I saw you've posted some photos on forum here https://shroomok.com/forum/get-feedback-advice-on-mushroom-cultivation/68/slow-growing#post_517 and created a separate thread here https://shroomok.com/forum/get-feedback-advice-on-mushroom-cultivation/72/hellllllpppppppppppp#post_522. There you can find my replies and let's continue our chat in your thread!
You provided fruiting conditions about 2-3 weeks ago, right? Sometimes APEs just need more time and more patience... Long stems without normal caps may be due to genetics itself, kind of mutation or due to mild bacterial contamination. Don't toss the cake! Let's wait another week or two, and then we'll see ;-)
👐GNOSIS 👐IS THE HOLY GRAIL 👁️🗨️LOOK IN ,NOT OUT🧘🏻♀️
My fruiting has stalled after 4-5 months, and it smells earthy. I'm seeing strange, long pins without tips. I'm not sure what's going on and am feeling frustrated. Should I keep waiting, try something different, or give up on this batch? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I tried to add photo but cannot on this comment.
This is backwards. Add a one way air valve to this, hose to that and vacuum port, that will pull whatever clean air you want thru that hose. through that pulling fresh air is easier and stabilizing the inside pressure never passes its thresh holed.
@reech, No, Reishi (Ganoderma) is not psychedelic. Moreover, it's not edible either.
However, it's an amazing medicinal mushroom with beneficial active compounds. It may help improve sleep quality, support healthy sleep habits, boost the immune system, and much more.
You can read more about them here: https://shroomok.com/en/wiki/making-adaptogenic-tea-from-reishi-mushrooms
@HarlinCreed, if you don't need to make spore prints or spore swabs, it's absolutely fine to harvest them at this stage. Bigger mushrooms don't mean they are more potent ;-)
@Cc, the bags in the photo with built-in filters and injection ports are ready-made bags that you can buy on platforms like Amazon or other marketplaces in your location.
Okay, got you! Give me a couple of days, and I’ll show you how I make my DIY bags and notify you here. I’ve already shown one example in a forum post here https://shroomok.com/forum/mushroom-cultivation-report/2/day-to-day-reishi-growing-diary#post_3 but I can share more alternatives — including how to replace all the items I use, plus options for safe inoculation both with and without a DIY injection port (especially if you don't have laminar flow hood or still air box) ;-)
Yes, you can make an "all-in-one" bag with grain and coco coir. However, I prefer to inoculate grain only. After it’s fully colonized, I mix the grain spawn with pasteurized or sterilized coco coir.
I have more questions about the bags. The photo looks like the grain on the bottom with coir on top? Do you add them both to the bag and then pressure cook the whole thing? Thank you for this amazing write-up. Everything perfectly clear except how to prep the bags.
@Alec, all the items on Amazon are also for reference to give an idea on what components you can use.
Ziplock bags are NOT heat resistant, you can't use them for sterilization in a pressure cooker (see the next step). Unless they are made of 5PP plastic or... heat resistant roasting oven bags :-)
No, it's not a fruiting block!
Here (step 4) I'm talking about jars/bags for grain substrate (step 3). Which should be pressure cooker sterilized (step 5). And then inoculated with spore syringe or liquid culture (step 6).
After full colonization (step 7) with mycelium we can use grain spawn in jar/bag for making fruiting block/cake (step 8). You can get mushrooms from the grain spawn jar – PF-tek – but this is less productive method.
In your case you can use any glass canning jar with a metal lid and 3-4 layers of micropore tape or waterproof breathable tapes (they are available at any pharmacy).
P.S. Go through the guide step-by-step to have a full picture of the growing process – https://shroomok.com/articles:grow-mushrooms-at-home-guide
Hey @👐GNOSIS👐ISTHEHOLYGRAIL👁️🗨️LOOKIN,NOTOUT🧘🏻♀️
I saw you've posted some photos on forum here https://shroomok.com/forum/get-feedback-advice-on-mushroom-cultivation/68/slow-growing#post_517 and created a separate thread here https://shroomok.com/forum/get-feedback-advice-on-mushroom-cultivation/72/hellllllpppppppppppp#post_522. There you can find my replies and let's continue our chat in your thread!
You provided fruiting conditions about 2-3 weeks ago, right? Sometimes APEs just need more time and more patience... Long stems without normal caps may be due to genetics itself, kind of mutation or due to mild bacterial contamination. Don't toss the cake! Let's wait another week or two, and then we'll see ;-)
Mutant strain Albino Penis Envy aint just APE but King Kong of Magic Mushrooms
My fruiting has stalled after 4-5 months, and it smells earthy. I'm seeing strange, long pins without tips. I'm not sure what's going on and am feeling frustrated. Should I keep waiting, try something different, or give up on this batch? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I tried to add photo but cannot on this comment.
Mutant strain Albino Penis Envy aint just APE but King Kong of Magic Mushrooms
@Daro, Yes, you're right! After mixing BRF substrate it's ready for packing the jars (or bags). You don't need to cook it.
However, you need to sterilize it (in pressure cooker, multicooker or just in pot) anyway – see the next step ;-)
Cooking the substrate for mushroom cultivation
I assume i do not have to boil the BRF substrate? after mixing it s ready for jars, am i right?
Cooking the substrate for mushroom cultivation
I have the same thing growing, what was your solution?
I’m noticing weird looking pins on my enigma grow
Those are the darkest shrooms ive ever seen 😝
Dried SNAPE shrooms
Intense strain. Hella visuals. Portal to another dimension @ 2g+
SV-10 magic mushrooms
This is backwards. Add a one way air valve to this, hose to that and vacuum port, that will pull whatever clean air you want thru that hose. through that pulling fresh air is easier and stabilizing the inside pressure never passes its thresh holed.
LC with aeration
@ShroomLover, all the best!
Mushrooms side and bottom pinning
@reech, No, Reishi (Ganoderma) is not psychedelic. Moreover, it's not edible either.
However, it's an amazing medicinal mushroom with beneficial active compounds. It may help improve sleep quality, support healthy sleep habits, boost the immune system, and much more.
You can read more about them here: https://shroomok.com/en/wiki/making-adaptogenic-tea-from-reishi-mushrooms
Dry Reishi mushrooms
@HarlinCreed, if you don't need to make spore prints or spore swabs, it's absolutely fine to harvest them at this stage. Bigger mushrooms don't mean they are more potent ;-)
My Jack Frosts look different. First time filling up a whole rack on my dehydrator
Looks to be way too early of harvest.
My Jack Frosts look different. First time filling up a whole rack on my dehydrator
Are these beauties psychedelic?
Dry Reishi mushrooms
Thank you
Mushrooms side and bottom pinning
@Cc, the bags in the photo with built-in filters and injection ports are ready-made bags that you can buy on platforms like Amazon or other marketplaces in your location.
Okay, got you! Give me a couple of days, and I’ll show you how I make my DIY bags and notify you here. I’ve already shown one example in a forum post here https://shroomok.com/forum/mushroom-cultivation-report/2/day-to-day-reishi-growing-diary#post_3 but I can share more alternatives — including how to replace all the items I use, plus options for safe inoculation both with and without a DIY injection port (especially if you don't have laminar flow hood or still air box) ;-)
Yes, you can make an "all-in-one" bag with grain and coco coir. However, I prefer to inoculate grain only. After it’s fully colonized, I mix the grain spawn with pasteurized or sterilized coco coir.
How to make jars with substrate for mushroom spawn
I have more questions about the bags. The photo looks like the grain on the bottom with coir on top? Do you add them both to the bag and then pressure cook the whole thing? Thank you for this amazing write-up. Everything perfectly clear except how to prep the bags.
How to make jars with substrate for mushroom spawn
@Shroomok thank you for the answer and also for the great written material on this subject, it is very very helpful
Inoculation without glove box
@Alec, all the items on Amazon are also for reference to give an idea on what components you can use.
Ziplock bags are NOT heat resistant, you can't use them for sterilization in a pressure cooker (see the next step). Unless they are made of 5PP plastic or... heat resistant roasting oven bags :-)
No, it's not a fruiting block!
Here (step 4) I'm talking about jars/bags for grain substrate (step 3). Which should be pressure cooker sterilized (step 5). And then inoculated with spore syringe or liquid culture (step 6).
After full colonization (step 7) with mycelium we can use grain spawn in jar/bag for making fruiting block/cake (step 8). You can get mushrooms from the grain spawn jar – PF-tek – but this is less productive method.
In your case you can use any glass canning jar with a metal lid and 3-4 layers of micropore tape or waterproof breathable tapes (they are available at any pharmacy).
P.S. Go through the guide step-by-step to have a full picture of the growing process – https://shroomok.com/articles:grow-mushrooms-at-home-guide
How to make jars with substrate for mushroom spawn
@MyName, no problem! You can use a spore syringe right away ;-)
Inoculation without glove box
Hi!
What would happen if I don't wait for 24 hours for spore rehydration and inoculate straight away?
Inoculation without glove box