Recently I attended an event intended to explore how organisations can get involved in these spaces. “I’m of the opinion that if we build it, they will come” “We’re preparing a business plan so we can apply for funding to build a fab lab” After hours of space makers discussing the importance of community, a university representative stated. The tension and frustration in the room from the grass roots spaces was palpable. Large organisation politicos who’ve discovered a new buzzword are some of the greatest threats to such spaces. Larger organisations are better placed to interface with other large organisations. So they end up soaking up both money and attention, that would be better directed towards grass roots developments. When funding does reach a grassroots project it often comes attached to political prerequisites. These restrict growth in response to community need, instead redirecting energy to please the donor. Direct funding of running costs and overheads is addictive. Spaces get hooked on unsustainable streams, and a bias towards grant funding. It leads to inorganic growth that is not sustainable. I offer the below as an intellectual olive branch, in the hope that such spaces may be better understood, so we might together nurture the ecosystem so spaces can sustain themselves rather than creating unhealthy competition or dependencies. There is much these spaces share in common with mushrooms. I hope with the lifecycle of a mushroom as a metaphor I can provide insights into how to encourage these spaces. Spore A spore is the mushrooms means of reproduction. It is light, resilient and can travel huge distances. It contains the information required to grow, combine and produce a fruiting body (the mushroom). I have so much plans for expanding this hobby.The equivalent of the spore is the Idea of the space (eg. Next I'm thinking of adding a go pro time lapse video and adding an air monitor device to the main tent compartment and to the monotub as well to know the exact levels of co2/o2 exchange in there and to know if my mushroom or substrate needs more FAE, etc. Literally every 8 hours there's a change inside that tub it seems. I'm happy with what I'm seeing though!!!! I'm jumping up and down as if I'd hit a jackpot at a casino! LolĪnd its unbelievably crazy the rate they are growing each day. And people said I was doing toooo much by getting a tent and doing all the extra stuff with hi tech automation and wireless hi tech stuff and adding alot of tek and mixing alot of tek. I am beyond happy for all the patience and time I have put into this set up. Zoom in on picture 2 and 3 and you'll see the tiny hyphals going into primordia soon to be fruiting body's of mushroom. somewhere between the 4th and 5th day of switching over to fruiting conditions and having the inflatable monotub under a 12 off 12 day on cycle in 6000k 3 head grow lamps at 20% power out of 100% along with a 4 head grow lamps full spectrum red and blue at 10% power out of 100% I have achieved primordia, the hyphal knots have now turned into primordia and are well on their way to growing tall and towards the light, and if you soon in closely more hyphal knots are appearing even between the "cracked" substrate that some said was toooo dry or too stressed and those too are going primordia and are well on their way into becoming fruits and growing stems and body's and soon to become full grown mushrooms.
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