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 Champion des Champignons
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 reishi grow log (sort of) 
#714832 - 07/01/02 01:35 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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Remember, oh a month or so ago, Ralphster44 gave away 10 reishi cultures to 10 lucky growers?
Well, I was wondering how everyone's getting on with them, as I haven't seen any posts about them.
For myself, I've made a couple of new backup plates on peroxidated MEA, which the mycelium seems quite fond of.
I've also inoculated a 2 pint jar of pasteurised hickory chips with agar wedges.
At first nothing much happened, probably because of excess water, but a handful of dry perlite and a couple of shakes later all the chips are at least partially colonised.
The mycelium is rather thin looking and doesn't seem keen to jump from chip to chip. I'm thinking that hickory is not the best substrate, but it's the only wood I can get, unfortunately.
Maybe I'll try toilet rolls for laffs
So what are the rest of the gang of ten up to?
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 zeronio
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The culture was perfect. I made some sawdust spawn and buried it outside in a shaded location. I'm also trying to fruit it indoors (17C and rh=80%) but no results to show so far.
I also made wood dowels and going to inoculate some logs.
Cultures:
Grain spawn:
Jar detail:
Edited by Anno (11/01/02 04:47 AM)
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 Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: zeronio]
#715578 - 07/01/02 11:17 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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Champion des Champignons
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sooo, I now have this lovely big jar packed to the brim with colonised woodchips......
like so.
Now what?s to do? I intend to fruit it straight from the jar, unless this is a bad idea?
temp.? rH?
and if anyone says "read GGMM" I?ll scream
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Champion des Champignons
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Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: Anonymous]
#749069 - 07/15/02 06:11 PM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thanks Mycotek. Seems simple enough
one thing confuses me though...
"You could just poke some holes in the lid and wait till you see antler formations occuring and then you can pop the cap off and the antler will naturally conk out when it reaches the fresh air."
woudn't that snap the "antlers" off? or is that the point?
or did you mean wait until I see antler formations inside the lid, and not growing out through the holes?
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DreaMaTrix
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Hey Cd'C, what sort of woodchips did you use in that there jar?
Good luck
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Champion des Champignons
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Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: Anonymous]
#751280 - 07/16/02 02:58 PM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ah, well the chips are packed right up to the top of the jar, so I'd better do the foil thing. I assume there's no need for humidification until I remove the foil?
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Champion des Champignons
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Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: DreaMaTrix]
#751290 - 07/16/02 03:02 PM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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hickory chips for flavouring barbecue smoke, from Homebase.
far too expensive really, but I don't know where to get hardwood chips.
actually, I tried a little experiment to see if reishi would colonise spruce bark chips and it seems to be doing fine. Whether it would fruit or not is another thing....
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Champion des Champignons
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Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: Anonymous]
#751757 - 07/16/02 06:03 PM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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a few weeks ago TrAnCyNuGz said:
"I am thinking about ordering The Reishi Mushroom Patch from Fungi Perfecti, they are supossed to give you a non-narcotic spiritual feeling also"
anyone know anything about reishi having any psychoactive properties?
I read something along those lines somewhere elso, but I can't remember where or when
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Champion des Champignons
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 Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: Anonymous]
#756877 - 07/18/02 04:35 PM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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looks like "something's happening" already.
the mycelium has crawled out of the jar and a bit down the side, and is getting a cauliflower-like appearance to it.
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Champion des Champignons
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the cauliflower stuff is looking enthusiastic about _something_ anyway...
is this what reishi primordia look like?
I'll post a pic tomorrow, but feel free to answer today if you want to...
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Champion des Champignons
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Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: Anonymous]
#765400 - 07/21/02 05:17 PM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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pics as promised....
side view:
top view:
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zeronio
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Looks good to me. I didn't make it to this phase. 
At what temps and RH are you keeping it?
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DreaMaTrix
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Wow, that is looking very funky. Did the myc. push the lid off itself???
Good luck
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Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: zeronio]
#766335 - 07/22/02 02:01 AM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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temp. ~75F
rH....dunno, however high a plastic bag can keep it I suppose...
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Re: reishi grow log (sort of) [Re: DreaMaTrix]
#766336 - 07/22/02 02:02 AM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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yes DMT, but first it had to unscrew it.....
intelligent stuff this reishi
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