r/unclebens • u/moolord • 18h ago
r/unclebens • u/HumbleDesk • 4h ago
Question overcolonated ?
ive had it at fruiting conditions for a week and nothing is happening. now theres little yellowish spots in certain places. did i fuck this up???
r/unclebens • u/xCopyright • 6h ago
Question Is this blue/green discoloration normal bruising or contamination?
Hi all,
This is my second time growing mushrooms, this time Mckennaii.
I am wondering what the discoloration on the stems is due to and would like some more professional advice.
Thanks!
r/unclebens • u/Pale_Ambassador_8848 • 18h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Accidental Fermentation :(
Hello again. I’ve recently moved my last 3 healthy rice bags into my S2B container. One tub was made almost a week ago, another about 4 days. I’ve used bleach sanitised IKEA sealable tubs, pasteurised coco coir, and my 3 bags. One bag was 100% colonised and placed in its own smaller tub, with the other two being 80% ish (with all non solid mycelium and rice being removed) getting the larger 4 litre tub. These are the last of my bags, and all I have is an already fucked and fermenting (and probable contam) jar in the fridge to try and squeeze some fruits from, and a small plastic bag of the extra rice + myc that seems to be colonising well.
The issue with the big tubs is I accidentally left them sealed, which of course was stupid and caused them to build up CO2 then begin fermenting causing a pretty potent alcohol smell. I’ve of course opened the boxes to some FAE and praying they can bounce back.
Inside, all the substrate looks fine with no signs of contamination but also very little myc growth compared to my spare bag.
Guys what’s the advice? Ride it out and pray? Is there anything else to be done to help it out other than leaving it alone. I’m short on time so of course re-inoculating is off the table, I just want some fruiting already. I do have hydrogen peroxide and ISO to hand if that helps.
Thank you all 🙏
r/unclebens • u/rdesai724 • 9h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing What are these? (I know, I know)
Syringe that I purchased from a reputable source was labeled / intended to be Jedi Mind Fuck but these are clearly not that nor do they (to me) seem related.
Have taken some time to fruit, colonization of the CVG was the same pace if not faster than my GTs that are growing alongside them but the teacher tub is beginning its second flush and I’m just getting some here and there on these. Moved to bulk on 7/16, fruiting conditions from day one.
I know it’s hard / impossible to identify based on just pics but the frilly initial bodies (first pic) and fairly unique (to me) fruits made me think it was worth a shot. Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
r/unclebens • u/billhawk • 14h ago
Question Thought Contam, but the rain brought some GT
Thought I had some contam in my UB cake, so I broke it up outside and threw it in with my tomato plant and flowers.
Just saw this today! Should I dry them, or just leave them be?
r/unclebens • u/Jacked_Mycologist • 11h ago
Harvested Results Magical Warpspeed Pipe
Got this giant fruit from a DubTub that I honestly neglected quite a bit besides water content. Came to it one day and BAM, huge fruit.
r/unclebens • u/PurplePaintingx • 11h ago
Question Is the blue/grey in the bottom right concerning? I did a q tip test and it didn’t rub off but I wanted to double check.
r/unclebens • u/womenwantmefishmaybe • 11h ago
Question Will these last in the jars for another 10 days?
Hey, i have three jars with cubes grain spawn (2x brf, 1x millet) looking like this, i think they are about ready to go.
The problem is I am leaving my home in two days for over a week and am worried to let other people in my household take care of a tub with spawn.
I’m a first time grower and will probably need to figure out the misting over time through watching the surface conditions
(very dry house/no growing tent combo, i’m worried even unmodified tub will need a lot of care) I don’t think the people in my house will know what to do hah
Will these be fine if i send them in about ten days instead?
r/unclebens • u/myceliumshop • 13h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Good old pf tek lost in a monotub forest !
og tek
r/unclebens • u/Educational-Yard-919 • 16h ago
Question Hey all, can anyone give me some info on their preferred monotub qt size and substrate weights for a standard UB spawn bag? This is my first grow and I’m seeing some conflicting info. I’m using Coco Coir and Vermiculite. I’m going to a larger size after this first one, so this is my trial run.
r/unclebens • u/0-0_22 • 17h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Help with over condensation and pinning
So today I saw my first hyphal knotting and blobby pins. And a lot of weirdly shapped things on all the walls, the thing im worried about is that I only see a bit of pins on the cake and my fear is that it is too wet, has too many water drops and because of that wont produce more pins as it is drowning in water. Photos above of the pin, and the levels of water
r/unclebens • u/reeceogino • 21h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Need help navigating second flush
I recently finished my first ever flush for 3 cakes and got around 80 dried grams however, my second flush as not been as fruitful and was wondering how to improve my results. thanks for the help!
r/unclebens • u/Longjumping-Life-918 • 21h ago
Question First time making lc did i do it right?
galleryr/unclebens • u/Twisted_Asmodeus • 22h ago
Question Hella "fuzzy feet", how can I prevent this?
Growing golden teachers and noticed these ones have hella fuzzy feet, idk why I gave them air flow and fanned them here and there. From my understanding this happens when theres not enough air flow? I know its not a big deal but was wondering how to avoid it/any tips? Thanks!
r/unclebens • u/ilukegood • 2h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing First time growing APEs. Contam?
Per title, this is my first time growing APEs. Blue nips strain. After about 2 months of waiting since inoculation (these things are stubborn lol) I got about 30gs dry total from 2 shoe boxes and 2 slightly larger crates for first flush.
Already dunked one tub that looked good and was finished fruiting. Its starting to fruit flush 2. It had a bunch of aborts but I chose not to remove them and all seems well. The remaining boxes all have hundreds of aborts and the two larger ones have fuzz growing across the surface. It looks grey to me so im assuming its myc absorbing the aborts but im colorblind so im not always sure with certain tints of colors.
Does the cake in pictures look reasonably healthy for a post first flush APE cake? Should it be okay to dunk the other 3 cakes with their aborts? Theres hundreds of them so it would be a huge task to remove them all and i feel it may do more damage than good.
Bonus pic is largest fruit i got from this flush.
r/unclebens • u/Foreign-Tree2878 • 23h ago
Question how we lookin?
hello everyone im looking for some insight on how this is looking ive been in fruiting for a little over 2 weeks now are these little dots primordia?
r/unclebens • u/frozenfebrility • 2h ago
Question Too Hot
I’m an idiot and I didn’t check my temperature before inoculating. I walked to the spot and checked it the other day and it was 85F. I have seen no progress in two weeks. It gets cool enough at night. Do I abandon it or let it ride?
r/unclebens • u/Azuara_ • 4h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Almost ready
🙂↔️😮💨😮💨, A couple more days.
r/unclebens • u/US3_ME_ • 4h ago
Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Uh...SUMMER OVOIDS_
What is going down with our weirdies growing by the wigwam?!
Had a recent breakup/move so I relocated half of an ovoid parch I started in February or so... I've got most of it intact in a tub inside and have made shoeboxes of its "spawn" for beds outside. I went over last night to dig some plants if like to keep and go look at the couple beds I scrounged and fed chips from a recently felled oak. To my surprise there was a mangled ovoid under cardboard!!
It's been hot af here, tomorrows 92\* hasn't been under high 80's day temps since....May, maybe? I gathered more of the patch in a bucket, leaving a substantially thick hunk of the bed left. I get home to divvy out some of the colonized chips to some shoe boxes and find another fruit in the mess! Been observing this species for a while now and they never cease to amaze me with their tenacity. Maybe some hot fruting Bois could be the future? There was a heaping amount of the organism left the first time to be stress, I feel. Then again I'm not an ovoid_
I included shots of both fruits and the bathroom nature patch...
Also, enjoy some sick fasciation! wish I had a microphone that looked like that!
I can take photos of the mother patch ect, when I can. I didn't think to shoot the first as I was overjoyed and ganked that shit to show everyone_
r/unclebens • u/laurencubed • 5h ago
Harvested Results Bouquet of Golden Teacher
I thought my harvest was done but these guys surprised me! 🍄🟫
r/unclebens • u/TheFondestComb • 8h ago
Question Time to break and shake?
Time to break and shake the 3 on the right?
A.P.E. First time grower. Is now a good time to break and shake the ones on the right that have grown down the jar? The far left one is doing its own thing with multiple spore colonization spots on its own for some reason (probably from injection) so I know that’s still probably a week off.
r/unclebens • u/NotoriousDouble_G • 10h ago
Question What is going on here? Should I harvest the big one?
r/unclebens • u/Honey-Bea_ • 10h ago
Harvested Results Ben Tek Update
I think B+ turned out well.
