space.madness said:

Sawgill on agar. High hopes for this one. Colonizes a bottle in like 3 days

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Any tips for growing sawgill?

It is so aggressive, im thinking it can work on a bucket tek for me amid my high contam risk

JW123 said:

Lions mane. My first success of any kind with gourmets. All criticism and advice welcome. I am very excited, I needed a win.

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3.A.M said:

Inoculated a burst bag with shiitake thinking it wouldn’t be a loss if it didn’t pull through as it’d be fruiting in summer, taped the hole and watched trich spread then get stopped by the myc, it stayed soft and green for about 2 months then went hard and looked like this

A month later I’ve got fruits, I’m sure the green will show up again but I’m impressed, shiitake don’t care

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A.k.a said:

You can fruit stuff like chestnut, kings, or black pearl in the bags if you get the ones with the .5 filters (I think it’s .5)

Oysters and lions mane need a massive amount of fresh air. I’ve successfully fruited them by misting inside a grocery bag once or twice a day and putting it over the block though also.

If you’re somewhere humid you can just open air fruit also.

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JW123 said:

For now I am, but I have another bag of lions mane and two shiitakes that I am probably going to try to fruit in a water tub.
Edit: shout out to Phaethon for the cultures. Thank you very much.

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space.madness said:

Check out this Timmy. Really wanted to grow upside down. If the rest of them keep this up, I'll need to take them out for a deep walk in the woods...

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A.k.a said:

You can fruit stuff like chestnut, kings, or black pearl in the bags if you get the ones with the .5 filters (I think it’s .5)

Oysters and lions mane need a massive amount of fresh air. I’ve successfully fruited them by misting inside a grocery bag once or twice a day and putting it over the block though also.

If you’re somewhere humid you can just open air fruit also.

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Phaethon said:

I'm glad they're working out for you!

My experience with lion's mane in a tub has been fairly unsatisfactory, very sprawly growth instead of tight little poofs. Still tastes good despite it all though. I added some aquarium bubbler stones to the water when I put the bottles back in for a second fruiting, and some of them at least seem to be starting nicer looking fruits. But I've now got some bottles with a bit of standing water, so I still need to dial that in...

Shiitake in a plain tub with poly stuffed or micropore tape covered holes (no water on the bottom, just daily misting) has worked well for me though.

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