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  1. Posted

    Hey all!

     

    Refrigerated some of my colonised jars for a few months but they're quickly springing back into action.

     

    I noticed this anomaly in one of the jars (the largest :().

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    I'm assuming its yeast (but hoping its primordia forming lol) thankfully isn't present in any other jar.

     

    I'm planning to fruit it in a separate small tub as I'm told yeast contam can prevent fruiting.

     

    What are your thoughts on this? Have you seen these spots before and is it consistent with yeast?

     

    Thanks so much everyone! 

  2. Posted

    Hey all,

     

    My block of coco coir has been sitting out the front of my house for sometime (months), still dry.

    Is pasteurisation going to cut it or are contaminants going to run wild and should I just buy another block.

     

    Has anyone had success with an older block of coir or is it important that it's clean.

     

    Cheers all!

  3. Posted · Edited by TheMooseZeus

    Hey all,

     

    I am 95% sure I am taking spore prints of wild cubensis found growing out of a cow pat outside of Newcastle but a couple of things are stumping me.

     

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    The stipe (not pictured) has a purple/black annulus present although with no blue bruising and the dried caps are papery, thin and spongey.

    Is this consistent with your experiences of wild cubensis?

     

    Cheers guys! I love the spore prints from these :)

     

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  4. Posted

    On 13/03/2021 at 8:54 AM, Freakosystem said:

    I've been on this quest for about 10 years. Good luck! Will let you know if I get doubles at any point.

      

    Are you aware that it's online now? I like having the physical library too but thought you (or others reading this) may not know about this amazing resource.

      

    https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa

    Yeah definitely do - it cant replace the physical thing for me haha

    Likewise! Will let you know if i come across any doubles. Which do you have and which are you after?

  5. Posted

    Hey all!

    Just started an ambitious quest in hunting down all volumes of Flora of Australia, (5 so far...)

    If anyone has any volumes lying around, collecting dust or looking for a better home please let me know - they are about as in-depth as i can find when it comes to identification!

    Thanks so much everyone! 

  11. Posted

    18 hours ago, tripsis said:

    From memory, no. It's been a long time since I've grown it though, but it I don't recall it ever getting anything like oysters, for example. All the grain will have mycelium present, but not thick.

    Okay, thats great to know. I just shook it (Not sure if this was a mistake) and ill wait for it to return to how it was and ill transfer to some hard wood pellets or something similar :)

    Thanks!

  14. Posted

    On 02/10/2020 at 10:57 PM, Zonad said:

    Hey @TheMooseZeus,

    No expert by any means and maybe I am misinterpreting... I have heard if your monotub is dialled in (search shroomery if not familiar with dialling in), and you have good clean genetics you should be seeing at least 2 or 3 flushes. As you say regularly your fruits may be ready for picking at different times - just grab them as they’re ready and at some point probably within 3-4 days of your first fruit being ready you can just pick them all. In my mind that signals the end of the first flush. Depending on conditions you may need to soak or mist your substrate at this point but if you have maintained optimal conditions you should be right just waiting for the second flush. Can be from 3-10 days I think roughly before you will see your next set of pins and the start of your second flush. From there repeat... 3rd and 4th flush I have found normally less pins but quite often big fruits. By 3rd or 4th I’m normally starting to see trich and then it goes to the compost.

     

    hope this helps!

     

    z

     

    edit: re-read - if you mean how do you get a full canopy, like all fruits similar size and fruiting at the same time? Then I’m pretty sure it comes down to genetics and often cloning plus perfect conditions. Still dream of the full canopy!

     

    Thank you so much, you managed to decode my post pretty well haha!

    I never realised how much genetics would play a role so i'll have to have a play around with clones etc

    Cheers!

  15. Posted

    Hey all!

    Through all my fungal projects i have never noticed "flushes".

    Growth seems to be uncoordinated - if i were to harvest as soon as the mature fruit was ready i would be harvesting some under developed fruit with them.

    I was hoping someone could tell me what conditions should be met to coordinate flushes.

    Thanks again guys!

     

  16. Posted

    9 hours ago, acasshia said:

    It will work. I"d recommend putting a decent casing layer over it to prevent pinning before its fully colonised :shroomer:

    Exciting news!

     

    Why isn't it more widely practiced? I've even heard people say its easier to start from scratch than to feed a monotub haha

  19. Posted

    2 hours ago, Northerner said:

    It looks like some sort of slime mould. It doesn't appear to be spread everywhere, hopefully just isolated to that area you photographed up close. Putting salt on moulds can stunt them and give the myc a chance to outcompete them. It looks a lot better seeing the whole tub rather than seeing just that one small section. :)

      

    Woo! Glad to hear it - slime mould would be be interesting... its not particularly slimy (looking) at all

  20. Posted

    2 hours ago, Zonad said:

    @TheMooseZeus - so hard to tell from the photos. I notice that the mono doesn’t have the standard fae holes I’m accustomed to. It’s also pretty cold for growing cubes at the moment which seems to slow everything down and increase problems in my limited experience. Mycology will do your head in... just when you think you have everything down pat, trich will appear. Hopefully you get a decent flush for your hard work! Keep trying and learning. A great teacher of patience and perseverance!70BD8CF5-9F50-4065-AFA7-B6720FFBDC7A.thumb.jpeg.1f30993d8ab07cecceee4c7ac38c1bd9.jpegDay 18 and first few pins showing.

     

    photos for motivation!

     

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    God bless you! It's a bit of a mental game hey! And you're so right they're already giving me the lessons I'm after

    Cheers!

  21. Posted · Edited by TheMooseZeus

    12 hours ago, Northerner said:

    Nah man. It's fucked. You can grow it out anyway if you like, but it's not a winner. Might get a small flush.

     

    You could make an outside patch with the spawn. The cube will win the fight out there in a semi shaded position if you're warm enough. Might still be a bit wintery at the moment. Bury it 10-15cm thick with a 1cm casing sprinkled with grass seed if you have it. Cover it in plastic for a couple of weeks, uncover and water lightly. Will fruit 2 weeks later.

     

     

    Here's the tote 12 days after spawning.

    Any idea what the contam is or more importantly how it can be avoided in the future?

     

    EDIT: I used probably half the grain spawn i should have in the tub so colonisation is expected to be slow, i'll continue to grow it out, no real harm in that

     

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  22. Posted

    4 hours ago, Northerner said:

    It may not be cobweb, but it's not healthy mycelium either. Some sort of nasty.

    its definitely not strong growth, something i should be worried about? it hasn't really taken off

    any "fix"??

    Cheers!

  23. Posted

    17 hours ago, Maximt said:

    Hi Moose,

     

    I'm by no means a monotub expert or a cobweb mold expert, but I remember reading a post on reddit about this, and the focus point was  YOU. DO. NOT. HAVE. COBWEB.

     Cobweb is very rare, and sometimes myc is just thin/stringy like in the pic you have.

     

    you need to look out if it starts looking like this

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    Hope that helps.

     

    MT

     

    P.S. found the reddit link https://www.reddit.com/r/unclebens/comments/gzg5zd/listen_the_fck_up_you_do_not_have_cobweb/

     

    Woah, thanks so much!

    I guess im not alone in my hypochondria haha 

  24. Posted · Edited by TheMooseZeus

    Hey all!

    Woke up to this in the monotub can anyone confirm my suspicion of cobweb mould??

    Cheers all! I'm just obsessing over the possible contam

     

    EDIT: I'm a hypo (myco?) chondriac 

     

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