N00b Question ALERT!

[Mr. X]

My cat has some shroomies that have gotten kind of large and dropped
their spores. Will they get larger or is that the end of the line.

[Buggin69]

Mr. X wrote:
> My cat has some shroomies that have gotten kind of large and dropped
> their spores. Will they get larger or is that the end of the line.

that's the end of the line
you really don't want them any larger anyway
once the veil break psilocybin production stops
so basically you want to pick them as soon as the veil breaks or just
before for the highest weight/drug ratio
you're only wasting water and nutrients

[Mr. X]

preesh bug

Buggin69 wrote:
> Mr. X wrote:
>
>>My cat has some shroomies that have gotten kind of large and dropped
>>their spores. Will they get larger or is that the end of the line.
>
>
> that's the end of the line
> you really don't want them any larger anyway
> once the veil break psilocybin production stops
> so basically you want to pick them as soon as the veil breaks or just
> before for the highest weight/drug ratio
> you're only wasting water and nutrients
>
>

[liteage1]

if you wait any longer i sugest you start carving a tomb stone for shroomy

Mr. X wrote:
> My cat has some shroomies that have gotten kind of large and dropped
> their spores. Will they get larger or is that the end of the line.

[Buggin69]

liteage1 wrote:
> if you wait any longer i sugest you start carving a tomb stone for
> shroomy
>

yeah.. forgot to mention the next step in development was rotting

> Mr. X wrote:
>> My cat has some shroomies that have gotten kind of large and dropped
>> their spores. Will they get larger or is that the end of the line.

[Bruce Girrell]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:30:40 GMT, "Buggin69" <buggin69@cox.net> wrote:

>that's the end of the line

True

>you really don't want them any larger anyway
>once the veil break psilocybin production stops

Not quite true. The psilocybin production doesn't stop. What happens
is that the psilocybin production stays about the same, but the amount
of biomass increases dramatically resulting in a lower total
psilocybin/weight ratio (aka lower potency) at the expense of valuable
resources, notably water, that could have been used to produce more
mushrooms.

Picky, picky, picky.

>so basically you want to pick them as soon as the veil breaks or just
>before for the highest weight/drug ratio
>you're only wasting water and nutrients

True


B.G.

[captainmaxmushroom@sporelab.com]

Once the viel breaks, the mushroom grows very little. It's not true
about the weight ratio, the mushroom has stopped growing. As for the
cap opening, I liken it to opening a fist. your hands gets bigger but
not heavier.


www.sporelab.com






On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:15:33 -0400, Bruce Girrell
<bigirrell@microlinetc.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:30:40 GMT, "Buggin69" <buggin69@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>that's the end of the line
>
>True
>
>>you really don't want them any larger anyway
>>once the veil break psilocybin production stops
>
>Not quite true. The psilocybin production doesn't stop. What happens
>is that the psilocybin production stays about the same, but the amount
>of biomass increases dramatically resulting in a lower total
>psilocybin/weight ratio (aka lower potency) at the expense of valuable
>resources, notably water, that could have been used to produce more
>mushrooms.
>
>Picky, picky, picky.
>
>>so basically you want to pick them as soon as the veil breaks or just
>>before for the highest weight/drug ratio
>>you're only wasting water and nutrients
>
>True
>
>
>B.G.

[Bruce Girrell]

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:32:48 GMT, captainmaxmushroom@sporelab.com
wrote:

>Once the viel breaks, the mushroom grows very little. It's not true
>about the weight ratio, the mushroom has stopped growing. As for the
>cap opening, I liken it to opening a fist. your hands gets bigger but
>not heavier.

Hmmmm... I have a little trouble believing that, but it's been a long
time since I've actually grown anything and I can't think of an easy
way to test the idea off the top of my head since you can't exactly
harvest a mushroom, weigh it, and then put it back to see if it grows
any more.

So it's all an optical illusion, huh?

B.G.