I definitely suffer from CRS or Cant remember shit, and it’s probably a side effect of all
the other stuff I grow. So, I watched this documentary and it claimed that lion’s mane
could help regenerate brain neurons. Ok ok…. So I found the easiest way to grow lion’s mane,
for new growers. Just skip all that sterilize sterilize sterilize Still air box Lysol Lysol stuff
and buy yourself a growing kit. I got mine from myctyson.com. that’s mike with a M Y C.
It’s a organic 7 pound block that’s pre colonized with lions mane mycelium and you have to do,
is stab it. I setup my grow space before stabbing the block and to learn,
I watched myc tysons video’s and matched his recommended settings.
I added a humidifier, set it the max right next to where my block would be
and I put a light on its lowest setting and a 12 hour cycle. Then I unboxed the block,
squeezed out as much air as possible
and flipped it over so that it sat on the loose top of the grow bag. I sterilized the
outside and put a half inch slit on each side of the block, a quarter way down from the top.
Then I placed it in my grow space and waited. Record scratch….
The growth was super slow. This is 4 days later, 7 days later,
9 days later and at 11 days, I noticed browning and it almost seemed like it was stunted and I
knew something was off. I think despite having the humidifier, the inline fan I had was still
sucking out all of the humidity resulting in too dry conditions, so I decided to reset.
I chopped all the knubs and moved onto a second method that I watched which required a large
20 gallon tub and some misting with this hair mister (link in description). I placed this in my
bedroom completely cover and almost immediately, I saw growth. On day 3 I could already see broccoli
like growth that wasn’t smooth and round like how it grew in the tent. Day 4, it’s almost double.
I was misting the edges of the tub as soon as it looked like the droplets evaporated
and I kept the lid completely sealed. Day 9 and it started looking like coral, Day 11, Day 13
and day 18.
So at this point, I decided to crack the lid a little and ht elions mane visibly started
to change from a coral appearance to the teeth like look that I recognized from all the photos.
This is day 22 again, I kept misting the edges, this time
slightly more frequently because of the cracked lid.
I was a little too aggressive with the lid opening and noticed some browning on some spots,
so I decided to pool some water on the bottom of the tub to let the humidity rise more. Day 24,
looks a little better, then day 25, lots of more browning. I decided at this point, I should just
harvest because a quick google search showed that browning is either due to dryness or a
mature mushroom and given the conditions, I definitely believe it was over maturing.
I chopped all 4 mushrooms off simply by a strong tug and it ripped right off.
Some of the substrate was stuck on the base so I cut that part off with a plastic knife.
This is how the block looked after
and I was planned on flushing which worked, but I noticed some mold developing on the bottom,
so I went on a hike and spinkled the grains in the wild. Salt bae splash. So I definitely
learned a lot, this was definitely much easier than I thought, thanks to myctyson,
use the coupon code trymeout for $5 off, total was $37.20