9 days since injecting and got some action in both bags. Pretty good size clump in 1 of them. Bags are just sitting in a cardboard box on a shelf in my basement
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2 weeks in. Pretty good clump of mycelium in the stargazer so gonna break it up and mix it, then back into the cardboard box. Probably mix up the ape next week
Ooh looking like some nice inoculation there!
Hopefully. Seems to be all white in both so I'm guessing that's a good thing. I was kinda expecting the chunk to be harder to break from the videos I've watched, but it was more "spongy". But in my head spongy and mushrooms go hand in hand
3 weeks from innoculation. The stargazer I mixed up last week is looking pretty full of mycelium. Maybe another week or 2 and it should be fruiting mushrooms. The APE is ready to break up and mix today 
4 weeks from inoculation. Stargazer is just about fully colonized. Probably by next weekend should be ready to start fruiting. APE is still a week behind but has larger chunks of mycelium in it and almost looks like it's starting to grow mushrooms already. So maybe next weekend I can start to fruit both of them together. Want to make sure they're full of mycelium to minimize contamination since they'll be fruiting in open air in a basement
5 weeks from inoculation and they're ready to start the fruiting process.
Stargazer
APE
So next step is to put a rubber band around the bag/block, and to cut a small slit about 1" long in the corner of the bag about 2"above the block. Supposed to get 12 hours of dim light per day but the lights are on for longer then that every day in my basement.
Once tiny mushrooms start to appear I'll cut the slit more across the bag
Stargazer
APE
So next step is to put a rubber band around the bag/block, and to cut a small slit about 1" long in the corner of the bag about 2"above the block. Supposed to get 12 hours of dim light per day but the lights are on for longer then that every day in my basement.
Once tiny mushrooms start to appear I'll cut the slit more across the bag
6 weeks. No pins yet. I've opened the slit another inch or so
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So you fruit these in the bag? Interesting. I would have thought you would break up and spread the mycelium into other containers. Plain coco brick works well. But, this is your show and you have piqued my interest. If it's truly inject, wait, and slit I may give these a try myself.
They are supposed to fruit right in the bag, rehydrate, cover back up and flush again. They do however give instructions to also do it in a bigger tub with coco. I just figured this looked like the easiest way to attempt 1st
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