Apr 25 in General Discussion 🗣️
Update: Week 5 of the 6 Week Lion's Mane Challenge
It's been 5 weeks since I started the Lion's Mane Challenge, where my goal was to harvest Lion's Mane mushrooms in just 6 weeks. Will I succeed or will I be delayed for some time?
From what I can tell, it looks like I'll just make it! 🎉 3 days ago, I just cut open 3 colonized grow blocks that only took about 11 days to fully colonize. It was likely this fast because I was very aggressive by mixing a full quart of Lion's Mane grain spawn into the grow blocks, which helps speed up the process tremendously, compared to my usual prescription of using just 1/3 of a jar.
Along the way, I was delayed by a 2 week flu that took me out of clearly thinking at all, which slowed down my ability to mix in the grain spawn jars when they fully colonized. The grain spawn jars took just 2 weeks to colonize, but I delayed in mixing them until 3 weeks in because I just didn't want my illness to cause any complications in the sterile process.
I believe this was one of the fastest turnaround times I've had—from syringe to fruiting—but we'll see as the bags are cut open and getting ready to fruit now, which can take up to 1-2 weeks, so I'll be cutting it close. I'll have more pictures and a better write-up in the near-future, but I'm really glad that my 6 week estimate seems to hold if I was super on top of each step of the process.
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Update: Week 5 of the 6 Week Lion's Mane Challenge
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