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From: [an 96445] at [anon.penet.fi] (miracoulix)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 17:40:59 UTC
Subject: JOHNNY APPLESEED on PSILOCYBE CYANESCENS



the following article appeared in the ENTHEOGEN REVIEW 4.4.

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JOHNNY APPLESEED on PSILOCYBE CYANESCENS:

P. cyanescens is indeed the best variety of mushroom for home
cultivation, as reported in the Fall'95 ER. They are up to seven
times as potent as P. cubensis, and can be grown outdoors in all
temperate climates with no need for sterile techniques.

They grow on fresh chips of Alder, Maple and Fir. I have used fresh
Alder (Alnus spp.) brush chipped in the Spring. I mix jars of spawn
into garbage bags of fresh woodchips and lay one-foot deep beds on
the inoculated chips under bushes where they will receive permanent
shade. They need to be reasonable damp during the year, and
covering the chip piles with several inches of leaves insures this.

It takes two years to produce a harvest in my northern climate
(near Canadian border). After the first year, the wood chips will
be completely white with the enveloping mycelium. At the end of the
second growing season, late in the Autumn (November), they will
fruit. Many times I have harvested my main crop in the first snows
  -- they seem to like cold temperatures to fruit.

Each bed will give only one good fruiting season. Therefore one
needs to start new beds every year. Take a shovelful of the white
chips from the one-year-old beds to inoculate fresh wood chips.
This is a very low-tech and safe way to grow powerful mushrooms
almost anywhere. -- Johnny Appleseed

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      SPORES of a very vigorous variety of P. CYANESCENS
               are available from  TEONANACATL:

see ftp: or http://hyperreal.com/drugs/psychedelics/mushrooms/..
   ..growers/astoria.ossip    and
   ..misc/psilo.dat          and
the numerous  TEONANACATL -postings to rec.drugs.psychedelic

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       typos errorrs and upload by Mc.Copies & D.Stribute 1995/12




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