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Zenn
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Re: Psilocybe Cyanescens Indoors. Mulch box. Update: darkening caps. Water-logged? [Re: Zenn]
#26992025 - 10/18/20 09:00 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Newest flush about ready, smaller caps but as title says I have some thoughts on what caused the blackening to happen before.
I did some researching and the most likely scenario I read of was someone saying that it can happen when it has been particularly wet and then quite windy.
So I decided to put the lid back on the box and I do believe it is helping. Seems I was mistaken to think just the moss layer sufficient enough for humidity next to the window, especially after misting. Whereas the lid still allows for air flow aswell as humidity to be kept (lid is propped open slightly, to alow flow in from the top as well as the wholes around box).
It seems so far that a few of the larger affected, are healing. Others are very small and maybe aborted. One of the smaller specimens I picked, I cut the cap open and down the stipe to see where inside was effected. It seems to just begin in the cap, stipe remains healthy, unless (during windy phase) it progressed further in a weaker/smaller specimen which tend to end up aborting.
So, it could be since when wet the caps are sensitive and somewhat gelatinous, if wind or air is too dry around fruits it could be like a wind blister? But when humidity is able to return, it can hault or lessen the blisters damage.
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Re: Psilocybe Cyanescens Indoors. Mulch box. Update: pics [Re: Zenn] 1
#26992228 - 10/19/20 02:26 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Psilocybe Cyanescens Indoors. Mulch box. Update: pics [Re: Zenn]
#27065743 - 12/01/20 03:44 AM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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great job brother! monitoring this thread for sure
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Re: Ps. Cyanescens mycelium in mulch box. Pinning 1st pics [Re: Zenn]
#27065855 - 12/01/20 07:06 AM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Happy to see your work in here guys-- thought I'd post here to check in because I just put some Ps. Cyan spores to agar today, and it will be my first time attempting a woody.
The print was pretty awful looking when I finally opened it-- looks like it was a wet shroom laid on the foil, so I expect contams and some cleaning up on plates will be required but who knows.
I love seeing your approaches in here-- it's almost exactly what I was thinking of doing-- except I will be using more basic sub components--
My plan in my tub is agar>rye>alder pellets/sawdust>hardwood chips>forest soil casing--
I have an outdoor closet I plan on keeping it in once it gets mostly colonized. I'm in 8a so winter is just getting here and it'll probably be next year before I'll see anything, but I'd like to spread the colonized spawn to the surface of all of my larger potted plants too so I can get the full ecosystem going.
Any advice on protecting it in the summer? I know to keep it shaded, and I think I'll plant some grass or something like that in it to "seal" the surface up and provide some shade, but it's a south facing balcony so I'm trying to plan ahead on how to avoid baking it-- should it be brought indoors if it's too hot?
Thanks again for the thread--

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It's still alive [Re: coAsTal]
#27370434 - 07/01/21 12:56 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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UPDATE. Been a while since I've been on the site, but thought I'd drop a little message to say this mulch box is still alive! It went dormant for a while, but I have noticed new threads creeping up to the surface. After I had harvested I had tried to add a little layer of coir and leaves but it went dormant. Kept it in the window until recently when it got a lot hotter, moved it below the window and wrapped it with the bin liner it is in to keep humidity around it like when doing the original 1st layers. Also put up a couple little boards to protect it from the sun. Have checked in on it and there appears to be signs of life still. Little threads reaching for the bits of leaves etc.
So, I might try feed it with more leaves and maybe straw mulch or soaked wood shavings to see if it will continue to grow. I am very surprised it is still alive!
@ coAsTal, how is yours going?
I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply. Not been on in a while. For summer obviously keeping it shaded like you said, I maybe posted this previously in this thread:
Spawn Run:. Temperature 65-75 F. Humidity 90 + %
Primordia Formation: Temperature 45-55 F. Humidity 95 - 100 %
Cropping: Temperature 50-65 F. Humidity 90- 95%
I found this as a guide to be useful. If it gets hotter then maybe bring it indoors if that is a better temperature range.
Edited by Zenn (07/01/21 01:17 PM)
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Re: It's still alive [Re: Zenn]
#27387915 - 07/14/21 08:17 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Here are the first signs of life after rehoming mulch box. I broke the old brick into bits, the softer parts more likely the fully spent myc, but there were still a lot of firmer myc left. No signs of contamination or any bad smells. I got a bigger box, bin liner and started layering the large broken brick with new mixed substrate.
As per how I started feeding the original mulch box I went more simplified but still using the same oak base:
Oak leaves Mixed leaves Straw mulch Oak wood shavings Coir (that was in dried plant pots, had herbs in it that I forgot to feed so it dried out. Pots had been kept in the same room as mulch box) Gypsum. I pasteurized the above mixture when dehydrating the coir.
So far it has been about a week and here you can see the first few signs of life. Will be fun to see how it pans out this year.
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Re: It's still alive [Re: Zenn]
#27388708 - 07/15/21 12:20 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nooo! I go to check today and I see the dreaded green spores in bottom right. I remove from the box to see and it had started on the side too. I tried to take some of the seemingly non infected areas from the other end of the box to save it but I'm not sure if I can, because so far any time I got trich it's been a death sentence.
To say I'm gutted is an understatement.many swear words.
Would it even be worth taking to the garden to see if nature could help out? I'm not even sure if the parts I removed would succeed
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Re: It's still alive [Re: Zenn]
#27401120 - 07/25/21 01:39 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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