r/ochras

First ever grow. I did a break-and-shake 5/7 days ago when the bag was around 30% colonised, and it’s recovered really quickly since.

It now feels pretty firm and looks mostly white all round, but there are still a few individual visible grains, especially near the bottom/edges.

Does this look ready to spawn to substrate, or would you give it another day or two to consolidate first?

I’ve got 1 kg hydrated CVG ready for roughly 1 kg of grain spawn, going into a small 24 L modified monotub.

Thanks

Yo!

S2B on the 17th of June. Initially was really happy with the dew/drops on the surface but now I’m thinking it’s TOO wet and not evaporating? I dabbed one cakes surface with a paper towel after this vid (unnecessary?).

Both tubs have been over a heat mat so I don’t think temp is the issue, UNLESS, I need to bump it up for evaporation? It would be out of fruiting temps though

First time getting some larger ones at 30g wet, typically I end up with ones the size of the last picture.

Still can’t get this Ochra to pin :/ it’s been since 6/12 in FC. Past week I’ve kept the monotub lid cracked and I’m misting the sides of tub maybe once a day or every couple days just to keep some condensation on walls. Man she’s taking forever. Any additional tips at this point? Should I be scraping, casing changing conditions?

Only got 1 dry ounce from the first flush across two 18 qt bins. The fruits came in sporadically, some nice robust singular ones, some tiny ones, some clusters of smallish ones.

Also, I started harvesting by pulling them, but they were ripping out big chunks of sub, so I switched to cutting them.

This flush is coming in more consistently. I soaked the cakes for a couple of hours and they started pinning for the second round within 2 days.

Looking forward to seeing what I get, and how many flushes…

How close are we to pinning? Keeping the lid cracked at all times in 28 qt monotub, computer fan on nearby, backed off of misting almost completely ( I did must in the morning on sides and top of lid as the walls were completely dry)

Were sold as Nats.

And I'm glad some grew, but I'm curious why they're so small. This was a shoebox grow for curiosity since it is my first time, and admittedly the spawn got a little hot since it's over 100 degrees every day where I am; this also took 3X longer than my cubensis. So if I try again with more substrate in a monotub and keep the spawn in a cooler place to colonize, would that sensibly give me a more successful experience? Is there anything that someone who is used to growing cubes would easily miss with ochras?

First ochra grow here, 2nd grow overall. This is more of an experimental trial run for me. Having some issues getting the conditions right to get pins. Lid is currently propped slightly open for more FAE and I’m fanning and misting 3-4x a day when droplets appear to have dried. Not sure if I’m allowed to mention where I got the genetics or tub from but I will if need be for discussion of tendency to overlay. I have a couple tiny bonus cakes made from scraps from spawning this tub that are literally just sitting on my desk in half open freezer bags that gave me like 1 tiny mushroom each. I appreciate any advice in advance!

This is 8 days after S2B how does it look? Lots of growth just not seeing any primordia.

Finally got back in the game after a long break. These are just landrace ochras. I had tried some black cap and green cap ones, but the greens stalled out in the bag, and the blacks got trich after S2B.

These ones ripped through the grain, colonized the sub fast, and didn’t take long to fruit.

Looking forward to seeing what I get out of it!

Yes I realize I have side pins and yes I know I can use a liner to reduce them.