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This is my first time growing and I am trying to use “PF TEK.” I am having success with almost every step, however, after 8 weeks in the fruiting chamber I still have not had any mushroom growth. Below I have described my process from spore purchase until now. If you have any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated because I am lost. Thank you for your help! To begin I purchased a live liquid culture syringe of Lion’s Mane from MycoHaus. I assumed these are a reputable dealer considering they sponsor the Shroomery forum. I am going to skip over the details regarding creating the cakes, inoculation, and sterilization because my cakes look healthy at full colonization approximately 2 – 3 weeks after I inoculated them. Following full colonization, I allowed them to sit for one week. The pic below is right before I birthed the cakes from the mason jars. After birthing the cakes, I submerged them in water for 24 hours. I then covered them in vermiculite and placed them in the fruiting chamber. My fruiting chamber has 10 centimeters of wet perlite in it. My grow light has a color of 6000K and runs on a 12-hour cycle. Similarly, I mist the cakes whenever they look dry (1 or 2 times a day) and fan them 3 times a day. I have them set up in my closet with the door always open a foot or two because I figured my living room would not allow the humidity in the fruiting chamber to stay high enough due to my air conditioning. After 4 weeks of no growth I removed the cakes from the chamber, re-wet the perlite, and placed the cakes back in the fruiting chamber. It has now been 8 weeks and I have not been able to get a single mushroom to grow. Below I have inserted pictures of my set up and cakes as they are currently (8 weeks after being placed in the fruiting chamber). I have scoured the internet trying to determine why my cakes are not fruiting. One person noted in another forum that you won’t be able to grow only a few cakes in a large fruiting. However, if this were true, then why can this guy manage to grow 6 cakes in such a large fruiting chamber (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jkZKbip3Po – skip to 9:25 in)? Similarly, my fruiting chamber seems to hold humidity decently as I can feel the moisture when I stick my hand inside of it. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your help : )
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I have lots of supplies for mushroom cultivation. Everything one would need to start a lab and set up a fruiting chamber. Start producing your own mushrooms! Here is a list of some of the items I have left: (2) 8X4X6 Grow tent Black with reflective interior $75 ea (3) 6 in Hydrofarm Active Air In-Line fan 400 CFM $65 ea (3) 2 ft 4 bulb T5 fluorescent lights $70 ea (3) 4 in Hydrofarm Organic Air HEPA garden filter $45 ea ¼ HP submersible utility pump (sump pump) 1500 gallons per hour $50 (6) 36X24 Plastic shelving units 5 shelves tall $15 ea (2) 12 head pond fogger $125 (1) 9 head pond fogger $100 (1) 5 head pond fogger $75 (1) Auto humidity controller $75 (1) 4X4X6 grow tent Black with reflective interior $50 (2) 4 in Hydrofarm Active Air In-line fan 165 CFM $50 ea (1) Electric Transfer Tool Sterilizer $150 (1) 24X12 Laminar flow hood Includes box, 5.8 Micron filter $125 (1) 24X24 HEPA Filter 5.8 Micron Filter $100 Assortment of Test tubes and glass petri dishes (1) Test tube rack $10 (1) Portable A/C Unit $100 (1) Weed whip/wacker Used to chop straw $75 (2) Hydro farm dual grounded timer $10 (3) Zoo Med terrarium timer $7 (2) Active Air Duct Fan speed controller $12.5 (1) Impulse sealer 12 in $30 (1) All-american 41.5 qt electric steroclave $500 (1) ~3000 Birch spiral grooved dowels $15 (Many) Plastic Bags with filer patch 22.5 x 8.25 x 4.75 inches and 5"X4"X18" 3.0mil PP $100 (4) Small Bale wheat straw Kept indoors $10 for all or $4 ea (1) Oakton pH2 Ph meter $30 (90) 10cc syringe & 16 gauge needle $15 (1) CAP CGC-1e Complete Greenhouse Controller Temp $275 (2) 6in Active Air %W magnetic drive clip on grow fan $15 ea
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i ordered these spawn plugs from fungi.com http://www.fungi.com/product-detail/product/chicken-of-the-woods-plug-spawn-approx-1000-plugs.html i just read that this type of chicken of the woods is laetiprous conerificola. does anyone know of this sub species of chicken of the woods plugs can grow in southern central new york (orange county)? i read that this type of chicken of the woods grows in washington. is it possible for me to grow these plugs in new york? Laetiporus conerificola Laetiporus conerificola
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Hey, For all mushroom lovers, just want to share a very interesting site I came across which provides all supplies and tools to grow mushrooms, do have a look at Mushroomsource.ca