2nd Flush Fun. Should you dunk? Do liners prevent sidepins? What to do about excessive spore drop? 

If you cut open a doggie doo doo bag you get a million of those in different colors for cheap.big package at Walmart. they work perfect in shoebox & 12 quart tub

I have a ghost monotub on its 4th flush still putting out monster fruits! It's starting to look pretty tired so I'm planning on tossing it because my tidal wave is only a few days from 100% colonization. Thank you for the video Ed the time of day is perfect for me because it's early AM in New England so it's a good start to my day.

Turn your tub upside down. Form and tape your liner on the exterior. Turn tub over and slide that liner in 👍

Not sure if it's a case but case scenario but in my experience the spore dump didn't prevent future flushes, use to harvest early in case it would but after so many times of missing a "perfect" harvest window I've noticed if there's gonna be more flushes they're gonna come almost regardless of what happens... I've left cakes sitting that were visibly super spent and had layers of spores on top and get some awesome looking fruits from a random 5th or 6th flush. But obviously not everyone's gonna have the same experience idk 😂

Thanks Ed! Those are some awesome looking fruits!

Hell yea, looking good. Nice flush! Thanks for the video. 🍄❤️

Thanks brother. All my questions answered. Doing my first ever flush and soke 2day. And swab coz they albino. 👍

Yo! Thanks Ed for this mornings video :) Enjoying my morning coffee and learning about mushrooms is a great way to wake up.

I’m calling BS on the spore drop ruining the second flush. I generally try to pick before the veil splits but I work out of town and have come home to many spore drops over the years, never had a problem with subsequent flushes

I don't like to put the cakes in the trash, I live in the forest so I find a suitable place with a lot of moisture and leaf litter and burry the cake under it. To introduce the species to the area and make them become a part of the ecosystem. As for the side pins, I have pulled done it with and without, and it doesn't help reduce side pins, it just hides them. People seem to think a liner keeps a tub from getting side pins, but it just hides them lol. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. So I go without using a liner because it's just one more thing that could cause contamination in my opinion.

Took a colonized bag of Tidal Wave, mixed them with the exact same amount of substrate into the exact same sized shoe boxes but I put a liner in one but not the other. Same conditions next to each other and found that the one with the liner has re-colonized at least 35% faster and produced a heavier pin set covering more surface area, also shown color a couple days before the one without the liner. Gonna test it again with another batch soon to see if the results are reproducible.

THE GLOORRYYY!!!

Im sure someone already has asked this, and its probably a silly question, but, what ya think would happen if foil was used as a liner?

Thanks Doc! Have you ever experimented with a casing layer when going for 2nd flush?

Question: during colonization, Do you notice excess moisture, and small water pools between the shoebox and liner from condensation water dripping down the side and under the liner? or would that be a sign of over-hydrated substrate trying to evaporate then getting caught in the tub and dripping down the sides and under the liner? maybe this could be another reason liners are helpful.. separating those small pools of water out of the sub /shrug

Makes me wonder , I hear longer fruits are sometimes cause by the fruits trying to reach for air but your shoeboxes are in a tent so I would say it’s more genetics than anything … nice job Ed , beautiful fruits there ✨🤜🤛

Have 2 iceberg tubs that are just starting to fruit or what looks like crazy mutant blobs with blue hue to them. Is this normal can't find much info anywhere

Other than your RU-vid channel I can't find much help on videos of stage by stage on different fruits to help me. Guess it will just take a couple of flushes to study my species? Any suggestions on platforms that aren't monetizing fruits and info

For some reason on all of my boxes I only get fruits around the edges of the cake. Literally zero growing from the center. It’s for sure 100% colonized and zero signs of contamination, not sure what it doesn’t like about the center of the cake.

Oh I see you put holes in the side of the tub

Can u flip cake over

Lol glorified dishwasher I FEEL THAT!😂