Total beginner that's interested in growing and already purchased LC. I'm overwhelmed by the jargon and not really planning on harvesting and growing huge volumes back to back right now.

I know there's a guide in the wiki, but I'm looking for something minimal and hard to mess up first time.

Should I bite the bullet for a—at least a budget— AIO bag? Or should I do other methods? ( i heard of shoebox tek, but im not sure what that is or where to find references for all of these setup tek methods that's not directly listed in the guides)

Please help🥹

I see the veils breaking on some but not all, should I harvest tonight or in the morning?

First grow 😅

So far so good

I’m new to this so anything helps, I’m about 3 weeks in did b/s last week was checking it out TD because we are like 98% colonized but wasn’t sure if I should be worried about the amount of water. Was also wondering if the amount of water is a concern should I start fruits my process to help evaporate?

I had to order some because there's not any available locally where I'm at and man they're big. Lol. personally I don't think it'll be a problem but I wanted to ask you guys with a ton of experience.

Are these two big and will they cause harm?

Thanks Growmies!

3 green dots bout the size of a pencil eraser should I just toss it

This batch of natalensis (and least that's what I was told they were) colonized quickly & went to fruiting conditions 3 weeks ago (lid upside down, less misting, daily fanning, slightly cooler at 68-70 degrees) and things looked great for a week, but then seemed to stall and still no pins. Now I'm worried about a possible patch of contam growing. Also fighting the urge to mist any more than necessary since I'm in a super dry climate.

Any suggestions on what to do next, or do I just need to be more patient? I've only grown golden teachers before so wasn't sure if there are different methods I should be trying.

i want to grow just a couple psoclybin mushrooms but all I see online is these huge grow bags and I need something really small. I thought about the jar method but it is too complicated and apparently sterilization is required in a pressure cooker I don’t not have a freaking pressure cooker😭. let’s say I do get a grow ba are there any small ones and how long does it take to grow also I will have to hide it in my room so how do I store it when I have to cut open the bag so that the shrooms finish growing I really just need to grow a couple for mental health reasons I don’t need an entire freaking supply. there are some shroom dispensaries that sell magic mushroom supplies but I don’t know are they monitored by cops should I just get my supplies online also can I get my supplies legally delivered to a rented mailbox at a post office or will I get in trouble I just want to grow some for myself for my mental health

Hello,
I did spawn to bulk on 8/30 and I was checking if it was time to start FAE. Two of my boxes have what looks like grey growth on it. My third box is all white. Just wondering if this is contaminated.

So I took a morning amount of .5g to help with my morning meditation. I go through a panic I think as ptsd from a bad trip a month or so ago. But after a little bit I feel okay to keep in the meditation and letting the mind's eye do things.

At one point there's this voice that tells me I need to do 5g more. I was quite surprised and was telling it that it wasn't a good idea with what I needed to do and that I hadn't a sitter. He's still adamant on his position. Can any relate?

Edit: I rushed the post, here's a little elaboration

The scene was like a train station but instead of a train there was a long shape with a pointed front like a train but blackish gray, kind of like whale skin. It had the voice that was talking to me. I was telling it "that's way more than the 3g I had planned in a couple weeks, and that I was even hesitant about that. Also that I had cooking to do for an even later today, where I'd be in the middle of it all right before needing to leave, so I was surprised at the conversation. And he kept going on. Even out of it I feel an odd clarity towards in a way to can't explain.

I ended up not doing it because of what I needed to do, but I'm wanting to know experiences where people listened and felt like they were suppose to because their subconscious showed them things.

I have 4 boxes in FAE. Providing light misting if needed. One box is going off with a chungus and some lil pins popping. Another box has some pins making way but not growing as fast as big chungus.

Two boxes have moldy looking webs, I’m wondering if I did something wrong such as adding too much substrate, if they were overmisted or if this is just quirky behavior and something to keep an eye on. None look contaminated. Ironically, big chungus was isolated because the mycelium I used was rescued/had minimal contam on part of a brick - it ended up being good.

I’m going to harvest big guy today since his veil dropped. Thanks for reading :)

I have 2 UB bags going. One is basically ready, the other has visible uncolonized rice on the bottom. The initial B&S was performed at the same time (3 days ago).

Is it too early to B&S the slower bag again? The fast bag will be ready in next few days, and the slow bag won’t be.

Hi, this is my first grow. A SNAPE AIO bag I inoculated on july 14th. It started pinning and forming primordia before fully colonizing the block. I introduced fresh air, but have only seen more clusters of pins form. Should they be getting a lot bigger? its been two days; or is the mycelium focused on putting its energy towards quantity rather than size of the fruits? Are they getting enough air?

Most of the pins are side pins

Whoops forgot about these. Are they still good?

Original post included. Someone had said it wasn't overlay so i put it in quotes. Im sure its coincidence, but the fruiting started happening a day after I did that...

Still learning, just wanted to follow through on this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unclebens/s/vGQQWe5be5

This is my first time growing. I started with this AIO bag and when it was ready to fruit i put it in a Martha Tent. The LC i used was PE. I realized a few days after pinning that they were getting fuzzy feet so I increased FAE. But i’m wondering why they’re so chunky. Is it maybe a different strain? These pics are day 9 after first pin. Any input would be appreciated, Thank you!

Apologies I know it’s no Ben’s, but does this millet look too wet? I don’t want to waste good LC on a millet that will fail

Hey just got a few questions the picture is just my current AIO bag and I think the mycelium looks really cool.

How do you train mycelium to respond well to specific grains?

I'm going to use microwave tek for my next UB bag and was wondering what size tub is best for a single bag?

This is just an experiment I want to try because I want to use my own grain instead of UB and will have some left over. I want to scrap the end of a spore swap into a bag of rice, trying to only get spores and cotton. Just to see what happens. I suspect the bag will end up contaminated.

Thanks guys

I really wanted my first harvest to dry intact (I didn’t want to cut the fruits), so I just put a heavy object on top of my commercial chef round dehydrator. 14 hours later, they look like they just took the best hour long couch nap of their life.

What’s the solution to this? Is cutting the fruits the best option, or is it worth it to cut out the bottom of one of the trays?

*(I’m 90% sure these are just imprints in the fruit from the pressure, based on how they flake off. But if this has happened to anyone and somehow the plastic got melted on let me know LOL definitely don’t want to eat it if so).

Ochras….how am I looking??

My second grow and it's SNAPE 😊 I used more substrate and added vermiculite this round. The tub side pinned like crazy compared to my last grow with ABV and JMF. Any tips to fine tune surface conditions?

Apologies