locospacebean said:

I'm actually using straw in buckets, inoculated with colonized rye grain.

I just stack the buckets up in a room that gets lots of natural, diffuse sunlight.  The RH is usually around 75-85% and the temperature fluctuates between 23-28 celsius.

I mist them very lightly 2-3 times a day.

My issues haven't been getting them to fruit, it's been with contamination, which i think is due to my pasteurization process with the straw.

I've even just put buckets out on my patio and they've fruited!

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Tits on a bull said:

Adding soap helps saturation.

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I've read about that a few times but have yet to try it.

I currently steam pasteurize my soaked straw in a large pillowcase inside of a large Coleman cooler hooked up to a steam cleaner, with a probe temperature sensor buried in the straw.


There's definitely a few vectors of contamination that i haven't been able to control very well, or have been sloppy with that are likely to blame for my failures.

locospacebean said:

Tits on a bull said:

Adding soap helps saturation.

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I've read about that a few times but have yet to try it.

I currently steam pasteurize my soaked straw in a large pillowcase inside of a large Coleman cooler hooked up to a steam cleaner, with a probe temperature sensor buried in the straw.


There's definitely a few vectors of contamination that i haven't been able to control very well, or have been sloppy with that are likely to blame for my failures.

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Zenrooms said:

Hey there, I'm new to growing edible mushrooms, but I've done some reading.

I bought a pink oyster kit and built a shotgun with a couple inches of perlite. It's been at around 23-26 Celsius and I Force air exchange and mist twice a day. I make sure to mist more if I don't see any water drops on the walls.
I grew a lion's mane successfully, but the damn pink oyster has pinned twice and the pins seem to abort shortly after.

Any clue what I'm doing wrong?

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Tits on a bull said:

locospacebean said:

Tits on a bull said:

Adding soap helps saturation.

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I've read about that a few times but have yet to try it.

I currently steam pasteurize my soaked straw in a large pillowcase inside of a large Coleman cooler hooked up to a steam cleaner, with a probe temperature sensor buried in the straw.


There's definitely a few vectors of contamination that i haven't been able to control very well, or have been sloppy with that are likely to blame for my failures.

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So I'll start with lots of folks on here don't like me so if you want add yourself to the list. I see a few problems off the bat.
1. While your girl appears to be pretty, she should cover herself for shame cause Allah! Nah just playing!!! No matter how clean she said she showered, she's a dirty girl. In fact we're all really dirty especially our fingers and under our finger nails..... She should be wearing a germ or dust mask (like dentist style) also disposable gloved. If you get sick of watching your carbon footprint grow by each time get chemical resistant gloves and bleach before you make your buckets!
☆Edit#? Most contaminates are low to the floor. Why not leave the Coleman on a counter or anywhere off the floor. Again kind of dirty.
2. Soap helps remove the natural wax that coats the straw making sterilizing more effective.
3. Gypsum helps buffer PH as well as binding together in a better way. I use it for straw and wood chips.
4. Additionally adding burnt ash will help. It will change the ph thus making it harder for the nasties without messing with the spawn.
5. Do you close holes with micropore tape?
I hope this helps. FYI wasn't being a dick about your ole lady (if I didn't have a bad sense of humor I wouldn't have one at all)but clean procedure leads to clean results. Plus pic showed me your skimping out on being clean, which I would identify as your problem. GL.
PS don't forget to throw me a shitty rating!

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Geinstein said:

Tits on a bull said:

locospacebean said:

Tits on a bull said:

Adding soap helps saturation.

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I've read about that a few times but have yet to try it.

I currently steam pasteurize my soaked straw in a large pillowcase inside of a large Coleman cooler hooked up to a steam cleaner, with a probe temperature sensor buried in the straw.


There's definitely a few vectors of contamination that i haven't been able to control very well, or have been sloppy with that are likely to blame for my failures.

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So I'll start with lots of folks on here don't like me so if you want add yourself to the list. I see a few problems off the bat.
1. While your girl appears to be pretty, she should cover herself for shame cause Allah! Nah just playing!!! No matter how clean she said she showered, she's a dirty girl. In fact we're all really dirty especially our fingers and under our finger nails..... She should be wearing a germ or dust mask (like dentist style) also disposable gloved. If you get sick of watching your carbon footprint grow by each time get chemical resistant gloves and bleach before you make your buckets!
☆Edit#? Most contaminates are low to the floor. Why not leave the Coleman on a counter or anywhere off the floor. Again kind of dirty.
2. Soap helps remove the natural wax that coats the straw making sterilizing more effective.
3. Gypsum helps buffer PH as well as binding together in a better way. I use it for straw and wood chips.
4. Additionally adding burnt ash will help. It will change the ph thus making it harder for the nasties without messing with the spawn.
5. Do you close holes with micropore tape?
I hope this helps. FYI wasn't being a dick about your ole lady (if I didn't have a bad sense of humor I wouldn't have one at all)but clean procedure leads to clean results. Plus pic showed me your skimping out on being clean, which I would identify as your problem. GL.
PS don't forget to throw me a shitty rating!

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Fucken newb with a few drops of info
2 and 3 are useful

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Tits on a bull said:

Lol. Thought your name was Goldstein!  Look at message board for edibles. Let's see if peps use glove when mixing substrate.  One of us is bound to learn something!

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Look I've been growing for years without gloves if your technique is right there's no need for gloves.
As for bing clean yes it helps and you should make shore that your as clean as possible but don't be a fucken nut

There's farms that run on massive scale and small scale that work with there bare hands and fucken drinks beer well working you know what they have the same contam rate as any other fucken farm

Jesus man do you even fucken grow anything? Or do you just suck so much?

You know what ass hole up yours

Geinstein said:

Tits on a bull said:

Lol. Thought your name was Goldstein!  Look at message board for edibles. Let's see if peps use glove when mixing substrate.  One of us is bound to learn something!

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Look I've been growing for years without gloves if your technique is right there's no need for gloves.
As for bing clean yes it helps and you should make shore that your as clean as possible but don't be a fucken nut

There's farms that run on massive scale and small scale that work with there bare hands and fucken drinks beer well working you know what they have the same contam rate as any other fucken farm

Jesus man do you even fucken grow anything? Or do you just suck so much?

You know what ass hole up yours

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