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I'm terrible at identification unless it's something I'm quite familiar with.
Those look almost Amanita though...
Those look almost Amanita though...
They just have such a magic mushroom look to them. Im gonna take a few home and see if they blue at all.I'm terrible at identification unless it's something I'm quite familiar with.
Those look almost Amanita though...
Haven't gotten to try shaggy mane... but shiitake's were what made me really fall in love with mushrooms as a kid, for their steak-like taste.
Lion's Mane, however, are also fucking fantastic and taste like crab/lobster.
I pretty much only make "crab" cakes with them anymore and they're to fucking die for.
Haven't gotten to try shaggy mane... but shiitake's were what made me really fall in love with mushrooms as a kid, for their steak-like taste.
Lion's Mane, however, are also fucking fantastic and taste like crab/lobster.
I pretty much only make "crab" cakes with them anymore and they're to fucking die for.
Can morels be grown at homeYeah... even in restaurants around here, all the chanterelles are wild harvested. They're crazy abundant in these parts.
I'm also super excited to get the edible grows on the roll. I could see myself just doing like one psychoactive grow every 3 or so months... nothing like fresh ones...
I did a small run of blue and king oyster... man.. their mycelium wrecks mold and stuff... so aggressive.
A little bit pickier on the fruiting parameters for Blue Oysters, but not too crazy... especially up in the PNW, I'd bet.
A fun first cloning project is to just grab some supermarket mushrooms and make a clean culture of it... which, again, not too hard what with their aggressive mycelium.
Not too sure about indoors, but people certainly cultivate them.Can morels be grown at home
It's definitely better to break them up - assuming they're fully colonized and free of contaminants.On an earlier page, a video was posted showing someone busting apart some colonized grow bags and then spread them over a substrate, grain I think. The culture was spread out over the substrate and it grew into a great crop. Can you do something similar using the grain jars? I saw in the video that it appeared that it was misted, so humidity control is paramount, I would guess.
So, in a nutshell, is it better to crumble up the jar's contents and spread them onto a substrate or just leave them in cakes and placed on a bed of dampened perlite? I'd like to try this growing sheep's head mushrooms also. They are pretty hard to find locally and the old timers won't give up their secrets.
Second attempt after the first was a miserable failure.
So far no contamination showing at this point.
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I have them in pint jars and they are pretty much colonized from top to bottom with the mycelium looking bright and sort of snowy. No signs of contaminants as far as I can tell. So... should I break up the cakes after soaking them, then lay them on top of my base? I have a bag of Perlite... do I need to get another substrate if I break them up or do they carry enough energy to fruit without needing any additional nutrients?It's definitely better to break them up - assuming they're fully colonized and free of contaminants.
And, yep, you do the same with grain jars as you do grain bags. It's all considered 'spawn'.
Moisture is absolutely paramount, misting shouldn't be necessary if you prepare your medium with the right moisture content to begin with, but can absolutely be used to keep the moisture levels high for them. Mushrooms are over 90% water and they don't do well in dry climates.
Do you have PF Tek cakes (brown rice flour + vermiculite) or grain spawn?I have them in pint jars and they are pretty much colonized from top to bottom with the mycelium looking bright and sort of snowy. No signs of contaminants as far as I can tell. So... should I break up the cakes after soaking them, then lay them on top of my base? I have a bag of Perlite... do I need to get another substrate if I break them up or do they carry enough energy to fruit without needing any additional nutrients?
I'm still on the fence about eating ant of these things, assuming it works as I'm hoping. I just think it's cool as hell to do for the sake of doing it.
Thanks Med!Man you just keep going and going and growing. So much respect!
I have the PF cakes as well as the "Shotgun Fruiting Chamber", which is just a plastic tote with a lid. The perlite sits at the bottom, like you said. Please understand, this is the 1st time I've tried this since Carter was in office... maybe before! So... just shred up the colonized PF cakes on top of the perlite? I know that the perlite supplies a structure and hydration... is that all that is needed?Do you have PF Tek cakes (brown rice flour + vermiculite) or grain spawn?
Either way, you'll want to expand them to another hydrated substrate, ideally coconut coir.
If you've got PF cakes, I would shred them with a cheese grater or chop/crumble them up really fine.
If grain, you can just hit the jar on something like a bike tire or shoe sole to break them up.
Add them to the substrate at a 1:1 - 1:2 ratio (spawn : substrate), then just monitor your conditions to maintain a proper moisture content while also allowing for fresh air exchange.
Perlite is only really used for the Shotgun Fruiting Chamber method in which you just make a bed of hydrated perlite inside of a perforated container and place the whole cakes right on top.
Only break them up if you're going to be mixing them with coconut coir and putting that mixture into a so-called monotub.I have the PF cakes as well as the "Shotgun Fruiting Chamber", which is just a plastic tote with a lid. The perlite sits at the bottom, like you said. Please understand, this is the 1st time I've tried this since Carter was in office... maybe before! So... just shred up the colonized PF cakes on top of the perlite? I know that the perlite supplies a structure and hydration... is that all that is needed?
It's a whole different way of looking at things after decades of regular growing. In my mind, it is like getting the plants ready to flower, then pick the buds and expect them to grow after being removed from the plant. Sort of. I have to realize that I am dealing with a zillion mushrooms as opposed to one plant. I just have a hard time getting my mind around destroying the cakes and then getting a big flush out of them, instead of leaving them bunched up together drawing nutrients from the PF cakes. In your opinion, is it better to smash and spread the cakes, or to just take them out of the jar and place on top of the perlite? How important is it to soak the cakes before putting them in the chamber? Soak first, then shread, or shred 1st and then hydrate? I guess a spray bottle full of water to spritz them helps too.
I appreciate all of the help! I just wish that I had as much luck popping a bunch of beans I bought last year. So far, only 2 out of 12 popped so far... I NEVER had this problem before. FWIW, the seeds were tiny compared to what I usually expect seeds to look like. The few beans I had prior popped fine, just the purchased ones. I think these guys sold out of Australia a year or two back.