01/07/2026
It's been a while since anyone has heard from us over here at Spore Forge. We had a busy last 2 months of 2025 and unfortunately a lot of it was tragic. A green mold infected our grow space that wiped out nearly all of our blocks. Any blocks we had left, we tossed outside in appropriate substrate with the hopes they would do better out there. Ultimately we lost all we had growing.
But! The outdoors seemed to be exactly what was needed to save what we had. Chestnut mushrooms and Namekos were planted in our emptied raised garden beds and both have produced. Not a lot, but enough to have hope. We also took our remaining Sh*take block and used it to plug some logs. They seem to be making good progress. We hope for a spring or summer harvest of those.
The outdoor method has been slower since it works more with what the mushroom would naturally desire in order to fruit. Meaning our mushroom production has essentially been halted. We do have 2 blocks of Lion's Mane enjoying the outdoors. We may have some Lion's Mane on hand to sell at some point. Stayed tuned!
Included is a picture of our bizarre but neat new mushroom, Nameko. I did the oopsy with these and soaked them to try to get the substrate off. Bad idea. I've learned my lesson. The mushrooms turned into jello đŸ˜†. But they are cool to look at.
