ambigu said:

SkanskKorv said:

Semperviva (ever living/eternal) is the only acceptable name though, it's too perfect for this mushroom not to use and it's the OG name

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Yeah exactly! Besides, Semperviva was the first name, right? If I discover some animal that doesn’t ring a bell and start to call it a snoutblob, and then someone realises that it is actually not a new species and that it’s named already, that doesn’t mean the old name elephant is suddenly deprecated.

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Spot on bro! It's the OG name and the most suiting so I refuse to call it Subtropicalis because it almost feels like insulting our dear Semperviva

newlive said:

What happens if you skip misting for a day or two?
They are unlikely to dry out.
Poor air circulation.ц

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They'll become angry and attack you out of pure spite. For the love of God do not mistreat them...

Jokes aside they will survive if you skip one day but they like a high Rh so try to avoid it if you want them to grow optimally.

ambigu said:

SkanskKorv said:

Semperviva (ever living/eternal) is the only acceptable name though, it's too perfect for this mushroom not to use and it's the OG name

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Yeah exactly! Besides, Semperviva was the first name, right? If I discover some animal that doesn’t ring a bell and start to call it a snoutblob, and then someone realises that it is actually not a new species and that it’s named already, that doesn’t mean the old name elephant is suddenly deprecated.

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Glad we're all in agreement on this

It's like here's a mushroom with the coolest name ever...why don't we give it
an uncool name? Uhhh nope.

SkanskKorv said:

Hmm maybe it's the nutrients? Never thought of trying that but man now I'm curious otherwise I do the same except with a top layer and a slightly tighter spawn ratio at around 1:2- 1:3.

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I have no idea how I came up with this, but I decided to case as soon as the surface was colonized. So, no top layer
because I wanted to see the surface growth. Casing early is just like a "hey little buddies, why don't you come up this way?"
I had the idea that a top layer would just get in the way of all of this and slow things down.

On one of my grows, I waited until I started to see pin formation before casing and that was a mistake. Uneven flush and a lot of janky fruits.

I keep the casing on the dry side until the pins are established. Then I am misting 3 times a days - a good soak, too.

I am curious what everyone else is seeing. I am getting pins way before the sub is fully colonized. It's pinning and colonizing the sub all
the same time over here.

R4cMan said:

I have no luck germinating my semperviva spores from '19, tried agar and brf
Looking for a kind soul, preferably from europe to send me a print, i have something to trade.

Also a question, do semps mind if temps fluctuate , lets say 16-22°c? lower during night

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I can send you a wedge if you want. I haven’t grown them out yet (I just cased my tubs this morning) so no guarantee it has good genetics, but no reason to believe otherwise

Just send me a message with a privnote, and I’ll send one your way.

Asura said:

SkanskKorv said:

Hmm maybe it's the nutrients? Never thought of trying that but man now I'm curious otherwise I do the same except with a top layer and a slightly tighter spawn ratio at around 1:2- 1:3.

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I have no idea how I came up with this, but I decided to case as soon as the surface was colonized. So, no top layer
because I wanted to see the surface growth. Casing early is just like a "hey little buddies, why don't you come up this way?"
I had the idea that a top layer would just get in the way of all of this and slow things down.

On one of my grows, I waited until I started to see pin formation before casing and that was a mistake. Uneven flush and a lot of janky fruits.

I keep the casing on the dry side until the pins are established. Then I am misting 3 times a days - a good soak, too.

I am curious what everyone else is seeing. I am getting pins way before the sub is fully colonized. It's pinning and colonizing the sub all
the same time over here.

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I also case as soon as they're fully colonised but I'm thinking maybe the fact that I pseudo case at spawn is why I don't get the same density but should this really effect them this way? God damn it now I have to experiment and I don't have any clean HVC agar or grains

I don't get any pins before the substrate is fully colonised but it's always just a day or a few after casing it that I get the first pins so they come fast and they're many but something that's really common are uneven flushes where you have to harvest them slowly over a week or two

But seriously God damn it I'm gonna cook some fucking agar and inoculate some plates so I can start figuring this out I'm doing great with these but I need to do even better.


@R4cMan/everyone:

these lovely fellas already offered you HVC spores so that's taken care of but if you want Semperviva Tres Soles as well just hit me up and I'll make a print for you as soon as they're dropping spores again mate.

Anyone else who wants Tres Soles can also hit me up but it'll take some time before the prints are ready

Lithop said:

@R4cMan, you're welcome- I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on. Likewise @Ambigu, exicting that you have some cased and in progress!



@Skansk, I'll gladly grab a Tres Soles when they're ready thanks man.

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You're #1 on the list bro

Asura said:

I am curious what everyone else is seeing. I am getting pins way before the sub is fully colonized. It's pinning and colonizing the sub all
the same time over here.

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bongoman said:

What’s the highest temperature ceiling for fruiting subtropicalis?

Heading into summer here and not sure whether to run some of these or just stick to pan cyans.

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Lithop said:

Likewise @Ambigu, exicting that you have some cased and in progress!

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I notice that I’m often refreshing this page just to try to speed up the grow, but to no avail.

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SkanskKorv said:

I don't get any pins before the substrate is fully colonised but it's always just a day or a few after casing it that I get the first pins

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Hmmmmmmm

Asura said:

SkanskKorv said:

I don't get any pins before the substrate is fully colonised but it's always just a day or a few after casing it that I get the first pins

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Hmmmmmmm

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Yeah and without a casing it can take a few weeks ime

Found this little picture of my first ever Semperviva HVC saying hi through the casing