Stipe-n Cap said:

Smellyhobbit said:

Stipe-n Cap said:

Just because someone looks at a picture only to claim your spawn is bacterial, doesn't make it so. You may not even have bacterial spawn, but it surely doesn't perform the same as axenic spawn.

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Could you elaborate on this paragraph for me? I’m a little confused as to what that last sentence means. Does anexic spawn respond in some way I don’t understand?

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I made an addition to the post, but what I meant specifically was that if your spawn sees you through 5 flushes, your spawn is fine. Bacterial spawn won't push 5 flushes, that's essentially what I was saying. If you had bacterial spawn, despite what prognosis the peanut gallery prescribed, it wouldn't flush out 5 times without issues.

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sfmycoman said:

Hi experts ,

I've been watching an outdoor bed of psilocybe cyanescens mycelium developing over the past year. First time watching a bed like this.

I noticed two months or so ago the colony took off. A month later, the colony had subsided, and the mulch/woodchip bed was notably decomposed. I ultimately added a bunch of new woodchips, mostly directly on top. The colony seems to be doing alright but it's sitting under a few inches of mostly not-inoculated chips. With fruiting season coming up, I'm wondering if the mycelium may be too deep for fruits to surface. Would that be possible? Or would the mushrooms find a way up?

In the Bay Area if it matters. I'm thinking about removing the top layer after the current heat wave dies down and we start to dip temps at night.

Any recommendations from the experts?

Thanks!

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huey.bluey said:

I have some Nec D. going to rye berries soon. should I add some wood chips to the top of the coir sub when I spawn? I'm supposed to use poo but I don't have any atm.

Got my first plins on MDK T0 9/2/23 MPA

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Tiamo said:

My coir just does not want to expand. Same brand again, 4th brick this time. I've poured boiling water on the brick, an hour later the brick is still the same size sitting in hot water. The next day the brick is slightly larger sitting in lukewarm water. I can then break it up by hand (very hard) but the chunks coming off don't seem to absorb any of the water. Now I just have coco chunks in cold water. If I spend even more time I can sqeeze the chunks and force them to absorb the water.

Anyone ever had coir that behaves this way and how to fix it or should I just trash it? I've spawned some tubs with it but its about an hour of work to get every brick "hydrated" in this way and yields very little sub.

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Screwup said:

Tiamo said:

My coir just does not want to expand. Same brand again, 4th brick this time. I've poured boiling water on the brick, an hour later the brick is still the same size sitting in hot water. The next day the brick is slightly larger sitting in lukewarm water. I can then break it up by hand (very hard) but the chunks coming off don't seem to absorb any of the water. Now I just have coco chunks in cold water. If I spend even more time I can sqeeze the chunks and force them to absorb the water.

Anyone ever had coir that behaves this way and how to fix it or should I just trash it? I've spawned some tubs with it but its about an hour of work to get every brick "hydrated" in this way and yields very little sub.

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I have a very hard time believing you’re buying the correct post pics of items please.

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This is the product: https://amzn.eu/d/9XRWhbs

I read the reviews now and lots of people saying they're having the same issue.

Here it is expanded to about 4 liters from a 600 gram brick.



Here it is spawned to a tub (at about 7 days after spawning)