drummerbum
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if you cut the shroom at the stem then the mantle would the stem grow back??
How to frag a shroom/and keep it.
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cda fish
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I just wanted to take the time to thank you for the thread your information was great. I have one purple mushroom in my tank and have been watching it for 5 months to see if it would multiply but it hasnt just bigger round now with my new info :cheer: I hope to have more..again thanks everybody this site and members are awesome :joy:
cda fish
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ok I thought I would share my laugh of the day..well since reading all of the above steps on fragging I decided I could do this simple process...so I gathered up some frags of lr and placed them in the corner of my tank so when I was ready they would be quick to find.. so this morning I turn on the lights and guess who's wearing my rocks..silly urchin (ya I know not everybody loves them) guess he must of thought wow score.. guess I'll keep looking for more rocks..
oceana
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Originally Posted by cda fish
ok I thought I would share my laugh of the day..well since reading all of the above steps on fragging I decided I could do this simple process...so I gathered up some frags of lr and placed them in the corner of my tank so when I was ready they would be quick to find.. so this morning I turn on the lights and guess who's wearing my rocks..silly urchin (ya I know not everybody loves them) guess he must of thought wow score.. guess I'll keep looking for more rocks..
more then once i have filled the cup with what i thoguht was rubble just to notice one of the rocks moving and realizing i tossed in a hermit. BTw your shrooms will neevr attach if the hermit is in the moving things around lol
ok I thought I would share my laugh of the day..well since reading all of the above steps on fragging I decided I could do this simple process...so I gathered up some frags of lr and placed them in the corner of my tank so when I was ready they would be quick to find.. so this morning I turn on the lights and guess who's wearing my rocks..silly urchin (ya I know not everybody loves them) guess he must of thought wow score.. guess I'll keep looking for more rocks..
more then once i have filled the cup with what i thoguht was rubble just to notice one of the rocks moving and realizing i tossed in a hermit. BTw your shrooms will neevr attach if the hermit is in the moving things around lol
aelene
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Ok so, this is easier said than done! I tried cutting off a few mushrooms today from the main mushroom patch (you know.. like a pumpkin patch.. ha ha) but I don't think I did too well. I'm not fragging them per say (cutting in half) just trying to get them under control, they are totally overcrowding some pretty baby zoos on the same rock. Well, I ended up cutting some of them off and some look like they have a hole in the middle now.
Will they survive like that?
Am I missing an easy method.. or being dumb here? I thought it was said that it was easiet to cut them while they are fully extended. However.. I also realized they don't like being cut into.. so they don't stay fully extended for very long
Hopefully this gets easier as I go..
Am I missing an easy method.. or being dumb here? I thought it was said that it was easiet to cut them while they are fully extended. However.. I also realized they don't like being cut into.. so they don't stay fully extended for very long
celacanthr
Active Member
ok, I heard of someone doing this, but I will ask here also. Could you like put a shroom in a blender, and umm...*blend* it, and poor the goo on a surface, and the goo will form lots of shroom's?
zman1
Active Member
Originally Posted by Aelene
Ok so, this is easier said than done! I tried cutting off a few mushrooms today from the main mushroom patch (you know.. like a pumpkin patch.. ha ha) but I don't think I did too well. I'm not fragging them per say (cutting in half) just trying to get them under control, they are totally overcrowding some pretty baby zoos on the same rock. Well, I ended up cutting some of them off and some look like they have a hole in the middle now.
Will they survive like that?
Am I missing an easy method.. or being dumb here? I thought it was said that it was easiet to cut them while they are fully extended. However.. I also realized they don't like being cut into.. so they don't stay fully extended for very long
Hopefully this gets easier as I go..
You will be alright. The base will grow out and the caps will grow bases. They take a lick'in and keep on tick'in ----IMO. Not sure by your post if your trying to thin them because of the zoos or propagate them. If your trying to thin, hate to tell you the bases will grow back.
Originally Posted by Aelene
"However.. I also realized they don't like being cut into.. so they don't stay fully extended for very long " ..
That's been my experience too. LOL
Ok so, this is easier said than done! I tried cutting off a few mushrooms today from the main mushroom patch (you know.. like a pumpkin patch.. ha ha) but I don't think I did too well. I'm not fragging them per say (cutting in half) just trying to get them under control, they are totally overcrowding some pretty baby zoos on the same rock. Well, I ended up cutting some of them off and some look like they have a hole in the middle now.
Am I missing an easy method.. or being dumb here? I thought it was said that it was easiet to cut them while they are fully extended. However.. I also realized they don't like being cut into.. so they don't stay fully extended for very long
You will be alright. The base will grow out and the caps will grow bases. They take a lick'in and keep on tick'in ----IMO. Not sure by your post if your trying to thin them because of the zoos or propagate them. If your trying to thin, hate to tell you the bases will grow back.
Originally Posted by Aelene
"However.. I also realized they don't like being cut into.. so they don't stay fully extended for very long " ..
That's been my experience too. LOL
oceana
Active Member
Originally Posted by CELACANTHr
ok, I heard of someone doing this, but I will ask here also. Could you like put a shroom in a blender, and umm...*blend* it, and poor the goo on a surface, and the goo will form lots of shroom's?
yepo i did this twice. HOWEVER. i ended up with 3 good shrooms the first time and none the second and was a mess. 100% not the best way to do things thats for sure. i used a coffee bean grinder and pulsed it one time. rinsed the pieces and poored it into the cup method you see above. cutting works alot better and wont piss off your wife for using her kitchen appliances. lol
ok, I heard of someone doing this, but I will ask here also. Could you like put a shroom in a blender, and umm...*blend* it, and poor the goo on a surface, and the goo will form lots of shroom's?
yepo i did this twice. HOWEVER. i ended up with 3 good shrooms the first time and none the second and was a mess. 100% not the best way to do things thats for sure. i used a coffee bean grinder and pulsed it one time. rinsed the pieces and poored it into the cup method you see above. cutting works alot better and wont piss off your wife for using her kitchen appliances. lol
celacanthr
Active Member
LOL, just wondering!
tboy
Member
Originally Posted by oceana
Step 2. Cutting
Now that we have gotten everything ready we are ready to cut.
Begin by taking the shroom that you have chosen to frag and place it bottom down on the clean plate. It is very important that the plate is free from detergents and soaps. Make sure it’s very well rinsed off.
Take your razor and make a cut right across the middle of the shroom. Make sure you razor is clean and fresh. You want to cut the shroom not tear it. In this example I cut my shroom into 3. For your first frag IMO you should start by simply cutting the shroom in half. I find that it does not always mater but I always try to get some of the mouth on both halves. After you have made your cuts. Take your rubble cup and drop the cutting in. try to make sure the cutting are in the cup face up... your shroom is now fraged... in the picks you will also see a blue shrom that i tossed inas well. it had been on a rock and i wanted to move it so i pulled it from the large rock and put it in here so it will attach to a more moveable small piece of rock. Now its time to secure your frags so they don’t end up all over your tank
y do u want to cut your shroom in half of three for?
what is the purpose of it?
Step 2. Cutting
Now that we have gotten everything ready we are ready to cut.
Begin by taking the shroom that you have chosen to frag and place it bottom down on the clean plate. It is very important that the plate is free from detergents and soaps. Make sure it’s very well rinsed off.
Take your razor and make a cut right across the middle of the shroom. Make sure you razor is clean and fresh. You want to cut the shroom not tear it. In this example I cut my shroom into 3. For your first frag IMO you should start by simply cutting the shroom in half. I find that it does not always mater but I always try to get some of the mouth on both halves. After you have made your cuts. Take your rubble cup and drop the cutting in. try to make sure the cutting are in the cup face up... your shroom is now fraged... in the picks you will also see a blue shrom that i tossed inas well. it had been on a rock and i wanted to move it so i pulled it from the large rock and put it in here so it will attach to a more moveable small piece of rock. Now its time to secure your frags so they don’t end up all over your tank
y do u want to cut your shroom in half of three for?
what is the purpose of it?