Ok it’s a wrap, was a good learning experience. Cleaning the tent out for the next grow. Ordered some stuff from Northspore, maybe I’ll make another journal on here of it. Hoping to help others who want to give this a shot. Was definitely harder than I thought it would be but less complicated than weed. Now I get to sample the yield! 👍👊

a year ago

2nd flush of little wieners are looking happy. Got the replacement humidity controller and it makes life soooo much easier. Set it and forget it 😀

a year ago

Cool, got some action going on for a 2nd flush.

a year ago

After soaking the 2 blocks I harvested in water for 8 hours I put them back in the chamber which is in fruiting conditions. We’ll see what happens. Blue Ouster block hasn’t changed since I dunked that one. 3rd block is showing really small pins and stalled. Any ideas on what to do with that one anybody?

a year ago

Was happy to harvest something 😀 not a great yield but it’s something so far. There are more in there that are still coming along. The one block looks like it just died overnight! Anyone with some advice, I’d appreciate it. Not sure if they’ll bounce back. Think I had the humidity too high?

a year ago

They really look like ass Lol, but hey as long as they’re potent! Guess I’ll see soon enough. Math comes out to around .8 ounce (a measure I can wrap my head around) and they seem “cracker dry” after 1-1/2 days under a fan. I’m pretty happy about it. Think what the harvest is worth more than covers the initial investment in grow bags, spores, humidifier, etc. A lot of the stuff I already had from my weed tent setup.

a year ago

Took the two blocks that produced shrooms and dunked them in water. Going to do 8 hours. Had to put the pot and water/milk container on top to weigh them down in the Homer bucket. They want to float up to the top. 2nd pic seems to be holding the humidity steady around 91 RH. Trying to lower the % after the first batch were very wet and mushy. Easier to control now since everything is in the FC, for now anyway!

a year ago

Golden Teachers are coming along slowly but surely. Harvested the Blue Oysters so was able to spread things out a bit. Looks like maybe the one side that was up against the chamber wall go a little too much water? Darker shrooms there. Twisted the blocks around, maybe needs more air flow there to dry it up.

a year ago

Be careful, if anyone is reading this. Don’t trust this humidity controller, mine weren’t getting enough humidity. Saw the blue oysters were getting a little “crispy” for lack of a better word. It was reading approx 20 degree F higher than actual. Wow really gotta check on them! Though I had it at set it and forget it.

a year ago

All different kinds of growth, really cool to watch. Was tempted to pop off one of those Golden Teachers to sample, so tempting! The one block that had that weird moldy kinda growth on it is looking like it might pin too. Amazing how the Blue Oysters shot right up out of the bag and Golden Teachers are much slower. That block I bought was already innoculated and covered in mycelium though.

a year ago

Blue oysters stole the show here. Had to double up on the chamber to raise the ceiling! This time I used a soldering iron for the holes and it went so much faster. Make sure you do it outside or by a fan because man burnt plastic smells naaaaasty. Golden Teachers or what I call the “little bag of dicks” lol turned upwards towards the light and appear to have grown slightly.

a year ago

Good news! Got some little shrooms. They didn’t come up thru the slits I made but were on the sides. I took all of them totally out of the bags so their growth isn’t restricted. They were kinda squished. I put a bag of Blue Oyster mushrooms in there too to keep the wife thinking they’re not magic mushrooms 😀

a year ago

Definitely something going on here, hopefully it’s good 😊 it rose up thru the slits I cut in the bag, looks like a slice of cheesecake. All puffed up.

a year ago

Gotta be a better way to keep the humidity up for sure. Maybe I’ll try one of those external bins with a fogger in it. Didn’t want to drill anything into the humidifiers and potentially crack the plastic. 4 days inside the chamber and not a lot of growth really.

a year ago

May not look pretty but seems to be keeping the humidity up. Even lower makeshift fix with painter’s tape, not even duct tape 😂

a year ago

Put 1 bag in and sliced open the top, misted it with distilled water. Internal exhaust fan is going at the lowest speed, also one fan inside the tent moving the air around and getting the CO2 out. RH went up around 20% once I put the gauge into the chamber so it looks like the Perlite is doing it’s thing. Next I’m going to get the LED light on the timer, thinking 12 hours on 12 hours off.

a year ago

One 8 quart bag gave the chamber 2-3” of Perlite. Trying to dial in the temp and humidity. Heard that fruiting should be around 74 F so am catering to the one bag in the chamber, not the other 2 that aren’t doing much outside the chamber. Going to let things stabilize then see where I’m at. Have the humidifier inside the tent set on 55% for now which is really around 70%.

a year ago

Did some rearranging inside the tent. Finished holes in fruiting chamber. Damn I’m out of shape! 🤣😅 been able to not spend too much, tubs inside tent and fruiting chamber were here buried in my basement but pretty filthy.

a year ago

One bag is going really well and mycelium are taking over. 2nd bag has some growth, not a lot. 3rd bag has zero growth so I tried to shock it by putting in the fridge for 8 hours. Re-injected the 2 bags : 2ml each with the last 4 ml so that’s it for spores. Will be happy to get at least one bag to produce 😀👍

a year ago

One bag is really taking off with some growth. Another one has some too, one has none at all. I’ve read that you can put it in the fridge or freezer to kinda shock it, then re-inject. Need to look into more and try that.

a year ago

Re-injected all 3 bags with 2ml of solution each. They recommend squirting one ML at front of the bag so you can see if mycelium are growing. We’ll see what happens. Close to Ideal conditions now 79 F in the tent.

a year ago

Spore suppliers

a year ago

No mycelium growth just yet. Thinking about putting the humidifier in there, shouldn’t need to buy figured it couldn’t hurt. Soil in bag didn’t seem moist.

a year ago

Dialing it in, not sure how I’m going to get it up to 90% which is recommended during fruiting. Pretty close though with humidifier I have.

a year ago

Finally got around to injecting the bags yesterday. Temp is set at 79

a year ago

Ordered the grow bags and syringes on Saturday. Received an email saying they shipped already 👍 so far it seems legit.

2 years ago

Tent is almost empty with one plant left. I’m blessed to have more than enough jars filled so think I’m gonna go for it.

2 years ago