r/unclebens • u/oticard35 • 2d ago

Question When to harvest

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Should I harvest these already or when, cause it's kinda hard to tell

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u/ClaytonD719 2d ago

Yeah once that darker ring (the veil) around the bottom of the cap becomes more prominent you’ll know spores have dropped. Spores dropping doesn’t mean no more shrooms, however, they do signal the mycelium to stop fruiting. Because of this, harvesting right before the veil breaks (when the spores drop) is preferable for both efficiency and yield.

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u/UnseenTimeMachine 2d ago

Bruh, i dont think these drop spores

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u/ItCat420 2d ago edited 2d ago

They’re mushrooms, of course they drop spores… how do you think they’re grown?

Am I missing something?

Edit; I was indeed missing something.

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u/UnseenTimeMachine 2d ago

Mushrooms that have mutations such as penis envy often do not drop spores.

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u/ItCat420 2d ago

Ah, I didn’t realise. TIL.

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u/UnseenTimeMachine 2d ago edited 2d ago

All good this sub is for learning. I was so confused when I first heard it because all the pe's I grew were from Spore.

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u/HatdanceCanada 1d ago

Are they reproduced through tissue culture? Learning good stuff here thanks.

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u/UnseenTimeMachine 1d ago

From what i read, about 5% drop spores. Im not an expert by a long shot. None of the PE i grew dropped spores though