ShLUbY's Garden
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ShLUbY
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it will abort the fruiting in the lower oxygen area most likely. what I like to do is open the bag before putting it in the fruiting chamber and rip off that top layer of mycelial growth. that way any primordia that may have formed are removed. Then the bag is folded over the block snugly to make sure there is no empty space in the bag. tape it so it stays folded over. Then poke holes in three of the sides of the block, or one large hole on the top of the block.
you can make an opening where the primordia is forming. it will grow towards the opening and fruit from there.
in order to inoculate another block, you need a sterile substrate. you also need a pure culture of the mycelium such as liquid culture or make a plate culture and allow it to fully colonize. i've never tried it, but you could try and transfer part of the interior of the block you are currently growing and aseptically transfer it to the new substrate. This needs to be done in a still air box or in a flow hood.
ShLUbY
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thanks Mo. bummer about the block. i've been pickin the hell out of some morels. everyone is happy with the bumper crop this year lol. i've been handing them out like candy.Congratulations!!! My daughter killed her mushroom starter - she let it dry out
Oh well - her garden is looking great so I know she can do it.
ShLUbY
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did you buy that block or did you make it yourself? it doesn't look very colonized to me in the picture.
ChronicWonders.
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Was gifted it through a club. I did remove a layer from the top after opening the bag originally and they’re continuing to form after folding it over and taping it. Should I do that again or just cut slits on the top?
ShLUbY
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yeah i would just cut the slits at the top then. they'll fruit from there no problem.
ChronicWonders.
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Mine are currently struggling and not growing outside of the bag. I need to cut open a larger section at the top I think.
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ShLUbY
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looking good!!!! these are great mushrooms for sauces because they really soak up the sauce and flavor.
ShLUbY
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that's what I've done with oyster mushrooms in the past. never tried it with shiitake. good strategy though.
IIReignManII
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Miss ya ShLUbY hope all is well
IIReignManII
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bring back da shluby
ChronicWonders.
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Real world got him after graduation I bet...hope he’s well.
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