Spore-tacular Shenanigans

[Orb]

forgot how quickly these can go!

 

[Sun Ra]

forgot how quickly these can go!View attachment 49447

Nice - happy to PM you my postal address mate ! Hahaha .......

 

[Orb]

looking a bit closer the veils (assuming I’m looking at the right parts) are really small and tight, the horizontal-ish trail half way down the stem in the second pic makes me think that line is where the veil separated

 

[Orb]

started harvesting yesterday and put them into the dehumidifier, took another few this morning, also added some water to the tray hoping that it keeps the mycelium sufficiently hydrated

first pic is initial flush, then what it looked like this morning before and after harvesting second flush

 

[SRH]

Hey how do you go about avoiding contamination the more I've been researching the more confusing it's gets do you use glove boxes flow hoods or any other procedures turns out I also have ape's as well so keen to get some going

 

[Orb]

Nah I don’t have any hoods but I have tried to keep the area I do anything in clean, keep the windows and doors closed, use plenty of iso to wipe things down, use gloves etc

I’ve only ever started with the grow bags ya buy online, so I think contamination is less of a worry starting out that way and the mycelium coming out of the bag and into the tray is healthy and fairly robust (so far). I’m guessing it gets a lot harder making yer own bags from scratch or growing in jars

 

[Indy]

started harvesting yesterday and put them into the dehumidifier, took another few this morning, also added some water to the tray hoping that it keeps the mycelium sufficiently hydrated

first pic is initial flush, then what it looked like this morning before and after harvesting second flush

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There's seems to be a trait that the spores respond best on the edge of the tray where the condensation drips back down..

Lookin' good nonetheless.

 

[Orb]

thanks Indy, I did wonder why the edges were doing so well - I had thought it was maybe cause the casing layer is more shallow toward the edges or maybe I packed it down too tightly in the middle

i was more careful how I put the second tray together - less mycelium near the eadges of the tray, thinner and more consistent casing layer so we’ll see how it progresses

 

[SRH]

Nah I don’t have any hoods but I have tried to keep the area I do anything in clean, keep the windows and doors closed, use plenty of iso to wipe things down, use gloves etc

I’ve only ever started with the grow bags ya buy online, so I think contamination is less of a worry starting out that way and the mycelium coming out of the bag and into the tray is healthy and fairly robust (so far). I’m guessing it gets a lot harder making yer own bags from scratch or growing in jars

OK sweet will give it a crack cheers