BenJamin Harder

Blacksburg, VA, United States

Started log pro in 13 then straw. Used covid money to built a container fruiting chamber and lab. Now trying to master LC-> liquidity.
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Replied on Hello mushfam! That steam generator e...

26 Feb 12:26

The water Seems hella wasteful. We just setup piping in HEPA air from our lab positive pressure lab to positive pressure trough. 

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Commented on I grew cordyceps on Jeff's egg sub fo...

22 Feb 21:53

I was curious if you grow a batch out, harvest it, plate it and make LC are you back to G1?

How does senescence and strain stability play into that. 

Before I heard y’all were making a video (that will smoke mine and expose all the shit I’m doing wrong) I started one because there was practically no info on YouTube about bag production. 

https://youtu.be/7tz_JeEvbMc?si=mZWOEG9qw3E1Yb5D

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15 Feb 11:37

I got one of these water flow controller for my pneumatic bagger and I've always wanted it to work better.  last week it broke, so I got a nicer flow meter valve for it, that turned out way worse and I ended up replacing the whole thing to get back to where I was but I'd love to know if there is a step up in quality.  I saw some shit that was like 1K but I'd prefer a couple hundred.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GSVHCQL?starsLeft=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_AJNNXGRT8PN0P3P23RX4

Commented on Hello all, any recommendation for lig...

15 Feb 11:34

That's some crazy involvement from insurance...  Why fire?  You can get water proof LED strip lighting that's cheap and would probably keep them happy.  You might see some shit about blue being the best for oyster.   I would recommend some of them and some 5-6500K bright to see better and for pictures.  They also make exterior T8 that are sealed up tight.  I have both reg and LED.  I'm pretty sure I have 10 different lights haha

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Replied on I grew cordyceps on Jeff's egg sub fo...

10 Feb 21:41

I hope we can get some strain that y’all have been testing as the culture of the month! I love the dank nerd power emanating from this thread. 

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09 Feb 00:50

It's not as alluring as cordyceps but stuff everyone needs...  I have two questions but I'll lump them together: 

1)Production bag labeling. 

I remember some Myers Video a few years ago with some code to translate letters into numbers of some shit using a pricing gun.  I also had a flashback of seeing SWmushrooms using thermal labels.  I found a bluetooth thermal label printer that does a variety of sizes for less than $80, seem like a winner?  Been sharpie-ing for years now and if I was still knocking everything myself I would have gotten this sooner!

2)Packaging retail mushrooms.

Once I had more then I could pint out, I realized people buy more at markets when it's not prepackaged. So, we sell everything in reuse-able (RPCs- I think) collapsible trays.  Pile it high, watch it fly!  Now that I'm hitting the cap with retail at market and slowly getting into more restaurants again since covid, I'm finding more retail opportunities that require packaging.  Curious what people like or dislike or what preforms well.  For the limited stuff I have been, it's been wrapping half pounds with plastic wrap in green produce cartons with a sticker and it's okay but...
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08 Feb 14:47

I’ve bought two different enoki’s with no luck. Always look weak and contaminated. Mad props

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08 Feb 14:46

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It had a service record and department info and it turned out I had a friend in the department that found it was a lemon. What is a good next step up from an all American? Like one of those double 75x size top load ones they sell on mushroom media online? I’m hoping they’ll have more autoclaves as the year goes on. This is from my fish tank. 

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04 Feb 16:16

Hell yeah on it!

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03 Feb 19:04

Heck yeah, I'm on it!  I got a pH meter from back in my produce days and I'll keep y'all posted.  I was also curious what Lions Mane Culture did y'all send out last... strain?  Maybe I missed it but the White oyster is that a cold weather like N.S. pearl? 

I think I'm just starting to fruit your 3790.  I have two or three but yours seems the most aggressive and have been running them primarily in the autoclave 7 5#s at a time MF-ers.  But they look night and day to the trough ones. 

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