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Spawn bag readiness check
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Hello,

This is my first time trying to cultivate mushrooms. I bought a pre-sterilized millet spawn bag, and on June 16th I inoculated it with liquid culture (B+, Cubensis). The bag has been kept in a cupboard where the humidity is around 60%, and the temperature has been mostly stable at about 25°C with sometimes peak to 27°C.

At first, the colonization seemed to go really fast. Before I went on a trip, I did a second break and shake. I thought it would be fully colonized by the time I got back, but when I returned, it seemed less colonized, or maybe it had slowed down or stalled. With my untrained eye, I checked for contamination and gave it a good smell, but nothing seemed off. There was a bit of excess moisture, but I asked around and a friend told me that this was normal.

these pictures were taken couple weeks ago.


This is from today. To my untrained eye, this does not look or feel like a solid white block of mycelium. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, the bag felt much harder. It still smells earthy, and nothing smells foul:


It has now been more than 7 weeks, and I honestly don’t know what to do.
Does this look fully colonized? If not, has it stalled? What can I do? Am I worrying about nothing and should I just wait a few more weeks?

I’d really appreciate your advice. I know patience is a virtue, but I’m a bit worried about my mycelium <3

Thanks in advance.


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Re: Spawn bag readiness check [Re: FuriousHumper]
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FuriousHumper said:
This is from today. To my untrained eye, this does not look or feel like a solid white block of mycelium. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, the bag felt much harder. It still smells earthy, and nothing smells foul:



The bottom part of that top right picture looks pretty undercolonized, but otherwise it looks pretty good. 
 
This can happen with late stage b&s sometimes. I've shaken jars at the 95% mark trying to chase that last bit of colonization, and they never visually recover to the density they had before the second shake, but they're fine once sent to coir etc. If it's been that long, might as well try and send it IMO. If it's bacterial you'll find out sooner or later, and if it's not, yay.


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Re: Spawn bag readiness check [Re: Rasmodius]
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Please can anybody help me out?


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FuriousHumper said:
Please can anybody help me out?


Stop holding your grow to some imagined timeline. Mushrooms grow when they wanna grow, never the sooner.

edit - the fact that you have 2 whole posts and blatantly ignored Rasmodius make your signature hilarious.

Be patient. Take some mushrooms if needed, they will help.

Yes, it is a conundrum.


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Edited by KlarnEvil9 (08/06/26 10:26 AM)

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Re: Spawn bag readiness check [Re: KlarnEvil9]
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I don't know what or who you mean by Rasmodius?
And I did not expected to be welcomed in this way. Should I first introduced myself in a newbie thread?


Edit:
Well that's awkward. I didn't saw his post.
Guess I'm not used to these old fashioned message boards anymore.
In any case I'm gonna follow his advice up and mix it with CVG




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Edited by FuriousHumper (08/07/26 12:59 PM)

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Re: Spawn bag readiness check [Re: Rasmodius]
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Ah thanks for your reply.
I'm gonna give it a go.

Like I said it's my first time.
I'm following this tutorial:
is=a6uhgvfc-qlZfjVT

But if you know a better one (written or video) please do share :smile:


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