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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 2
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Hey Hey, just another cultivating day... I'll keep it short today... and just display the pics in an array for Happy Friday... couldn't resist!

I'm in a weird sort of mood today, but I will say... I try to be as real as possible with cultivation, so showing contamination, it's just part of it, and one of the pics looks pretty cool... if I were into that sort of thing, but photography, always an enjoyable hobby as well. 

The first photo is a contaminated Pearly Gates swab jabbed into the BRF puck, it's in the earlier stages.  The second is the same mold, can be confused as Cobweb, but I believe Pasty was talking about most aren't Cob contams, absolutely, its mainly Pinhead mold, can look web like, but no mistaking the look of pins or dark dots.  Cool shots at least, both were taken outside for photos, then to the compost bin. I threw the 3 dud TaZ half pints that had no growth at all good or bad to the worm farm. 






The Pink Block progress, nice growth, testing the waters and environment












Homestead PE T-1




Enjoy what you do, have a good weekend and see ya fungus cultivators soon.

Edited by MushLuvR77 (09/25/26 06:05 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 2
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Oh wow, I leave my post for a few days and so much happens, one my favorite parts of growing fungus fir sure.  The AA+ cakes started pinning before full consolidation, figures, she doesn't like to wait to get busy.  :laugh:



The APE R cakes are right behind which is really fast for any APE variety I have grown, original APE and Starry Night being probably the slowest of all time for me.  I do like the classics though with so many hybrids out there these days.

I lost the pics somehow when I organized all my photos a few years back, but I remember the APE R or pigment Revert being a great producer for an APE, shorter variety, and thick PE stipes, and no problem with spores prints or swabs.  Who knows with MS... sounds interesting to me... I like the unknown or what you are going to see or get.  Mystery MS... sounds like a novel or news headline.  :laugh2:




I meant to take some shots of the Averys Albino, but i didn't, 4 of 4 with these too with half pint widemouth CAKES!

Short update, making changes when I get back from the PNW, drivable distance for me, went to Brookings and had a blast, but I'm going DEEP to Astoria (following coast down as far as Florence) and just across the bridge to Washington so I can't Fuggin' Wait!  No worries, the Ingeli tubs will still be doing nothing when I get back.  :crazy2:

I have much more in the works, but I'll get to that hopefully before I leave, or when I return.  All the best trainee cultinators, be well and may your tubs be white as can be... and gleaming water beads as far as the eyes can see.  I'm a poet... and... "I'm Sexy and you know It"  :rofl:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (09/29/26 05:03 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 2
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Alright folks, back from the PNW, wow, she is beautiful, and then I come home and this pile of horse manure is out of here this weekend.  I can't take it, old technology, old hardware, it's time for a new Box.  I could build a tower, but not much savings these days unless building a gamer system for my kid.  I don't need much power for what I do online, so nothing too expensive needed. 

This is the first time in a few days this old system fired up, it has many issues and no money will go back to this tired system still running Windows 10.

Alright, anyway, so much to update, but I have no idea if it's going to go thru so quick one.











Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/14/26 02:36 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 4
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Hey, Hey, another Fryday... what happen to killer 4-way windowpane, damn that shit was good in the 90's.  Dammit, admitting I'm getting old, yeah, it's ok, I'm aware of it.  :laugh2:

I keep myself in decent shape, but I need to go on another workout binger, I have done T25 with the wifey a few times, P90X extreme, Insanity, over the years, felt so good doing double digit pullups again.  Anyway, overdue to kick my own ass, therapeutic and I know it's what I'm missing in the balance of life.  I need a new heavy bag, the last one was given to me, and it was a beginner style, yeah didn't last long.  Speed bag going up soon, I miss doing decent figuring it out (used to be able to do both hands) and playing pool in between sessions. Enough already, back to the Martha buddy! 

When I got home from Vacay, the next morning I wiped out the Martha, I just cleaned the whole humidifier system before I left, even the hose, which had no buildup (active air system, doesn't have time), but I already brought it out to clean, so peace of mind at that point.  The discs always have a little build up, but minimal, and I log the last cleanings to keep track, it's about once a month, sometimes a touch over.  So clean system, I left the shitty branched oyster and pink blocks in there, did nothing, I ran the humidifier at 95.5 since I can't manually mist them here and there, but when I returned the fruits were huge but too wet and soggy.  All good, I buried those blocks in my new garden beds, freebies or mushroom compost, nothing gets wasted ROUND here.

Back to the point, I ran 95.5 on purpose, to keep things moist, and to TEST.  All a part of the plan, they weren't doing anything, so use them to my advantage before sending outside.  I figured 95.5 would be too high, once the controller catches up, it's well over 96 percent, highest 96.5 or so with a 2.5 differential. 

The Pan setup was running 94.5 with 2.5 diff and the Oysters didn't like it at all.  It was actually too much air, which is tough to do with Oysters, but a bit too dry of air, there you have it.  This is how close to the balance of air and water I am running, and figuring out your peaks, helps tremendously for the future of the system.  Enough preacher man, give up the goods!

7 Pink Blocks, hitting a warm spell, and it's time to wrap up warm species growing, looking to get into other blocks.


I mist the blocks 1 or 2 times a day for the first 3 days, helps stimulate pins, and right on time, about 3 days later first block shows up to play.



Just over a day later from previous pic real time wise.



And another day later, happens fast with Oysters.




















Current settings:

95.0 with a 1.5 differential, a little tighter and not letting it drift as much like Pan Cyans enjoy, the Pans liked going down to 93.5 to finish up and develop phat Caps.  The humidifier is also on a 1min on/1min off cycle timer, it's the minor adjustment I made to the setup, and helped tremendously with too dry of conditions and not having to run the humidifier too high.  I can, but it's not going to develop fruits like I want them too.  I better send this before this Box gives me fits.  :peace:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/16/26 02:16 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 2
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Alright folks, I mixed up a brick of Coco, I weigh them with a 5x multiplier with the added Verm, subs come out perfect and bricks are different weights, so it just works.  I mainly use Coco Bliss these days, but my first bricks were Ecoearth so it doesn't matter, I did use some cheap Zon bricks awhile back, they worked, but with the added sand and fillers, the ratio was off a bit, but nothing a little more coco or verm couldn't fix.  I want to say it was 10 bricks for 28 bucks, I used most for gardening and some for tubs, the Maketi and Mak 118 were grown with it so no problems there, both gave up over 4 zones per quart of spawn in two flushes, didn't go any further with those numbers.

New Ingeli tub, 5 days from spawn, looking excellent.  I'll be casing all 3 tubs tomorrow, Ingeli I'm going passive with, great pins in the tent, but nothing further.  The two Mexicana 12qts are tent bound, running through Pink Blocks but still room and the finished older blocks will go to the bottom chamber that I don't use often other than older blocks and a wetter(in comparison) layer within the GH.








 

I have a ton of irons in the fire right now, I did happen to resurrect a Pearly Gates finally on BRF puck, tough one spores wise I guess, but we shall see.  The Zap Semp, and Azzie's are on grain in small jars, be fast once I get them fully colonized and G2G they go. 

I just sterilized more water and syringes, I'll keep at refreshing prints hopefully, and make some cakes while I'm at it, and have fun with this hobby with everyone, triple threat... no sweat, no worries and no debt.  All the Best.

MushLuvR

Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/16/26 05:35 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 1
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Harvested up this block, came out pretty nice, solid fruits, and I'll be eating them tonight!



A few hours later... Another block harvest.









Check out the cakes, a few pins going on in there, but this is paying tribute to many styles of growing.  These are currently Tub in Tub style, or TiT, with OG 6qt shoeboxes, water tub, and cakes, IN an Original 66qt Monotub, you can't fit three in the newer 66's, they are taller instead of longer. 









The casing for the three tubs is cooling as I type this, I saw a few small stones in the Mexicana jars, but not what I'm looking for in a stone producer for how long they've been going, so off to the tent they will go.  :smile:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/17/26 07:36 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77]
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I also knocked up 4 shiitake blocks this morning, WoW is this culture fast, it ran right through those WBS grains faster than I have seen in the past.  Well, it's a BLOCK party weekend, time for 4... MORE.  Yawl keep those cultures clean... and beautiful beading surface conditions, like platinum BLING.

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77]
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Whaddup tub and tent growers, The pink blocks did well, about 3lbs of deliciousness, but a few of the blocks were hit and miss, the culture is old, the enviroment is legit, so I killed off the pink culture, was cool reviving it, but not as strong and vigorous as I've seen in the past, thank you Pinks. I soaked two blocks for 24hrs as a test, to see if that changes anything, but I doubt it.  Really happy to be eating my work, so it's all good ROUND here.

The Mexicana tubs have been in the tent for a few days now, I just bumped up the misting from once a day to two, hoping to see pinning in a few days, 2 days consolidating casing, but still fruiting conditions, just not in the tent.  I don't mist the casing for the first two days, plenty of moisture for the mycelium to attach to the casing a bit. 

Since this thread is mainly for tent growing, I won't be doing updates of my other projects, unless I feel like sharing them here, but the tent is mainly about woodie blocks, and a few exotic tubs here and there.  Alright folks, enjoy the process and your projects.  :peace:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/21/26 02:03 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77]
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Hey Hey, another Friday... I soaked all 7 Pink Blocks, two of them have been fruiting for a few days, no expectations, just testing the waters so to speak.  I was definitely hoping for more than 3.25lbs give or take, but at the end of the day, it's an old culture and I'm the only one who eats them so I'll take the 5 or 6 healthy servings... PLEASE!

The Mexicana trays have been in the chamber for 4 days, and 2 days cased so six days, I see little pokeys happening... pinning has to be OTW.  That's it for the tent for now, I have some King/Blue blocks ready, two Bears head, shoot, most of the blocks are ready, just finishing up a few things, I have all winter, NO worries.

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77]
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No official pins yet on the Mexicana tubs, but they are close, sure looks like it anyway.  I also have the other 5 pink blocks in the very bottom, giving off humidity and see if these babies give up an 2nd. 

I'm going to fruit a Branched Oyster block, I'm almost finished with the Pink fruits, had a big serving last night, mush to my enjoyment!  :laugh:

I do have two Mexicana cakes in the works, I'll throw them in the tent when I get to that point.  I'm just being patient to kill off the warmer work, then it's GO time.  I need to make 4 more blocks and clear out spawn, back to work!  Have a great day... Enjoy!




This new shiitake culture is a fast one, just ripping through pellets, can't wait to fruit these babies, not as good as King Oyster, but damn close, they are delicious!




Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/25/26 05:34 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 2
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I updated the OP, my intention was never to alienate or make this a specific thread solely on tent growing, it's just the name I came up with on the fly.  I want to share my work, whether it's cakes, tubs, trays, or blocks, growing anything is the approach here, I have to live up to my name, I was given this world, I didn't make it.  Wait, did 2pac just channel through me.  :laugh:

Back to it... so I've been having a crazy amount of fun with these cakes, really cool experience, and I haven't grown some of these in some time, since I mainly grow pans, or tamps, but Cubes still hold dear to the heart and refreshing some of these brings a smile to my face... that is what it's all about.

This old PC was discouraging me from really sharing, tough to upload, SSL errors, I'm just being cheap and need brand new hardware.  It's working better than it has been lately, knock on wood.


10-18-26






Tasmanian single Cake... cased with extra peat/verm/cal carb







Late 10-18-26



10-19-26 morning









Time to finish up dinner, I'll be back and get this sucker updated. :peace:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/25/26 10:26 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 2
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Evening pics...



10-19-26 2 Mexicana and 1 Ingeli tub cased UP







10-20-26





















10-21-26










I chopped the Big fruit and another early fruit, two fruits, 4.5g dry





10-22-26







Evening pics of the AA+, close to harvest





Alright break time... we are getting there, something cool about cupcakes. :peace:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (10/27/26 10:19 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 1
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Absolute beauts


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:salute: CAKE WARS III HAPPENING NOW :salute:

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: Rasmodius] * 1
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Thank you Rasmodius, just enjoying the process, going backwards growing cakes being a grain spawn grower, but honestly, Cakes are amazing and I can't believe it took me this long to grow some.  I guess we get stuck in our own way sometimes just tub growing, but BRF pucks have helped me so much with old spores, I'm hoping to get a Pearly Gate baby 4oz cake to jump off and get some fresh swabs.  I have a grey oyster cake coming up too for the tent, I just want to see how big the fruit will get on a tiny ass cake.  I have two Mexicana cakes coming up, it is LC, but it's not a clone or isolate or anything special. 

Thanks for dropping in, I'm just getting this revved up, I am front loaded with blocks and cakes and... tubs... LETS GO!

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 1
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I have never tried the cake/puck thing. I started with grain to bulk and it worked.  I’m thinking about giving the BRF thing a go.

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: Incidental_farmer]
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I started with the same 16qt PC I'm still running, and WBS, I had BULK fever and went for it.  Still have the same MonoTub, I just used it to fruit cakes.  :lol:

I warn you, cakes can be a little addicting, but they have been great also as pucks, had trouble with Pearly Gates, I have two 3-4oz cakes colonizing, one is about ready.  I'm sure Fahts double stacks are around here too, I saw them over at Topia... magnificent to say the least... the original inspiration to do cakes (and didn't), then Cake Wars sounded like fun guy and gal times, and I'm a go for it kind of personality, but bringing me back to MSS days and grain, it's like... blasphemy these days.  :lmao:

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 1
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Alrightie, time to get this thing back in order, I want to catch up with the woodie thread SO bad, folks already harvesting early fruits (amazing shots, I checked it out briefly). I'm hoping for some Cyans the normal time frame for me, around Turkey Day or so.  I checked out the bed for the first time in quite some time, the mycelium Luv'd being fed, thick mycelium all over the place, she took over QUICK!

So, where we at here, left off around the 22nd of October... LET's DO this!

Decent AA+ Cake, just playing around CW 3




Tall one here













Alright, caught up with the 22nd...  I need FOOD... mush more to come, I am focusing solely or for the most part, this thread only.

:eatsmoke:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (11/04/26 04:19 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 1
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Back to it, had a few cult chores that were a MUST, the inglorious part of cultivation I regurgitate sometimes.  A clean system is a happy one, wiped out the inside on Halloween, and I cleaned the humidifier and box a few hours ago.  The normal, a touch of buildup on the discs, cleaned up real nice with a bit of vinegar.  The Box wasn't bad, the normal hint of residue, but water smelled fine, no pond like odors, or funkier than that (No bueno). 

10-23-26

Oh, pic 187... "Murder was the case that they gave me"



4 AA+ cakes rolled (2nd flush) in extra Coco Only I had from another project.




Early Ingeli tub, a bit of overlay, but no issues.




And later that evening...



I better lock this in, no big posts, giving me fits, I'm thinking it may be the wireless controller, but I'm so overdue for new hardware, I need to stop being a tight ass and make it happen.  Be back Soon, Oct 25th was a great day.

Edited by MushLuvR77 (11/04/26 07:24 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 1
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Oct 25th... stay the course!

APE R 3 cakes worth




















































I'm pretty sure I need Blocks Anonymous.  :laugh2:








6qt Dub Tub finishing up the other two cakes, APE R and last Averys A.  OG tubs right there, they are more squarish these days.



The AA+ or currently known as Leucistic A+ showed a pin the very next day after soaking, she enjoys drenches, and Fruiting FAST!  My kind of reg Cube NO doubt.



Big Update for the 25th, but I'm not even close to being finished being current. I'll log this one and my kid bought me a shirt that says "I'll be in the Garage"... what she said.

:smokeweedallday:

Edited by MushLuvR77 (11/04/26 08:34 PM)

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Re: MushLuvR's Martha Madness Marathon [Re: MushLuvR77] * 1
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Mexicana trays showing a pin here and ther.







AA+ 2nd Flush heating up, she likes to get to it... I like that ALOT.















Last of the first flush cakes, both turned out Excellent!



















Edited by MushLuvR77 (11/04/26 11:30 PM)

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