Digit said:

The September rains have started here in Southeast Alaska and I harvested about 30 lbs of chicken of the woods today, plus a bunch of winter chanterelles, goldens and hedgehogs today.
I’m hoping my Gandalfiana patches will pop soon. I’m trying the ice cube trick on one of them to see if it’ll force it to fruit.
Been throwing a little chicken poop on some of them since the best patch i ever had before was one that my chickens had been shitting on all summer. I’ve also been peeing on one of my patches once a week or so as an experiment to see if the added nitrogen makes any difference. The myc doesn’t seem to look any different there, still as healthy as the rest, but if it fruits more there then I might pee on my patches more often haha
I got the idea from an old book about cannabis cultivation. Back in the day before expensive cannabis nutrients were a thing, people used to use urine as a nitrogen source in the veg state.
I figured it’s sterile, high in soluble nitrogen, it’s free, and I often pee outside in my garden anyway so why not try it.
If I get a huge flush I want to be known as the discoverer of PeeTek.

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PhenoDreamers said:

Nobody can tell if it's azzy mycelium by looking at it. But it is rhizomorphic, which would indicate that it could be azurescens or something at least close.. but it could also be a cube. I do see what could appear to be a mold colony in the first plate picture though. But that was probably introduced by you considering it's not in the other plates

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Thanks for the answer, it's great that there is a least mycelium growing there. I did 6 plates and posted the 3 promising ones. On the the other 3 there is pure contamination or nothing at all .
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It is my first time doing agar so I'm also learning how it should and shouldn't look like.  Mycelium grows also slower (at least 2 times slower) than of the cubensis from the same vendor, so that's in line of what is reported on this forum.

NothingsChanged said:

I’m sure someone would have given you a azzie culture? Good peeps around here.

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I read that you have to have enough posts and seniority to be able to access these parts of the forum. So I'm waiting for it

bobwastaken said:

Welcome back mate. If you can't get them to fruit with that set up, it won't have anything to do with your conditions. Looks like you'll be leaving no stone unturned.

Here's a crude chart for P.subaeruginosa I put together from last season which you're welcome to use any way you seem fit for your experiments.



The information was gathered by a data logger which I buried 1/2" deep at the site of an early fruiting wild patch. I chose this particular spot as it often produces very early on in the season.

Temperature readings were logged hourly. Humidity remained at 99% (once the substrate was hydrated)

There was no rainfall at all from placement to first fruiting. Ground moisture was a result of frequently reaching the dew point.

Along with daily temperature swings, the chart shows dry substrate (red) and blue (hydrated) with the first pins emerging after 18 days (day 38).

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