I have been struggling with some maitake blocks drying out around the 4th to 5th week in incubation.  I was wondering what kind of moisture level people are shooting for with their maitake blocks.  I work on 61% currently

Hi everyone! 

This is kind of a newbie question but wanted to hear y’all’s input on water filtration. I see many different opinions out there, I’ve been thinking to install reverse osmosis to be used for grain spawn hydration, substrate hydration, in the sterilizer etc, just wanted to get thoughts, I’m in the city and it seems like many people say tap is fine, but I’m concerned about chlorine/chemicals/heavy metals etc but there’s healthy minerals there too, this is for a medium size (actives) farm, do y’all filter your water?

Hey ya'll! I have a grow room question I've been puzzling over- how do you prevent a humidifier system that pulls air from outside the grow room from creating positive pressure when the exhaust fan is off?

I run a ultrasonic mist maker in a water barrel for humidity, and currently have my intake fan ducted through it to blow the fog into the air (I run an intake fan as well as an exhaust but have the intake at a lower setting to keep negative pressure). I used to run my fans continuously, so the mist maker would just turn on and off via my humidistat and all was well, but I recently picked up a co2 sensor, and now since my fans aren't running continuously, I can only humidify when they're on. 

So now I think it makes sense to separate the humidifier from the ventilation system, but if I add another intake to pull air from outside into the humidifier barrel and into the grow room, the room would go positive in the case that the humidifier is running when the ventilation fans aren't. 

How do you deal with this? Any humidity system will push some amount of air into the room, and if the ventilation isn't always running wouldn't this reverse the pressure? I suppose I could add another lower powered exhaust fan to balance it out, but I'm just wondering if there's a simpler way. Or maybe the airflow from the humidifier isn't enough to cause an issue, either way I'd love some clarity!

Workman is going live on Mycogeeky the 27th. 

"We recently had a wonderful conversation with MycoGeeky and look forward to being featured on his Podcast, January 27th! Mark your calendars and pop that corn. It's a good one!" -sporeworks

How's the space mission grains doing? I've eaten mushrooms and went to space for sure/Np but never eaten mushrooms "from" space. 

What were the conditions for the mycelium in space?  Was this the same space trip sporeworks stuff was on?  

What is your farm doing to mix spawn into substrate?

We're suffering with manual mixing by hand.  It doesn't scale.

Thoughts?

Looking to upgrade to a continuous band sealer, any recs besides the Bosch 550 mentioned in one of the videos? Trying to stay under $3k for now

We all starting somewhere. There's my first home lab set up. Im about to buy a flowhood soon and epoxy paint the desk, now i'm using a homemade glovebox. I got everything I need to make it work.

Hey Ya'll

Erik and Tyler here!

We are so excited to see you in our brand-new Myco-Wizards community! Feel free to share your stories by hitting “New Post” button. Want to share your advancements in the world of Myco-Wizardry? Look no further! Got updates on how you have adapted your Fenrir systems to multiple ingredients, share it with others working on a similar concept! Have ideas or concepts that you would like us to cover in a future video? Let us know in a post! Want to share a grow log like back in the good old days of the Shroomery? Do it! Want a specific culture to appear in your culture of the month subscriptions? Let it be know! Just want to see us shower Edna The Pibble in dollar bills? Can do! We are stoked to see this community grow!

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I have a key to one of the Cordy Cult gates.......😈...feeling almost obligated to share a link to this new research paper. 

Funny story,  when I started doing masonry on my own pricing was difficult.  I called another company once and as soon as the guy realized I was not a client and just another mason trying to find out his prices he said "Fuck you,  you piece of shit!" (Click)    lol.  It reminds me of what's happened with cordy breeders n the US. In a way I get it but I also fully believe IF YOU CAN -THEN YOU SHOULD and being helpful/kind is the true enlightenment 

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