Whether or not to just go for it would depend on your investment and goal. Did you spend what you consider to be a lot on your spores? If you decide not to experiment with cultivation, can you return them or resell them? Basically, are you going to be wasting your investment if you don't try, or if you try and fail? Then, what's your goal? Learning because it seems like a fun hobby, or just getting these specific mushrooms right the first time?
Personally, I'd just go ahead and try as best as you can. Use the advice you got, but don't stress about it if it's not perfect. The most likely failure is nothing will grow and you'll have wasted whatever you spent on materials and a little time. Absolutely worst case scenario is that contamination in your substrate somehow introduces a different kind of mushroom that you weren't expecting and - again worst case scenario - you don't realize it's the wrong kind of mushroom and eat it and die. That seems wildly unlikely, though.
Up front, yeah, I absolutely didn't read all of that.
I am an amateur forager, and while I'm confident enough to sight identify common edibles and eat them, I don't consider myself to "know about mushrooms" either. My problem with your comment is that it's just as bad as AI giving advice; people might skim through and take it as fact without reading your little disclaimer, just like people skim through and take AI as fact without knowing better. That probably seems fine on the surface because your comment is just the opposite of the meme and, if followed, your advice will definitely prevent anyone getting poisoned. Unfortunately, it also will really discourage anyone interested in foraging. I'd hate for someone to miss out on a fun, healthy hobby because you can't just keep your shit to your self.
Lemmy has communities where people who know what they're talking about can give actual good advice. Please seek one out!
I saw this movie for the first time at a sleepover with a group of girls I was trying to befriend at a new school, where I had just moved for reasons related to my brother dying the year before. I had chosen the 'never talk about it' coping mechanism and so of course whoever picked the movie had no idea the drama they were about to unleash ... But hoooo boy those girls had a ROUGH evening with the weird new kid lmao! The one girl's Mom was absolutely amazing though, she baked brownies from scratch and made us all brownie sundaes because we needed so much soothing.
Built a little greenhouse in the spring, and planted peas, jalapeno, zucchini, cucumber, lettuce and... One pumpkin seed on a whim.
So, the pumpkin grew like Audrey 2 and choked out everything but the jalapenos. 😒 On the bright side, everyone in my office is getting a free pumpkin to carve this year! Whether they want it or not.
LMAO at all these dude saying it's about shit talking. Nah, home girl got her eyebrows waxed and the waxer wants to know if she needs her lip done too... it hurts. Do not recommend.
I had a white peahen show up in my yard and hang out with my chickens once. She stayed all afternoon, ate scratch with the flock, then just wandered off into the woods.
We're in the northeast US, so she definitely wasn't wild, and it took forever to identify her because WTF was a white peahen doing here 🤔
Possibly she texted him so that the kid wouldn't overhear them talking about his gift. My daughter's Dad and I used to do that all the time, especially for private talks that we thought might hurt her feelings.
I will report back in a few weeks with more pictures! Also will probably be spamming them all over Lemmy because I just cannot shut up about how cool they are 😅
A beaver (or beavers?) moved into the creek deep in the woods behind my house last fall, and I am SO excited about the beautiful pond they are building.
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I'm sorry, that was my us-centrist bias at fault.
Try the Canadian version! https://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm The site is also available in French if you prefer 🤗