Welcome to Southwest Mushrooms. Whether you have your first block on a kitchen counter or a room full of bags, this is a place to compare notes, ask questions and keep learning the craft. Start with the Quickstart Mushroom Growing Quickstart (Free) covers setup, sterile basics and your first harvest in six short modules. No experience needed. Open the first lesson here: https://www.skool.com/southwest-mushrooms-8320/classroom/694c4ab8?md=2b47d811c9f648aa99d5c7e88c1279e3 For the next step, look for Course 1: Mushroom Cultivation Foundations in the Classroom. Tell us what you’re growing Introduce yourself with the species, your setup and what you want to learn. A photo helps. If you’re still planning your first grow, tell us where you’re starting. Bring a specific question For a bag, block or fruiting-room question, include what you’re seeing, when it started and anything you changed. Put growing problems in Troubleshooting and lesson questions in Course Discussion. Show Your Grow and Wins & Harvests are there for the work along the way. Tools and resources Crowe Logic on your phone is optional: • iOS TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/DSpJV9Rg • Android closed testing, not a public store listing: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.crowelogic.mobile Shop and The Mushroom Grower book: https://southwestmushrooms.com Check the site for the current book listing and pre-order details. Membership options • Standard, $59: 5 recipes and live Q&A. • Premium, $79: extended cultivation tools, 25+ protocols, Grower bundle, a 12-species database, Q&A and live chats. • VIP, $199: Pro bundle, the two-volume book, private server, full cultivation tools and API access, SOP Playbook and supplier directory. Find Southwest Mushrooms on YouTube: @SouthwestMushrooms.

Fresh week, fresh check-in. Tell us what's on your shelf right now, whether that's a tub that just went into fruiting, a jar that's halfway colonized, or grain you're about to prep. Reply with: - Species / strain - Stage (colonizing, fruiting, harvesting, or planning) - One photo if you've got it New here? Start with Start Here: https://www.skool.com/southwest-mushrooms-8320/start-here, then the Mushroom Growing Quickstart (Free) in the Classroom. If you want to try the Crowe Logic app, the test builds are open on iOS (https://testflight.apple.com/join/DSpJV9Rg) and Android (closed testing: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.crowelogic.mobile). — Michael

Wednesday Strain Clock. This week it's colonization: how long did your last run take to fully colonize? Quick tip: log the date you hit 100% colonized, not the first day it looks white. That's the number that makes your timing predictable from one run to the next. Reply with: • Species / strain • Substrate and temperature • Days from inoculation to full colonization • One photo if you've got it Premium members also get the 12-species database: https://www.skool.com/southwest-mushrooms-8320/plans — Michael

What’s cooking on your shelf this week? Drop a comment with: • Species (or mix) • Stage (agar / grain / bags / fruiting / harvest) • Optional: a photo of the tub, bag, or plate New here? Start with Start Here (https://www.skool.com/southwest-mushrooms-8320/start-here), then open Mushroom Growing Quickstart (Free) in the Classroom — six short modules to get oriented. If you want grow notes on your phone, Crowe Logic is in closed testing: iOS via TestFlight (https://testflight.apple.com/join/DSpJV9Rg) and Android via closed testing (https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.crowelogic.mobile). — Michael

Friday Wins. Show us what came off the shelf this week, big or small. First flush, a clean grain jar, a block that finally pinned, a contam you caught early. It all counts. Seeing what’s working in other people’s setups is how all of us get better. Reply with: • What you harvested or what went right • Species / strain • One photo if you’ve got it • What you’d repeat next run (failures welcome too) New here? Start with the Start Here post, then the free Mushroom Growing Quickstart in the Classroom. — Michael