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#29489876 - 02/19/26 03:56 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

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#29489883 - 02/19/26 04:04 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

Rukus said:

I've got two shoebox cakes I've moved to a bigger tub on the 3rd flush, they are on flush 6 now the last couple flushes have produced maybe 4 grams dried nothing much but I don't care at this point, the cakes don't seem contamed they still smell nice like mushrooms, should I just keep letting them to? Do fruits lose potency at all in late flushes??

Hey Rukus, are those cubes you are growing? If they look good and smell good just make sure they are hydrated when needed. As far as I know there are just differences between flushes, I remember seeing a thing showing variances between 5 flushes but you never know.

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#29489918 - 02/19/26 04:48 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

hidingbush said:

Rukus said:

I've got two shoebox cakes I've moved to a bigger tub on the 3rd flush, they are on flush 6 now the last couple flushes have produced maybe 4 grams dried nothing much but I don't care at this point, the cakes don't seem contamed they still smell nice like mushrooms, should I just keep letting them to? Do fruits lose potency at all in late flushes??

Hey Rukus, are those cubes you are growing? If they look good and smell good just make sure they are hydrated when needed. As far as I know there are just differences between flushes, I remember seeing a thing showing variances between 5 flushes but you never know.

I have found lately that is just easier to toss a cake that’s produced a few nice flushes and start new ones. Why waste time squeezing a few fruits out on non productive flushes and putting personal time into it when you could be making more productive and prodigious cakes. I don’t see the point of it anymore. I usually have grain and plates waiting for their next life, so why delay them? Also the longer an older cake sits around, the more it sits there to possibly contaminate from something in the air or the handling of the cake. Don’t give it that chance past a certain point. Just my 2 cents for what it is worth.

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#29489929 - 02/19/26 05:01 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

hidingbush said:

Rukus said:

I've got two shoebox cakes I've moved to a bigger tub on the 3rd flush, they are on flush 6 now the last couple flushes have produced maybe 4 grams dried nothing much but I don't care at this point, the cakes don't seem contamed they still smell nice like mushrooms, should I just keep letting them to? Do fruits lose potency at all in late flushes??

Hey Rukus, are those cubes you are growing? If they look good and smell good just make sure they are hydrated when needed. As far as I know there are just differences between flushes, I remember seeing a thing showing variances between 5 flushes but you never know.

Ya everything looking ok still. Small flushes of cubes ya. And in response to other comment I just am near the end of my mushroom growing season soon work is crazy and I don't have any grain spawn or anything to start from scratch again that's why I'm stretching this out.

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#29489977 - 02/19/26 05:42 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

Rukus said:

Ya everything looking ok still. Small flushes of cubes ya. And in response to other comment I just am near the end of my mushroom growing season soon work is crazy and I don't have any grain spawn or anything to start from scratch again that's why I'm stretching this out.

If you want something that keeps providing with low contamination risk you could try growing ochra next time. If you keep it well hydrated it will keep giving. AZstarman is right about cubes not being friendly after a few flushes.

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#29489987 - 02/19/26 05:54 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

hidingbush said:

Rukus said:

Ya everything looking ok still. Small flushes of cubes ya. And in response to other comment I just am near the end of my mushroom growing season soon work is crazy and I don't have any grain spawn or anything to start from scratch again that's why I'm stretching this out.

If you want something that keeps providing with low contamination risk you could try growing ochra next time. If you keep it well hydrated it will keep giving. AZstarman is right about cubes not being friendly after a few flushes.

Oh interesting I will definitely look into that! Thank you!

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#29489990 - 02/19/26 05:57 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

hidingbush said:

Rukus said:

Ya everything looking ok still. Small flushes of cubes ya. And in response to other comment I just am near the end of my mushroom growing season soon work is crazy and I don't have any grain spawn or anything to start from scratch again that's why I'm stretching this out.

If you want something that keeps providing with low contamination risk you could try growing ochra next time. If you keep it well hydrated it will keep giving. AZstarman is right about cubes not being friendly after a few flushes.

Are ochras the same as natalensis man?? Sorry I'm not familiar with much outside cubes

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#29489998 - 02/19/26 06:01 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

They are different but at first there was a lot of confusion. True Nats are hard to grow. Ochras grow like cubes. It's been my main mushroom, they are also more potent than cubes.

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#29490002 - 02/19/26 06:03 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

hidingbush said:

They are different but at first there was a lot of confusion. True Nats are hard to grow. Ochras grow like cubes. It's been my main mushroom, they are also more potent than cubes.

Oh sweet are LCs available of it?

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#29490050 - 02/19/26 06:37 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

Ochras is what brought me to this site. Actually it was Natalensis and this site informed of the confusion. They are on my list after I get this cube thing down.

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#29490141 - 02/19/26 07:57 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

Any suggestions for which grain to use? I use WBS now and would be willing to try switching to something else.

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#29490144 - 02/19/26 07:59 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

Should I be worried about the slight off coloring up top?

Am I over misting? SO far I have two pins forming closer to the water.

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#29490172 - 02/19/26 08:19 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

Mr Piggy said:

Are we dying, is everyone dying?

Are we finally doing the death cult thing?

Hang on, let me get my cool-aid.

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#29490197 - 02/19/26 08:31 PM (8 months, 17 days ago)

What's available in your local feed stores? My preferences (rough order):

- Wheat (also happens to be the cheapest here)
- Rye
- Millet
- Milo (sorghum) - though tends to have a lot of chaff
- Oats (unhulled)

Basically any grain will work once you've figured out how to get it properly hydrated.

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#29490217 - 02/19/26 08:44 PM (8 months, 16 days ago)

i think you’d be ok to mist it a bit more - to my eyes it looks dry. The wasn't sure what kind of off-coloring you were concerned about….I wasn’t seeing anything myself. Best of luck with the rest of your grow!

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#29490220 - 02/19/26 08:46 PM (8 months, 16 days ago)

Mostly just some slight blue tinting when you look closely.
Would that just be bruising?

I'm probably just over thinking it since its my first grow and I'm just feeling like a concerned parent for my children.

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#29490235 - 02/19/26 08:56 PM (8 months, 16 days ago)

AZ Starman2112 said:

hidingbush said:

Rukus said:

I've got two shoebox cakes I've moved to a bigger tub on the 3rd flush, they are on flush 6 now the last couple flushes have produced maybe 4 grams dried nothing much but I don't care at this point, the cakes don't seem contamed they still smell nice like mushrooms, should I just keep letting them to? Do fruits lose potency at all in late flushes??

Hey Rukus, are those cubes you are growing? If they look good and smell good just make sure they are hydrated when needed. As far as I know there are just differences between flushes, I remember seeing a thing showing variances between 5 flushes but you never know.

I have found lately that is just easier to toss a cake that’s produced a few nice flushes and start new ones. Why waste time squeezing a few fruits out on non productive flushes and putting personal time into it when you could be making more productive and prodigious cakes. I don’t see the point of it anymore. I usually have grain and plates waiting for their next life, so why delay them? Also the longer an older cake sits around, the more it sits there to possibly contaminate from something in the air or the handling of the cake. Don’t give it that chance past a certain point. Just my 2 cents for what it is worth.

this.

someone should really write some kind of tek about the psychology of a cultivator and how it develops eh i remember my first grows, and feeling so impatient for everything. checking ten times a day, hurry up and wait until you get that first pin. you put so much energey into it you feel llike you have to wring every last morsel out of it until it turns green and flies are buzzing around it.

somewhere along the way you just start doing things on a subconscious schedule.. about once a week you gotta just tighten your belt and do work. plates. jars. bulk. plates jars. bulk until its a freight train of production you only wish would slow down.

entire stacks of plates end up in the trash. jars sit fully colonized for weeks. tubs that go straight to the trash for producing annoying crops you dont feel like manicuring..

somehow ive never failed to get every bit of the good stuff into the bellies of the people. even that part has a way of working itself out without much effort.

they say cultivation teaches patience, but i think the essence of the lesson this hobby teaches us is that fortune favors those who dont fixate and keep marching forward. never thought of myself as a real patient person. I just keep doing things.

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#29490247 - 02/19/26 09:07 PM (8 months, 16 days ago)

Well said. And I feel similarly about patience - it's only really required before you have too many damn things in motion. :lol:

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#29490307 - 02/19/26 10:06 PM (8 months, 16 days ago)

fuck yeah, Beef - righteous!

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#29490510 - 02/20/26 12:37 AM (8 months, 16 days ago)

bluespirit13 said:

Any suggestions for which grain to use? I use WBS now and would be willing to try switching to something else.

Depends on what's available. WBS is a problem for physical rather than biological reasons (uneven cooking and uneven distribution).

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