I was wondering if anyone here has experimented using UV lights to detect bacteria or contamination in general in their setups, spawn, substrate etc.

I saw that blotch is florescent and UV at 365nm would make it glow greenish yellow, so I bought a small UV flashlight and I've been testing inspecting the farm with it. So far I've seen the most use when checking out spawn bags, as I can see weird colored glowing stuff in bags that to the eye seem normal... Anyway it's still under the experimental phase but wanted to share and hear your thoughts!

I just watched the combo pellet episode and i'm sold on them! it does seem like they would make our life easier for sure. Only question is, do you guys know about any distributors up here in Quebec? I mean they look so helpful i'm considering trying to develop some up here if there's no suppliers around.

Re: Pheno Flick 3: Lion's Mane - Been working to to dial in my Lion's Mane and this video was super helpful. One thing that really caught my attention is your standard spawn to substrate ratio, with the range being from 2% - 5% and the "standard" at  ~3.3%. I have been experimenting within a 5% - 20% range, so I am excited to try out your standard and go from there. Up until recently, I have been using Liquid cultures and agar slurry for culture expansion / storage, but have transitioned to Agar and grain master method, which makes soooo much sense. Thanks!

I'm planing to build a new laboratory with 2 Fan Filter units 4x4 feet's. I wann have positive pressure system inside like you guys have in one of podcast. Here I'm sending my poor picture how is should look a like. First room is Lab, second is mixing/cooking area for grain spawn and third is like halfway. On picture you can see what are dimensions of all 3 spaces. I don't have a lot od space to build a plenum so I was thinking to just add some fan with filters that will blow air inside of lab but not too strong so I don't get turbulent air in front of my floowhoods. How can I calculate how strong fan I need for that?

Just watched the Culture Preservation episode, short but sweet. In the daily grin I don’t see myself in the near future using a deep freeze cryogenic method, I shall leave that to you guys. But the slant method at 34f is possible or the sterile h2o method at 34f would be so helpful to just grab and restart a line. That is what I think most of us on small farms want to see more of. The ability of every so many months to get a culture from you and expand and store for a limited time of production would allow being proactive to future production problems instead of being reactive to nightmarish results of when a culture shits the bed. I would also like to thank you guys for the great service I have received for the last few years keep up the great work. Also would like to see an episode on the KOM shiitake and other peoples techniques with this one as it has been the fastest shiitake I have grown so far a few less fruits but 2 weeks less in the production cycle.

Can anyone provide info or links on boiler water treatment filters/systems.  I couldn’t find the right thing. I’ve been really burning out a bunch of elements lately. 

Also, y’all know about a company that does mushroom extraction services like powders, dual or tinctures?? 

Chestnuts 🤘.  Couldn't get coroplast but this is better than I expected ATM. Lot of work and about 100% know-how from RR and the Mycowizards. Thanks ☮️

I hope everyone has a good weekend coming up. I was able to make it through rt 16 to dover after work today without getting killed by the Massachusetts holiday migration. I've already won. Those birds are Reckless but an amazing sight to see. 

Looking for a good Pleurotus pulmonarius strain...does MCS have a good commercial one? I have customers that really love them but the strain I have isn't real high yielding and is so fast to turn that cap...

Hey,

I’ve been relooking at the blotch episodes and was looking for a little clarification. It’s mentioned that someone uses approx 1.5qts (48fl oz) to 10 gallons (1028fl oz) which would be a 4.6% (48/1028=.0466). It’s also mentioned multiple times that .1% (.001) is the optimal amount which would be closer to 1fl oz for the 10 gallon example (1028x.001=1.028). Maybe I’m mixing up my math here, but it’s a pretty wide swing in the numbers. 

If I had to guess 1fl oz isn’t enough to clean 10 gallons, but maybe if it was added multiple times per day?