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Best time to harvest lions mane?
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I’m growing some lions mane right now from a grow bag. I’m wondering when the best time to pick it? Right now it looks like a big head of cauliflower, it doesn’t really have any spines on it yet. Am I supposed to wait till they form?


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Re: Best time to harvest lions mane? [Re: Iron Lance]
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Yeah id give it a couple days. I like to harvest young, when the teeth are about 1/8" long but some will let them go twice to three times as long.

For me younger means less spores and a better shelf life for slightly reduced yield

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Re: Best time to harvest lions mane? [Re: Iron Lance]
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I've found that harvesting Lions Mane when the teeth are about 8-ish mm long yields the best quality for eating. Here's how I measure it:

I take a penny, and use a sharpie to black out a solid black bar right across Honest Abe's face. I measure the 8mm between his eyes and just barely above the date on the penny, and that's pretty much perfect. I hold my little Lions Mane growth-checker penny to the teeth, and if they're at least as long as the bar is thick, they're good to harvest.

It's a simple, no-cost hack that takes the guesswork out of harvest time for me.

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Re: Best time to harvest lions mane? [Re: LRMF]
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The big one is about where I harvest. What do you like about the more mature fruits?

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Re: Best time to harvest lions mane? [Re: deadmandave]
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I find that getting them at the stage I outlined provide a more consistent flavor. I've found that Lions Mane can, occasionally, be a little bitter when harvest *too* young, but also when it's too old, and the teeth start resembling many wild specimens. 8mm-ish teeth, for me, provides the best combination of flavor, texture, and yield.

That said, I encourage people to do what works for them, these are just my personal experiences.

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Re: Best time to harvest lions mane? [Re: LRMF]
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I'm in the same phase of fruiting as well. I'm getting great size, but no spines yet. Probably because I'm battling air and humidity. Waiting for just a little shag and then I was going to harvest.

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