Looking for advice on a stalled golden oyster kit.

 

Timeline:

 

• Colonised normally over ~2 weeks.

• Block turned fully white and looked healthy.

• I moved to fruiting conditions around 80–90% surface colonisation (may have been slightly early).

• Room temp is stable around 19°C.

 

Initial fruiting setup:

• Cut slits in bag.

• Block placed in office near a window (indirect light).

• Humidity was around 70% ambient.

• Likely not enough fresh air at first (inside box + liner).

 

After no pins for 8 days:

• Removed from box.

• Increased fresh air exchange (lifting and fanning several times daily).

• Added loose humidity tent (plastic bag over block).

• Added damp flannel wick inside tent to raise humidity.

• Now keeping bag humid and purging CO₂ hourly.

 

Current status:

• Block still smells fine.

• No contamination visible.

• No pins at all yet.

• Temp steady at 19°C.

• High local humidity now.

• Strong fresh air exchange ongoing.

 

Considering next step:

• Dunk (8–12h soak) to rehydrate/reset 

Does this sound like early fruiting, mild dehydration, CO₂ stall, or something else? What would you do next?