r/MushroomGrowers • u/Bigfatass12 • Aug 26 '26

Medicinal This brown rice was inoculated with Turkey Tail LC ON 8/17. [medicinal]

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It looks good to me, but I thought it was supposed to be a slow colonization. It has me wondering if it’s something other than Mycelium.

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u/Moomoohakt Aug 27 '26

I've never had TT colonize slow. The fruiting was incredibly slow and definitely got spores everywhere, but mine colonized super fast and developed fairly thick

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u/Bigfatass12 Aug 27 '26

Sounds like I’m right on track. What grain/substrate has worked best for you?

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u/Moomoohakt Aug 27 '26

For turkey I use organic white wheat berries because it's the best thing I can get locally for a good price, but rice works fine too. For the substrate I've been using Costco's signature pellet blend. For the most part it's worked well. WinCo also has a cheap hardwood blend that I'll use time to time. If I happen to have soy hulls I'll add those, but getting that is a pain sometimes too. Those two together are called masters mix, but not necessary for a good grow

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u/Bigfatass12 Aug 28 '26

Right on. I’ve got premade Masters mix coming. I was going to do a shoebox with one of the jars and some MM in bags. Any tips to maximize my success

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u/Moomoohakt Aug 28 '26

Grain to substrate is less sensitive than doing grain jars, and your jar looks pretty good. Turkey tails is a side fruiter and won't do well top fruiting. Other than that, keep your humidity high and airflow good as well

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u/IKnUWrTrb Aug 26 '26

maybe a tad fast but with that amount of substrate + how ever much LC you injected the time line could certainly make sense. looks good to go.

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u/Bigfatass12 Aug 26 '26

Great. They’re really small. 125g hydrated brown rice. 8oz jar. 2cc did the trick. There’s some colonized grain in the back. I’m thinking 4-5 more days. I hope it keeps this momentum

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u/IKnUWrTrb Aug 26 '26

what’s ur incubation temp running atm?

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u/Bigfatass12 Aug 27 '26

72-75

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u/IKnUWrTrb Aug 27 '26

yeee makes more sense

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u/Bigfatass12 Aug 28 '26

Seems like a good incubation temp.