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From the same culture, but one set of blue oyster is much bluer than the other.

Finally able to take some ok-ish “product photos” which is why come fruiting time I’m all about the mush photos.

Humidity in the tent is holding well. The mushrooms degrade at 50-60% humidity really fast, but they love it at like 85-90% humidity.

#growstr #mushroom #sporereport #grownostr

New blog post available on the site! This time about storing your cultures in "stasis".

Similar to storing your private keys on a metal backup device, storing your cultures in stasis is the most secure and high-fidelity way to store genetic information for the long term.

It is really simple, it is just storing your culture in sterilized distilled water!

See full post here: https://lightningspore.com/index.php/2024/01/17/storing-cultures-for-the-long-term-using-stasis/

With the 3 I made today, excited to now have 20 cultures stored in this way!

#growstr #mushstr #science

I know shiitake mycelium is supposed to turn brown at some point, but Im not sure if this looks quite right? https://m.primal.net/HWqz.jpg

These weird dark balls are what is most concerning and interesting

#mycelium #postmush #mushrooms #growstr

Doing some testing of various modules for an induction heater/sterilizer kit!

All it is really is a 12V, high output power supply, the ZVS module, a switch, and a coil.

This one actually got so hot that the connector melted off the board!

I tried soldering the coil directly on to the board once I learned that, but the damage to the electronics had already been done.

Just ordered ZVS module to try again! You got to push it to the limit to see how well it would operate in the users hands!

Would anyone be interested in a kit of one of these? Please let me know.

#growstr #mushrooms #mushstr #cult #electronics