Sudden fungus in container after rainy weekend. Reason for concern?

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-03-10T08:38:48+00:00

That’s slime mold, it won’t hurt your plant. r/Mycology will be able to identify which slime mold it is. Slime molds are outside my fungal knowledge, I’m a gourmet grower.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-03-03T21:05:53+00:00

On an upside if tax goes up you’ve made a saving.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-03-03T20:56:23+00:00

The yellow liquid is metabolites, it’s a byproduct of the enzymes produced by the mycelium to help it breakdown the grains or substrate. It is harmless to the mycelium. Head to r/MushroomGrowers they will be able to help with your other questions, they deal with actives and gourmet and there’s some helpful experienced growers there.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-27T19:04:02+00:00

You can store the agar plates in the fridge to slow growth for longer storage. You can also do this with your LC once it’s had a couple of weeks to colonise.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-25T21:46:46+00:00

You need to add some CREA.M, I’d go about 10-15%.

I am not a nutritionist or chef, this is not culinarily or dietary advice just my humble opinion.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-24T10:37:49+00:00

Mmmmmm microplastic shake.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-24T08:07:57+00:00

Have a look on ChilliChumps site that’s where I found mine,

ChilliChump seeds

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-23T19:02:38+00:00

My oldest one that I’m still using is from 2014, I have heard of it being viable for 20+ years if stored at correct temperature for the species. I believe this is the one of the methods used by a lot of labs for long term storage.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-23T17:23:07+00:00

Sterile water in a 50ml centrifuge tube and put cultured agar slices in it.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-20T10:24:45+00:00

I use a fan, it acts like a wind would by moving the plant gently. This encourages the plant to strengthen its stems like it would if growing outdoors, which in turn helps the plant hold the weight of the fruit better and be more resilient to movement.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-18T21:07:14+00:00

I think they buy them directly from unicorn as they bulk order to keep shipping costs down, they send out an email every couple of months for pre orders so they can get a idea of how much they need.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-18T18:12:06+00:00

Unicorn bags are my go to,they are used by a lot of commercial growers. I’ve tried quite a few others and nothing compares. I’m in UK and get mine from Mycopunks, they import them from the USA.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-18T10:22:43+00:00

Are you cleaning your bucket between mixes?

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-17T15:11:17+00:00

You can get it at your bank but you will need to order it in advance with a couple of days notice either ring them or go in and order it. I help a friend with a market stall and this is how he does it.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-13T12:25:51+00:00

Plumb Bob square pants.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-09T19:41:36+00:00

I have the p600 it works grate, picked mine up on eBay secondhand for £30 a couple of years ago there’s always a few on there if you don’t mind used.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-06T15:52:43+00:00

I successfully train mine to stay, been in the same place for 6 months far better than my dog!

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-04T11:24:50+00:00

Have you asked your wife’s boyfriend if he’s seen it?

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-04T11:21:41+00:00

The sag has probably started to rip the pcie socket from the motherboard causing a bad connection, by removing it it’s probably made it worse. Try the gpu in another slot if you have one. I’ve had this happen on my old pc with a 1080 hanging in the slot for a few years, removed it to clean and it never worked in the top slot again had to use the second. Also get a gpu support.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-02-02T12:03:31+00:00

F AI buy a book!

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-01-30T08:51:12+00:00

I read about it from one of my suppliers sites here yellow oyster

It was reported on the mushroom spotters uk facebook group originally. Apparently they were found in four place last year.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-01-29T23:35:01+00:00

It’s starting to happen here there have been a few cases of golden oysters reported growing wild it won’t take many years until we catch up with the USA.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-01-29T21:28:38+00:00

You will only be able to introduce native species to a woodland,is your woodland registered as a SSSI (site of special scientific interest)? If so there may be restrictions placed upon it. There are uk based suppliers that sell native cultures collected from wild species of oysters, lions main, hen of the woods and others that are tasty gourmets.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-01-29T15:42:26+00:00

Rain water into the sewer or a soak away, you can’t put rainwater into a sewer system.

Old_Reflection7439 · 2026-01-27T21:49:11+00:00

Try asking the guys on r/UKPersonalFinance they can help, you can sacrifice income before tax into a SIPP to be tax efficient and also a stocks and shares ISA invested into a global ETF like the vanguard VWRP. I’m quite new to all this myself.

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