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    #18322858 - 05/26/13 12:18 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Welcome to my first Reishi grow!


So far, it's been a lot of fun. I'm surprised how terribly easy this species is to cultivate. 3-4" antlers have already filled the bags less than a month after they were initially spawned. But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. I'd like to start from the beginning-


5/9/13-
Three sterilized aspen sawdust/woodchip bags were spawned in my GB. I spawned one quart per bag. Must of been around a 1:8 or 1:10 ratio. Bag's were fully colonized in 5-6 days. That's some impressive myc.



5/15/13-
Strange spongy (porous) growth appeared on the substrate (not noticable in picture so not included)


5/19/13-
Definite pins/antlers forming. Bag's have not been opened or punctured in any way. The only GE occurs through the bag's filter.



5/25/13-
3-4" long antlers in some areas. I've noticed the antlers that touch each other fuse into a single mass. It's crazy watching these things go.




5/26/13-



5/30/13-
Had to change the set-up, but the bag's are still pumping the antlers out.





6/2/13-



6/04/13-
Gave them a little fresh air, and misted the hell out of the bags before closing back up. I managed to make a little more room in the bags to let the antlers creep for another couple weeks.



6/14/13-
Set up changed slightly. Antlers still creeping upwards. I think the antlers could be slowly molded into any shape over long periods of time. Whenever they touch, they quickly fuse. The antlers that grow into the side of the bag spread out against the surface and utilize the support of the wall to help continue growing upwards. When I pull the bag away from the spread out antler, it re-forms a regular cylindrical shape within a few days and continues growing upwards as if there was never a wall to begin with.



FINAL UPDATE!!
07/25/13
Hello Everyone! It's been awhile since I've appeared on the forums. However, while I was gone, the reishi continued to grow. Near the end of June an antler began to work it's way through the micron filter. Eventually it completely conked out and sporulated my entire grow room. Anyways, here we are- the final stages of my first reishi grow:



And after 2 months of hardcore reishi production, the blocks were harvested and the reishi was dried and vacuum sealed. In total, I received 235 grams of dried fruit.

(Harvested July 25th)

Thanks again to RiparianZoneJunky, the wonderful provider of this excellent culture :congrats: Could not of done any of this without you :highfive:

Also- thanks again to all of you who viewed and commented on the thread, hope everyone enjoyed the grow.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: b plus]
    #18323129 - 05/26/13 01:10 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

very nice grow. :thumbup: great write up and good pic.  it look like you will need to figure out what to do with all those reishi.  keep us posted on your progress.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: john-hai]
    #18323528 - 05/26/13 02:25 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Nice pinsets, I love it when fruits form evenly across the whole surface like that :thumbup:  I wish I could get my monotubs to do the same!


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: Forrester]
    #18323539 - 05/26/13 02:27 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Better than anything I have done.  Nice job plus!


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    #18323732 - 05/26/13 03:05 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Very nice indeed.  Where did you get your culture from?


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: unseenat17]
    #18324054 - 05/26/13 04:22 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Great job brother, looks way better than my bags!


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    #18324236 - 05/26/13 05:10 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Reishi is a monster at times. Ive tossed every media we've got in lab, and a few made up on the spot, at it and its devoured them all. I swear it would eat my shoes if I let it. Yeesh.

Lovely looking antlers there though, hope it goes well.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: matsc]
    #18324707 - 05/26/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Looks gorgeous...  I only hope my attempt at reishi comes even close to this.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: BloodKil]
    #18324745 - 05/26/13 07:09 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

looks good man. Those baby's will grow for a long time. I have some fruits that have been growing for 45 days now and they are still going.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: mycofever]
    #18325137 - 05/26/13 08:43 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

that's a great pinset, we have been getting a few large fruits. no where near the amount you have. :thumbup:


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: RiparianZoneJunky]
    #18325269 - 05/26/13 09:20 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

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Great job brother, looks way better than my bags!




Well, I couldn't have done it without you. Maybe its the Rye Bran? You mentioned only using 1 cup regularly, I went with 2. More nutrients?:shrug:


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: b plus]
    #18325287 - 05/26/13 09:26 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

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akumushi said:
Great job brother, looks way better than my bags!




Well, I couldn't have done it without you. Maybe its the Rye Bran? You mentioned only using 1 cup regularly, I went with 2. More nutrients?:shrug:




I was curious about how supplementation affected reishi - I've always spawned at pretty low rations with no bran.  I'll have to give that a try!


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: Forrester]
    #18325336 - 05/26/13 09:37 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

Might be on to something. Follow the recipe from RR's Let's Grow Mushroom's video, lol that's all I did. Seem to work out just fine:smile:

Thanks so much for all the positive comments guys! It's really nice to see that's I've done a good job. But that's the thing... I really havnt done anything :lol:. This has to be one of the easiest species to fruit.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: b plus]
    #18325467 - 05/26/13 10:10 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

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Might be on to something. Follow the recipe from RR's Let's Grow Mushroom's video, lol that's all I did. Seem to work out just fine:)

Thanks so much for all the positive comments guys! It's really nice to see that's I've done a good job. But that's the thing... I really havnt done anything :lol:. This has to be one of the easiest species to fruit.




I think the main difference is temp.  My basement is still too damn cold for cubes, reishi and other summertime grows, I still have a psuedoaztecorum tray that is fruiting well without too much mutation, gotta get the warm summer rains going.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: RiparianZoneJunky]
    #18325824 - 05/26/13 11:46 PM (10 years, 8 months ago)

My room's around 70F. Can you set them upstairs somewhere a little warmer?


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: b plus]
    #18345586 - 05/30/13 07:45 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

Had to change the set-up, but the bag's are still pumping the antlers out.

5/30/13-




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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: b plus]
    #18345614 - 05/30/13 07:51 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

You are going to have a bunch of reishi. I just harvested my two blocks today. I am dunking them right now and going to see if it will give me some more.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: mycofever]
    #18345630 - 05/30/13 07:54 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

I've read that a second flush on a reishi sub is usually not worth the effort :shrug:. I'm planning to strip my reishi bricks from their bags after harvest and line them up in the shade in my backyard and spray them down with the hose every day:thumbup: I've read they do really well outside.


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: b plus]
    #18345802 - 05/30/13 08:22 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

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I've read that a second flush on a reishi sub is usually not worth the effort :shrug:. I'm planning to strip my reishi bricks from their bags after harvest and line them up in the shade in my backyard and spray them down with the hose every day:thumbup: I've read they do really well outside.




Not that there's really much effort involved in leaving a bag to sit, but you're right I think they might do better outside.  I'm going to have more than a couple blocks to experiment with, so I think I might try burying a couple as well.  Reishi likes oxygen so much I think it just might fruit to get to the air... We'll see!

My monotub did start it's second flush a week or two after a dunk, but only a couple pins.  Don't know if it will amount to much or not, but I think I'll leave it inside just to see...


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Re: Reishi Grow [Re: Forrester]
    #18346034 - 05/30/13 09:03 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

Can someone overdose on reishi?


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