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casualgrower


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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: Gr0wer]
#23900008 - 12/06/16 02:00 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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this is so much fun, guys!
  Most of my moulds were just holusehold items, like tupperware containers and vases. In order for Reishi to form that nice white skin-like texture on the surface, the mould has to be transparent, it needs light to create that smooth surface. Therefore i had to pull most of the bowls out of the moulds and wrap them in clingwrap for further colonizing and strength. so... i took something like this out of the pot,
 wrapped it in clingwrap, and a day later it looks like this.
 i broke it a little, as seen on the pic, but that'll grow back together quite casually.
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Marty Mycfly
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Really cool.
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Ferather
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5/5 thumbs, such nice work.
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anthiawe
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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: Ferather]
#23900116 - 12/06/16 02:32 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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well done good sir
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casualgrower


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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: anthiawe] 1
#23902219 - 12/07/16 04:31 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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dog and rabbit are ready, baking them tomorrow.

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anthiawe
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ahhaha nice man, did you use some baking sheets for the mould there? also I am wondering how you are getting gas exchange through your mould?
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casualgrower


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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: anthiawe]
#23902265 - 12/07/16 05:02 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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no baking sheet, and no gas exchange whatsoever. I simply broke up a colonized sawdust block and put it in the mould. covered it with clingwrap and 5 days later...BAM! mycobunny and mycodoggy.
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Speckles
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How do they look after being baked?
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casualgrower


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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: Speckles]
#23909158 - 12/09/16 05:14 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't have a proper oven at home, so i had to give them to a mate of mine for baking. I'll post pics as soon as i get them back. Meanwhile, check out this large bowl.

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Bunya


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They are great. Endless posibilitys
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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: Bunya]
#23911383 - 12/09/16 08:07 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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very cool!! I want to try making some flowerpots!
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Speckles
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The large bowls lookin good! I wonder if you stacked the bowl shapes if the mycelium would grow together? Could make some pretty cool vase type shapes!
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casualgrower


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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: Speckles]
#23915204 - 12/11/16 03:19 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Speckles said: The large bowls lookin good! I wonder if you stacked the bowl shapes if the mycelium would grow together? Could make some pretty cool vase type shapes!
it would definately grow together- when taking the shapes out of the moulds i broke some of them, then wrapped them in clingwrap and they grew together like nothing had happend. it would be possible to grow two separate pieces together with ease, i believe.
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flyontoast
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This is great stuff! I've read that you can soak and inoculate a cutting board by putting it in a bag with sawdust spawn, which makes it anti-bacterial. But with your mold technique, you can make solid reishi cutting boards from cheap sawdust! One more thing to sell at a farmer's market with your bowls, especially if they stay anti-bacterial after the oven.
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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: flyontoast]
#23917479 - 12/11/16 06:54 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is cool. A company in my area is making myco-packaging to replace styrofoam
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drake89
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Quote:
mike-ologist said: This is cool. A company in my area is making myco-packaging to replace styrofoam 
ecovative is a great company , i'm glad to see them finally releasing some consumer products!
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Re: I grew a bowl, casually. [Re: drake89]
#23917841 - 12/11/16 08:44 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I love the overall concept. It solves so many issues with little cost or work
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casualgrower


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okay, I got the first batch of bowls back from my mate, who dried them in the oven for me. The results are amazing! I was not expecting it to turn out so nice, i'm blown away. They're light and stiff. If you knock on them, they seem like wood. They smell nothing like mushrooms, rather a mild reishi tea smell. The surface has a really cool texture from the clingwrap. I'm lost for words at this point.
     keep shroomin'
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Inconceivable!
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azur
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Quote:
casualgrower said: I casually put some Lucidum inoculated sawdust in a plastic mold and waited for 4 days...
   Now i have a mushroom bowl.
Keep shroomin'
Bam!
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