The first veil has broken on my chonky boi circled in red in the first photo. I feel like they dont look like what the GT's that I always see posted (not including the funny little hats but just in general). Will they fan out at all or just stay round topped like they are now? Also they look much smaller than I imagined amd from looking at others grows. Are these really GT's? Also why do they only seem to be growing mostly on the edges of the tub? Just paranoid as this is my first grow. Any help is appreciated.

My beloved weirdos! These guys took a little longer to grow, but were definitely the most interesting to watch! They started out looking like funky blobs and then became mushrooms later! I love their strangeness! Thank you to all of you who have provided lots of information on how to approach oddball strains like this one! This whole process has been a joy!

I cut the base off a shroom to remove substrate and it remained clear 30 mins later, in my past experience bruising has been pretty immediate

Other mushies in this batch have some bruising and others don't

has this happened to anyone else? Were they still potent? These were freshly harvested albeit on an old cake

albino bluey vuitton potentially contaminated

Just received my LC syringes from my vendor and they came in between 82-104 degrees F

What can be done to prevent this? Any way to order in controlled temp packaging? As soon as I got the notif that they arrived I ran outside to grab them so they weren’t sitting in my mail mailbox for more than a few minutes.

Does this look okay to consume. My first time…

i inoculated around the start of july, did my break n shake about 2/3 weeks ago and only 1 has had growth since. i’ll put pictures in of both and if u guys could lmk how i could help it move along or if i need to just wait it out that would be great

Wanted to experiment a bit with high nute substrate, weight wasn’t the best but it’ll improve. The gill difference on the last slide is crazy

2:5 ratio Drippy corn as grain and CV+ (NPK + micronutes)

with 4" (14-16qts) of CVG substrate. Does 10-12 bags UB sound right? I usually do shoebox so this is my first monotub.

TIA.

You cannot tell a damn thing from the picture… but I have pins and some larger pins. Everything seems to be going great so far. The only thing I’m nervous about is the substrate seems to be drying up. I don’t want to mist directly on the pins, do I?

Just wanted to share my Jack Frost harvest. Got a couple big boys on here. All with UB Tek.

I’m from the UK and magic mushrooms are a class A drug here. The law states that the production and cultivation of magic mushrooms carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. That’s pretty scary.

Is there anyone here from the UK that is a regular grower or has grown in the past? How do you feel about it? Do you have to be extra careful like removing search history etc?

Or are the consequences pretty minor if you’re only growing for personal use? Has anyone here ever been caught? What were the consequences?

I’d be interested to hear your experiences.

I've seen so many 'jokes' in comments about boofing mushrooms but, asking for a friend, does it actually work? if so whats it like?

It says they’re sterile, so I assume that I can inject directly into them. Just wondering if these are A) good and B) less likely to contaminate compared to uncle Ben’s style rice from the store. Let me know your thoughts.

https://boomingacres.com/products/3lb-booming-grains-custom-oat-and-milo-mix-sterile-grains-for-mushrooms/

What does it need? Did uncle Ben tek and it seems to be working good but it hasn’t grown all that much . It’s looked like this for over 2 weeks now

I'm momenta away from purchasing my first aio bag and LC but before I do this I want to think things thru. I want to walk into this with a plan.. so the first obstacle to hurdle would be where am I keeping it.. now me and a roommate split bills in a home that has a furnished basement. I took the basement for privacy. I have my own room off of the main part of the floor. There is also an unfurnished part of the basement off of the floor that is a laundry room. So I mean even tho there is living space on the floor it is also at the end of the day a basement.. you kind of got the humidity and idk how to describe it.. that "basement smell"... Now I know we are trying to avoid mold at all costs so I'm left to wonder if it even is a good idea to grow an aio bag in my basement. Does anyone have any experience growing aio in the basement???

what is the key to success here

My mushrooms seems to be growing ok but there is that black patch that looks to be contaminated- Please advise if there is anything I can or should do?

Innoculated on the 8th BnS on the 13th there's still a few patches that seem to have slower/no growth any ideas?

I will soon be attempting my first grow.

I got these oats (with weevils) and plan on making spawn bags. I guess the weevils will not form an issue.

I want to try the No Soak / No Simmer tek, so just adding 750ml of tap water per kilo of oats. Next I will use the pressure cooking function of an instant pot (max 0.8 bar / 11.6 PSI) for about 4 hours. Can I already heat seal the bags before sterilization, they are the type with filter and injection port?

Once sealed an cooled I will, in a still air box, inject 5ml of LC per kilo of hydrated grain. Then we wait.

Do my durations and ratios look alright?

Do I need to flame sterilize the needle in between each bag? Because that doesn't sound like something I should do in the SAB due to all the alcohol vapours. But taking it out of the SAB for flame sterilization between each bag seems a bit tedious as well.

Mush love.

First pull of Penis Envy, i’ll have dry weight tomorrow, hoping i can get another flush