I couldnât get my mycelium to grow. Youâve already got farther than I did. 
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I was getting the ready to go grain bags too, then I got my pc and havenât successfully colonized grain since. I canât seam to get it right.
I tried to order some grain bags but they are shut down.
Iâve been trying different teks from shroomery but still nothing. Maybe itâs the LC that I made, it looks fine but Iâve had it for a little while now
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Always test your LC on agar, sometimes hard to tell if itâs contaminated. Moisture content of the grains is important, too dry or wet can cause stalls or encourage any hidden bacteria. Make sure youâre letting youâre PC vent after it comes up to a boil before you put the weight on. With the standard weight on the presto, it releases at 15psi, so doesnât truely hold 15psi. itâs important to go longer on the cook time, or do the BOD modification to get it to hold 15psi or above. I taped two quarters on top of my weight, it holds 16.5psi when I turn it down to a simmer and the weight barely jiggles.
These are my first APE pins, damn these are slow! Supposed to be the Starry night pheno, hope the caps turn black.
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Ya apes are very slow even once piined. Looking good though. What type of oats do you use? Iâve fought with producers pride whole oats then I found producers pride race oats seem to be way cleaner and less problems. Oats are great but damn are slower that wbs. Have you tried wbs with millet and Milo hell cubes even eat the hell out of the sunflower seeds.(I donât pick them out)
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Yea Iâve heard mixed results with producers pride from tractor supply, I got mine from a feed store and they sell Poulin Grain brand. Same with the millet. I havenât used WBS yet, but I might considering the cost and convenience of not going out of the way for grains.
Smiths, Ralphs well any Kroger store has a finch birdseed Milo, millet, and <3% black sunflower seed $8 for 20 lb bag. I think I got about 60 mycoquarts out of it. Also has little calcium carbonate help control pH even though you can rinse right off pretty easily.
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Iâm in the north east, I donât have any of those stores here, but we do have a Walmart lol. many people use their value bird seed, though it does have cracked corn which Iâve read can make for a bit of a mess, not that the mycelium cares.
Any Kroger store the go under many names across the country. I imagine Google Kroger stores near me and itâll give you an affiliate store. The cracked corn turns to an awful paste so you canât shake your jars. Itâs like hulled grains but if you donât have to shake you are good. Most finch type birdseed will get you there just avoid nuts and fruit.
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I was just researching " hydrated lime cold pasteurization " for straw, to use with blue oysters. Whats your take on Lime? Thanks
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For âcold pasteurizationâ youâll need to use calcium hydroxide
Calcium carbonate wonât raise the pH high enough to kill off the nasties
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That should do the trick
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I donât know who all is on the Canadian side of the border in this thread but I want to let everyone know about spores lab in canada. I donât usually talk about vendors but the level of customer service I just received was top notch.
I ordered a 1 litre master culture of golden emperor from them yesterday. I got an email today saying that the websites inventory system is a little messed up because if one person puts something in their cart and doesnât pay right away it show still in stock. So they said it would be two weeks before they had more ready to sell.
So I went on their site and checked the price of LC for the same kind that I wanted. Two LCâs were like a dollar more so I figured that wouldnât be asking too much to send two of those instead of the master culture because I wonât be around in two weeks to receive it.
Their response was âwe can absolutely send the LC instead and we will send 3 bonus LCâs for the inconvenience.â
So they are sending 5 instead of the 2 I asked for and they were super friendly.
Iâm really not the kind of person that makes these long replies on here but customer service like that goes a long way with me and just thought everyone should know.
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I just ordered a Pan cyan culture, cube culture USA is having a 20% Memorial Day sale till the 10th (mushmem20). Of course Iâm going to test it on agar when it arrives, but now I need to read up on Pans and what it takes for a nutrient substrate. I was told by one guy it doesnât need to be manure compost, they used the coast of Maine lobster compost. Otherwise Iâm going to try with with hay dust and Guinea pig poo, I have lots of that on hand 
. Iâll pile some Gpig poo in bucket and let it compost a little and rinse though like it would get rained on outside. Iâve read itâs as much about texture as it is the nutrient content, need to hold moisture without being fine like mud, so Iâll have to play with ratios.
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Have you grown these previously?! Iâve always been curious about their legendary potency, but havenât tried them myself
NM I see this is new for you. My understanding is that substrate can be similar to cubes; I knew a former shroomery member who did a run on straw very successfully.
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I believe they need a wood substrate and to be fruited at cooler temps
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@Kushking902
I think you may be getting these two species muddled
Panaeolus cyanescens are found in warm climates primarily on dung of grass eating animals
Psilocybe cyanescens are found in cooler climates on various rotting/decomposing wood substrates
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Lol my bad. They are pretty close
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You got the dark caps you wanted! Alright
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