Image 1 — TIFU with heating matts!
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TIFU with heating matts!

So, I injected these guys roughlyyyy 2 weeks ago! Everything was going great, they're slow growers but I was already seeing white healthy mycelium show up!

Then, I recklessly slipped on my heating mat's cord (which i recklessly didnt check up on right after 🤦‍♀️). I come back no more than 1.5 days to check on them (I know because I checked on them before), and I saw the matt fell ON TOP of one of the bags....

The bags dont seem injured or melted, the matt was at a pretty low temperature. And the bags had so much condensation at the top, more that I had seen before! I am so nervous I messed up and ended up cooking them before they even got finished! Or worse, made them prone to contam! They fell on top of the top of the large bag (purple mystics), and thankfully wasn't touching the other (tidal wave) bag (I think).

Did I fuck up too bad? I separated the bags just in case, keeping the matt away, put it on a higher temp and keeping it far away in my closet so it at least keeps the temps warm. I know the "warm the room not the shroom", but the matt was going fine since i had it at least 1/2 of a foot away!

If you dont know any advice for me now, even some assurance that it'll all be ok would be great :- (

P.S.

Last photo is just for reference of how they originally looked!

u/Classic-Physics-7902 — 4 days ago

TIFU w/ heating matts!!

So, I injected these guys roughlyyyy 2 weeks ago! Everything was going great, they're slow growers but I was already seeing white healthy mycelium show up!

Then, I recklessly slipped on my heating mat's cord (which i recklessly didnt check up on right after 🤦‍♀️). I come back no more than 1.5 days to check on them (I know because I checked on them before), and I saw the matt fell ON TOP of one of the bags....

The bags dont seem injured or melted, the matt was at a pretty low temperature. And the bags had so much condensation at the top, more that I had seen before! I am so nervous I messed up and ended up cooking them before they even got finished! Or worse, made them prone to contam! They fell on top of the top of the large bag (purple mystics), and thankfully wasn't touching the other (tidal wave) bag (I think).

Did I fuck up too bad? I separated the bags just in case, keeping the matt away, put it on a higher temp and keeping it far away in my closet so it at least keeps the temps warm. I know the "warm the room not the shroom", but the matt was going fine since i had it at least 1/2 of a foot away!

If you dont know any advice for me now, even some assurance that it'll all be ok would be great :- (

P.s.

Last photo is just for reference of how they originally looked!

u/Classic-Physics-7902 — 4 days ago

TIFU w/ heating matts.:- /

So, I injected these guys roughlyyyy 2 weeks ago! Everything was going great, they're slow growers but I was already seeing white healthy mycelium show up!

Then, I recklessly slipped on my heating mat's cord (which i recklessly didnt check up on right after 🤦‍♀️). I come back no more than 1.5 days to check on them (I know because I checked on them before), and I saw the matt fell ON TOP of one of the bags....

The bags dont seem injured or melted, the matt was at a pretty low temperature. And the bags had so much condensation at the top, more that I had seen before! I am so nervous I messed up and ended up cooking them before they even got finished! Or worse, made them prone to contam! They fell on top of the top of the large bag (purple mystics), and thankfully wasn't touching the other (tidal wave) bag (I think).

Did I fuck up too bad? I separated the bags just in case, keeping the matt away, put it on a higher temp and keeping it far away in my closet so it at least keeps the temps warm. I know the "warm the room not the shroom", but the matt was going fine since i had it at least 1/2 of a foot away!

If you dont know any advice for me now, even some assurance that it'll all be ok would be great :- (

EDIT: Last photo is just for reference of how they originally looked!

u/Classic-Physics-7902 — 4 days ago
▲ 37 r/shrooms

Mushroom culture getting "modernized"

I've been noticing a lot of patterns of people trying to "modernize", "commercialize", or treating mushrooms similar to how modern marijuana is treated? I felt like marijuana used to commonly be treated as a sacred plant, far less casual than now. Now online, I see weird names for these new carts or disposable vapes, shit like that. Extremely capitalized, turning something that should be open use, into something only used for marketing against the public.

Lately, I've seen a new uproar in mushroom gummies, chocolates, tablets, ect. Its not even pure mushrooms??? Its 99% of the time psilacetin or a different similar chemical compound, though chemically pure, it does not produce the same effect. I believe mushrooms are now being treated like party drugs, when throughout a majority of history, it has always been a sacred, protected thing. My family and I have always had ties to mushrooms (Mazatec), and I think its idiotic to treat it like its just another surface level party drug that can be taken so casual. Not only that, but capitalizing on it, making money off of people who may genuinely benefit from the effects of psilocybin. I think mushrooms should be a free open source thing, but along with it, I see modernization and commercialization in the newer culture.

Today, I was a little shamed for "not being up to times" with today's mushroom growing culture. Though, I am not that big of a fan of that style. I have learned techniques from my family and yes, I do want to learn more of modern mycology, but it just feels so different? I am 100% open to the new ways of thinking, but to treat mushrooms as something extremely casual, feels disrespectful to mushrooms.

(Note: I am not attempting to "gatekeep" mushrooms. I am not saying people who take it recreationally are idiots, I am saying the commercialization of it is what is wrong.)

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u/Classic-Physics-7902 — 10 days ago
▲ 12 r/shegrowsfungigenetics+2 crossposts

AIO bag question

Alright well its been about no more than 2 weeks since inoculation and I havent seen much. I used 8.5 cc of liquid culture (Purple Mystic) into this bag. Its a 6lb bag I got from MYCOLabs. I used a still air bag, gloves, eco-cleanse, whole nine yards. I dont know what to do now? I keep it in my room, I occasionally run my air conditioner (yes, a dehumidifier) and I'm scared I just dried out my cake. Do I spray? Leave it be? Ive used AIO before and its never been this long.

u/Classic-Physics-7902 — 11 days ago

Microdosing advice?

Hey! Ive really wanted to get into microdosing, even in extremely small amounts, I want to get into it. I'm planning to grow some little mushrooms, dry them and ground them up! I have depression and have tried this a bit before but I wanna do it again! Ive heard some bad claims though... i saw it can cause vulvar heart disease and cause hppd - of which, i already suffer from hppd so the idea of it getting worse does not sound good!!! Are these real concerns i should look out for? If so, should I be worried? How do I help with those issues?? And also, is it worth it? I wanna do this long-term but unsure.

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u/Classic-Physics-7902 — 1 month ago