spasm666 said:

Nice shiitake there! I'm just learning the ropes with this species. I have my FC's dialed in for oysters and I have very, very much FAE and circulation fans so it gets kinda windy there, which apparently isn't that good for shiitake. I think they need more RH% too, and I'm not willing to up it from current RH% as my oysters and LM won't like any more. Would it be a good move to put some cover around the shiitake blocks? Like big totes without lids or just tape some plastic panels as walls around the shelves they're in? Of course not all enclosed to ensure breathing.

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I haven't tried them in a tent dialed for oysters (I've only grown oysters in open air with a ton of misting, finally getting around to setting up a tent, though!). What is the RH in your FC? They seem pretty tolerant of lower humidity at least after pinning - in the tubs, I only mist once a day or every other day. It's often very dry in my house, but there isn't much moving air around those tubs and the holes are almost fully taped up with micropore, so that probably helps.

Might be worth giving it a shot in the same environment, and if it seems to dry out fast then I think covering with a tub while waiting for pins to come in would probably work. But that's really just a guess.

Or if you have multiple FCs, dedicate one to shiitake?

tree frog said:

Gorgeous!

I'm going to follow your method.  I'm still learning shiitake and have just been consolidating, slapping, and then putting them in the tent.  Your pinsets put mine to shame.

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Thank you! That's by far the best I've had, and also the first time I'd run 3782 and supplemented the bags (20% wheat bran). Hopefully I'll be able to repeat it!

What culture have you been running? I think 3782 is known for large flushes of small mushrooms. The 3790 run I did the same way wound up with larger mushrooms, but a smaller first flush by weight. And those blocks made it through the second flush without turning green unlike the 3782.

Phaethon said:

spasm666 said:

Nice shiitake there! I'm just learning the ropes with this species. I have my FC's dialed in for oysters and I have very, very much FAE and circulation fans so it gets kinda windy there, which apparently isn't that good for shiitake. I think they need more RH% too, and I'm not willing to up it from current RH% as my oysters and LM won't like any more. Would it be a good move to put some cover around the shiitake blocks? Like big totes without lids or just tape some plastic panels as walls around the shelves they're in? Of course not all enclosed to ensure breathing.

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I haven't tried them in a tent dialed for oysters (I've only grown oysters in open air with a ton of misting, finally getting around to setting up a tent, though!). What is the RH in your FC? They seem pretty tolerant of lower humidity at least after pinning - in the tubs, I only mist once a day or every other day. It's often very dry in my house, but there isn't much moving air around those tubs and the holes are almost fully taped up with micropore, so that probably helps.

Might be worth giving it a shot in the same environment, and if it seems to dry out fast then I think covering with a tub while waiting for pins to come in would probably work. But that's really just a guess.

Or if you have multiple FCs, dedicate one to shiitake?

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mycosispeon said:

Has anyone successfully fruited Chicken of the Woods in bags? I've read that spawn run takes 3-6 mos. I've got a bag here that is approaching the 3 month mark, but I have no idea how to tell when it's ready for fruiting. It's appearance hasn't changed much in the last few weeks except for the development of some orange-colored spots which I'm guessing are metabolites.



@RoscoeReturns you were the generous donor of this culture. Were you able to fruit it?

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RoscoeReturns said:

mycosispeon said:

Has anyone successfully fruited Chicken of the Woods in bags? I've read that spawn run takes 3-6 mos. I've got a bag here that is approaching the 3 month mark, but I have no idea how to tell when it's ready for fruiting. It's appearance hasn't changed much in the last few weeks except for the development of some orange-colored spots which I'm guessing are metabolites.



@RoscoeReturns you were the generous donor of this culture. Were you able to fruit it?

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I haven’t tried indoors as I’ve heard it’s next to impossible and I have a bunch of other things running right now. I do have it colonizing dowels to go to logs in the Spring. A few thousand shiitake, maitake, and chicken of the woods dowels. I have a bunch of trees to cut, so I’m planning a not so little fungus garden out back.

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spasm666 said:

What's the shelf-life of all your Lions mane fruits? I'm wondering how strain-dependent it is.

I try to keep fc humidity low enough, harvest early, store in very cold and in well breathing mushroom crates but still after 7 days they are already very soft, yellow and tastes bitter.

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