First grow. Used grainspawn to get a big monobag going, manure and straw substrate. Fruiting has begun.
There are only a 10 or so fruits (expecting much more) and 1 huge fruit in particular is way ahead of the rest of the bag and is getting close to dropping spores.
I imagine that more fruits are on the way, because it seems to be a little ahead of the schedule that the instructions laid out.
Should I open the bag and pick it to avoid the mess or do is the risk of contam too great?
The substrate is not as fully colonized as the grainspawn was (there is some straw that hasn't been entirely covered by myc yet)
UPDATEThis caused no problems at all. The straw and poo bags produced a nice flush. Then, the remaining straw fully colonized and is now pinning again. And the mofo's are looking even better than the first flush.
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