deadmandave said:

the man said:

no he meant conditions..

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Yes. I was curious what you did mycosispeon, to get such a nice pinset. No need to thin. Hope it's growing along well.

Pinned, it sounds like you're doing it right, timing is good and temps are reasonable.. Could be a bunk culture. Has it worked in the past? Basic strategy of to wait for full colonization and then just cut a small opening in the bag, pins will form on the surface and then introduce to fruiting. Follow hummus's advice: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/27187063#27187063

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Ah ok. When it started pinning, I cut off the top of the bag maybe 1/2" from the top of the block. Then I covered it with an inverted 2.5 gallon food storage bag in which I cut off both corners so I would have holes big enough to mist into.



It out grew that the other day, so now I have it in a mono with a 2" SFD on each side

pinned said:

First attempt at growing King Oysters but cant get them to pin/fruit.
I have read that a cold shock + good FAE are required so I set some bags in the fridge (40F) for 12hrs and some outside (40-50F) for 12 hours yet nothing has pinned in 2 months. I am using bags and have cut a different kind of slit/cut in every batch with no results. From 0% FAE to 100% FAE. I have cold shocked some bags more than once and waited a week and unfortunately nothing has been working.
Other species like Lion's Mane and cubes grow great so I am guessing this is an ambient temperature problem but that is my uneducated guess.

Any help or recommendations on inducing pinning/fruiting would be much appreciated. 

My tent Setup:
-65-70F degree year round temp
-85%+ humidity
-12/12 light cycle
-Lipa TEK= HWFP+Gypsum Substrate
-Tent Fan is Negative pressure (exhaust blows outdoors)
-Fan is set auto 10 min off W/ 1m min on, on repeat.

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mycosispeon said:

Are these Shiitake bags ready to fruit? Spawned them on 11/28

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Not yet. I just harvested first flush from blocks I spawned first week of October. Ideally the block will get brown all over. You’ve already got the “popcorn,” those bumps forming on all surfaces, and the browning is started. I like them to be completely brown before I fruit them.

This one is about what I’m looking for, minus the fruit obviously.

Phaethon said:

Lion's mane will pin on agar, before the plate is even colonized. It likes to do that in grain jars too if you're not paying attention.

Gourmet cultures are normally not worth cloning from, because the cultures that are distributed tend to either be clones or well-tested single-strain germinations. It shouldn't hurt to try, but the clone culture will not likely perform differently than the mother culture.

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