Guides
The questions people actually ask, answered plainly. No mysticism, no scare copy.
- How long do shrooms last
How long does a mushroom trip last?
A common dose of dried mushrooms lasts about five to six hours, plus a tail. Here is the full timeline: onset, come-up, peak, and come-down, and what changes it.
5 min read
- Shroom dosage
How much to take: a plain dosage guide
Dried mushroom doses by weight and what each one actually feels like, from a threshold dose to a heavy one, plus why the same weight hits differently across species.
5 min read
- Bad trip
Bad trips: what is happening and what to do
Most difficult experiences are not medical emergencies, they are the come-up and the peak feeling like too much. Here is what is going on and how to move through it.
6 min read
- Set and setting
Set and setting: how to prepare
The two things that shape a psilocybin experience more than the dose: your headspace going in, and the place you are in. How to get both right.
5 min read
- Integration
Integration: keeping what a trip gave you
Most of what people value about a psychedelic experience fades within weeks unless they do something with it. What integration actually is, minus the mysticism.
5 min read
- gold top mushroom season qld
Gold top mushroom season in QLD, region by region
Gold tops (Psilocybe cubensis) fruit in Queensland from late spring into autumn after heavy rain, with the longest season in the tropical north.
4 min read
Cultivation
Substrate recipes and grow troubleshooting. The full step-by-step procedures are in the cultivation guides.
- no pour agar tek
No-pour agar tek for mushroom cultivation
No-pour agar tek sterilizes media inside ketchup cups, skipping the open-air pour step and cutting contamination risk for beginners.
6 min read
- tomentose mycelium monotub
Tomentose mycelium in a monotub grow
Tomentose mycelium looks fluffy in a monotub but is healthy growth driven by genetics. How it compares to rhizomorphic and what to expect.
5 min read
- cvg recipe
CVG recipe for mushroom substrate
A CVG substrate mixes coco coir, vermiculite and gypsum, pasteurised in a sealed bucket with boiling water and squeezed to field capacity before spawning.
6 min read