lifescientist said:

Sorry I'm not trying to be difficult I"m trying to better understand this. I found this on the Hitchhiker guide (which I only recently discovered):

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Why am I getting blobs? Penis Envy tends to "blob".  Rather than growing nice little dongs like the pictures showed when you purchased your culture, you're getting ugly little warts that will grow into big ugly toads. This is part of the nature of Penis Envy varieties and we all struggle with blobs from time to time. Yes, you can still eat them. If they are very thick, (like any very thick mushroom) you should slice them up before you dry them. Yes, they're still every bit as potent as the dongs. Typically, you'll get a wave of blobs on your first flush and then subsequent flushes will produce some dongs. Its always tempting for noobs to want to grow penis envy as their first attempt, and I personally don't think this is a great idea for this reason. I recommend using Stipe-n Cap's "pseudo-casing" technique to help mitigate this issue. I also use this technique for nearly every variety I grow and you'll see that it is included in my "Beefy Tub" tek previous discussed in the HHG pt. 1.

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Are these Mycogone because they are blobs or are they Mycogone because they are reddish colored? Is the reddish color Mycogone or is it "mushroom urine" or whatever? That's where I'm having a hard time.

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Mr Piggy said:

Amber as fuck.

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So just to be super clear I trust your judgement 100% and want to make sure I understand what you're seeing here in order to educate myself and better assist others in the future. The only in-focus amber in that pic I see looks dry and the liquid seems clear. I was able to find this suuper crappy picture of my last blobs that I think appear similar? I'm still working on dialing in my tubs since getting my new space set up in July and this one was pretty fucked, way too wet. Well aware this sub looks terrible



All the dark spots in this pic were dry when I took the pic. The places in my pics where it looks like there might be amber liquid is actually clear liquid sitting on top of darker areas of myc. These blobs were a pain in the ass to harvest but were otherwise healthy when I cut them open to dry. Different pic from the same tub, this ended up being a 90g blob at harvest.



All of the areas that ended up blobbing started as just dark, thick myc which then started to grow into whatever happened here. You can see a patch of that next to the blob in the second pic with blobs on one side and bare myc on the other. That liquid was completely clear, the coloration in the pic is just from the myc itself. Is this actually some sort of contam I'm just not familiar with? I've only seen mycogone a couple of times in my tubs but it was pretty clearly very unhealthy growth with a lot of very dark amber liquid obviously oozing out of it.

Saxifrage said:

So just to be super clear I trust your judgement 100%

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Well that makes one of us

I absolutely could be wrong, it could be blobs.  I haven't grown PE with any serious intent since 2018, so it's been a long time since I've seen them in person.

It just seems a bit more sus than the blobs I'm used to seeing, and I really don't like the overall discoloration. 

Guess we'll find out

lifescientist said:

Do you guys dishwash the lids too or only the jar? The lid has polyfill. btw I needed help with the polyfill I literally struggled with winding it nice and tight. One of my friends did it

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L3N said:

I'm thinking about getting a 5 disc ultrasonic humidifier from house of hydro for a grow tent 51x51x68 inches. I'm going to get the special coating to double the warranty.

Good idea? Know something better? Tips, tricks, cheat codes and wild opinions all welcome.

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wizardsjeffery said:

Hey, Should be a quick one here. How long after the veil breaks can i wait before harvesting? I just checked my current grow and a few decided to grow twice as fast as the rest and their veil has already come down, while the bulk of the batch dosen't look close yet.i Just want to open it the minimum amount of times i can, but don't want the ones that a ready to be sacrificed. Thanks in advance!

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Sinn said:

Hi guys. First time grower here. I'd like some opinions of my fruits if possible.

The bottom right cake is a slow grower. It took almost a week longer to colonize its jar (very little rhizomorphic growth compared to the other 3). That's probably why its fruits are just showing their heads.

I was hoping to get some spores from the bigger one, but it looks like it already broke its veil. But I'm not sure if it already dropped spores. There's some black on its stem but nothing below it (don't mistake the vermiculite below for it). It grew crazy fast, before work it didn't look like a mature fruit to me and when I came back (12h later, long day tbh) it was already like in the picture.

All criticism is welcome. Thank you.

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squigglez said:

are slants the only good long term storage or can regular plates or LCs also be kept long term?

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