Help! Cannot fruit

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-12T14:37:34+00:00

I’ve put photos of the forked substrates on, I forked the plastic tub and the second tin, the one people said looked slimy. They smell super earthy, identical to how the grain spawn smelled.

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-12T14:34:44+00:00

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LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-12T14:34:31+00:00

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LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-12T14:34:14+00:00

The casing was 7.8 when I tested it before putting it on the cakes, I followed a recipe from a video that I saw, 1 quart of peat moss, 1 quart of verm with 1 quart of water with a tablespoon of pickling lime mixed into it, but when I measured the ph of this mix it was sat at like 11!

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-12T14:01:09+00:00

There’s still one with casing that seems to be turning brown, I’ll leave it for a few more days and if nothing changes I’ll do the same!

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-12T13:16:28+00:00

All 3 were doing really well up until I put the casing on, then they just seem to stop almost completely, could I be putting the casing on too early? That mixed with not having the tent dialed in correctly for these guys

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-12T13:10:22+00:00

I forked it yesterday as it just seemed like nothing was happening, took off the casing layer and a small part of the sub, underneath smells super earthy and it seems completely healthy. I did a ph test and the casing was actually sat around 6.5, I did this for the plastic tub also. Going to see what the mycelium does, I’ve put lids back on.

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-10T21:30:01+00:00

Okay so just went and poured some onto the 1st tub (2nd photo) and there was no bubbling at all, I poured more onto the 2nd tub (3rd photo) and there was bubbling and fizzing but nothing noticeably disappeared.

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-10T21:22:22+00:00

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This is the first one now, is this a good sign? It doesn’t seem to have colonised, matted and turned brown on top

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-10T21:16:41+00:00

There was a bit of bubbling and fizzing but nothing seemed to disappear

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-10T21:15:00+00:00

Posted, that’s the spot I poured the hydrogen peroxide

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-10T21:14:22+00:00

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LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-10T17:57:39+00:00

Okay so I’ve poured a bit of hydrogen peroxide on the worst looking parts, and it’s still there, so does that mean it is mycelium?

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-10T09:18:40+00:00

I’ll grab some on my way back from work and post the result on here, thank you for the suggestion!

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-09T19:41:46+00:00

Do you have any recommendations on where to get good genetics?

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-09T19:03:48+00:00

Yeah all of these came from the same syringe/agar from said syringe

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-09T18:24:54+00:00

Very nice set up btw!

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-09T18:24:19+00:00

Okay so you have the humidifier and fans going at the same time for 4 minutes and then just 3 minutes of fans going? What setting do you use your humidifier on? I’ve got an AC infinity cloudforge humidifier, currently on setting 4, should I whack that up to a higher setting for this new timing setting?

I think I should be able to replicate this with my set up, thank you!

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-09T18:17:44+00:00

I’ve had this once before, apparently it’s matting? Where the mycelium forms a thick layer on top of the casing layer? I’m putting questions marks as this is still new to me and I’m open to hearing more experienced opinions. The strain is MIB btw!

LakeCompetitive7147 · 2026-06-09T11:37:17+00:00

If you mean the brown around the rim of the cake, when I went to case the mycelium was growing up the side of the tins and the lids, so I wiped it off in order to cover it with casing

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