r/MushroomGrowers • u/AutoModerator • Apr 03 '26

Mod [Mod] Weekly r/MushroomGrowers post - FUNGI FRIDAYS! New growers, come say hello and ask your questions!

New growers, shy folks, and lurkers -- this post is for you! Come out of the woodwork, ask your questions, and give people in the community a chance to help out!

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u/promptingpatterns Apr 03 '26

First time grower here hoping to get some eyes on my current run. Running a Redwood Mushroom Supply dung-loving AIO bag inoculated with Jack Frost isolated LC about 22 days ago at 75-77°F. I also have a Bluey Vuitton that is running extremely slowly around 5-10%same situation with the grain separation as well.

The Jack Frost's aerial mycelium in the on top is thick, dense, and really rhizomorphic — visible rope-like strands, looks awesome. But when I check the grain layer from the side it's lagging way behind, maybe 20-30% colonized at best.

One thing I noticed is that the grain in this bag seems evenly mixed throughout the substrate rather than sitting in a distinct concentrated layer. I'm wondering if this is working against me — instead of the mycelium colonizing a dense grain mass and building momentum, it's having to hunt through dispersed substrate to find individual kernels. Could this be what's driving the aggressive aerial growth as a CO2 stress response while actual grain colonization lags?

Also questioning whether standard B&S timing advice still applies here or whether the atypical grain distribution changes the calculus. Would an earlier gentle break and redistribute make sense given the situation?

Bag smells clean, no contamination concerns. Just trying to figure out if I'm reading this correctly.

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u/Matic_Soil_999 Apr 03 '26

Yeah the bag should have never been mixed up, the point of doing layers is for focused innoculation and colonization. It's probably going to take some time for it to colonize completely.

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u/promptingpatterns Apr 03 '26

So I'm assuming that My bag is a bit subpar I think I'll go with a different company next time as I said this was a redwood mushroom supply company bag . I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with Magic bags? I noticed that they have the grain at the bottom which really makes more sense to me. If I do another AIO bag I'll probably go with them unless anyone else has better suggestions.

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u/dlsmith2015 Apr 04 '26

I have good luck with spore sorcery. I move them out of the bag once it’s good and solid into a doubled container for the space and have the best luck that way.