Anybody growing mushrooms willing to talk???

[Drop That Sound]

I only got 5 mushrooms from my ovoids flush.. I was way to late getting it going, and wood lover varieties take a lot of time and patience.

Then, the mycelium started ripping into the new woodchips\cardboard, and even cannibalized all the new pins that were shooting up. Thought I was gonna have 20 in the new flush.

It literally ate itself, and been spreading through the tub like crazy.

I could probably freeze it for a few days and trick them into fruiting right in the tub again, but it's looking like by next spring I'll have a solid patch transplanted in the yard somewhere instead.

 

[HydoDan]

Don't the preloaded bags come pre-pasteurized? Just noc it and wait right?!

I wanna buy some too, lemme know if you find a good deal, and go that route.

I don't have a big PC either, and rather use plastic bags of some kind instead of jars, so I could stuff it full. They make sealed oven bags to cook roast beefs in so I don't see why they wouldn't hold up for sterilizing substrates at high temps..

I'm too busy with other projects to do the work right now anyway, but i could probably handle a pre loaded grain bag that is all ready to go, and have plenty of spore syringes and tubs\plastic bags to grow in.

Etsy has pretty good prices..

 

[7L!fTeD24]

2nd flush. Seems like I get a few that do really well and then the rest stall. There's like 20 pins but only 2 grew.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

I'll be starting a variety of different shoeboxes using a couple different subs to see what i like best but mostly wbs, rye berries, popcorn, maybe another brf. Can't wait.

 

[A.k.a]

it’s normal to get a bunch of aborts. Usually you won’t notice them til after you harvest. You’ll learn to spot them pretty quick though, usually any pins with a fuzzball at the base or with smaller darker caps have died.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

it’s normal to get a bunch of aborts. Usually you won’t notice them til after you harvest. You’ll learn to spot them pretty quick though, usually any pins with a fuzzball at the base or with smaller darker caps have died.

You know what, I've realized just that. The aborts all seem to get a fuzball, darker pins sometimes with a little point on top, look dry and I figure if a pin doesn't grow overnight it's gonna abort. It's like the bigger mushrooms are using the moisture up so the smaller ones abort.

 

[ZoomiesCa]

I hope your shrooms are growing well. How was it? Were you able to get some out of it? Like what others suggest, you can try checking shroomery. There are a lot of dedicated shroom growers there.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Does anybody recommend using some of the pre made jar lids on Amazon with the filters and injection ports? Also has anybody used the pre made and sterilized grain spawn bags? I'd use those but again it would have to be small enough to fit in this instapot.ill get a pc soon.

 

[Thundercat]

Pre made bags can be great. I’d probably get more then one in case you have any failures.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

for now I'm going to have to use pint jars in the small pc and I'll just do a bunch of them and then spawn them to shoeboxes. I'll get some tyvek, silicon, polyfil, micropore tape and make my own lids and see what works best. I feel so limited now I want to do grain jars but can't do quarts because of the small pc. Need one now. Hopefully find one this weekend.

 

[Drop That Sound]

Pre made bags can be great. I’d probably get more then one in case you have any failures.

Hooooo!

Are the pre-made bags with just grains the best? I'm guessing so, as you could just mix more substrates in later, right?

Or better to get the blended mixes? Some have straw and compost, etc.

I see 3 or so different types of self healing ports on the bags, from different suppliers too.

I want to get a few pre sterilized grain bags, and also just the bags for later..

Thanks!

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Hooooo!

Are the pre-made bags with just grains the best? I'm guessing so, as you could just mix more substrates in later, right?

Or better to get the blended mixes? Some have straw and compost, etc.

I see 3 or so different types of self healing ports on the bags, from different suppliers too.

I want to get a few pre sterilized grain bags, and also just the bags for later..

Thanks!

Yeah I definitely want to try these bags out too once I can get a bigger PC to sterilize them. I wonder if they have mini ones?

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Pre made bags can be great. I’d probably get more then one in case you have any failures.

Do you know of any of the bags that will fit in my insta pot

 

[7L!fTeD24]

I've gotten spores from sporeworks before and there's usually a huge black blob of them inside but I just got one and you can barely see any does this mean that there's a lot less spores in there?

 

[Thundercat]

Do you know of any of the bags that will fit in my insta pot

the grain bags come in lots of sizes. The pre made ones are already sterile so you don’t have to PC them.

 

[Thundercat]

I've gotten spores from sporeworks before and there's usually a huge black blob of them inside but I just got one and you can barely see any does this mean that there's a lot less spores in there?

It shouldn’t matter. Spores are microscopic so there should still be plenty even in a light syringe.

 

[Flork]

Great thread!! Can't believe I just now saw this. Been wanting to grow some and have been reading so much at another forum but didn't want to join it.

Last week I ordered some pre poured agar dishes and spore swabs as well as some pf tek jars, a 3 grain filled jar and a spore syringe. Also a LC kit.

Haven't gotten everything yet so I'll be watching and reading this whole thread when I have time.
I apologize for not knowing all the specific jargon used in this hobby. I don't know what I'm doing yet.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Great thread!! Can't believe I just now saw this. Been wanting to grow some and have been reading so much at another forum but didn't want to join it.

Last week I ordered some pre poured agar dishes and spore swabs as well as some pf tek jars, a 3 grain filled jar and a spore syringe. Also a LC kit.

Haven't gotten everything yet so I'll be watching and reading this whole thread when I have time.
I apologize for not knowing all the specific jargon used in this hobby. I don't know what I'm doing yet.

I have no idea what I'm doing yet either bud. But with some direction of others I've been learning a thing or 2 and had a little success. That's pretty much what I'm doing, getting a bunch of supplies and spores to practice with together. Nothings better than hands on experience. Still learn something where I fail at.

 

[7L!fTeD24]

Woke up to a Pin sets in tubs I thought to be dead. What now seems kinda dry. Spray?

 

[canndo]

Sure, but not so much that it puddles anywhere. Watch for cracking, that will tell you if it is too dry but you can use a hygrometer suspended over the bed.