man thats really coming along!!! keep posting your progress

looking good man Keep up the good work.

Sorry to hear bout your plants too

you contaminated some if you see brown. need o be more sterile

ps im really happy you started to finnally start the evolution of growing your own its a great experiance i would recomend you place tin foil over your holes instead of tape fyi and keep in the darkest hole you can find around 86 degrees. ten next thing you know 1-2 weeks later there ready

yeah i have heard of people digging holes in the ground and placing jars in like tupper ware or a rubber enclosure, and just let the jars sitin in the ground when its like 80 - 86 degrees Farenheit out. They will turn white in less then a week when stuck in a dark spot in the ground for a week.

obvoiusly the answer to my slow growth issue is light and temp.
i have them back in a relatively dark space and temps are closer to 85.

but, i now think i have found 4 jars with contamination, so i have to remove them. probably gonna let them go for a little while just to see what happens and get the first hand exp.


i was pretty clean and sterile and i think i needed to run longer on the steam sterilization step. (1hr 10min)
i used a lobster pot with a rack on bottom, with its matching lid and placed a wet towel on top for weight and to help seal it alittle.

next time ill go atleast 1.5hrs

theres a few more spots i can improve on for sure,BUT if you have watched that pf tek video on youtube you can see that guy doesn't seem to be too concerned with contam as hes handling them alot with his bare hands and what not.

anyhow, i think next saturday i will be ready for a birthing. 3 of the jars have less than a dime size circle on the bottom. by tomorrow they should be complete.

then we'll see how they look in a week.

thanks for all the support, kinda need it in my life right now.

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yeah its all good in the hood. hah you should get a pressure cooker though

wow man, they are looking nice keep em clean!!

looks good, i think you misunderstood some stuff.

if you're seeing pinning at this stage, you're in trouble. pinning is the mycellium making hyphal knots, which grow into mushrooms, and yours isn't.

the long strands growth you're seeing is rhizomorphic growth, which is good.

absolute darkness and ~80F is ideal. a little light will start the fruiting process but not until the jar is fully colonized. cold temperatures can bring everything to a halt.

anyhow, i've got two pictures.

1 is of nine jars. 4 to 5 of them are pretty much full of RYZOMORPHIC GROWTH (thanks nash). dont think i have seen pinning yet, and i have moved them to a warmer location with complete darkness.
i expect to birth atleast 4 jars into my terrarium friday or saturday and let the other continue. sort of stagger them, although not intentionally.


the other jars are trying. you can see my inability during inoculation at keeping the syringe shaken and spores distributed evenly.

picture 2 is of the brown "staining" that i have in a couple of jars. this one is the worst by far.

hope you all can see it. it has been there for 2 out of the 4 weeks i have been at it.(last 2 weeks)


if it turns out to be bacteria, then i will trash what ever jars ore bad, re-start them with vermiculite and BRF after 90minute sterilization.

then, i'll inoculate them with some of the good mycelum i have on the other cakes.

got a guy at work that has grown before years ago, so i pick his brain too.

anyhow thanks for the support and input. ask me anything although i may lie as my sig implies....

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