Who here is growing mushrooms?

naturelion · Feb 5, 2025

Hi everyone. New member here, very long time lurker (20 years maybe). I have been growing cannabis my whole life but the last five years I have been almost solely focused on growing gourmet and functional mushrooms.

I currently own two businesses operating in the mushroom space and I want to put it out there that I love helping others get started.

Who is growing mushrooms? Or aspiring to? Let's be friends.

Andrew.

Natep · Feb 5, 2025

I grew a couple batches of albino penis envy. It was fun.

R4V3N · Feb 5, 2025

Natep said:
I grew a couple batches of albino penis envy. It was fun.

They're trippy, probably the best I've tried so far. And now I'm envious.

Natep · Feb 7, 2025

R4V3N said:
They're trippy, probably the best I've tried so far. And now I'm envious.

If you can ever find enigma it is my favorite. Cross between penis envy and b+ looks like a brain.

Bigalmoby · Feb 7, 2025

I have a bag with z strain almost inoculated first time I’ve got it to get this far now I need to figure how to fruit the darn thing any suggestions?

Ninjadogma · Feb 7, 2025

Glad to stumble on this thread. I haven't delved into it yet but did have plans in the back of my mind to cultivate some white velvet at some point in the near future. Biggest hesitation for me is getting hold of spores without worrying about postal inspectors showing up at my door 5am to arrest me.

WhatWouldBobDo · Feb 7, 2025

I started learning gourmet mushroom techniques a few months ago. Still getting it down.

Finished some pink oyster and lions mane. Have some reishi going now, and some blue oyster and winecap spores on the way.

Also have some golden teacher spores waiting.

Yeilds so far have been pretty low, and got my first infection last weekend. But learning!

WhatWouldBobDo · Feb 7, 2025

Ninjadogma said:
Glad to stumble on this thread. I haven't delved into it yet but did have plans in the back of my mind to cultivate some white velvet at some point in the near future. Biggest hesitation for me is getting hold of spores without worrying about postal inspectors showing up at my door 5am to arrest me.

I get my spores from a guy in Michigan. If you're interested in his info, let me know. Great guy. I usually buy 2 or 3 gourmet syringes and one for "microscopy" purposes. Make a liquid culture of the gourmet over 2-3 weeks. Then spawn up the liquid culture. By the time they're ready, I'm pretty confident someone would have stopped by to ask, and I've got mushroom bags of legal stuff going in case someone does.

For some reason, and I have no idea why, but I have zero paranoia or anxiety about mushrooms going, but growing cannabis keeps me up at night.

Natep · Feb 7, 2025

Caps-cultivators.com

Ninjadogma · Feb 7, 2025

WhatWouldBobDo said:
I get my spores from a guy in Michigan. If you're interested in his info, let me know. Great guy. I usually buy 2 or 3 gourmet syringes and one for "microscopy" purposes. Make a liquid culture of the gourmet over 2-3 weeks. Then spawn up the liquid culture. By the time they're ready, I'm pretty confident someone would have stopped by to ask, and I've got mushroom bags of legal stuff going in case someone does.

For some reason, and I have no idea why, but I have zero paranoia or anxiety about mushrooms going, but growing cannabis keeps me up at night.

I'm in California so I'm more worried about the tag I tore off my mattress than the weed growing out in the yard.

WhatWouldBobDo · Feb 7, 2025

Ninjadogma said:
I'm in California so I'm more worried about the tag I tore off my mattress than the weed growing out in the yard.

Maybe sometime in the next century the deep south will catch up, lol

Bushbandit · Feb 8, 2025

Used to grow b+ which became my six monthly treat to myself,wouldn’t mind getting a spore print again

Natep · Feb 8, 2025

Bushbandit said:
Used to grow b+ which became my six monthly treat to myself,wouldn’t mind getting a spore print again

Just get liquid culture. And the mushroom supply bags. Way easier than going from print.

Bigalmoby · Feb 8, 2025

So I have tried this 3 times now and never successfully got close to seeing a mushroom
4 time now I think I might get some this time
I just followed the instructions so far but the next step says to fruit them and that there’s different ways idk if I should cut top of bag and most water or just leave it the hell alone

WhatWouldBobDo · Feb 8, 2025

Bigalmoby said:
I just followed the instructions so far but the next step says to fruit them and that there’s different ways idk if I should cut top of bag and most water or just leave it the hell alone

What kind are they?

Some mushrooms prefer to fruit from the sides, some from the top, others from all over.

Bigalmoby · Feb 8, 2025

WhatWouldBobDo said:
What kind are they?

Some mushrooms prefer to fruit from the sides, some from the top, others from all over.

It’s z stain this is as far as I’ve ever got a bag to go without getting weird colors in the white stuff there’s just a small amount on top that’s not white yet I can’t find anything about how it likes to fruit idk if I should just let it be or cut top of bag and mist water ?

WhatWouldBobDo · Feb 8, 2025

Bigalmoby said:
It’s z stain this is as far as I’ve ever got a bag to go without getting weird colors in the white stuff there’s just a small amount on top that’s not white yet I can’t find anything about how it likes to fruit idk if I should just let it be or cut top of bag and mist water ?

They usually will fruit from all over. But it's usually easiest to fruit it right in the bag by cutting the top off.

If you have a monotub to fruit in, put it there. If not, find a place that gets good air flow and high humidity, with a little bit of light and room temp. A clear Tupperware container or something, with the lid askew, misting two or three times a day while exchanging air, works fine. I hang some fruiting bags in one of my terrarium grow areas that has orchids and nepenthes. The mushrooms dig the humidity, air exchange and temps. The orchids dig the CO2.

Bigalmoby · Feb 8, 2025

WhatWouldBobDo said:
They usually will fruit from all over. But it's usually easiest to fruit it right in the bag by cutting the top off.

If you have a monotub to fruit in, put it there. If not, find a place that gets good air flow and high humidity, with a little bit of light and room temp. A clear Tupperware container or something, with the lid askew, misting two or three times a day while exchanging air, works fine. I hang some fruiting bags in one of my terrarium grow areas that has orchids and nepenthes. The mushrooms dig the humidity, air exchange and temps. The orchids dig the CO2.

Thank you should I wait till all is white or open bag now

Ladman · Feb 8, 2025

WhatWouldBobDo said:
Maybe sometime in the next century the deep south will catch up, lol

Naw, they make too much money preying on their residents.

WhatWouldBobDo · Feb 8, 2025

Bigalmoby said:
Thank you should I wait till all is white or open bag now

Most wait until you find pin formations.

They’ll be small points that are a little more yellow in the center of the white mass. That’s the colony telling you it’s ready to fruit.

Who here is growing mushrooms?

Who here is growing mushrooms?

naturelion

Natep

R4V3N

Natep

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Ninjadogma

WhatWouldBobDo

WhatWouldBobDo

Natep

Ninjadogma

WhatWouldBobDo

Bushbandit

Natep

Bigalmoby

WhatWouldBobDo

Bigalmoby

WhatWouldBobDo

Bigalmoby

Ladman

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