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 four 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
- cvg recipe
CVG recipe for mushroom substrate
Gypsum makes up roughly 5 percent of a CVG mix by dry weight, yet leaving it out is one of the most common reasons a first bulk grow stalls before pinning.
6 min read