Mark_M said:

The Tao said:

Looks good to me. Mushrooms are growing and there are lots of pins and knots. No caps turning black, nothings stopped growing since yesterday.
Caps start out dark brown and lighten up, stipes are often slightly coloured. Lighting and editing can certainly change the way things look but I don’t see anything odd.
Post another picture tomorrow to track progress.

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Thanks, will do. Next picture I'll include a piece of plain white paper so the white balance of the image is obvious. The lighting is warm LED lighting so possibly a bit of a factor.

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This might be two days later... On pic has the white paper as promised... One way or another it's all very alive:)  Also you can see in the last pic it's been growing into the coir bed pretty quickly.

Myndful said:

How long would lc stay viable in the refrigerator?

I've heard some sources say 6months...some even 12months.

Thanks

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EniQma said:

Out of oats, switching to millet. Red or white and best prep?

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Smellyhobbit said:

EniQma said:

Out of oats, switching to millet. Red or white and best prep?

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Either is fine. White is more common.

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/28521007

My WBS prep works perfectly with millet.

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EniQma said:

Smellyhobbit said:

EniQma said:

Out of oats, switching to millet. Red or white and best prep?

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Either is fine. White is more common.

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/28521007

My WBS prep works perfectly with millet.

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Is $40 for 50# of red millet normal? That’s way more than oats!

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BonsaidMycelium said:

Are there any easy to find resources for growing specific strains? I have LC for Cambodian, JMF, GT, and Starry Night. Wondering if there's much difference between the three as far as grows go.

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Smellyhobbit said:

killreflection said:

Smellyhobbit said:

Hard to answer since everyone is different. What would you like to experience?

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I wanna start slow. Or should i not take it slow? What do you recommend, i noticed and loved your advices since i'm on forum.

But let's say i don't want go too much. Or not?

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My first 4-5 experiences all I remember is that I wished I had been brave and taken a lot more, but then I’d get scared next dose and stick with something lower.

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Dala said:

killreflection said:

Any tips from you ir from anyone else?

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If you start feeling overwhelmed, take a nice breath, and take a few more.

If you find yourself fighting the experience, like swimming against the current, take a breath, relax your body and mind, and let the current take you where it will.

See where it takes you and what it shows you.

You can set an agenda for your trip, but the mushrooms may throw that agenda out, and that's a-okay. Take a breath, and go where they take you.

If you find yourself talking to your furniture, that's perfectly normal.

Step outside and admire the gift of nature. Bathe in the gift of life.

shrooms make you gay

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Churpee Choozle said:

Is this a thing? I always shake the crap out of my jars and it doesn't seem to negatively influence them. But I once seemed to have killed off an entire batch of pan cincts this way. Always wondered if the shaking was the killer

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Smellyhobbit said:

EniQma said:

Is $40 for 50# of red millet normal? That’s way more than oats!

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Totally regional. Millet is super cheap here.

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I pay $31 for 50# of white millet from a local feed store but can't find rye to save my soul. Finally found sorghum when I learned that the locals call it milo.

This part belongs in the confession thread. I pay $111.00 for 50# of quinoa in 4.5lbs bags from CostCo because I am an idiot. Okay, I have never bought 50 pounds of it. I use 25 grams of it per 4 ounce mini-jar for testing stuff.

Axman said:

BonsaidMycelium said:

Are there any easy to find resources for growing specific strains? I have LC for Cambodian, JMF, GT, and Starry Night. Wondering if there's much difference between the three as far as grows go.

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A cube is a cube.
The only one that might react different is Starry Night as it is an APE variant. PE usually takes longer and sometimes likes a casing.

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And
I have found that the only way I can get starry night to look halfway decent is to use a proper casing. Otherwise they just want to produce weird little homunculi.