0:00 hello hello beautiful humans I'm Shelby Hartman double blinds co-founder and editorinchief and today we're talking about the Jack Frost [Music] mushroom but before we do I just want to remind you to like subscribe and hit that notification button if you never want to miss a Beat from us also in case you didn't know we have an incredible free newsletter called the drop in where every week right to your inbox you get psychedelic news cultural profiles of interesting psychedelic characters and a whole section on trip tips for going more deeply into your Journeys with psychedelics and part of why we've put so much love into this newsletter recently is because of the fact that we've been facing censorship on all these different platforms Instagram
0:45 Google even this Channel and you know it's really scary because we put so much love into building a community on these platforms and then our accounts can basically be taken away overnight and so we wanted to um you know put together this newsletter so that we could connect with all of you people and make sure that if that ever happens that we'll we'll always be able to you know stay in touch we do events we do all kinds of things and we'd love to meet you in person and we'd love to have you as a part of our [Music] community so let's talk about the history and origin of the Jack Frost mushroom Jack Frost is the outcome of breeding between two philosopy cubensis mushroom strains albino penis envy and albino teacher according to James
1:31 jordano professor of Neurology and biochemistry at Georgetown University Medical Center they don't naturally grow in the wild but rather people began breeding them indoors over the past few years James geordano told us their quote really new on the market and that they only hit the market in 2018 or 2019 Jack Frost mushrooms were first crossed and isolated by grower Dave wbat who bred albino penis envy mushrooms with wombat true bino teacher mushrooms according to myologist Cain Barlo who is also just an amazing human and a teacher in our mushroom growing course usually strain history is lost to some deleted part of the internet or people not wanting to out themselves but in this case there is no rumor or speculation he told us
2:18 there's enough recent documentation to identify Dave wot as the originator of the strain while many Psychonauts have yet to encounter Jack Frost mushrooms some have taken an interest in them due to their potency beorn Fritz a chemist at Rose City Laboratories in Portland Oregon says quote it is an above average potency cubensis that usually comes in at 10 to 12 milligrams per gram of psilocybin compared to 6 to 8 milligrams per gram we see on average Oakland hi a testing company in Oakland California which also does amazing events throughout California and is run by our friend Reggie has found that Jack Frost mushrooms have a potency range of 7 to 12 12 mg per gram averaging around 10 mg per gram according to laboratory
3:05 director Tomas Garrett however there are many types of Jack Frost mushrooms out there and they're not genetically identical so they vary in potency according to Andreas met founder and CEO of the Psychedelic Therapy Center staia [Music] Therapeutics Jack Frost mushrooms are albino mushrooms meaning that their stem and cap have a white color you can also recognize them by their gills the thin structures hanging under the cap which become slightly bluish when they mature and they bulky sometimes bumpy stems according to noo who has grown and consumed Jack Frost mushrooms himself they are visually stunning mushrooms with their white stalks White Caps and blue gills and because of their white spores they are often described as
3:51 though they have a covering of snow says Barlo noo adds that Growers like to pick Jack Frost mushrooms when they're a bit past matur the Caps start to become a quote reversed umbrella as the Fring body can grow larger than the usual golden teacher with caps reaching the size of your palm he [Music] says the Jack Frost growth cycle is not much different from General strains but is known to take longer to colonize a given strub strain and can be a bit slower to form primordia and grow mushrooms Nola used to grow Jack Frost mushrooms but found that the yields were slow so he switched to other strains he told us quote a full growth cycle of Jack Frost from grain colonization to fruiting can take 5 to 7even months
4:37 depending on how consistent your conditions are it's most responsive on colder Seasons as it likes temperatures around 55 to 65 degrees fhe and requires little to no light at all Jack Frost can grow in any substrate consisting of hardwood but noo has found that they grow best in cow dung some also find that Jack Frost grows well in Ry grains and that you can expect a few good flush es before the melium weakens and mold grows noo says this is not a type of species that grows in the wild this is a strain that is mutated over time through indoor growing cloning is the best way to reproduce the Jack Frost strain by using liquid culture or AAR culture techniques something that we teach people how to do in our intermediate mushroom growing course many Jack Frost mushrooms specifically those produced
5:24 through cloning are sporeless for Jack Frost mushrooms that have spores the spores can be light purple or white COC mushrooms typically produce purple black spores but true albinos have no pigments in their spores and therefore produce white spores Barlo told us they will often be found deposited on the Caps of surrounding [Music] mushrooms now what everyone wants to know effects of Jack Frost mushrooms once you consume around 1 to2 G of Jack Frost you may start getting Visions noo told us quote the effects become more visually Vivid at times and aesthesia of
6:10 Senses starts to get pronounced where colors smells and sounds become more Vivid and saturated it also puts you in a meditative State and a deep dive to oneself as it will not put you in a social mood one thing I'm going to say as a caveat here though is that there really is very little understood about the effect of different strains and species of psilocybin containing mushrooms I mean there's actually a lot of contention about whether psilocybin strains even exist or which ones even really exist and so you have to be a little bit careful when you hear people saying things like oh golden teachers are going to make you like happy and light and laugh and Jack frosts are really you know going to give you a deep dive to oneself I'm not saying that you know our source didn't have this experience and hasn't spoken to people who have had this experience but every
6:57 single trip is different every single mushroom is different so you just have to take things with a grain of salt and really as always start low and go slow anything above 3.5 G of Jack Frost is considered a quote ceremonial dose or heroic dose and should not be consumed without a guide apparently you can reach outof body states that can last for 8 to 12 hours someone told us which is a lot longer than the typical mushroom trip which is around 4 to 6 although it can last as long as eight this strain is for the advanced our sources told us so being mindful of the dosage and not being in an environment full of people is the way to go on the other hand users also shouldn't be surprised if the effects are comparable to those of other Cub's mushrooms we were told most experienced Growers will refer back to a cube is a cube is a cube which is
7:44 basically means to say all solos Cub's strains are the same it's you know really depends on on your perspective and there's limited data on this so far some people who have used this strain will report effects common with many cultivated strains such as mild Euphoria time dilation and strong visuals have you ever encountered Jack Frost mushrooms we'd love to hear your story about The Experience on these mushrooms if you feel comfortable sharing in the comments below we don't always respond to all of your comments we're a small team but we do read them and we really appreciate your support and if you enjoy videos like this one give us a like we publish new ones every week so you'll never miss one from us thanks for watching and until next time [Music]
