AspectOfTheCreator said:

80% failure rate.








I dont have pics of the agar but it was just generic, clean round symetrical LMEA plates that dont contam even when saved for months after use. As a test, Ive kept blank agar plates open while doing a2g and contam never shows up even months later. It will show up if i cough on it. All my jars colonize the same, look the same. They always get trich right when fruiting should start. Ive used sfd stickers, sfd discs with atv glue. My success rate with agar is 100%. My jars always colonize within 2-3 weeks. Always look clean. No grains against glass. Before the shake prior to spawning I check the headspace above the grains for any stray uncolonized grains against the glass or inner lid. I also remove the agar wedge with a spoon. I spawn to coco bliss coir prepped via bucket tek with 4.6x its mass in water. 1:2.5:0.5 (1 qt spawn mixed with 2.5 qt coir pseudo cased with 0.5 qt coir).

I delt with this issue when first coming back to cult except had 100% failure. Went to about 100% success (all spawn yielding 1 oz dry or more) despite not really changing much. Now, inexplicably back to huge failure rate. I use pennington wbs prepped fooman style PCed at 18 psi for 2 hours. One piece metal lids with sfd sticker or atv glued sfd. Spawn to just plain coir. Everything always seems perfect. Everything colonizes well, surface conditions are good. Then bam, right around the time I expect fruits I get trich.

People are going to tell me my spawn is off but it looks no different from when I had high success rates spawning PE to a 1:6 ratio.

On the bright side, over the past 2 years I have grown more mush then I know what to do with in 10 life times. I could get out the game for awhile but I genuinely enjoy the hobby and would like to figure out why I cant grow consistently even at this point. After my past success throwing up canopies of harder to cult mush like pans, nats, enigma, and penis envy.

If anyone has any out the box ideas im open to listen. Someone recommended I spawn infront of a flow hood. I like the idea but am not open to purchasing one.

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lifescientist said:

Hey guys basically I have no idea what to do here. These are about 2.5 weeks colonized. The smell is luscious, can't describe it. Just smells nice, like the forest after a nice rainy day. I have them in my bathroom. I followed pasty's guide for a monotub. My I have 6 holes still taped, and another set, higher up, that are open. Wtf do I do? Where do I go for the next step here?

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

80% failure rate.








I dont have pics of the agar but it was just generic, clean round symetrical LMEA plates that dont contam even when saved for months after use. As a test, Ive kept blank agar plates open while doing a2g and contam never shows up even months later. It will show up if i cough on it. All my jars colonize the same, look the same. They always get trich right when fruiting should start. Ive used sfd stickers, sfd discs with atv glue. My success rate with agar is 100%. My jars always colonize within 2-3 weeks. Always look clean. No grains against glass. Before the shake prior to spawning I check the headspace above the grains for any stray uncolonized grains against the glass or inner lid. I also remove the agar wedge with a spoon. I spawn to coco bliss coir prepped via bucket tek with 4.6x its mass in water. 1:2.5:0.5 (1 qt spawn mixed with 2.5 qt coir pseudo cased with 0.5 qt coir).

I delt with this issue when first coming back to cult except had 100% failure. Went to about 100% success (all spawn yielding 1 oz dry or more) despite not really changing much. Now, inexplicably back to huge failure rate. I use pennington wbs prepped fooman style PCed at 18 psi for 2 hours. One piece metal lids with sfd sticker or atv glued sfd. Spawn to just plain coir. Everything always seems perfect. Everything colonizes well, surface conditions are good. Then bam, right around the time I expect fruits I get trich.

People are going to tell me my spawn is off but it looks no different from when I had high success rates spawning PE to a 1:6 ratio.

On the bright side, over the past 2 years I have grown more mush then I know what to do with in 10 life times. I could get out the game for awhile but I genuinely enjoy the hobby and would like to figure out why I cant grow consistently even at this point. After my past success throwing up canopies of harder to cult mush like pans, nats, enigma, and penis envy.

If anyone has any out the box ideas im open to listen. Someone recommended I spawn infront of a flow hood. I like the idea but am not open to purchasing one.

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

I dont have pics of the agar but it was just generic, clean round symetrical LMEA plates that dont contam even when saved for months after use. As a test, Ive kept blank agar plates open while doing a2g and contam never shows up even months later. It will show up if i cough on it. All my jars colonize the same, look the same. They always get trich right when fruiting should start. Ive used sfd stickers, sfd discs with atv glue. My success rate with agar is 100%. My jars always colonize within 2-3 weeks. Always look clean. No grains against glass. Before the shake prior to spawning I check the headspace above the grains for any stray uncolonized grains against the glass or inner lid. I also remove the agar wedge with a spoon. I spawn to coco bliss coir prepped via bucket tek with 4.6x its mass in water. 1:2.5:0.5 (1 qt spawn mixed with 2.5 qt coir pseudo cased with 0.5 qt coir).

I delt with this issue when first coming back to cult except had 100% failure. Went to about 100% success (all spawn yielding 1 oz dry or more) despite not really changing much. Now, inexplicably back to huge failure rate. I use pennington wbs prepped fooman style PCed at 18 psi for 2 hours. One piece metal lids with sfd sticker or atv glued sfd. Spawn to just plain coir. Everything always seems perfect. Everything colonizes well, surface conditions are good. Then bam, right around the time I expect fruits I get trich.

People are going to tell me my spawn is off but it looks no different from when I had high success rates spawning PE to a 1:6 ratio.

On the bright side, over the past 2 years I have grown more mush then I know what to do with in 10 life times. I could get out the game for awhile but I genuinely enjoy the hobby and would like to figure out why I cant grow consistently even at this point. After my past success throwing up canopies of harder to cult mush like pans, nats, enigma, and penis envy.

If anyone has any out the box ideas im open to listen. Someone recommended I spawn infront of a flow hood. I like the idea but am not open to purchasing one.

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What are the chances that the bucket used for your bucket tek was contaminated with a nutrition source?  It might not hurt to scrub it out and make sure there's nothing left in there contaminating your coco...

lifescientist said:

Haven't read it, just following Frank's guide but fruiting and stuff has me confused. Where can I find it?

Edit: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22337800

This one?

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ThurmanMurman said:

lifescientist said:

Haven't read it, just following Frank's guide but fruiting and stuff has me confused. Where can I find it?

Edit: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22337800

This one?

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No. I really need to figure out how to link shit in a post.

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KlarnEvil9 said:

ThurmanMurman said:

lifescientist said:

Haven't read it, just following Frank's guide but fruiting and stuff has me confused. Where can I find it?

Edit: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22337800

This one?

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No. I really need to figure out how to link shit in a post.

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Easy peasy. Copy the link, then highlight the text you want the link to be, click the link icon - has a globe on it, just left of the anchor. Paste your copied URL in the box and click ok. The text you selected will now be highlighted and clickable.

Example - HHG link

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Dala said:

Here's a hyperlink how-to by Ziran

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

80% failure rate.








I dont have pics of the agar but it was just generic, clean round symetrical LMEA plates that dont contam even when saved for months after use. As a test, Ive kept blank agar plates open while doing a2g and contam never shows up even months later. It will show up if i cough on it. All my jars colonize the same, look the same. They always get trich right when fruiting should start. Ive used sfd stickers, sfd discs with atv glue. My success rate with agar is 100%. My jars always colonize within 2-3 weeks. Always look clean. No grains against glass. Before the shake prior to spawning I check the headspace above the grains for any stray uncolonized grains against the glass or inner lid. I also remove the agar wedge with a spoon. I spawn to coco bliss coir prepped via bucket tek with 4.6x its mass in water. 1:2.5:0.5 (1 qt spawn mixed with 2.5 qt coir pseudo cased with 0.5 qt coir).

I delt with this issue when first coming back to cult except had 100% failure. Went to about 100% success (all spawn yielding 1 oz dry or more) despite not really changing much. Now, inexplicably back to huge failure rate. I use pennington wbs prepped fooman style PCed at 18 psi for 2 hours. One piece metal lids with sfd sticker or atv glued sfd. Spawn to just plain coir. Everything always seems perfect. Everything colonizes well, surface conditions are good. Then bam, right around the time I expect fruits I get trich.

People are going to tell me my spawn is off but it looks no different from when I had high success rates spawning PE to a 1:6 ratio.

On the bright side, over the past 2 years I have grown more mush then I know what to do with in 10 life times. I could get out the game for awhile but I genuinely enjoy the hobby and would like to figure out why I cant grow consistently even at this point. After my past success throwing up canopies of harder to cult mush like pans, nats, enigma, and penis envy.

If anyone has any out the box ideas im open to listen. Someone recommended I spawn infront of a flow hood. I like the idea but am not open to purchasing one.

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Kloakk said:

That is good to know, at this point I don't see the need to do more then 7 jars, but then again, I remember starting out with a plastic fermentation bucket, ikea kettle and some bottles. 7 years later, I have the Brewzilla gen 4, 2 fermzilla all rounder, 9 Cornelius kegs, 6 tap fridge and about 400kg of grain...


I've search a little, but still wondering what the cons and pros of modded vs unmodded lids are. Would love to hear what all of you do and why.

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Radamanto said:

Hey guys, is it normal for the mycellium inside a grain jar to bruise after shaking the jar? I'm pretty sure it's bruising and not a contaminant because it appeared in less than 30 minutes after shaking and it's the same color as freshly harvested bruised shrooms.

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Depends on culture.. these semps did every time


Couple days after shake


And were much more blue in person

AspectOfTheCreator said:

80% failure rate.








I dont have pics of the agar but it was just generic, clean round symetrical LMEA plates that dont contam even when saved for months after use. As a test, Ive kept blank agar plates open while doing a2g and contam never shows up even months later. It will show up if i cough on it. All my jars colonize the same, look the same. They always get trich right when fruiting should start. Ive used sfd stickers, sfd discs with atv glue. My success rate with agar is 100%. My jars always colonize within 2-3 weeks. Always look clean. No grains against glass. Before the shake prior to spawning I check the headspace above the grains for any stray uncolonized grains against the glass or inner lid. I also remove the agar wedge with a spoon. I spawn to coco bliss coir prepped via bucket tek with 4.6x its mass in water. 1:2.5:0.5 (1 qt spawn mixed with 2.5 qt coir pseudo cased with 0.5 qt coir).

I delt with this issue when first coming back to cult except had 100% failure. Went to about 100% success (all spawn yielding 1 oz dry or more) despite not really changing much. Now, inexplicably back to huge failure rate. I use pennington wbs prepped fooman style PCed at 18 psi for 2 hours. One piece metal lids with sfd sticker or atv glued sfd. Spawn to just plain coir. Everything always seems perfect. Everything colonizes well, surface conditions are good. Then bam, right around the time I expect fruits I get trich.

People are going to tell me my spawn is off but it looks no different from when I had high success rates spawning PE to a 1:6 ratio.

On the bright side, over the past 2 years I have grown more mush then I know what to do with in 10 life times. I could get out the game for awhile but I genuinely enjoy the hobby and would like to figure out why I cant grow consistently even at this point. After my past success throwing up canopies of harder to cult mush like pans, nats, enigma, and penis envy.

If anyone has any out the box ideas im open to listen. Someone recommended I spawn infront of a flow hood. I like the idea but am not open to purchasing one.

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