Sippin Coffee said:

I had a couple of mushrooms develop this Knott on top of them. It was just 2-3 of them. Should I be concerned?

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Sippin Coffee said:

I had a couple of mushrooms develop this Knott on top of them. It was just 2-3 of them. Should I be concerned?

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Way said:

I'd say you have a really good chance, especially with the two on the left.

All you can do is let them go and try not to swing too hard in the other direction. I also suspect 3250ml of water may be a bit too much. It's always better to be slightly too dry than too wet.

Did you weigh out your coir before adding water? Bricks are all different weights.

Normally it isn't necessary to flip the lid, at least in my experience. Normally they don't get that wet though.

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Darth Vader said:

Yahra said:

Most capsules are made from gelatin too. There are vegan capsules though.

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Yeah I was just asking if in a gummie recipe if agar agar could be used Lol

We have the vegan capsules

Thanks

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altford78 said:

Way said:

I'd say you have a really good chance, especially with the two on the left.

All you can do is let them go and try not to swing too hard in the other direction. I also suspect 3250ml of water may be a bit too much. It's always better to be slightly too dry than too wet.

Did you weigh out your coir before adding water? Bricks are all different weights.

Normally it isn't necessary to flip the lid, at least in my experience. Normally they don't get that wet though.

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I usually start thinking of FAE once I see some myc appear on the surface. I think condensation on the lid is pretty normal, especially for the first few days ? I mean you just dumped a bunch of wet coir in there, it's gonna condense somewhere.

I sometimes put a spacer between the lid and the rim, like a paper clip or something, especially if I have the shoeboxes stacked and the bottom one gets squished.

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mushhead said:

Darth Vader said:

Yahra said:

Most capsules are made from gelatin too. There are vegan capsules though.

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Yeah I was just asking if in a gummie recipe if agar agar could be used Lol

We have the vegan capsules

Thanks

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Yes, they can be used, agar-agar is seaweed or algae extract which are both plants.
There are no fish or animal byproducts in agar.

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Yeah, just curious if it could work, but wonder how it might taste or the texture might be different or if anyone here had to make shelf stable gummies with agar agar instead of gelatin?

bongoman said:

First flush of Shooting Stars — they seem to be developing in an odd way, longer stems and small caps? Just let them ride for now?

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Pandaskis said:

Is 12 hours too long to bottom water for? I know there are some TC's say you can dunk for even up 24 hours. Whats the consensus on this haha

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LtLurker said:

Pandaskis said:

Is 12 hours too long to bottom water for? I know there are some TC's say you can dunk for even up 24 hours. Whats the consensus on this haha

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A cake? No
A substrate? 12 is iffy IME but you should let it run and see. Had them go fine and get sour round this mark.

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Darth Vader said:

mushhead said:

Darth Vader said:

Yahra said:

Most capsules are made from gelatin too. There are vegan capsules though.

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Yeah I was just asking if in a gummie recipe if agar agar could be used Lol

We have the vegan capsules

Thanks

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Yes, they can be used, agar-agar is seaweed or algae extract which are both plants.
There are no fish or animal byproducts in agar.

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Yeah, just curious if it could work, but wonder how it might taste or the texture might be different or if anyone here had to make shelf stable gummies with agar agar instead of gelatin?

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Scemilope said:

Pandaskis said:

Probably a really noob question;

But has anyone ever just buried unbroken up BRF cakes in coir in shoeboxes?

Somewhere in between spawning it to bulk and spawning them as cakes?

Is there any con to doing this?

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I just did, we'll see how it goes. 😂

9 intact 4oz brf cakes - cased with coir

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PanikAttak said:

PanikAttak said:

So here’s an update on my situation. Are these the “blobs” I hear so much about that can come from PE? Or did I just create something horrible? Took the advice here and put the lid back on them and left them alone (until just now to take photos)













Are these side pins/blobs? And what should I do about them?

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Bump, unsure if this is wet bubble or blobs.

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Im thinking like shoeboxes. I poured a little bit less in water than I harvested in shrooms on my first flush by weight

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LtLurker said:

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Im thinking like shoeboxes. I poured a little bit less in water than I harvested in shrooms on my first flush by weight

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I dont really look at it that way, I don't measure that.

The issue is sitting in standing water being over saturated. It can get subs really soppy and nasties do really well fast. Cakes last longer since mostly verm, few days they can do the same.

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