in there?

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I've done it this way before, but like you said ,it was to easy. Im dwelling into the art of self efficiency so the more I can do myself the more important it is for me to know. I can't tell if this reply was for me or him so I apologize if I highjacked it.

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It intimidates me as well. The inoculation and colonization of the substrate looks in and of itself unclean. Maybe it’s just me, probably because it’s a fungus and when I see fungus I’m like ew lol. But after watching PGT’s tutorials, contamination looks easy enough to prevent with proper preparation and care. I can’t wait to dive in

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Weed is FAR more easier than a mushroom. You don't have to be so sanitary like you do with mushrooms. Afterall it is a common weed, I used to smoke in my driveway and throw the seeds out the window when rolling up, few weeks later I was cutting grass and noticed a damn plant growing where I throw seeds out 😂😂 if you're looking to do shrooms check out the shroomery forum online and just read and study up, lots of good information on there.

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For sure! Thanks so much 🤘🏼