The pins I focused on turned out to be a blob, it never opened..

This is after a good soaking. They’ve been out here for a few weeks.

Some great value microwave rice is made in canada too. the rest is made in mexico. This is just about the microwave ones not the dry ones.

They are not soft like marshmellows yet. When can i harvest? Do they drop spores??

Wish fruits matured at the same time. Will probably do a staggered harvest to maximize yield. Are clusters good? I love the way some boxes look that have individual mushrooms growing out of the substrate, but I most get clusters.

Tried to get myc from dirty spore prints and dried mush, forgot it for a half a year

New ep. of Gnocchi Chronicles out. Substrate is colonizing beautifully since S2B. I had some initial hypothetical concerns, but things are coasting along nicely just as they should with any other clean spawn. So close to surface colonization already. I predict we’ll flip to FC within the next 3 days (although it already does have nice FAE so it could be considered passively in FC already which is fine considering how colonized the cake already is). Stay tuned for the next episode of the Gnocchi Chronicles.

Can this be lc?

On the left I believe is B+, the middle is Lion’s Mane, and the far right is GT. They’re all labeled, of course, but I had to flip them due to some pooling of LC after I shifted all the rice toward the bottom of each bag. This caused them to rest at kind of an irregular shape/angle.

That said, I’m already seeing some impressive growth—except for the Lion’s Mane, which doesn’t seem to be making much progress compared to the others. The room stays around 75°F and doesn’t fluctuate more than about 10°.

Any advice on improvements I could make? I was thinking about shake and breaking the bags that are doing well in maybe a week or two, but I’m also leaning toward just letting them colonize on their own. What do you all think?

This is my first time trying the Uncle Ben's Tek, and I’d love some input from experienced growers.

I inoculated these bags about 2 weeks ago, and most of them have colonized really nicely. One of the bags was mostly colonized in the center only, so I gave it a shake recently to redistribute. It’s now bouncing back slowly.

My main concerns:

• I noticed some bluish-gray areas forming. Is that just bruising or possibly contamination?
• There's yellowish liquid in a couple of the bags. Is that normal myc piss (metabolic waste) or something more worrying?
• Also – do these look ready for the next step (fruiting)? Or should I let them colonize a bit more?

Pics attached for reference!

Any tips or feedback would be greatly appreciated 🙏 thanks in advance!

Lot of side pinnings as well, not sure what to do about that...

Still unsure about the timing of blobby harvest, but pleased.

I’m seeing posts and comments that uncle Ben’s doesn’t work like it used to. What’s a better alternative?

One clean and sanitised bucket with a tight fitting lid. Coco coir weighed and broken up in to bucket, Gypsum weighed and added, Vermiculite weighed and added. Give this a good mix then add the boiling water, fit the lid making sure its nice and tight and allow the mixture to cool down over night. Cakes will be made tommow ✌️

First time growing B+ and noticing these coral reef after about 5 days since introducing FAE. Is this contam? Pins? Having a hard time identifying what this is and if I’m on the right track…thanks fam!

Okay so I harvested my first flush and didn’t want to do more, I come back weeks later to throw away and there’s mushrooms growing again? Is this good still?

First time grower here. So I inoculated this 3lb grain/substrate bag with P Nats in the last week of December 2024. Long story short, I did 1 break and shake around a month after inoculating the grain. This seemed to have cause a stunt in the mycelium’s growth, and so for around 3 weeks there were seemingly minimal changes in the bag. This however changed in March when I started noticing changes in the bag. Not sure if it’s mycelium but the grain/substrate is slowly starting to get whiter and whiter, yet there seems to be condensation on the inside of the bag which I’ve heard is a sign of contamination.

I ran into trouble in the last few days and wasn't able to get my grain pressure cooked like I planned.

These oats sprouted. I can't seem to find solid answers on weather or not they will still work so I figure I'll give it a shot and be the answers for the next person.

I know some of the simple sugars are used up now, so regardless it'll be less successful, but I'm curious anyway. Will follow up.

B+ 1st harvest after 58 days.

First timer. Can I save it or is this the end?

Has anyone successfully cultivated these? Are they beginner friendly? Any info would be great!