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how do I know when to harvest?
    #26831683 - 07/19/20 12:00 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

growing quite a bit in the last day, am I close to harvest? I don't see the veil that everyone seems to be talking about, what am I missing?



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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: plotikai]
    #26831706 - 07/19/20 12:20 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

You're ready to harvest now.


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: plotikai]
    #26831791 - 07/19/20 02:00 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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growing quite a bit in the last day, am I close to harvest? I don't see the veil that everyone seems to be talking about, what am I missing?






Because the veil has already opened. If you can see the gills under the cap that means the veil has opened. If


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: redhandmat]
    #26831805 - 07/19/20 02:18 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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Because the veil has already opened. If you can see the gills under the cap that means the veil has opened. If





he's right, & it's a good time to harvest. either right now or maybe a few hours before where you still can't see the gills (bc the veil is there) is the best time to harvest from general consensus, but you can harvest later if you want. i prefer to avoid spores if i can, though


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #26831840 - 07/19/20 02:53 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Sometimes the veil isn’t that noticeable or you get shrooms without one.


You can usually go by the cap shape. It’ll go round and then start to open up into typical mushroom shape like yours are now. I like to grab them a little early when they’re round but it’s not a big deal.

This ones got a big veil about to rip


Round caps before they start to open


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: A.k.a]
    #26832289 - 07/19/20 10:31 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Thanks guys, i harvested this morning and it looks like I was a bit late, I'm assuming that black colour on the tops are spores that have dropped?



I got a few side pins, is this from the sides not being compact enough? I didn't use a liner but from what I've read it doesn't matter?

I hydrated the substate quite a bit, just going to put it back on the shelf as is and expect the second flush in another couple weeks.

Here is my second tub, I'm guessing this is also right at the perfect time to harvest:


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: plotikai]
    #26832325 - 07/19/20 11:00 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Nice those all look great.

Sidepins can be from less than optimal surface conditions but yours look fine. Sometimes they just happen no matter what.


What type are those? You don’t see them that tall with small caps very often.


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: A.k.a]
    #26832393 - 07/19/20 11:44 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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Nice those all look great.

Sidepins can be from less than optimal surface conditions but yours look fine. Sometimes they just happen no matter what.


What type are those? You don’t see them that tall with small caps very often.




stropharia cubensis Cuban

As I'm cleaning up the harvest is it good practice to rinse the substrate off? Is the active ingredient inside the mushroom or on the surface? I dont want to accidently wash it all off lol...

Can I eat wet mushrooms? Do I need to eat 10x as much for the same effect? Or is it better to dry and take as I regularly do?


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: plotikai]
    #26832442 - 07/19/20 12:09 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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stropharia cubensis Cuban

As I'm cleaning up the harvest is it good practice to rinse the substrate off? Is the active ingredient inside the mushroom or on the surface? I dont want to accidently wash it all off lol...

Can I eat wet mushrooms? Do I need to eat 10x as much for the same effect? Or is it better to dry and take as I regularly do?




You mean removing the coir from the roots? Just use your hands, no need to wash the mushrooms. As a general rule we say that 90% of the mushroom is water (but it varies by a good margin). So lets say that you want a 3g trip, you'd have to eat 30g fresh mushrooms for that effect. But what I have read, fresh is more potent than dried.

Some people dry around 100g so they see what the water content is, and then they make mushroom tea of the fresh weight to freeze. Just to have an idea of what the real dosage should be.


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: plotikai]
    #26832505 - 07/19/20 12:58 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

How much light was on the tub? If they didn't get enough light that could be the reason they're so tall.


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: Kernale]
    #26832521 - 07/19/20 01:07 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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How much light was on the tub? If they didn't get enough light that could be the reason they're so tall.




no direct light, just ambient light from my living room window


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Re: how do I know when to harvest? [Re: plotikai]
    #26832535 - 07/19/20 01:13 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Well usually that's plenty. You could try more direct light, you might end up with stockier fruits. But then again it could just be genetics causing it; but that's unlikely if you inoculated with spores. At the end of the day it might not make any difference to yield/potency, just appearance. It might be easier to load a dehydrator with shorter fruits, that's all I can think of.


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