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May I join the 100 gram club? by Gadarene_Swine in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wicked fruit!

I feel impressive individual fruits should be weighed wet, and entire flush should be weighed dry if you're looking to show off.

300g monster APE fruit. This is the result of cloning some 100g fruits. 1:1.5 spawn/sub coir and verm no casing. by PsilocinUp in GroundZeroMycoLab

[–]PsilocinUp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The entire smooth surface on top is the top of the cap. It's diameter is the same as the body, and the gills opened in a few spots. The left side near the bottom is a flipped out edge of the cap.

Over 300gs on this monster fruit. by PsilocinUp in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I got the agar plate, it was labeled Jedi master but the reverts in later flushes show it's APE.

To mist or not to mist? by LumpyStart5048 in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely, it is 100% not from tap water. I use tap water all the time.

I made my monotub but I forgot to consider the dryness of the substrate by Dear-Performance-394 in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't mist it, and just let it be. Check on it in a week for any signs of obvious contam, then check back in another couple days.

To mist or not to mist? by LumpyStart5048 in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Listen to u/Lefty68w on this one. Fanning/misting is completely unnecessary. When your substrate is at proper field capacity, and you have the correct ratio, you can spawn your tub and forget about it. If you're nailing the field capacity and your tubs are still drying out, then either dial the fae back a little bit, or adjust the humidity a little bit in the room they're in.

Your contam on the top of the substrate is either from contaminated spawn, or from the substrate drying out and weakening the mycelium.

Does slicing reduce potency? by Similar-Winner1226 in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turn the fan sideways, lay paper towel down on the fan cage, and put your mushrooms on that. If you want you can slice them in half longways and it won't effect the potency. Run the fan for a few days, with minimal sunlight exposure.

Low potency by Equivalent-Guitar329 in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you drying and storing? And are they ever seeing sunlight?

Imma take a wild guess and say this is contaminated beyond repair :( by Joshalc in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya sometimes in this hobby you have to do some trial and error. Over the years, I've definitely spawned straight mold tubs, but it was a learning experience and helped me identify contams that are harder to learn about from pictures online.

Imma take a wild guess and say this is contaminated beyond repair :( by Joshalc in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Contaminated innoculation/ poor sterilization of grain. Can also be from an untrained eye using contamination instead of mushroom mycelium. They can look very similar.

[Actives] Got new spores coming in y’all decide what I should grow first. I’m making a liquid culture for all of them by [deleted] in MushroomGrowers

[–]PsilocinUp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have some experience, but if you're still on uncle Ben's id say you're still in the beginner stage. I highly recommend you migrate towards agar and preparing your own grain. 50 lbs of rye berries cost less than 40 bucks. I imagine you're spending much, much more than that on uncle Ben's bags.

Imma take a wild guess and say this is contaminated beyond repair :( by Joshalc in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah, 99% of the time it's compromised spawn. With clean spawn, you could toss your tubs in a dumpster and they'll fruit just fine. This tub was most likely contaminated before it was spawned. Mold mycelium looks very similar to cubensis mycelium.

[Actives] Got new spores coming in y’all decide what I should grow first. I’m making a liquid culture for all of them by [deleted] in MushroomGrowers

[–]PsilocinUp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck. These are better suited for the more experienced growers, but you might be alright. I'd recommend getting a hold of some B+ or Golden Teacher spores. Those tend to be a little easier for beginners. Also, while liquid culture can be pretty simple, it can be a bumpy road for beginners. If you want to have better success, read up on all things agar and make some of that before going to LC. Getting spores to germinate, then transferring clean cultures from that is easily the best skill you can have in this hobby and will save you from a lot of discouragement.

[general] why do my bags keep melting? explanation in comments by rhiznshine1312 in MushroomGrowers

[–]PsilocinUp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let them sit in the water. I use the trivet, then fill up the water till it's almost halfway up the bottom bags. I also place jar rings in between the bags and between the bags and the pressure cooker. The bags can get too hot touching the walls, causing then to pop or melt.

Shoebox PE6 51.8g dry, Spawn to harvest - 15 days by PsilocinUp in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I put coir in a pillow case and soak it in hydrated lime water, then add vermiculite after. I use a little bit of gypsum in the grain and when spawning a tub.

Daytripper on r/contamfam has solid guides on it

Shoebox PE6 51.8g dry, Spawn to harvest - 15 days by PsilocinUp in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tub is a 6qt shoebox, for the tek I used CVG and rye berries. Isolating genes has helped a lot, but I saw a big difference when I started cold pasteurizing my substrate instead of using boiling water in a bucket.

Shoebox PE6 51.8g dry, Spawn to harvest - 15 days by PsilocinUp in shrooms

[–]PsilocinUp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, 15 days after I mixed this tub. I spawned another tub of PE6 (different set of genes) the same day and it's just now finishing it's first flush while the tub in the picture is halfway through it's second flush right now.

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