Image 1 — First harvest ever, from a contaminated cake I buried in the woods
Image 2 — First harvest ever, from a contaminated cake I buried in the woods
Image 3 — First harvest ever, from a contaminated cake I buried in the woods

First harvest ever, from a contaminated cake I buried in the woods

I buried this cake in the woods cause it was contaminated, I guess these storms we’ve had in the northeast helped get it going… I came home from vacation and found a few, with some more pins coming up.

It’s crazy because this is my first attempt, and my first harvest.

u/tomdood — 2 hours ago
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What do I do from here ? First grow

Ok, this looks right on track.. cake is still moist… I hadn’t checked in about 4 days.. I opened the lid, gave it a mist. What else ? Just keep an eye on it .. lid is upside down and there is a little FAE going on

u/tomdood — 2 days ago
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Not looking hot, advice please

I Mixed my inoculated (GT) uncle Ben’s with coir on 6/15.. This thing got thick overlay so I forked it a few days ago, and I began giving it more FAE.

This thing looks stressed out, and feels light.. like it’s dry.

I’m not sure what the move is.. I feel like I got a lot of stupid ideas in my head (inject the brick with water.. move to a bigger box and sit it on wet substrate, I don’t even know) and I want someone to coach me here.

Thanks in advance, it’s my first grow.

u/tomdood — 10 days ago

Introduced FC.. does everything look normal? First grow

I transferred to colonized grain 5 days ago, it rapidly colonized and 2 days later the casing layer was 50% white so I opened, misted, and flipped the top and started 12on/12off light cycle..The mist droplets are sitting nicely on top, and it continues to grow.. does everything look and sound right?

u/tomdood — 14 days ago

First time

Looking good to go to STB! I mixed this all up (with gloves on), packed it in, and put a light layer of coir on top and sealed her up. Now more waiting I guess. 2/3 bags I opened weren’t good so hopefully this one continues.

u/tomdood — 22 days ago

Pretty sure this isn’t a bruise.

Give this bag of squeeze last night and thought it was ready .. i was gonna send it this morning and saw this. I didn’t take any chances, I brought it all outside and it’s now in the woods.

u/tomdood — 22 days ago

We are fully colonized!! First grow.

The other bags aren’t quite there yet.. should I just let this one chill for another few days while they catch up?

u/tomdood — 22 days ago

Omg it’s happening

Everybody stay calm!

GT inoculated 5/26.

All look like this and smell great, like fresh soil. I’m very proud of getting 11 bags this far, I put a ton of effort into my research and the environment I’ve made for them.

u/tomdood — 28 days ago