Yesterday I lowered the mat temp control from 75 to 71 then took note of the temp. Overnight it dropped from 80ish to 74.4 so it seems to be happy at that temp. During the day (lights on) it rises to 80ish all on it's own. It'll be interesting to see if the upper temp drops as the fruiting progresses. I had another thought/question last night, has anyone tried dunking their tub cake in substrate squeezings? What might the drawbacks be? The benefits are apparent, a fresh infusion of nutrients for the shrooms.
I checked in on the PB and it's a happy, happy cake. Lots of primordia and pins have developed since putting it to fruiting conditions on Friday That's a piece of bubble wrap off to the side. I don't have two tubs to see if it makes any difference so take the result with a grain of trich.

I'd like to have some opinions on the look of spore colonization of the Koh Samui. I don't know if this is how colonization manifests itself with KSSS or if there's a problem. My other inoculations didn't look like this at first.

I remember it starting as a concentrated little white areas instead of a cloud. If it is contam would it be safe to sterilize and inoculate again or start from scratch. If it is contam it'll be the second time this has happened from the same syringe, I started fresh with this batch. in another direction, instead of rye inoculation could I squirt some spores from the syringe onto agar and attempt to separate the good from the bad to another agar plate? It would be a first for me. I know, gotta start sometime...
Damn, not sure what's going on with the editor. It's reversing the enlarged image position!!! That or I don't understand the process...
Edited by FunnyFarmer, 11 January 2021 - 12:22 PM.