Lion's Mane Colonization of Rye Grain - Start to Finish Timeline - Mycelium Growth and Consolidation

[@hiromikami]

Not boring! Thank you for doing the work to put this video together. It helps me, and I'm sure plenty of others, to know what to expect.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thank you Wicker's! Happy you found the video useful :)

[@HavokBWR]

Haha for real. The amount of time I spend watching spores grow in real time, I think I can deal with "boring".

[@Lindsayrae.allday]

Thank you, I'm on day 5 and don't really see anything. This gave me some hope

[@sebastianschweigert7117]

I had nothing on day 5. Day 7 I saw some whispy growth. Day 10 a large portion of the grain was bright white. The first few days are the hardest :)

[@DJackExtras]

How did this turn out?

[@DuDaMan69]

Don’t sweat it! Always let em sit! They will be good, usually! I notice it will either contam or be great! Had some cubes take 2 months no lie to show signs of myc! Couldn’t believe it!!!

[@jacobsclaymation6684]

Same. That's what brought me to this video. My pink oyster and trumpet oysters are nearly fully colonized after 5 days, I can't see anything in my lion's mane jars

[@paulmarais4988]

Me too 😭

[@tgraham72]

Thank you--I've been staring at ten jars for two weeks and didn't think anything was happening because I thought the myc would be much thicker. Much appreciated.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

How's it looking now? Did you get these jars into fruiting blocks?

[@tgraham72]

@@OneEarthMushrooms Yes, I did! I shook the jars, and within days the myc had spread evenly and appeared quite healthy. Thank you SO much for this lesson!

[@DariasKehl]

This video is perfect - my jars match (first try!) and my fears are put to rest. I can now schedule both a g2g (which I hadn't thought of doing) and plan for fruiting. Thanks for taking the time to make!

[@MartinTol]

Thanks man! I'm in the midst of growing LM mycelium and it doesn't look like other strains of mushroom I grow at all. Your video was just the reassurance I needed. I thought I was dealing with cobweb fungus, but is looks similar as yours.

[@philcollins5749]

same bro lmao . it looks like oyster I feel like all I'm growing is cobweb between oyster and lions mane looking at my jars 😭😭😭

[@briananglin9323]

I thought mine wasn't growing at all, but this made me take a closer look. It is growing way better than I thought!

[@goatlandia8457]

You saved my grow!!! My mycelium looks very weak and I wasn’t even sure I even had mycelium until I watched this video! Especially when you said it grows from the inside out!!

[@evelinaa2537]

Was looking for a picture of how LM grain spawn is supposed to look like and when to shake it. This video is excellent!

[@eschient]

Great video, thanks. I knew Lion's Mane was "Slow and wispy" to colonize but seeing my Turkey Tail just erupt at light speed in comparison had me worried. It was very reassuring to see the day by day timetable!

[@miyervang9338]

Thank you for the video. It really helped me to see if i did it correctly. It's my first time and I just added my liquid culture into the grain jars 2 days ago. I'm crossing my figures to make sure it will develop mycelium.

[@RosemaryC]

This helped me! Thank you! I have mine growing on popcorn and since the corn is light colored it's even harder to see growth Now I know my grains are ready to be used :)

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thanks Rosemary! How's the grow going so far?

[@RosemaryC]

​@@OneEarthMushrooms I think my strain isn't as aggressive as most of the lion's mane that I've seen or read about on the internet. Colonization took about a month, and another 3-4 weeks from fruiting conditions to harvest. Also the fruit's were relatively small and stalled before I got visible teeth :\ Going to try the heat resistant strain next! Thanks for checking in :) Love your videos! I fruited the LM in the monotub fruiting chamber based off of your other video!

[@N.Narwhal]

@@RosemaryC Good job getting fruits

[@carlfranz]

I'm in exactly the same situation and found this video to be quite helpful. I like the deliberate pace and day by day photos. This would be deadly boring if you weren't crazy about mushrooms but we are crazy so thanks!!

[@aaabraxas]

this was very relaxing, keep it up dude!

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@yohangarcia01]

Indeed

[@Maggot1707]

For me, it's peering on day 5 now and I'm pretty sure if I look hard with a flashlight from my phone, I can see fuzzy, white strands of something that are beginning to appear in the little cracks of my grain. At first, I didn't pay any attention to it and thought my grain spawn wasn't growing anything. Thanks for the video man, it helped me out a bit.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Wonderful! Happy to hear your mycelium is doing it's thing!

[@davidorrico391]

Great job! I never would have guessed loin Maine is wispy. Very helpful

[@mariak8480]

Not boring at all! Your video helped me in knowing what to expect with my first lion's mane, thank you! :)

[@kicknadeadcat]

I used to shake up the grain but I found under my conditions it colonizers faster if I just leave. My lions mane colonizes in 10 to 14 days.

[@derekd5863]

I thought the exact same thing when I watched this. Set it and forget it.

[@gelhope5510]

I really liked watching this, the soft music as well made it really awesome to watch.

[@carlfranz]

You've answered several of my questions and doubts and given me a good video timeline to compare with my own grow. I am grateful.

[@biddle05]

Also in the 'thank you boat', you were close enough in pictures that I feel better about my moisture content (as our grain had that identical outside dryness but inside wet) I'm on day 3, only thing I'm worried about now is I shook them earlier while examine like a dummy 🤷‍♂️

[@GM-rs2fv]

Very helpful, I was having a hard time determining the colonization % of my LM grain jar but this helped a lot!

[@nick-ht3cn]

very helpful. I'm used to oyster mycelium growth and thought my lions mane wasn't growing.

[@greatestytcommentator]

Good video. I have a more normal strain and I was concerened that the Grain was mouldy as it seems to be growing from the inside like this? We shall wait and seek

[@m.m9804]

yeah, mate, that's not boring at all. i enjoyed the music as well :)

[@robertmcdowell9649]

I waited til my jars fully colonized (LM) and they wanted to fruit right away. If you want to shelve some LM grain spawn try to get those jars in a very low humidity situation so they don't fruit lol lesson learned.

[@danielwheeler9290]

You should within the grain cluster is what you were asuming "not inside the grain" inside the grain would indicate within the shell of one grain.

[@montygore1200]

Not boring. Very informative.

[@matthewlytle7753]

Day 10 for lions mane / blue oyster, I made 40 jars of spawn, I gently mixed 5 of each genus and labeled, I will comment back again when all are fully colonized with results on which grew faster, for day 10 I saw small bits of mycelium near the inoculation point, wish me luck!

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

How'd it go?

[@fattymcbastard6536]

So it's been over a year already. This has got to be the slowest colonization I've ever heard of.

[@combatjm89]

Thanks, I've got 4 pints of LM on oats and was worried about the mycelium being so whispy. From your video it seems all is well!

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

How'd it work out for you?

[@combatjm89]

@@OneEarthMushrooms I haven't spawned to substrate yet - fighting off trich and trying to set up a clean room before I waste more materials. Time is running out though...

[@andresalmonte4337]

Good stuff.! Not a boring video at all 🤙🏽

[@filiprembowski1396]

You got great quality videos hope to be seeing more

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thanks Bob! I'm learning so much about cultivation and filming/editing. Thanks for watching!

[@BlastReadingSeries]

Boring? You crazy, fam. Thanks for posting!

[@kumhoshin8736]

Thank you for your presentation. I have a question. Where did you put the jar in the cool area or warm area?

[@ihague4568]

Just for reference .... was day 1, at the time of inoculation, or 24 after it?

[@deborahnix5458]

Actually, I thought it quit good. Exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thank you, Deborah!

[@LimeFoot]

This was very helpful, thanks for your video!

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thank you Aqua!

[@rawr333r]

This was super helpful thank you. Quick question! I am using rye berries, on day 7. I am noticing this dirt like substance that seems to be protruding from some of the grains with mycelium growth. I've been scouring the internet for answers but idk if it's just apart of the rye berries or contamination.

[@VerdantExploration]

Hows it lookin now? is it growing with the myc?

[@rawr333r]

@@VerdantExploration they are doing great, thanks for asking! The black substance I'm almost positive was just apart of the rye berries. It's not growing with the mycelium at all.

[@SuperSeth321]

dude this took forever. My jar is almost fully colonized in 10-14 days. I used 5 CCs tho. put my jars in a monotub with a heating pad underneath the tub at 80 degrees.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

If I remember correctly I was using 2-3 cc's per jar. And not maintaining temp, just sitting in the garage. Could just be the culture I'm using too. Some grow slower than others. Lion's mane tends to be slow...

[@SuperSeth321]

@@OneEarthMushrooms yeah im an idiot. different mycelium cultivates at different rates.

[@AndyLeeSWE]

Beautiful film!

[@pazobackenstein6473]

Can I ask how much spore did you put in the jar? My mycelium looks like your day 7 on day 3… I didn’t know how much to put, so I got ten grams dry spawn inside.

[@7dayzetsu]

can it grow the dryed harvested Lion's Mane Mushroom?

[@خيراتالارض-ص6د]

Hello, what kind of materials are used for injecting mushroom spores to reproduce?please help

[@trucoz]

A true talent, keep up the Myco Art! Very appreciated 👌🏻👌🏻

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thank you Alberto! I'm going to do another art video soon, just doing some more research before I film it. Glad you liked it!

[@Censtudios]

May I ask why you shake it on day 10? Isn't the mycelium supposed to be a network? Shaking and breaking it off like that disturbs the network

[@patrickmitchell3258]

I read somewhere that it can be a good idea to shake once colonization reaches halfway, speeds up the process apparently

[@Mike420X]

I was wondering how rye berries with with LM i heard it goes straight into a sub like woodchips

[@Darth1992]

Soo is rye grain better or wood based subtrate like wood chips an wheat bran?

[@scizor4321]

Does it need to sit at a certain temperature or humidity?

[@Lisi_Mxo]

I'm not a pro, just started last week and I have mine sitting on a shelf, and seem to be doing okay. It's about 23 Celsius in my room.

[@andrefecteau]

warmer, wetter, darker? for incubation may speed up the process...also if you seeped the grain and let it germinate it may speed up as the mycelium would have more ready to go sugar....just my 2 cents.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Ooh interesting idea! I'd like to give that a try.

[@pazobackenstein6473]

So if my seventh day is an almost full jar, it’s ok? It’s not cobweb?

[@ethan19992500]

Song? Good video bro.

[@poppy7634]

Is it okay to get condensation inside the jars?

[@FlyTriesEverything]

Do you keep it in the light

[@judyhowell7075]

Did you use liquid culture

[@johandypablofrias3453]

Thank you ! I was getting concerned :D

[@terryh5677]

Great Video and great information.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thanks, Terry!

[@JustinHeronMusic]

I really like your video style.

[@lukembry10]

So you can leave the jars out in the light? I was under the impression they needed to stay in complete darkness.

[@tengolasendatula]

he may have brought the jars to the light because of shooting purposes

[@FlatcapMushrooms]

It will grow in light!

[@matic_horvat]

So i got my growbox and and its covered in mycelium its white as hell... should I still soak it as the starting process for 12 hours?

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Not sure what you mean by soaking it. Do you mean you want to put the tub in water?

[@jamessawyer1331]

OneEarth Mushroom, I am pretty sure you are Elon Musk behind this curtain..

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Not to play favorites, but I'm pretty sure this is the best complement I've ever received in my life. Thank you!!!

[@harrysandhu4136]

He really does sound like him!

[@danbell8025]

I'm a novice just to throw it out there first, but I thought before the transfer to the chamber it needs to be pretty much white with colonisation, to reduce the risk of contamination... or am I wrong ?

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Hey Dan, lions mane tends to be a bit on the wispy side...the mycelium is pretty fine and isn't going to be as obvious as say, oysters. In my opinion, it wouldn't hurt to wait a few more days if you're concerned about the grain not not being fully colonized. And yes, you're correct; full colonization reduces the risk of contamination.

[@danbell8025]

@@OneEarthMushrooms brilliant... thankyou so much, I shall subscribe lol

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

@@danbell8025 you're welcome, and thank you!!

[@mnm121314]

Lions Mane mycelium looks like Cobweb contamination soo much I had to look up this video just to ease my fear!

[@KingStepside]

Do you just let the jar sit there or what?

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Yep! The mycelium take care of the rest!

[@danielgriffin5737]

Does anyone have good pictures of what it looks like at first on top.

[@evilearthego5256]

Great video Bro

[@bruceyoung8167]

4:45 A STILL AIR BOX OOOOOOF. How the hell did I not think of doing this

[@Wabuh-Wabuh]

what temp & what moisture level?

[@mikedomeraski399]

that helped a lot thanks. I did my first on popcorn this helped id the progress.thanks

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Great! Glad to hear this helps.

[@zzz-cb3xe]

Why it didn't colonize fully?

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

It did! Lion's mane is whispy.

[@danielgriffin5737]

Is it like ferry at first

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Not sure I know what you mean.

[@Trapboygrow]

whats the next step?!

[@janmarucha9138]

Dude, you should start ASMR mushroom channel

[@ryaeon9793]

guys can someone answer me? i was throwing my left over grain into my vermicomposting box worm that grain become so hot! that my worm try to escape hell.. did mycelium generate heat? (im using mung beans)

[@rameshhabibi8236]

Probably the bacteria using the nitrogen from the grains to hot composte the grains, thats why it heats up so fast (i think). Might wanna spread the grains more evenly.

[@ryaeon9793]

@@rameshhabibi8236 i think yeah,

[@da4647]

Whenever I see lions mane videos on KZbin they make it seem like it so fast -.- but every time I grow lions mane, they take like a whole month for the mycelium to grow (3 lb grain bag). 2 months total growth. Some weird vodo shit going on here -.-

[@BadgerLaser]

Could it be a feeble strain ? ive got a similar dilemma as yourself- but its my first attempt at LM & its not exactly vigorous so im considering starting another batch with a different supplier's strain. i have a few others species growing like crazy business so my conditions must be OK-ish for mushrooms. good luck.

[@jr6786]

I seem to have the hardest time with lions mane. Doesn’t do well on agar(mea) or on my oat spawn.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Lion's mane is a tough one! I had some agar plates do okay, and some that barely started at all.

[@benjibenji9653]

Great music whis the artist ?

[@ZepHoffman]

Excelent video Thanks

[@Flyest_One]

You didn't do bad but they would have grown faster if the substrate was a little more wet and a better/darker environment

[@goldenage5012]

Where i can contact you, i want to learn more

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Feel free to shoot me an email: [e-mail]

[@sirflangewach2884]

Does the grain need to be wet?

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Check out this video, I go through my whole process in it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3O5gXWon7Woi5Y

[@BigTrappaBenzo]

Elon Musk Is That You? Lol

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Dude, so many people have said something like this and I don't get it! Haha

[@ghostgate82]

Behold, the universe!

[@lostpockets2227]

i thought a full colony would be more whiter than that

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

I know, me too! Other varieties are definitely a lot more white, lions mane is pretty wispy though. On the fruiting block it was a lot more white.

[@mycoboto]

Depends on the genetics stronger genetics mean heartier growth

[@platinumvulture1122]

@@mycoboto woah it's Rick Sanchez

[@mycoboto]

@@platinumvulture1122 yo ✌

[@tuf-tuframsesrecord2783]

21 day for colo ? this is normal ? is not 10 day normaly ?

[@tunersonly5980]

Dont shake your jars 4x. Let it colonize a good 30% (different visually for each species) then shake and let colonize the rest before transferring. You can test this theory by doing a few jars the same then comparing to others you mix less or more. Find out what visual ques are best for each species your working with that represents time for mixing. I'd love to hear his theory of why he decided to shake these so much when there was colonization evenly throughout and he could have let it heal after first shake then get thicker and stronger colonization. Thoughts?

[@RosemaryC]

it varies depending on ambient temperature and where you get your culture from and how much culture you put on your grains mine took a little over a month :|

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Yeah, I agree with you. I shook these way too much. I had read somewhere that the Lion's Mane needed to be broken up a lot, so I just went with it. When I did Lions Mane again later, I shook only once but it didn't cut much time off, it colonized in 19 days. But yeah, still unnecessary to shake more than once.

[@unseenelementz]

Great video and your voice sounds like Elon musk lol

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Oh gosh. I think that's a complement 😆

[@blazeaglory]

So when using an agar wedge in a pint/half pint jar, could there be mycelium growth close to the wedge but then lower down or farther? Could the mycelium somehow transfer to a different part of the jar without being attach to the initial growth? Ive been using jars and rye berries for a couple years now but Im noticing on my recent jars some rye berries that look like they're growing mycelium but are farther from the gar wedge ... Know what I mean? Thanks

[@MadiDoll]

Anything the wedge of agar touches could potentially dislodge a small piece of mycelium and basically act as another inoculation point in your jar/bag. So yes it's certainly possible. I'm still kinda new so take this with a grain of salt but I was under the impression this is why people will often use multiple smaller agar wedges and then shake up the jar/bag after inoculation to just get a headstart on colonization from multiple points.

[@stack.that.cheese]

That glove box though... Get a 4 inch pvc fitting and glue it to the box, attach the gloves to it with zip ties. Now you have a closed off environment

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

I may do that at some point. It's working pretty good so far, though. I've had almost no contamination since I started using the still air box, compared to before where almost everything was contaminated! Good idea, though! Thank you!

[@stack.that.cheese]

@@OneEarthMushrooms I use rtv silicone to glue the pvc

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

@@stack.that.cheese do you have an example of the fittings you used? I was looking around Home Depot a few weeks ago and I didn't see anything that would work for me. I was looking for threaded fitting though, are yours threaded?

[@stack.that.cheese]

@@OneEarthMushrooms I got them at home depot, just a 4 inch fitting. Yes, they have threads although the threads don't matter

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

@@stack.that.cheese I'll check out another Home Depot, they must have been sold out.

[@YourlocalSFS]

I hope to make a pizza with mushrooms yum I'll buy that TN the Lazada

[@afakayu5176]

Interesting music, I like it, it’s awesome. Can you share it? :D

[@TheKellisunshyne]

Going on day 3 now and reishi and cauliflower beat the lions mane and the yellow morels lol.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Nice!

[@Paintingtube]

thank you sir

[@SuhPreme]

for the life of me, it's been over a week now and no mycelium has started growing now. I think my project is dead lol

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Any results yet?

[@SuhPreme]

@@OneEarthMushrooms no, nothing at all. I think I'm going to give it another shot and see if I can get better results.

[@eileendelgrosso8481]

Can you do that , the bag isn’t contaminated. I have 3 bags that didn’t do a thing out of 6 one was contaminated, so now have two white , I thought it should almost be solid ?

[@Bizzle.OG1]

Check out south west mushrooms he os very informative and helpfull . Thanks for the video buddy 👍

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

I love South West Mushrooms!

[@Bizzle.OG1]

@@OneEarthMushrooms love the timelapse so cool , im finding lions mane hard to colonize for some reason

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

@@Bizzle.OG1 I'd love to do some higher quality time lapses, they're a lot of fun!

[@Bizzle.OG1]

I will have to learn how to do the timelapse on a budget and share , theyre well cool , im a newb at the shroomery , but having a lot of fun learning .

[@hynekfuchs1378]

👍👍👍

[@pinzgauernorcal]

berries look dry

[@totodile493]

People say organic millet is a better mushroom grain than organic rye.

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

I picked up a couple pounds of millet stalks a few weeks ago. After I thrashed it and cleaned it up, there was only about a pound of grain, but I've been mixing it in with rye and whole oats, which is making a really good spawn. I need to find a cheaper source of millet, because it was pretty expensive and a lot of work just to get that one pound.

[@ThahnG413]

@@OneEarthMushrooms you can try wbs it's pretty cheap and has worked well for me

[@RosemaryC]

@@OneEarthMushrooms horse oats is mega cheap :) found at your local feed supply

[@rameshhabibi8236]

He kinda has a giovanni giorgio voice

[@nilsstabler2056]

your voice sounds super similar to elon musk

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

He's actually my long lost twin.

[@Assenator-zw4qq]

Is this guy doing an Elon Musk impression?

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Haha! I keep getting that comment!

[@shubhamagnihotri190]

Boring.....watching Mycelium growth is Beethoven's fifth symphony for me

[@matheusluizpimenta8392]

Like

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Thank you!

[@seniorewe7846]

Tlou alternate ending

[@OneEarthMushrooms]

Can you be more specific please?

[@seniorewe7846]

Its a joke, tlou stands for: the last of us, with is a game where a fungus mutates to infect and turn humans into zombies. It is a real bad joke. Cool vid btw

[@ceasarstitts]

Sounds like Elon musk ? 🧐🧐

[@kristiankiki4048]

Thats not finish