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    This document outlines 12 easy steps for growing magic mushrooms at home, known as the PF Tek method. It involves preparing jars with holes for spore syringes, mixing and filling the jars with a substrate of brown rice flour, vermiculite and water, sterilizing the filled jars, inoculating them with spore syringes, incubating for mycelium growth, setting up a fruiting chamber with high humidity, birthing the cakes by removing them from jars, soaking them, waiting for flushes of mushrooms, and harvesting. The goal is to use this basic method to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms with minimal equipment and effort.

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    This document outlines 12 easy steps for growing magic mushrooms at home, known as the PF Tek method. It involves preparing jars with holes for spore syringes, mixing and filling the jars with a substrate of brown rice flour, vermiculite and water, sterilizing the filled jars, inoculating them with spore syringes, incubating for mycelium growth, setting up a fruiting chamber with high humidity, birthing the cakes by removing them from jars, soaking them, waiting for flushes of mushrooms, and harvesting. The goal is to use this basic method to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms with minimal equipment and effort.

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    This document outlines 12 easy steps for growing magic mushrooms at home, known as the PF Tek method. It involves preparing jars with holes for spore syringes, mixing and filling the jars with a substrate of brown rice flour, vermiculite and water, sterilizing the filled jars, inoculating them with spore syringes, incubating for mycelium growth, setting up a fruiting chamber with high humidity, birthing the cakes by removing them from jars, soaking them, waiting for flushes of mushrooms, and harvesting. The goal is to use this basic method to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms with minimal equipment and effort.

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    12 Easy Steps To Grow Magic Mushrooms

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    This document outlines 12 easy steps for growing magic mushrooms at home, known as the PF Tek method. It involves preparing jars with holes for spore syringes, mixing and filling the jars with a substrate of brown rice flour, vermiculite and water, sterilizing the filled jars, inoculating them with spore syringes, incubating for mycelium growth, setting up a fruiting chamber with high humidity, birthing the cakes by removing them from jars, soaking them, waiting for flushes of mushrooms, and harvesting. The goal is to use this basic method to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms with minimal equipment and effort.

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    The article outlines a basic 12 step process called PF Tek for growing magic mushrooms at home using supplies that are commonly available and inexpensive.

    The basic supplies needed are a pressure cooker, vermiculite, perlite, canning jars, a spore syringe, and an aquarium or large Tupperware container to serve as a humidity chamber.

    The substrate is the material the fungus feeds on. For magic mushrooms, brown rice flour mixed with vermiculite and water is commonly used. The substrate is prepared by mixing these ingredients and filling prepared jars.

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    Step 1. Supplies for Magic Mushroom Cultivation


    Step 2. Preparing Jars for Spore Syringes
    Step 3. Mixing Magic Mushroom Substrate
    Step 4. Filling the Jars with Substrate
    Step 5. Preparing Substrate Jars for Sterilization
    Step 6. Sterilizing Magic Mushroom Substrate

    Have you always wanted to grow your own magic mushrooms but you’re intimidated by
    the complicated steps? This article will go over the 12 easy steps to grow magic
    mushrooms. The method used here is the PF Tek, one of the most basic grow techniques
    which can be used to grow a wide variety of magic mushrooms especially those from the
    Psilocybe genus.

    Step 1. Supplies for Magic Mushroom Cultivation


    Gather the following supplies before you start growing magic mushrooms:

    Pressure cooker. If you don’t have one, browse your local thrift store for a cheap
    pressure cooker. This is the most important equipment when it comes to cultivating
    shrooms. Without it, you won’t be able to sterilize your substrate and your shroom grow
    won’t be as successful as desired.

    Vermiculite. This is a medium which helps the substrate retain moisture. You can find it
    in small nurseries or in big home improvement stores.

    Perlite. You can pick this up from the nursery too. These small, white particles maintain
    adequate air and improve respiration for plants.
    Canning jars. ½ pint varieties will do as long as they are wide-mouthed with a lid. You
    can find them in any department store.

    Spore Syringe. You can find spore syringes online or in local shops. Find the spore
    syringe which contains the strain you wish to cultivate.

    Aquarium or large Tupperware. This will serve as your humidity chamber. You can
    buy a large-sized aquarium for less than $10 in a thrift store.

    Hammer and nail. If you don’t already have this in your garage, something’s wrong
    with you.

    Aluminum foil. You should have this in your kitchen cabinet or counter. Head to your
    local grocery store if you can’t find any.

    Alcohol lamp. This plays a crucial role in sterilizing your needles and other materials.
    Make sure your alcohol lamp is fully functional and safe.

    Brown rice flour. This will serve as your substrate – what the mycelium will feed off.
    Choose the highest quality available.

    Step 2. Preparing Jars for Spore Syringes

    Spore syringes are the easiest and safest way to start your magic mushroom grow. These
    can be ordered online from different sources. Just be sure you’re purchasing from a
    reliable supplier to prevent growing unwanted shroom varieties.

    However, before you can use your spore syringe, you need to prepare your jars using a
    hammer and nail. Remove the jar lid and place it on a table. Take a nail and make 4
    evenly-spaced holes around lid’s edge.

    Step 3. Mixing Magic Mushroom Substrate


    Simply put, the substrate is just what the fungus will use as its source of nutrition.
    Different substances can be used as substrate (such as sawdust, ground coffee, dung) but
    psilocybin mushrooms thrive pretty well in brown rice flour.

    Mix the following in an 8-ounce container:

    Brown rice flour, 3 cups


    Vermiculite, 9 cups
    Water, 3 cups

    Some people add worm castings to the substrate. Worm castings are said to improve
    mushroom flushes. Couldn’t hurt to try.

    Step 4. Filling the Jars with Substrate


    After evenly mixing your moist substrate, you can pour them into the substrate jars. Wipe
    off all moisture from inside and outside the jars. Don’t pack them tightly. You want to have
    loosely-filled jars. Leave half an inch of space between the substrate and the top of the jar.

    Fill the remaining space with dry vermiculite to provide an obstruction or a barrier
    between the microbes suspended in the air and the substrate.

    Step 5. Preparing Substrate Jars for Sterilization


    Now is the important step to remove all contaminants from the jars. Think of this as
    cleaning house to allow the mycelia to flourish without any competition.

    Place a square piece of foil over the lid covering the holes to protect the jar from
    contaminants from the environment. Crumple it downwards to form a sort of seal around
    the jar lid.

    Put 3 inches of water inside the pressure cooker and place as many jars as you can. You
    can stack them if you run out of room but just be careful because some jars may crack.
    Step 6. Sterilizing Magic Mushroom Substrate

    Close the pressure cooker and start it up. Wait until the pressure regulator or the weight
    on top of the cooker starts shaking. This is generally a sign that the jars are already under
    11 to 115 PSI depending on the manufacturer.

    Let the jars sterilize for an hour.

    It’s best to do this in the evening so you can let the jars cool down overnight. By morning,
    you’re ready for the next step.

    Step 7. Inoculating the Magic Mushroom Substrate

    Inoculation sounds complicated but it’s simply the process of adding spores to the sterile
    substrates to allow the mycelium to latch and develop.

    This is when your substrates are the most susceptible to contamination so be careful.

    1. Remove a jar from the pressure cooker.


    2. Heat the syringe using the alcohol lamp until it becomes red hot. Let it cool for a few
    seconds.
    3. Take off the foil and insert the needle of the spore syringe into the hole you punched
    earlier.
    4. Push the plunger to inject approximately 1mL of the spore solution into the
    substrate.
    5. Repeat with the other holes in the jar then replace the foil.
    6. Repeat with the other jars.

    Hard part’s over!

    Step 8. Incubating the Inoculated Substrates


    Allow the mycelium to take over the substrate by placing the jars in a warm and dark
    environment. Some ideal spots are the cupboard above your refrigerator or in a cardboard
    box in a corner of your room. Ideal temperature is around 80 to 86 degrees F. If you can’t
    keep the temperature within that range, it may take a little longer for the mycelium to
    flourish.

    During this time, mycelium will absorb plenty of nutrients and water from the substrate.
    You’ll see the first hairs of mycelium in around 3 to 4 days. When you’ve done everything
    correctly, the fungus will completely colonize the substrate in 3 to 5 weeks.

    Step 9. Setting Up a Fruiting Chamber for Shrooms

    You don’t need a lot of fanfare to set up an effective fruiting chamber. It’s purpose is to
    create a high humidity environment for the mycelium to produce fruiting bodies – the
    magic mushrooms! All you need is an old aquarium or a large Tupperware box.
    Humidify the fruiting chamber by filling it with perlite which was soaked in a bowl of cool
    water for 5 to 10 minutes. Like the bottom of the container with this wet perlite. This set
    up will allow water to slowly evaporate and create a high humidity environment inside the
    fruiting chamber.

    Lay aluminum foil on top of where you’ll be placing your substrate cakes. Cover the
    chamber tightly. You can drill some holes to allow air exchange. Magic mushrooms need a
    small amount of oxygen in order to survive.

    Step 10. Birthing Cakes


    The next step would be to pop the cakes or birth them.

    This is not as complicated as human births. Birthing cakes is a simple process which
    involves taking off the foil and lid, flipping it upside down, and giving the jar a few smacks
    downward to dislodge it.

    After birthing, soak the cake in cold water for an entire day. This would shock the fungus
    to fruit faster. Remember that mushrooms are 80 to 90% water.

    Step 11. Waiting for the Flush


    Depending on the magic mushroom strain you have, it may take 2 weeks for the first flush
    to complete growing. The cakes will last for 3 to 4 flushes in which case you can dunk the
    cakes for 24 hours in water to rehydrate them and reactivate the growing mycelium.

    Step 12. Harvesting Shrooms

    When picking shrooms, grab them at the base and pull. You can also cut them off from the
    base.

    If you can’t follow these 12 steps to the letter and you keep failing bringing magic
    mushrooms into the world, don’t worry. All is not lost. You can buy magic truffle grow kits
    online. These grow kits are guaranteed to produce psychedelic truffles in the shortest
    amount of time possible and with very little effort.

    Whether you’re growing shrooms through PF Tek or through a grow kit, always be
    conscious of your set and setting. Have a happy trip!

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