any thoughts from y’all as to what is causing this? the humidity was off earlier and in the week and then i felt it was too humid. they are turned on their sides to reduce bacteria contam. is that just what it is? i’ve seen it recently on some Black kings too, which is rare for me. would love y’all’s black oyster culture for the club and can’t wait to fruit some of your piop this week i think. 

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 have been using a manual CO2 meter to read grow rooms and then on/off timers to adjust cycle times on negative pressure exhaust  for a couple of years. I have multiple grow rooms of 165 sqft.  I'm contemplating moving to CO2 controllers, primarily for greenhouses, and I see a few out there for under $150. Any preferences? Good experiences, bad experiences? 

I have one InkBird that I use primarily to exhaust the whole facility during closed up winter months.  

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.

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!

Cheers!

The MycoWizards Team!

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.

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?

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 ☮️

Hello mush community! I just saw the episode Steam Generation and I was wondering can someone put the link of that Chinese steam generator that Erik was showing because everything that I found is not as cheap as he mentioned in this episode?