Just wanted to have a simple discussion on mushroom cultivation with people that have ANY experience I inoculated 6 pf tek jars 3 weeks ago and have alot to talk about. Any input would be much appreciated.
You folks got it so good these days... I first grew back in 1992 with one of those Homestead Mushroom Growers Kit you could buy out of High Times Magazine. Talk about a pain in the ass! Plus, you didn't get all you need to grow. Oh hell no, I had to by a $150.00 pressure cooker (these days over $200.00.) and you grew from Malt Extract Agar in petri dishes, which you had to inoculate with spores. So you had to handle many more steps that are rife with complications. Starting where you are, it is a hop skip and a jump to shrooms.
From the pics you have provided, I'd say all is good, so long as you can control, light, heat, humidity, and especially any contaminants, you will prosper. There is a an older but very good book called "The Mushroom Cultivator," it is well worth the price, and they may have updated it. It has one of the best chapters on contaminants with detailed pics of each contaminant and any health risk it may have, e.g. Fusarium, nasty stuff, too many spores in the air could kill you. So, please, though the risks using your method are very low, exercise due diligence at all times. If you see something that don't look right then it isn't. You can always remove what shouldn't be there... very carefully. note:: did you know that some molds are used in nerve gas?
I wish I had a hand full of these. My last trip was three Penis Envy Cubensis, Very powerful, but they weren't as good as the natural culture I use to have in my flower bed of Cyanescens. Sometimes we find shrooms that bring the mushroom God right over from the other side...
Enjoy your shrooms... and thanks for posting