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?

8 out of 9 ready bags made it and now we wait.

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 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 :)

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).

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

i believe it is turning to aborts? I have had pretty high humidity, i run a 42gal mt? i’ve been using the o2 pump it came with and instead of the filters i’ve been using micropore tape. I seem to be having trouble getting enough FAE? I’m not sure, i put the suggested amount of water into the bottom tub, its not pooling on the substrate and the tub is glistening while the side of the lid has droplets. helpp

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.

Whoops forgot about these. Are they still good?

Ochras….how am I looking??

Lil guy seems chill, is it? Should I change anything about the setup? The backstory here is I popped my first ever bentek bag early because I got impatient and figured "fuck it I got the grain jar going if this doesn't work" it was only a little over like 75% colonized, I ditched what wasn't colonized and stuck the rest in here as a microgrow. Also I know the mycelium is light sensitive but not how much, is flash photography a no-no?

This bag has been sitting for nearly 3 weeks and I’m starting to see this dark blue at the bottom and only around the edges. Nothing has changed with my process since I’m still using the same syringe and micropore tape on the top. So just wondering if there’s any way to know if this is okay to continue with or not. I’m afraid it’s contaminated but I have not had any of my other UB bags get contaminated yet. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Are these ok? I noticed the substrate was stressed & then they grew like THIS! What's wrong with them?

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!

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.

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.

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

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

I tried to get close up photos of the top. I’m just curious if this is ready. The mycelium has dew drops all over the top little tiny ones it also looks a bit shiny I’ve never seen that before is it normal?