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r/unclebens is a beginner-friendly community created by Shroomscout to share simple and beginner-friendly methods for cultivating psychedelic "magic" mushrooms. This community is also for any other questions you might have related to mycology, psychedelics, and mental health.

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Start Here! Find EVERYTHING you need to know with the 'Master Post' including:

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    - Contamination Information

    - All About Agar

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Fruiting Directly From the Rice Bags:

    - Check out 90 Second Mycology's FULL-LENGTH Documentary to get you fruiting from the bag in no time!

 

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    - The '60 Second Pasta Tek \ Start to Finish' was released by 90 Second Mycology on Halloween weekend, 2021. Read about it and watch it here!

 

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ShroomScout's OFFICIAL Most-Awarded Mushroom Cultivation Guide Quick-Access:

🍄 Part 1: Understanding How Mycelium & Mushrooms Grow

    - VERY important, DO NOT skip if you're a new cultivator!

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🍄 Part 2: Inoculation & Colonization

    - 90 Second Mycology's video version of Part 2

    - 90 Second Mycology's Uncle Ben's® G2G (Grain to Grain) Inoculation

    - u/ThisIsMyShroomAcct's Ben2Ben (Grain2Grain) Transfer Technique

    - 90 Second Mycology's Uncle Ben's® Agar Inoculation

    - 90 Second Mycology's EASY Unmodified Still Air Box Technique

    - 90 Second Mycology's alternative Mushroom Spawn Incubation Box method without a space heater

    - 90 Second Mycology's Spore Syringes & Liquid Culture Syringes EXPLAINED!

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🍄 Part 3: How to Spawn to Bulk (Fruiting)

    - ShroomScout's official video version of Part 3

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    - 90 Second Mycology's alternative UB's Bulk Spawn to ANY Container Size

    - 90 Second Mycology's alternative In-Depth Container Fruiting How-To Video

     - Shroomery.org's Casing Layer Procedures Master Link List

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🍄 Part 4: How to Harvest, Dry, and Prepare for Multiple Flushes

    - ShroomScout's official video version of Part 4

    - 90 Second Mycology's alternative Video Version of Part 4, Harvesting Straight From the UB Bag

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Chocolate Krinkle Brainz pins

I’ll report back in a month

2 Comments
2024/10/31
22:41 UTC

6

Do I really have to air the bag?

Got a grow kit like the one in the image from wholecelium. Normally I would air it a couple times a day to make sure there's fresh air in there, but the place I'm living in right now has a mold problem and I'd rather not risk it. Do you think the tape that bag has is enough for air exchange?

3 Comments
2024/10/31
22:06 UTC

1

Stagnant Growth

First timer, growing in Ben’s Brown Rice. Felt the bags for growth about 7 days ago (10 days from inoculation) and it felt solid in the top half, and still soft in the bottom half. I checked again today, and there was almost no difference in feel from 7 days ago. Nothing in the viewing window. Any tips, or is this batch a dud?

2 Comments
2024/10/31
21:27 UTC

9

I made a reminder for myself

3 Comments
2024/10/31
21:23 UTC

0

It cracker dry essential?

How long will shrooms last if they are dry but not cracker dry?

8 Comments
2024/10/31
20:29 UTC

1

How much cc of GT Liquid Cultr per UB bag?

2 Comments
2024/10/31
19:40 UTC

1

Picked up everything I need for CVG. Have a question though.

This was the only gypsum I could find and it's not powder. Should I turn it into powder?

3 Comments
2024/10/31
19:30 UTC

7

What am I doing wrong am I just an impatient nub

It’s been s2b for 15 days I have 3 plugs in and 3 fake patches I must once a day once all the little droplets evaporate temperature is 70-74 Fahrenheit do I just need to be patient?

5 Comments
2024/10/31
19:26 UTC

1

Help me please

This yellow thing is just a myc piss or contam?

1 Comment
2024/10/31
18:55 UTC

1

What is this brown?

The brown spots have been there for a long time, not sure if it’s cause of shitty conditions or contam, any ideas? Probably just gonna keep it going though and hope for the best

1 Comment
2024/10/31
17:50 UTC

29

Obsessed with watching these nats grow 🍄

9 Comments
2024/10/31
17:26 UTC

2

What if any filter do you use for the air in your inoculation space?

I'm curious what air filters you guys use. Ever since switching to jars, I've never gotten contam in the grain, I know it'll happen one day though. I'm curious what air conditioning measures you guys use.

I've got a MERV 11 in the central air, and I run a small 'hepa' purifier in the place I inoculate, and it seems to work well enough for my petri ops.

What do you guys use? I've heard laminar setups are popular.

1 Comment
2024/10/31
16:26 UTC

5

First flush

I'm on my first ever tub of Costa Ricans, I have about 6 fruits so far that are about an inch and a half tall already the rest of the pins are just forming into fruits. Is this normal? And can I just harvest the big 6 when they're ready and let the rest catch up?

6 Comments
2024/10/31
16:10 UTC

0

Help!

I just started getting pins and this sprout up is this comes up what can I do cut this out or what?

6 Comments
2024/10/31
15:43 UTC

1

What is this honey colored substance?

8 Comments
2024/10/31
15:33 UTC

1

The columbians are getting even bigger! Is it normal for them to take 4/5 days to reach this size?

2 Comments
2024/10/31
15:32 UTC

1

Fruit of the loop

Cakes are shrinking and have a light brownish tint on the surface (too much misting I think, I’m going to stop fussing over them. This is like day 3 after first pin.

1 Comment
2024/10/31
14:47 UTC

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Is this the right tape to use for filter?

6 Comments
2024/10/31
14:30 UTC

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