Ps.NoName said:

sfmycoman said:

Yea I was a bit worried about that. I was actually more worried about the physical upwards strength of any fruits to push up through 3-4” of uncolonized chips. Or if the mycelium would seek upwards before bearing fruit. I guess we’ll see in 1-2 months.

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3-4" is likely too much to fruit through. How far the mycelium is from the surface depends on if there is grass and stuff there to keep the humidity up.  My ovoids fruiting in grassy spots, the mycelium can be seen at the surface if you spread the grass out.  Some times you get some to pop up in bare mulch and the stem starts an inch under the surface.

I've found adding chips slowly works better than dumping a ton at once.  I've expanded one patch a ton from this spring just by tossing in a handful a few times a week. Also risk invaders with too much spawn.  I had red stem brown tip stink horns take over an ovoid patch.  I think i smothered it with too much spawn and casing layer.

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Land Trout said:

Here’s mine from last year, I sacrificed an old 6hole monotub so they weren’t all smashed side pins. Maybe I could have flooded it and lighted the substrate out, but I think it was worth cutting the tub up. I just let it ride and had this on our table on the back patio, you know, as a conversation piece.
Looked like you guys are getting rain up there?

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Did same. Thanks for the advice.

Tweeq said:

Some pics from this week:

Cyanescens


NZ woodlover (probably Subaeruginosa)


The other Subaeruginosa bed

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Tweeq said:

Some pics from this week:

Cyanescens


NZ woodlover (probably Subaeruginosa)


The other Subaeruginosa bed

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Always a pleasure to see this!

Here the season will end sooner than it starts, it seems. Litle to no rain and early temp drops dangerously close to 0. Oh well.