Lion’s Mane and Reishi jars

[Brody 348]

Time to try fruiting some edibles. I nocced whole oat jars with lion’s mane, reishi, shiitake and oyster.  The shittake and oyster failed miserably. The reishi looks awesome and I’m prepping sawdust bags today using phish’s tek.

I’m not sure about the lion’s mane. It hasn’t fully colonized and looks a little dry, if I were looking at cube myc, I’d say it’s tammed. But I don’t know about the edibles.

Incubated at 77/78. Nocced on 1/30. Shook in 2/15. Photos taken today.

Opinions please.

 

But check out this reishi! Excited about this one.

 

[Mush Zombie 25926]

one thing is clear, you're probably going to have to dig that reishi out with a spoon

lions mane looks alright to me

[SU-85B 172]

Things are getting exciting!

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[Brody 348]

2 hours ago, Mush Zombie said:

one thing is clear, you're probably going to have to dig that reishi out with a spoon

lions mane looks alright to me

Yeah, I was afraid the reishi is going big to give me fits. 

Should I let the lion’s mane ride for a while longer or spawn it? 

Thanks for the input.

[Mush Zombie 25926]

I'd probably just spawn it

[magicman 6075]

Looking good man!

[Mushinist 3451]

Nice job, as you see the reishi is some aggressive shit, it'll do the same in sawdust too. Phish's tek is as simple as it gets and works great!

Look forward to seeing if you get conks, and how the lions mane turns out as I have 6 bags going myself, LM is a very tasty shroom!

[Brody 348]

48 hours after spawning, the reishi is going crazy. I did not realize it was such a fast growing mushroom.

The lion’s mane is showing growth, just not nearly the speed of the reishi.

 

[Mush Zombie 25926]

Reishi is very agressive.

[Mushinist 3451]

5 hours ago, Brody said:

48 hours after spawning, the reishi is going crazy. I did not realize it was such a fast growing mushroom.    

 

4 hours ago, Mush Zombie said:

Reishi is very agressive.

Amazes me how fast it is 

[Mush Zombie 25926]

I've had it grow out of spawn jar lid holes and syringes. 

[Brody 348]

Spawned to sawdust bags on 3/5. Surprised they haven’t tammed yet b/c I added waaaayyyy more water than Phish’s recipe called for and the bags are pretty wet. Myc seems to be doing great. No obvious tam. Thinking I’m about ready to put into fruiting chamber and see what happens. 

Reishi - I was reading that I should let the reishi start to fruit in the bag. Then, after antlers have developed, cut of the top and (try to) let conks develop. 

Lion’s Mane - I read that I should cut the sides of the bag where primordia has formed. I’m not seeing primordia formations yet, just even myc growth. Maybe it’s on top, but I’m not seeing it on the sides. Maybe put it in the fruiting chamber and cool it down to promote primordia formation?

Both strains are in the incubator at 77F at the moment. Fruiting chamber would be 68F.

Reishi bag

 

 

Lion’s Mane bags

 

[Brody 348]

Tiny lions mane shrooms! I moved them down to the middle rack in the greenhouse cause they’re looking a tad dry. But I did it! Just hope they keep going. They were starting to fruit on top so I just cut the top of the bag off.  The biggest one is just a bit bigger than my thumb.

[Brody 348]

Both Lion’s Mane bags are fruiting.

Pics 1/2

Cut crosses into the sides a week ago after seeing primordia forming in air gaps between the substrate and bag. Growth is way faster than the bag I cut the top off of. 

 

Pics 3/4

A week after last photos and three weeks after putting to fruit, they’re doing well but growing sooooo slloooowwww. Ambient temp is 68F with Rh Set at 86%. Computer fan exhausts air for 10 minutes every two hours. Leaving them alone because there’s no evidence of tam.

Is this growth rate normal?

 

[PickledPiper 15]

How are things going with your grow? Have you got antler or conks from the reishi yet? How is the LM doing?

[Brody 348]

I got enough LM for one meal. They were small but tasty. Not sure why they didn’t grow larger. Grow tent has been 64 with 86% humidity. Next round I’ll bring up temp and humidity up slightly. 

 

Reishi has antlers. No plates. I’ll post pics. Same growing conditions as the LM.