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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: rhizoRider] 1
#28582080 - 12/14/23 01:40 AM (1 month, 14 days ago) |
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The basic idea is to have one monster motherload patch, we are talking triaxle loads of wood chips… the local electric and tree companies will hook you up for free “”“especially if you have lots of land that’s in the city where it’s hard for them to dump”””
You then can start new patches instantly indoor or out by removing the mycelium mat with a large flat shovel or pitchfork. DO NOT DISTURB THE MYCELIUM MORE THAN NECESSARY. The idea is to transplant when pins are up and let them run through the cycle only to be picked at the very end after they have dropped all the spores. This is instant and mostly guaranteed way to start a patch. Make sure you have natural irrigation and shade, too much groundcover plants are very bad tho because your hauls will rot almost immediately… if you own a forest you can chip all the immature trees and don’t allow brush to take hold. I wrote a shitty tek awhile back detailing the basics of all this.
I use cardboard trays because you can bury the whole thing and it gives the myc something easy to grab onto and get ripping. The super sturdy ones that produce gets shipped in are a gift from god.
As long as there is rain and moderate temps you can expect fruits almost year round with the biggest flushes being in mid spring.
But yea best move for new hunters is as soon as you locate them start building the mother patch and you will have infinite mushroom forever only limited by the number of hours you want to spend harvesting.
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Shroomhunts]
#28582294 - 12/14/23 07:51 AM (1 month, 14 days ago) |
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I just love the idea of bringing freezing mycelium inside during the winter and making it think it's spring and time to fruit when it thaws out, seems like a logical and potentially very easy approach, very cool info everyone!
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Moria841]
#28589303 - 12/19/23 03:08 AM (1 month, 9 days ago) |
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Bit off topic, but I was going through some old sound effects and found this one composed for BBC's Radiophonic Workshop and the sci-fi TV series "Blake's 7" called "Appearence Of The Ovoid (A Stone Surrounded In Mystery And Magic)":
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Anglerfish] 3
#28605741 - 01/01/24 11:57 AM (26 days, 21 hours ago) |
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Sure enough. Took about a week and a half from moving it inside to see pins. The temps outside have been very mild. It was in the low 60s the other day. I wonder if it’s just about the mycelium getting to a certain stage of maturity before they go.
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Sk8nshram]
#28607629 - 01/02/24 07:33 PM (25 days, 14 hours ago) |
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Those look soooo cool 😎 and healthy
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Sk8nshram]
#28607770 - 01/02/24 09:52 PM (25 days, 12 hours ago) |
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Sk8nshram said:


Sure enough. Took about a week and a half from moving it inside to see pins. The temps outside have been very mild. It was in the low 60s the other day. I wonder if it’s just about the mycelium getting to a certain stage of maturity before they go.
I think it’s pretty clear that their fruiting schedule is tied to environmental factors associated with springtime.
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Shroomhunts]
#28607778 - 01/02/24 09:57 PM (25 days, 11 hours ago) |
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Shroomhunts said: The basic idea is to have one monster motherload patch, we are talking triaxle loads of wood chips… the local electric and tree companies will hook you up for free “”“especially if you have lots of land that’s in the city where it’s hard for them to dump”””
You then can start new patches instantly indoor or out by removing the mycelium mat with a large flat shovel or pitchfork. DO NOT DISTURB THE MYCELIUM MORE THAN NECESSARY. The idea is to transplant when pins are up and let them run through the cycle only to be picked at the very end after they have dropped all the spores. This is instant and mostly guaranteed way to start a patch. Make sure you have natural irrigation and shade, too much groundcover plants are very bad tho because your hauls will rot almost immediately… if you own a forest you can chip all the immature trees and don’t allow brush to take hold. I wrote a shitty tek awhile back detailing the basics of all this.
I use cardboard trays because you can bury the whole thing and it gives the myc something easy to grab onto and get ripping. The super sturdy ones that produce gets shipped in are a gift from god.
As long as there is rain and moderate temps you can expect fruits almost year round with the biggest flushes being in mid spring.
But yea best move for new hunters is as soon as you locate them start building the mother patch and you will have infinite mushroom forever only limited by the number of hours you want to spend harvesting.
I’ve seen all kinds of mulch patches and I’ve never seen one that fruits almost all year round. Not even close. You might be embellishing.
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: koods]
#28608821 - 01/03/24 06:29 PM (24 days, 15 hours ago) |
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Shroomhunts said: The basic idea is to have one monster motherload patch, we are talking triaxle loads of wood chips… the local electric and tree companies will hook you up for free “”“especially if you have lots of land that’s in the city where it’s hard for them to dump”””
You then can start new patches instantly indoor or out by removing the mycelium mat with a large flat shovel or pitchfork. DO NOT DISTURB THE MYCELIUM MORE THAN NECESSARY. The idea is to transplant when pins are up and let them run through the cycle only to be picked at the very end after they have dropped all the spores. This is instant and mostly guaranteed way to start a patch. Make sure you have natural irrigation and shade, too much groundcover plants are very bad tho because your hauls will rot almost immediately… if you own a forest you can chip all the immature trees and don’t allow brush to take hold. I wrote a shitty tek awhile back detailing the basics of all this.
I use cardboard trays because you can bury the whole thing and it gives the myc something easy to grab onto and get ripping. The super sturdy ones that produce gets shipped in are a gift from god.
As long as there is rain and moderate temps you can expect fruits almost year round with the biggest flushes being in mid spring.
But yea best move for new hunters is as soon as you locate them start building the mother patch and you will have infinite mushroom forever only limited by the number of hours you want to spend harvesting.
I’ve seen all kinds of mulch patches and I’ve never seen one that fruits almost all year round. Not even close. You might be embellishing.
Bro they literally grow thru the ice here I’ll wait till be get a good freeze to grab some fresh pics

If you keep the environmental conditions controlled, ideally with some sort of heat source for winter and shade for summer with constant moisture you can see fruits year round the big flushes happen when the conditions are most ideal.
Harsh winters and very dry summers can put a stop to fruiting.
If one were to say have an irrigated landscaping bed in between two large buildings in the city that are heated you can pick most the year for one example of an ideal spot.
Another good choice would be somewhere were hot water runoff from a neighborhood lays by a stream or river most localities are completely integrated into public sewage systems here so you don’t see that very often.
If you had a spot with natural spring water coming from the ground straight up you may even be able to engage in some underwater picking when the soils saturate in the spring.

Thermal conductivity of the soil is important as well, most of the mycelium growth happens close to the surface, maybe because they myc needs to breath O2 but how fast the ground heats and cools vastly impacts fungus and plant growth. You’ll know this if you ever try to grow a lawn on a new construction house with clay and no topsoil you might as well give up.
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Shroomhunts]
#28609854 - 01/04/24 07:33 PM (23 days, 14 hours ago) |
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cool ice pic! I keep an eye on my patch. It goes off almost like clockwork every year. Starts around the last week of April through mid june. i've yet to get a fall fruit. Took a peak under the leaves and things are looking good, lots of new mycelium tearing up the wood chips.
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Re: Official 2023 East Coast Ovoideocystidiata Thread [Re: Ps.NoName]
#28610276 - 01/05/24 09:15 AM (23 days, 37 minutes ago) |
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