Anyone mind shooting me a link for a reliable co2 meter? Thankssssss

I’ve never cultivated Lions mane, but one visitor to my farm asked me about the possibility of cultivating them on logs (wood logs, not the substrate ones hehe).

I know it would probably have the same pros a cons as shitake, but I’m really curious to know if anyone has ever seen or cultivated lions mane on logs!

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if you had any tips about placement of the CO2 meter (yes, I listened to your advice and got one finally!) I'm experimenting with different positions, so far chest level at the back of the greenhouse seems to work well but maybe you have some pro tips that could be useful!

Thanks for all the content, it's so dope.

I've wanted to do these since I first watched Let's Grow Mushrooms.  I might put it outside if stops raining someday 

We have an FFU that was installed in a ceiling with its back exposed to an attic, where it was used for a couple years and then not used for 7 years. Is it salvageable?
I was thinking about changing the HEPA filter on it (in addition to changing the pre-filter of course), but it doesn't seem like the FFU is made to be taken not made to be taken apart easily.
What is y'alls' protocol for FFU maintenance and for changing or not the filters?
Do you ever perform a test of the HEPA for leaks?
As always, thanks a ton for the help!

edit: just saw that there is a deep dive on Lion's Mane. I'm stoked. I will watch and and then revisit my post.

Hey y'all, It's my first time making Lion's Mane grain spawn. With the traditional agar->grain->grain, does it generally grow significantly slower than other strains, like oyster and cinnamon cap.. Mine have been taking at least 14-16 days, whereas the others colonize a grain bag in around 10 days.. What is y'all's average colonization time for LM grain spawn bag? Do you recommend a specific grain/ sawdust configuration for getting it to colonize faster/ better? Does it do better on sawdust spawn maybe?
I appreciate any tips!

I'm super curious about growing Tremella. Just heard on the last episode that Erik tried growing it.. I would love any info on successes/!failures/ lessons learned and any indications.. also, probably the most important, anyone know where I can get a viable strain with a compatible that has been fruited? Since I couldn't yet  find anyone in the US growing yet, I'm thinking I gotta try the Chinese. 

 Erik Lomen mentioned it's association with a bacteria, which is new info to me.. also none of the material I read said anything about growing on pine so that was cool to hear.

Just wanted to say thanks for the last culture and these Mother of Pearls were very tasty. Not sure if it's a wicked good weight but each 5lb block got almost a pound. Pretty much 1 and 9oz

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I just listened to the most recent podcast w/ Alex Dorr from 2023-10-02

My take on the plastics - and I don't hear anyone talking about this...

Plastics are hydrocarbons.  They vary in shape and form.  But they can all be incinerated at high temperature - cleanly - making power on a small scale, on demand, in a local / regional way.

Recycling requires massive amounts of energy to separate / sort, clean, process etc. and not all types of plastics can be recycled.  They usually need to be shipped a far distance.  And most of this stuff winds up in landfills or shipped overseas.

So - why not incinerate it, generating power in the process?  It's been recycled:  Into energy.

First - I love HE-CNS...  it produces MONSTER yields for us.  That said - I HATE it (and can't grow it anymore!) because it bruises so easily (green bruises where harvested by hand even when slightly rough).

Does anyone have any experience with this?  Also, how to avoid this?  It's just too much work to explain to chefs and at the farmers market.  Too many phone calls telling us our fresh lions mane is "green molded".  Any help to let us continue using this variety would be greatly appreciated!!