Key Topics:

- How moist should your casing be?

- Casing review

- How to get a canopy of Mexican grasslovers… Not shoeboxes

- How Poolover mycelium looks, vs “Cobweb Mold”

- Bispo vs TTBVI

- Differences in colonization speed between the species

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Here is the followup to Video 54 on the fungus gnat infestation I had back in September 2023. In it, I summarize the simple steps I did to completely eliminate gnats from my home without the use of any chemicals.

I also show the first pins we are getting after leaving a shoebox in the fridge for 3 weeks, along with the first of my live casing experimentation!

Mush Love,
Sage

Key Topics:

• The situation with the false Natties (i.e., Ochras)

• Update from the Livestream Casing Tubs

• Ochras (formerly Natties), Coir Lovers, and Apollensis (Grass Lovers)

• How does a casing layer affect Ochras? Does it reduce overlay?

• How to prevent overlay on Ochras

• Ideal moisture content on casing layers

KEY TOPICS:

- 5 months old tub! How does it look? ;)

- Nature vs Nurture, which is stronger in mushroom cult?

- F2 Apollensis FLUSH 3, new unique phenotype!

- Does casing TRUFFLES (i.e., sclerotia) produce fruits?

- 5 months into fruiting! How do they look?

- Does casing increase yield? Non-Cased Nepal Chitwans

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Sage

Key Topics:

• The Longest Apollensis fruit so far! (third Flush, F2)

• Differences between F1 phenos and F2 becoming more and more apparent

• Should you recast after a few flushes?

• F1 5 months in! How’s it doing?

• Spawning a casing layer… with insect eggs!

• Doing a no-casing coir lover grow for the first time in a long time. How will it compare?

• Crazy growth on Apollensis F2 plate in only 2 days

Key Topics:

• What happens to your substrate if you DON’T harvest your fruits?!?!?! Experiment time!!!

• BIG accident on camera! LOL

• Water pouring VS misting

• How can a slightly nutritious casing layer not contaminate for 5 months?

• Going back to non-casing… How will it compare? ;)

• What do good surface conditions look like, WITHOUT a casing layer? Case example

• Can you add seeds to a non-cased substrate?

• What is Golden Halo, and why is it special?

• Golden Halo blobbing!

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Key topics:

- Mutants and sporulation… Are they swab-only?

- When to harvest Trinity

- Apollensis Cross F1, unique phenotypic features

- Very distinct rhizos on the base of F1 fruits, distinct from both either parent species AND F0

- Reflection on the increasing popularity of ‘exotic’ species, and the simplification of methods

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Key Topics:

- No liner, no sidepins. How I do it.

- An example of how I mist during a heavy flush (live demonstration)

- 3 main reasons why many exotic species require casing layers

- Tip to avoid DRYING OUT in the summer months

- Is DUBTUB the way to go? Hmmmmmm

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Key Topics:

- Documenting first of the large-capped Apollensis from the original cross, completely unique morphology from both parents

- Unique identifying features

- F1 starting to pin! How will they compare to the F0?

- Relationship between species, genetics, and contaminations

- Discussion on why you may get contamination on one grow versus another from the same spawn

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- What is the difference between Albino and Leucistic fruits? Big misunderstandings regarding this topic

- Isolate vs Clone cultures

- What makes a good clone?

- Does a more rhizo culture equal better fruiting potential?

- When to harvest for eating vs. spore prints

- How will age of culture affect grasslovers’ fruit and stone production?

- History of Rusty Whyte coir lovers

- Huge environmental mutation

- Why I’m choosing not to mist while fruiting for this flush

And More!

- Misting during heavy pinsets and flushes

- How I prevent side and bottom pins COMPLETELY without a liner

- The relationship between FAE, Humidity, Surface Moisture, and Aborts

- Flairosol-type mister versus regular mister

- Complete Neglect TEK’d Zaps

- Why Tidal Wave is a special lineage

- Paper towel trich TEK update, one week later! How is the tub doing? Has the trich spread?

Zaps Part 4!

- Should you skip agar? Is it overrated?

- Tips to prevent molding and bad bacteria on live casing plants

- On the unpredictability of Florida Grasslovers’ propensity to produce either sclerotia or fruits. Is there a way to encourage them to produce more of one than the other?

- MS Syringe, straight to brown rice! The two “no-no’s” of mycology!

- How long did it take for the Zaps to start pinning?

- Loads of Zap pins coming up! Will they be successful in an unmodified shoebox though?