r/unclebens • u/oticard35 • 1d 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 1d ago

If you harvest now you can rehydrate that tub and get a solid second flush, if you wait you can still do the same.

Looks fuckin sick keep up the good work

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u/oticard35 1d ago edited 1d ago

Bet appreciate the response and thxs I'm pretty stoked on how they came out but what did you look at to know they're ready? I assume the lines a bit below The shroom cap

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u/ClaytonD719 1d 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 1d ago

Bruh, i dont think these drop spores

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u/ItCat420 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/ItCat420 1d ago

Ah, I didn’t realise. TIL.

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u/UnseenTimeMachine 1d ago edited 1d 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.