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Shroomok avatar Shroomok

Hey @Dude we have 2 main periods in mushroom cultivation: colonization and fruiting.

We use styrofoam box as an incubator for COLONIZATION period (to boost and speed up mycelium growth on grain substrate in jars/bags). We don't need FAE here. We need FAE for FRUITING period in fruiting chamber (i.g. growbox or monotub).

You can learn the difference between an incubator and a fruiting chamber on this page at the very beginning ;)

Meat Mundane

Hey Shroomok, what a great site you got here! 🔥

I couldn't find any hydrated lime for the casing layer so I got calcium carbonate instead. My question is, how much of it should I use going by your recipe? Should I use the same quantity as with hydrated lime or should I double?

Namaste 🙏🏻

GoldWiz

Hello, I'm growing Tattoo shrooms and I don't know how to tell when their ready to harvest because as you know, they don't have or you can not see any gills to watch for breaking the veil.?

My 2nd question is: A blue tint started to form sporadically, so I don't know if this is bad, and if I should harvest now and cut the blue out.?

My 3rd question is: If there is blue starting to form in the middle of the cake, can I still try for a first flush.?

Thank You For Your Time, email: Eli@Klinks.us

varocketry

The instructions above for soaking period required or recommended for rehydration are all over the place. Seems to range from 20-30 mins to 24 hours. In one case, a picture and the caption had wildly different times listed.
This should be corrected.

Shroomok avatar Shroomok

@big_henry please share photos of your problem on Discord or Reddit? I'll check them out and hope we can save some of your cakes; and figure out what's causing the problem to avoid mistakes in the future