The Nose Knows Its Time to Go(es)

The nose was the remaining stem standing from this harvest. He also turned out to the biggest one of all. I did let it grow until the cap truly curled underneath. This whole effort is still simply amazing!

It's all a learning experience. I learned that if you gently turn the cap, you can easily look underneath to see how the cap is progressing. I kept thinking the Shiitakes were delicate babies that couldn't be jostled. Yeah, not really.

Once I let the nose go, I had some fun and giving folks a sense of size rather than bottles or bunnies:




The block is now in a two-week rest period. Then it'll go into another 24-hour submersion before its transferred back on the baking pan for spritz, humidity tent and spritz. I truly don't foresee as many photos happening as it's all cyclical. If the block blossomed for all angles or flushed a huge crop, more fun with more photos. As it is, we have about 80+ photos to date. Oh my!