Quick note for the group. For the last two years I have been turning the way I actually run Southwest Mushrooms into a working cultivation OS: Crowe Logic. This is not a generic chatbot bolted onto mushroom content. It is the operating layer I wanted years ago when I was trying to keep contamination down, standardize SOPs, read environment data correctly, and stop making the same production decisions from memory every week. What is inside Founding Grower: - CroweLM for cultivation questions, SOP decisions, and production troubleshooting - Crowe Vision for photo-based contamination and culture analysis - SOP generation from your actual inputs instead of blank templates - Environment and grow-pattern analysis for making better batch decisions - The operator workspace we are building around the Southwest Mushrooms production system For existing Southwest Mushrooms customers and community members, I opened a 72-hour founding launch price: $99/year for Crowe Logic Founding Grower Annual. This is not the normal Pro monthly plan. Pro is usually $97/month. This is a founding annual plan for the launch window, and the $99/year price stays locked in while your subscription stays active. If you are already on a monthly plan, nothing changes for your current membership. This is a launch option for people who want to switch into the annual founding price from here. Start here: https://buy.stripe.com/9B6fZg4U8dQBeRx7qSg7e1a If you are not sure whether it is right for you, post your current grow problem below. I will answer a few directly in this thread so you can see how I think through the pattern. Michael

Morning all from sunny Northamptonshire U.K. My little company has a great opportunity to sell our grow kits in a decent sized retailer. We are starting off with Lions & Sky Blue kits and will be working on stands soon. A great opportunity for us. The plan is to replace any unsold kits on a fortnightly basis. We will then fruit any unsold kits, dehydrate and sell in store also potentially (or online). I have a couple questions for the group and am after some advice and tips. 1) Is there anyway to prolong the fruiting blocks in the kit to slow down natural growth and make collection of unsold kits a longer turnaround? I always take out air in bag, but there will be no fridge option. Also there’ll be an instructional video to show how to initiate the growing process and to break away and unwanted growth. Also, I will supply kits when possible, just shy of ready, maybe 90% colonised where possible. These are my thoughts, but any further would be great. 2) I’m looking for some very heavy fruiting lions mane and oyster strains. Micheal, can you help with this please? 3) Anybody has any ideas to make these fly off the shelves, it would be much appreciated. Kind Regards, Robin TME

Hi Michael , could you check the email inbox on here please. I’ve sent a couple messages, but not heard anything back and it’s been a couple months with no response. Maybe an error? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I've been going back and forth with options for a permanent fruiting room now for what seems like ages. Mostly hung up on it because building a building is expensive, and hard work, and I'm already building other buildings and tired of it. But in the process of also assessing refrigeration options I had what I think is a brilliant idea. Has anyone tried using a walk in cooler for a fruiting room? I see a lot of used coolers for sale on Marketplace. Seems like a large walk-in, 15 x 23 or so, with their 4 inch insulated walls would make a cozy, affordable space for some fruiting after a few minor retrofits. Thoughts? I hope no one is able to burst my bubble because I'm pretty excited about this idea. But please do if you're able to and avert me from catastrophe.

Use this thread whenever a new VIP course unlocks. Reply with: - Which course just unlocked for you - What you will finish in the next 7 days - Your biggest blocker right now - One photo of your grow, lab, fruiting room, build, or packaging setup If you need technical help, create a separate post in Troubleshooting and link it here so the community can follow your progress. Fast feedback comes from specific updates, not vague ones. Show the work and the room will help you move faster.