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Originally Posted by Mukrakiish
I suspected as much. The science of it really shows it should...I just wonder at what ratio's I can figure out to maximize on its effectiveness (including soaks to increase its effectiveness).
Oh yes, I know much about Stamets. His books are what got me into the hobby, got 18 species in my library actually. 
maikeru if you want to take a picture, I can get them identified for you if your curious. You'd have to take a picture of the underside as well as the tops and stems. Definitely they would be enjoying the water retention from the char along with the nitro boost from the coffee and then a huge glucose boost from your molasses (in small quantities fungus go crazy over it) |
My little shrooms got fried by too much heat and not enough water because I missed a watering on accident, so the first crop died, but I did snap two pics of the second wave of them coming up tonight. (I keep the recuperating Meyer's Lemon in a very warm room which functions as our indoor garden area. It dried out during shipping to me and the whole tree looked dead for 2-3 weeks until it sprouted new leaves... Lots of sunlight during spring and summer mean temps of 80-95 F in there. Perfect for plants, but not for people.) So tiny. White-capped dots among the white clover seedlings are the mushrooms. As they grow larger, I'll snap better pics and pick a few for samples. The Meyer's Lemon is in a topsoil, biochar, and coffee ground mix. Don't know the exact % of biochar, but there's quite a bit.
I overshot my attachment limit, so I've added two pics to an album.
Science Forums - maikeru's Album: Funny little white mushrooms
Let's see if this works.
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