Welcome to my first attempt to grow my own magic mushrooms!
Psilocybin containing mushrooms are usually from the Cubensis strain. They are well known for causing psychedelic trips, that unless you have actually experienced, can be difficult to explain. There’s a bit of fear and confusion about magic mushrooms, what with bad trips and poisoning, so I wanted to enlighten you about some of the good things about them.
They aren’t just taken for recreational purposes… they have a place in medicine, treating depression, PTSD, addiction issues, and lots more. Nowdays, you can grow your own just like we do with Cannabis. No need to forage in the woods and get sick!
I take them for Cluster Headaches, a chronic condition that causes the MOST painful headaches 3-4x a day, everyday since 2019.
They are the most severe pain known to mankind, often called ‘suicide headaches’, and in surveys, childbirth rates 7.4/10 while Cluster Headaches are 9.6/10.
They aren’t migraines… these are far worse.
Conventional treatments have ranged from Blood pressure meds, anti-epileptics, overuse of migraine meds (and I have tried every type of migraine med around), heavy doses of long term steroids, anti-psychotics, multiple nerve blocks and Botox all over the head, neck and shoulders.
Nothing really gets rid of them… maybe reducing the frequency, intensity and duration a tiny bit, but I was still getting attacks every single day.
Regular GPs know nothing about them, and I have to see Neurologists, who know little more than I have found through my own research.
It killed my social life, affected my family life, and I’ve been sacked from work numerous times because of all the time I take off.
By April 2025 the attacks were probably the worst ever… up to 8 a day.
It was living hell and I was at my wits end…
Then someone at work said I should try magic mushrooms… “they’ll re-wire your brain…” she kept saying to me.
She used to microdose them for anxiety, and they worked really well for her.
I haven’t done mushrooms since 1992 back in Koh Pang Yang… wild times indeed, but I didn’t think I’d ever be in a situation where I’d take them again.
I did a bit of research, and Yale University had published some research showing very promising results for the treatment of Cluster Headaches.
It involved taking a ‘pulse’ dose of about 1.5 to 2g, 3 times, 5 days apart, then repeating this 3 months later.
My friend was so lovely to give me all the mushrooms I needed to get better, and I got on with it.
After the first 3 doses, the pain intensity and frequency dropped to 2-3 attacks a week, rather than per day! I vomited each time, occasionally having to hide in my grow tent so my kids wouldn’t hear me!
After the second cycle, the pain went away completely for a few weeks, then returned, so I took the mushrooms 1-2x a week, and they stayed away!
The vomiting stopped because I found out about ‘lemon tek’, where you mix finely ground mushrooms into a citrus juice like lemon juice for 30-60 mins.
The vomiting might also have stopped because it turns out that the first batch I got might have been slightly mould affected… the first time I tried lemon tek was with the old batch, I used the juice of 2 large fresh lemons, then spewed my guts up, such a strong acid taste!!!.
I changed to orange juice because of the taste, but that was with the 2nd batch, and never vommed again.
The old mushrooms were a South African strain… whereas the ones I used from the start of the second cycle were Koh Samui Special Strain (KSSS)… what a coincidence!
I have been on the mushrooms regularly since then and my life has changed! I’ve heard of cluster headache patients who say they’d rather lose both legs and arms rather than have the relentless attacks, so getting on the shrooms once or twice a week is a pleasure.
I can’t keep asking my friend for supplies… she refuses to charge a penny for them, and I go through loads of them!
You might wanna try them too, either for fun or medicinal reasons, but you are a bit unsure of the effects?
I don’t get much more hammered than if I have a good smoke… in fact I smoke weed much less when I’m shrooming. It can be as intense as you want, but I don’t want to meet God or lose my ego… I like being in control, nice visuals, enhanced colours and sounds etc.
There are levels of how your experience will be, from sub perceptive (microdosing) to full blown level 5 to 7 trips… I go to about level 1.5 to 2.
It took a few goes to get it right, but now I quite enjoy them 
This video might explain the recreational effects better…
Anyway, back on point, I’m gonna grow some mushrooms!
I have 2 syringes of live culture, you can buy live cultures or spores quite easily (for microscopy purposes) 
. Livecultures work quicker than spores.
Apetar (a cross of Albino Penis Envy and Golden Teacher) on the top, and Koh Samui Super Strain (KSSS) below.
I chose KSSS cos I know they work for me, Golden Teacher is a classic, and Penis Envy is a legendary strong strain.
Here’s a close up of the magical mushroom live culture…
You can see some cloudy mycelium in there.
I have inoculated a couple of sterile bags of Red Sorghum grain…
There’s a black rubber injection port at the bottom there,and a white air filter at the top.
These can be bought from any standard mushroom growing shop, and you could try other grains like millet, popcorn, or even Uncle Ben’s rice!
You just have to be VERY sterile about everything. EVERYTHING needs wiping down with Isopropyl alcohol, work surfaces, the bags, your gloves, the syringes, etc…
Here’s a closer look at the grain. A bit like smaller sized popcorn kernels…
I chose Red Sorghum grain becuase it inoculates easily and colonises quickly, and the mushies like it allegedly.
My friend makes her own popcorn jars and sterilises it in the pressure cooker. aka ‘Popcorn tek’.
As I said, I am new to this, but over the next few weeks the grain should get colonised by white mycelium, I’ll be looking out for any contamination during that period. Any funny colours, and it’s time to start again.
Once fully colonised, I will then transfer the grain into a grow tub with some Coco and some other shit, which I will get into, and make some medicine for my chronic Cluster Headaches.
Let’s see how it goes, please join me on my quest!
