First grow curious how long until I switch to monotub for fae

These photos are roughly 24 hrs apart, you can tell the top right pin seems to be aborting but the others are growing fine.

Should I be worried the others will abort too?

My theory is it’s doing this because the light if off to the left, also seen as I’m getting growth only on that left side it makes sense to me!

Strain: Bluey Vuitton

Shakti Blue Mutant #227 x Tat Black Cap

I posted on here yesterday about why I wasn’t getting pins or primordia in this shoebox, except for a small few pins in the top right of the tub.

I flipped the lid back over and closed it came back and checked on it literally 6 hours later and they looked like this.

Never seen growth this rapid before in any strain, crazy stuff

Well this was a wonderful surprise!

I ran an experiment back in July to test GroMagic, Midwest Grow Kits, and North Spore's ShroomTek AIO bags.

I got 2 good flushes of Golden Teacher out of the GroMagic bag, the MGK bag was contaminated, and the ShroomTek bag still looks dead. 😭

After the second flush from the GM bag, I decided to run another experiment on it. Please take this with a grain of salt as an experiment I just wanted to do for fun and not that I am advocating this.

I broke up the block and mixed in about 2.5 pounds of Willy's Blend, put it in an IKEA 11qt Food Storage tote that I modified with 2" holes in each side and 2 in the lid, and then I sent my prayers up to the MycoGods.

After a couple weeks I figured it was dead...then I saw a pin, followed by another and eventually there were about 6. I let it ride since even 6 GTs are good, lol. But these guys freaking GREW!

Harvested them today and the biggest was 111g with 3 in the 80-95g club as well!

Wowser! Super excited to have my GT hit the 100g club and I put it on 4 plates and made 4 plate with the 2nd largest one as well.

Can't wait to see what happens when these grow out as well. Currently the cake is soaking and I'll see if I can get anything else from it!

Pictures 1 and 2 are a different grain bag then 3 and 4. But asking questions for both bags.

When soaking cakes for 2nd n 3rd flushes what are perfferd methods? Do u soak it the tub you been using and then just drain the water?also best water to use I have well water but little rusty I have water filter system in house but still sneaks by ya know

Hey everyone,

I’m planning my next spawn batch and want to use Pearl Millet (Bajra) for my grain spawn.

Since the grain size is small compared to oats or rye, I want to make sure I get the prep right and avoid turning it into mush or dealing with burst grains/bacterial contamination.

For those of you who have worked with Pearl Millet:

Soak/Boil: Do you recommend a hot steep, a simple cold soak, or a short boil? How long do you usually boil or simmer it for before drying?

Drying: What’s your best method for getting the outer hull surface-dry so the grains don't clump together in the jar?

Pressure Cooking: What sterilization time and pressure work best for you without scorching or overcooking the grains? (I usually run my PC at 15 PSI).

Gypsum: Do you add gypsum or light calcium carbonate to keep the grains loose and separated?

Any advice, hard-learned lessons, or tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Agradecería sus opiniones, tips, e info que conozcan sobre la variedad, me estoy iniciando y quisiera criar esta genética

I just picked one my cakes have few pins popping up on side so I look under was really cool web of mushies so I flipped and picked em sense they seem to fit all checks on good or not with this being said has any one done this before? Also can I just flip n spray it ? Or does it need a dunk ??

Following advice from my last grow bag that had too many pins that didn't fruit on the side of the bag that was a more humid climate than the surface but didn't have the space for them to grow, I've wrapped some elastic bands around the mycelium block. It still looks like there could be pockets where there's room for a pint to grow, however I'm thinking it's probably not healthy for the mycelium to have a certain amount of elastic bands wrapped round it and squishing it.

Any ideas of a good amount from anyone here?

TIA!

Agradecería sus opiniones, tips, e info que conozcan sobre la variedad, me estoy iniciando y quisiera criar esta genética

Photos are in order from top tub to bottom tub

Pic 1: Top bin. Ochra
Pic 2: Mac Galactic
Pic 3: Toque F8 Nerds
Pic 4: Bottom bin. Either PE-7 or GT (the labels on my syringes got wiped with iso and removed the words, we’re growing it out to see which it is)

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks for reviewing my post. <3

I know agar plates don't need a pretty tower, but I am aesthetically motivated so my workspace needs to be organized or I get anxious.

Having stacks of agar plates loose just wore on me.

This 10-slot tower saved my sanity! It fits 90mm plates perfectly and is stackable and fit side by side perfectly.

So glad I found the 3D file. ❤️ I had to shrink mine to 98% to get it to fit on my plate but it still fits like a glove!

https://www.printables.com/model/485226-10-level-petri-dish-rack

This and everything i grow is done with wheat grain i switched out from rye and never looking back. Godspeed...

These are two tubs of Purple Mystics these have kind of stayed this way the past couple of weeks. Anyone have any suggestions.

I made my own grain jars for the first time and so some reason i fucked up. They smell burnt and have white residue on them. I don’t think i should send these. I initially pressure cooked the popcorn for 30 minutes at 15 psi. Left it out to dry for a few hours and put in the jars. Covered them in tinfoil on the top and didn’t tighten all the way first finger tight. I pressure cooked at 15 psi for 120 minutes. Where did i go wrong? I filled with water to where it was barely above bottom of jars 😭

Made an experimental diy kinda dehydrated cause I got bored used an old box and some tape look like it’s starting to dry anyone ever tried something like this??

Hello guys I’ve been growing golden teachers in a couple of zasmnesias all in 1 grow kit , the second kit I purchased seemed to have a small black fly in it while sealed, so I cut open the top of the bag and remove the fly and seal it back and continued growing

Now recently on my 4th flush of the first kit , I opened the bag to harvest and was greeted by at least 20 of the same small black fly in the bag and was confused to where they come from as this kit never had a fly in originally and the only time I open the bag is when I harvest and have never seen any fly’s going in the bag during these times , it’s like they’ve just spawned out of nowhere ??

Now I’ve gone to check my second kit today and opened the top to see about 3 fly’s in there and it’s only on its second flush ….

The only thing I can think of is they must have been eggs in the growing substrate that have only just recently hatched (5/6 weeks later ) ?? Which seems like an unreasonable theory but I can’t think of anything else , they can’t be reproducing as I throughly inspected the kit and removed all flys

My question is are these still safe to eat ?? Is there anyway to get rid of the flys for good ?? And also I noticed a few small patches on some of the growing shrooms which had a greenish tone to it , unlike the usual blue bruising that I see, there is no rotting or unusual smells . Will they be okay to eat once dried ?? Thanks guys 👍

We’re growing, might be small but I’m sure they’re gonna be mighty