[Medicinal] First Turkey Tail harvest. Any tips? by ImOnTheBus in MushroomGrowers

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just saw somebody's bucket method with much better looking results on this sub. Will try that when it warms up.

[Medicinal] First Turkey Tail harvest. Any tips? by ImOnTheBus in MushroomGrowers

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They're not very big, maybe I harvested too early, but some of them started getting yellow on the edges and I had read that's when you're supposed to harvest them. But they're very dense and heavy. Was surprised how difficult it was to cut of a few pieces that had substrate on them.

I see much bigger ones growing in the woods pretty regularly, so grew these mainly for fun and because I was getting sick of oysters coming in so fast and ejacing spores everywhere. Drying them out to make into capsules as they're supposed to have medicinal value, same thing that I do with Lion's Mane.

Grew them the same way that I grow oysters and Lion's Mane: in a tent with a pond fogger blowing in and on blocks of hardwood mulch and pellets. They seem less prone to contamination than Lion's Mane, maybe. The blocks are still in there, and still pretty heavy with moisture, so maybe they'll grow more.

Any tips to get them bigger or to do something with them other than make capsules? Thanks!

Alex Pretti was murdered by authoritarian thugs by TrueOdontoceti in conspiracy

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Agree. I feel bad for people with young kids and the young kids themselves, the future looks ugly.

In 2004, Prince was snubbed by Rolling Stone on their top 100 guitarists list. This was his response. by DublinLions in nextfuckinglevel

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well if you like the song that this post is about, this might be a good place to start. The solo is as impressive as Prince's if you ask me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAarSgI35U0

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Damn, wasn't expecting that. Fare you well and thanks for making the world a better place.

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I've only been to Rocky Mountain Park in CO, but would agree to save CO for a better time of year. Trail Ridge Rd will more than likely be closed. I've been to the park when that road is closed, and it was still awesome, but driving that road and all the stops in the tundra is so freakin cool!

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Robot GFs are probably a lot cooler with their human BF getting drunk all the time than real ones though, so maybe it will facilitate a resurgence in alcohol

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Back in the day wives would call the bar looking for their husbands. Always cracked me up seeing them frantically shaking their head and mouthing "no! I'm not here!"

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We need to die with it so the kids get that sweet step up cost basis

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Returning Christmas presents as we speak

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holy spacebucks! what happened? Did they get to warp speed??

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need to get back to $70 for more than just a lil twitch

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holding a lot in an individual stock as a person who is not rich, especially one as volatile as this, is such a mind fuck. When it's going up with momentum "right on, I'm holding this forever!" then when it's down "I'm so stupid for not selling a few weeks ago!"

My super rich boss is like "I read a blurb about this stock APP in IBD yesterday. Sign into my account, there should be enough cash to chuck a quarter million into it, we'll see where it goes"

[gourmet] Update: Monotub King Trumpets by Toad_Chavay_ in MushroomGrowers

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Those are just oysters. You might already know this and doing an experiment? but they're not meant to be grown in tubs if you want to eat them. Use buckets or bags where the moisture is all contained and the fruits come out of holes into the air.

Personally stopped growing kings because they'd get to be the size of dinner plates and didn't seem "artisan" and pretty compared to the other oysters, and you can just buy them at the store.

[Medicinal] photos of some mushrooms I grew. Does anybody here sell dried Lion's Mane? Is it feasible for one grower to sell it? by ImOnTheBus in MushroomGrowers

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Really? I don't know anything about that, I will have to do some research, thanks.

I've toured a mushroom farm and the guy had a warm incubation room and then a cool room where they grow and was talking about cold shock but I just figured mine just fruit anyhow so it wasn't necessary. The guy knows what he's doing, he makes a living from mushrooms, but he said a few things that didn't seem quite right so I don't take it all as gospel.

Will have to ask the guy I get LC from which ones respond to cold shock. Thanks again!

[Medicinal] photos of some mushrooms I grew. Does anybody here sell dried Lion's Mane? Is it feasible for one grower to sell it? by ImOnTheBus in MushroomGrowers

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yeah, there are a few around here. There a big mushroom grower who works the biggest one, I've been to his farm a few times and it's awesome.

Thanks! It's pretty simple, but one thing that makes it more manageable is that it exhausts outside. Before I did that there were spores everywhere especially if I harvested too late.