a mediocre shroom garden thread

[zmb187]

Hey zmb187!
Thankx for saying nice work so far, cause I’m truly trying to do the damn thing n I’m always scared I’m gonna do something wrong. So, I’m not trying to scare you, cause I’m a huge ass noob myself, but how much spore solution did you put in each jar? I’m sure everyone has their own preference on how much should go into a jar, but I was told that a qt size jar gets 2-3 ccs, where as a pint jar gets 1- 1.5cc. I hope someone with more experience chimes in n corrects me or just give their opinion on the subject. I also think doing more may cause the mycelium to stall out. As far as the 6-7 weeks, I myself had brf jars that took about that long 2 fully colonize, so I personally wouldn’t worry 2 much. I would just leave it alone n not even look at it for another week or so. I have read where ppl have left their jars for months on end either colonizing or already fully colonized n still allowed it to go longer than it should. My guess is the longer ya leave it, the more aggressive the myc will be once birth’d, but once again, I could be wrong! Honestly, the best thing you can do is be patient. 4 a dude like myself, it’s definitely hell having to have patient n waiting, but I had 2 learn real quick, cause there’s nothing that can be done to push mycelium along or make it go faster. Not 4 nothing, you’ll realize the best thing for them is time n you’ll notice more activity happening in the jars when you do leave’em alone n this is coming from a dude who knows nothing about patience! Lol. Regardless, keep doing what your doing zmb187 n give your cakes more n pure, unadulterated time. Lol.. Trust me, in the end, you’ll be truly satisfied! I just received a new spore print in the mail 2 day n although I’m dying to start noc’n up jars, I haven’t mentally figured out all that I plan on doing. I also made some Petri dishes with agar so I can take n make some cultures to do g2g, LC, n 2 attempt to isolate good genetics. We’ll see what’s the future holds, but in the meantime, continue with your work n remember to take pics whenever possible, that way we can live n share your experience! Lol

yup no prob tankado.... like to see success when barely starting .......yeah I don't have much room to devote to my project .....so only starting 2 jars but wanted different strains for a personal grow .... I may have went lil heavy with the solution....I was looking to get a couple spots hit with a lil solution so ended up using a good cc on each.... I hear ya though ..may not be a speedy cake but hopefully potent mycelium .... yes been taking pic here and there ..and sure would like to show what comes up...... I'll be patient and let it do work......... looks clean and healthy though so happy so far......

 

[psychedelicdaddi]

likes the activated carbon so far


sorry about the crummy lighting. just camera flash and looks sucky.

 

[farmerfischer]

likes the activated carbon so far
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sorry about the crummy lighting. just camera flash and looks sucky.

they're cruising through the carbon.. you probably said this already but do you have anything mixed in with the carbon, isn't it void of nutrients?
they do seem like they love it..

 

[farmerfischer]

three in the fruiting chamber... I didn't case these in vermiculite because I want to see how they fruit without it.. casing seems to be a preference thing, lots of conflicting info in regards to it's effectiveness on fruit yields..

 

[psychedelicdaddi]

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they're cruising through the carbon.. you probably said this already but do you have anything mixed in with the carbon, isn't it void of nutrients?
they do seem like they love it..

Yea its just brf with azomite otherwise. Im adding avtivated carbon to a molasses, FPE and fish amino tea for some crop too. Seeing what it does down the road. It's like black water, no foam though... Odd

 

[psychedelicdaddi]

View attachment 4030949 three in the fruiting chamber... I didn't case these in vermiculite because I want to see how they fruit without it.. casing seems to be a preference thing, lots of conflicting info in regards to it's effectiveness on fruit yields..

I would watch how much mycelium gets fluffy then tan, it seems to happen with casing for me.

 

[Tankado78]

yup no prob tankado.... like to see success when barely starting .......yeah I don't have much room to devote to my project .....so only starting 2 jars but wanted different strains for a personal grow .... I may have went lil heavy with the solution....I was looking to get a couple spots hit with a lil solution so ended up using a good cc on each.... I hear ya though ..may not be a speedy cake but hopefully potent mycelium .... yes been taking pic here and there ..and sure would like to show what comes up...... I'll be patient and let it do work......... looks clean and healthy though so happy so far......

Hey zmb187!
I hope what I said wasn’t taken the wrong way. I wasn’t speaking ‘matter of factly’ in any way. I’m very new to this, so I was just asking curiously! Me myself, I would think they more you put in the better chances you have in success, but was advised not 2. Still, being that you using carbon, I can truly understand, do to it’s absorption properties. Once again, my apologies if I came off like an ass or ‘all-knowing’, cause I truly am just learning myself. As I said, I can’t wait to see how it comes out n I’m definitely looking forward to your success! Keep up the awesome work n continue to post n take pics.

 

[farmerfischer]

four more jars 95% done, there's a small tiny bit in the bottoms that still need to colonize

and jar #5 is a little behind
I started these on the 1st of october.. sitting a little over three weeks in colonizing time, I'm going to give these next jars another week then birth them..

 

[psychedelicdaddi]

four more jars 95% done, there's a small tiny bit in the bottoms that still need to colonizeView attachment 4031567 View attachment 4031573View attachment 4031574
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I started these on the 1st of october.. sitting a little over three weeks in colonizing time, I'm going to give these next jars another week then birth them..

Wait for a week after they're totally colonized. It'll possibly not fruit otherwise.

 

[zmb187]

Hey zmb187!
I hope what I said wasn’t taken the wrong way. I wasn’t speaking ‘matter of factly’ in any way. I’m very new to this, so I was just asking curiously! Me myself, I would think they more you put in the better chances you have in success, but was advised not 2. Still, being that you using carbon, I can truly understand, do to it’s absorption properties. Once again, my apologies if I came off like an ass or ‘all-knowing’, cause I truly am just learning myself. As I said, I can’t wait to see how it comes out n I’m definitely looking forward to your success! Keep up the awesome work n continue to post n take pics.

Hey zmb187!
I hope what I said wasn’t taken the wrong way. I wasn’t speaking ‘matter of factly’ in any way. I’m very new to this, so I was just asking curiously! Me myself, I would think they more you put in the better chances you have in success, but was advised not 2. Still, being that you using carbon, I can truly understand, do to it’s absorption properties. Once again, my apologies if I came off like an ass or ‘all-knowing’, cause I truly am just learning myself. As I said, I can’t wait to see how it comes out n I’m definitely looking forward to your success! Keep up the awesome work n continue to post n take pics.

Oh shit man nah ..... I'm listening to what you saying ... I'm learning so if you need more info to answer a question ....go ahead........ But yeah getting excited to get to the next step...... I know what you mean ... Would seam like more is better but finding out it will find it's way...... The first pic is the Hawaiian bout 95 percent and the Pink Buffalo stalled out but still healthy....

 

[farmerfischer]

Oh shit man nah ..... I'm listening to what you saying ... I'm learning so if you need more info to answer a question ....go ahead........ But yeah getting excited to get to the next step...... I know what you mean ... Would seam like more is better but finding out it will find it's way...... The first pic is the Hawaiian bout 95 percent and the Pink Buffalo stalled out but still healthy....View attachment 4031690 View attachment 4031691

I'm really considering that pink buffalo,, read it's potent and it's a Thai variety .. is this your first go with this kind?

 

[farmerfischer]

I think my first cake is growing knots.. the mycilium is globbing up into little balls .. most are all forming at the base of the cake.. sorry no pic right now.. post it up later..

 

[DankTankerous]

Hey y’all

I’m still here reading all the posts and waiting for my Mazatapec spawn to fully colonize. I’m at 80% right now and it looks like it has another 2-3 weeks until it’s done. The B+ is coming along as well

I also found 3 other mushrooms where I put the Mycelium spawn at. There is some blue bruising on them, but I threw them out. The substrate was on and near my spent soil that I have in a shady spot. So it could be something else. I believe them to be cubes but it’s not worth it. Especially since i’ll Have a supply grown here. Next Spring will be really interesting with spent Mycelium cakes.

-DT

 

[farmerfischer]

Hey y’all

I’m still here reading all the posts and waiting for my Mazatapec spawn to fully colonize. I’m at 80% right now and it looks like it has another 2-3 weeks until it’s done. The B+ is coming along as well

I also found 3 other mushrooms where I put the Mycelium spawn at. There is some blue bruising on them, but I threw them out. The substrate was on and near my spent soil that I have in a shady spot. So it could be something else. I believe them to be cubes but it’s not worth it. Especially since i’ll Have a supply grown here. Next Spring will be really interesting with spent Mycelium cakes.

-DT

I've been planting my bad ones in shady moist spots out back in hopes that maybe something well pop up.. you never know right..

 

[zmb187]

I'm really considering that pink buffalo,, read it's potent and it's a Thai variety .. is this your first go with this kind?

Cool good to hear that pink Buffalo may be a potent ....but its gonna be a good while til I can expect to fruit that jar...... The other side is showing no growth ........ Yes my first try with the strain..... Glad it has potential though

 

[ANC]

I've been planting my bad ones in shady moist spots out back in hopes that maybe something well pop up.. you never know right..

I've had shrooms sprout out of discarded kitchen wipes.

 

[farmerfischer]

hard to see with this camera but at the bottom of the cake you can see what I think are knots...

 

[DankTankerous]

I've been planting my bad ones in shady moist spots out back in hopes that maybe something well pop up.. you never know right..

Yeah you should have some sprout on a rainy day. Depending on where you live really matters. Spring for my area is the best time, so I’m be looking forward to that.

 

[farmerfischer]

Yeah you should have some sprout on a rainy day. Depending on where you live really matters. Spring for my area is the best time, so I’m be looking forward to that.

I'm going to mulch a few spots I've planted in hopes the mycilium will colonize it this fall and maybe I'll have some come up this next spring or early summer.. I'm going to try to get an outdoor patch of p. cyanscens going next year as well .. they grow well in areas around the 45th parallel from what I've read.. apparently it takes like eight months for the mycilium to grow outdoors until it fruits... I'll see how it goes anyway. seen some backyard patches that inspired me...lol..

 

[gNOME42]

Yeah im thinking of taking a pot of compost and mixing in my contaminated jars