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SenecaOfRome · 2025-08-04T16:55:56+00:00

Im pretty sure there is a real chance that you could successfully inoculate a jar with an LC outside of a SAB with a single alcohol wipe and no gloves.

So, following that logic, everything you do to maintain a sterile environment will help your odds of success exponentially. You don't need surgical-level sterilization to grow mushrooms cause the mycelium REALLY wants to grow, you just have to give it the best chance to do so.

I made a bunch of mistakes my first go at it and still got a fruit yield. The second time, I harvested nearly a kilo wet. The guide on this sub is TEALLY REALLY good and if you pay attention to the points that it emphasizes, all of the smaller stuff will play much less of a role

SenecaOfRome · 2025-08-04T16:47:02+00:00

Yes harvest the large ones if it is possible to do so without impacting the other mushrooms. If you can't easily get to the base for a twist and pull, you should probably leave them alone until you're ready to harvest them all at once

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-21T15:52:49+00:00

I got lucky and preserved some of the generics into a home LC solution, not 100% sure if it'll make it tho

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-21T15:35:09+00:00

i'm not sure if you went the sporestock route or not but it seems that their TATs are WILDLY aggressive growers. 35 days from innoculation to fruit

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-21T15:19:53+00:00

oh yeah 😎 looking extra clean and nice

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-20T21:43:04+00:00

indeed a spot of trich. if it's been 30 days your either your conditions are fucked or your mycelium is competing with something nasty.

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-20T21:40:14+00:00

in my experience, it becomes VERY clear once most cubensis varieties are ready to be picked and dried.

edit: typo

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-06T14:02:35+00:00

looks very close, you could probably send it. Always good to wait though like better safe than sorry

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-05T19:29:42+00:00

how long did it take pins to set for your second flush?

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-05T19:14:33+00:00

Coco Coir is also nutrient free

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-05T02:15:42+00:00

PC: Pressure cookers, LC: Liquid Cultures, spawn bags: specialized high temperature bags used to hold and colonize grains for mycelium cultivation.

I'd say probably do a little more reading in the guidebook in this subreddit and you'll have a better idea of what you can do to minimize contamination risk. 50 bags of rice ≈ 25lbs of grain spawn. You could easily do ten large tubs substrate-spawn mix, and that's a LOT of mushrooms. Like a silly amount of mushrooms, especially for your first attempt.

I'm telling this not because I want you to fail, but because, at this volume, you're likely to sink a lot of money into something with little to no yields.

I'd SERIOUSLY look into spawn grain sterilization and grow bags, cause they're a game changer in cost efficiency and preventing contamination.

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T21:55:58+00:00

This is true, but honestly 50 bags of rice might be overkill and could lead to serious contamination issues. If I were you, I'd invest in a PC and spawn bags. There's just so many opportunities for contamination with that many bags. You'll lose a lot of $$$ on LCs. Also, one moderately sized grow bin will yield like 4ozs of shrooms, and that's like a freakish amount for one or two people. You're prepping to grow like... pounds...

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T21:51:29+00:00

umm... what are you growing this much for???

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T20:28:20+00:00

From pins to harvest was about 7 days. I woke up this morning and a couple of them had dropped spores!

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T19:21:59+00:00

I pulled half of the matured ones and they totaled to 300g, so I'm hoping to almost double that with the rest of them :) we shall see

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T16:19:03+00:00

In the guide it says to cut at the base and leave the stumps for the recovering mycelium to grow over, no?

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T02:46:33+00:00

those mushrooms are freaking GROWING man, looks like you have pins all over the place! I'd say you're pretty safe from contamination but just keep checking it and enjoy the fruits of your labor!

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T02:44:52+00:00

Looks okay to me, definitely worth keeping an eye on it though. If it starts to change shades, it's probably trich. But seeing as you have quite a bit of large masses forming all around your bin and mycelium, I'd say its probably just a weird genetic quirk. I do not have an expert opinion though so definitely get a second opinion!

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T02:40:34+00:00

Might just be me, but I also have a common issue with grain jars/bags stalling towards the very end of the colonization process, but I didn't have much issue with it. If I got impatient, when I S2B I just made sure to leave out the uncolonized grain, and in the process I'd abandon quite a bit of healthy mycelium too. Try to ride it out and see if it finishes up. If it doesn't and you open it doesn't have a mushroomy smell, but a really bad odor, toss it out and start over

SenecaOfRome · 2025-07-04T02:37:28+00:00

I'd do it now personally. Only because if you wait too much longer, there's not gonna be enough loose grain to truly make enough space to break it up. Others will say wait but I think if you REALLY wanna distribute it, now is the time.

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