10 tubs are pinning all from uncle Ben’s rice , oh and for all who was saying oh most of them will get contam haha only lost 5 out of 108…

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.

Do these look safe for consumption? My spore supplier says these don’t drop spores, is that correct? How much more should I let these mature?

I think I had a very low yield cos the cake got very dehydrated, going for a second flush with all the pins that were left after a little rehydration. Harvest was about 90g wet so pretty good going for a first attempt. I have more bens bags and made my own MSS to start more bags later this evening.

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?

Never really got what I would consider “marshmallow soft” but their little veils did start breaking so, we harvested! Super excited. 480 grams wet.

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

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!

Hey guys, new here looking for feedback.

Think it’s looking good, though I just want to check in with the experts and see.

I’ve read a shit ton on this now and think I pretty much know how to do everything. Hopefully these look on track.

Been about 2 weeks.

Having to grow in garage, so temp control has taken a while to get to grips with.

Cheers and have a good Saturday

Do you need to sterilize the Jars with rubbing alchohol before putting rice in them &&& steaming ???

Or will the sterlization of the jars frick with the process.

Thank you, Broke girl beginner 🤷‍♀️

On this sub I see many questions seeking clarification of contamination versus bruising. Frequently I see photos during the stages of spawning to bulk and fruiting. My question is where is this contamination coming from? If the substrate has no nutrients, and the grains were fully colonized before adding them to the substrate, then it must mean one of the following is true:

—contamination entered during the inoculation and colonization stage and simply didn’t show up until a few weeks later

—the grains were not fully colonized before moving to the spawn to bulk stage, thus allowing bacteria to feed on the grain nutrients still existing from colonization

—random bacteria was preexisting somewhere in the setup prior to spawning to bulk and the cleaning step with alcohol wasn’t thorough enough.

What other potential avenues of contamination am I not thinking of?

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

Looking like this ones contaminated :( I've got 1 other bag which I innoculated at the same time, that one's looking kinda the same, but without the bluey greenie patch. Should I throw this bag out now?

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

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

In the growing guide, it says that when pins start to form, they already contain almost all the cells of the mushroom but are not yet inflated by water. Does this mean smaller mushrooms are more potent per gram?

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

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!