r/unclebens

pls help😭

Got my fans set, and ambient temp with FAE by way of an adjustable in-line exhaust fan is staying at 72° with it sealed up. Heating pad hanging, so if I need heat the circulatory fan will blow against it to disperse the heat.

It's overkill, I know. This just shows my desperation to get this started right. It's better to have it and not need it for me than the other way around. Now i can get to inoculation! Yay!

What happened? I had a successful harvest, floated 2 cakes in their containers and sealed them to let the mycelium do its thing and now this. Any suggestions are appreciated

These bags have spots at the corners or center that haven't been fully colonized. Should I send or wait a couple days? If I send them, should I scoop the non-colonized portion out?

I typically send my colonized bags in pairs to 6qt boxes. One of each variety has been fully colonized for over a week, but the other bag has lagged.

I'd typically wait but:

-I'm worried about the fully colonized bags going bad.

-I have a little over four weeks to collect at least a first flush before going away for two weeks. Indoor temps at my place are typically 65-75F (will be going down to 60-70F).

To maintain temp in my "clean room" tent for the cabinet, I've draped a heating mat over the top bar. A small hanging Vivosun fan will also hang and disperse heat from the mat, while an adjustable inline fan will act as an exhaust fan sitting on the top port. Can wait to test it out. Fans arrive tomorrow, and then I can finally get things rolling!

Just started getting Pins today was just curious if everything looks good and if I need to do anything else or hold steady?

Newbie to mushroom growing, found these weird spots in both my tubs. My guess is they are pins/primordia that smooshed up to the side but they also look scarily like something that would grow in agar after rubbing your anus in it. People that have been helping me learn how to grow mushrooms have no idea what it is and one of them pointed here. My FEA and lighting was poor as I had them in my closet for awhile, but ive moved them to my room where they are now getting light and peaked my lid more for more air. But what on earth is this?