Track Every Grow. From Spore to Harvest.
Whether you're starting from a spore syringe, spore print, or live culture — track inoculation, colonization, fruiting, and harvest. Manage your mushroom spores and cultures, identify contamination, and connect with growers.
Join cultivators tracking every grow from mushroom spores to harvest
Spore Inventory
Track Every Syringe, Print & Swab
Your spore collection is the starting point of every cultivation project. Keep a detailed inventory of every syringe, print, and swab you own — then link them directly to the cultures and grows they spawn. Always know what stock you have, where it came from, and what it produced.
Full Inventory Tracking
Track spore syringes, prints, and swabs with vendor, quantity, volume, storage location, and expiration dates.
Links to Cultures & Grows
Select a spore source when starting a new culture or grow. See every culture and grow that came from each spore.
Label & Scan
Print QR or barcode labels for your spore stock. Scan a syringe label to instantly pull up its details and linked grows.
Stock Status at a Glance
Mark spores as Available, Low, Depleted, or Contaminated. Filter your inventory to find what you need fast.
Culture Tracking
Manage Agar Plates, Liquid Cultures & Grain Spawn
Track every culture transfer from agar plates through liquid culture syringes to grain spawn. Link parent to child with auto-incrementing generation counts and trace any grow back through its full culture lineage.
Three Culture Types
Track agar plates, liquid cultures, and grain spawn with type-specific fields.
Full Lineage Tracking
Trace the chain from agar plate through liquid culture and grain spawn to your current grow.
Generation Counter
Auto-incrementing transfer notation (T1, T2, T3...) so you always know your generation.
Status Management
Mark cultures as Active, Stored, Contaminated, or Spent. Filter and find what you need.
Scannable Labels
Print QR code or barcode labels for every agar dish, LC jar, and grain bag. Scan to pull up the culture instantly.
Grow Tracker
Track Every Grow from Mushroom Spores to Harvest
Start from a spore syringe, spore print, or culture — then track every stage through inoculation, colonization, fruiting, and harvest. Log entries with photos, environmental data, and notes — all timestamped and editable.
Stage Progression
Advance through inoculation, colonization, fruiting, and harvest with visual timeline tracking.
Photo Logging
Attach timestamped photos to every log entry. Build a chronological gallery of each grow.
Harvest & Yield Tracking
Record flush weights and auto-calculate Biological Efficiency. Track yield decline across flushes.
Environmental Readings
Log temperature, humidity, and CO2 at every stage. See how conditions affect your results.
Printable QR & Barcode Labels
Generate and print scannable labels for every tub and jar. Scan to instantly open that grow.
Label & Scan
Print Labels. Scan to Open. Never Lose Track Again.
When you're running 30 agar plates and a dozen grain jars, keeping track of what's what is half the battle. Generate a QR code or barcode for any grow or culture, print a label, stick it on the lid — then scan it later to pull up all the details instantly.
QR Codes & Barcodes
Choose between QR codes or CODE128 barcodes — whichever works best for your setup.
Print-Ready Labels
Two sizes: 1" squares for agar dishes and 2" rectangles for jars and bags. Print or save as image.
Instant Scan-to-Open
Scan any label with your phone camera or the built-in scanner. Jump straight to that grow or culture.
Species Database
16 Species with Optimal Growing Parameters
Temperature ranges, humidity targets, substrate recommendations, timelines, and biological efficiency benchmarks — everything you need for each species.
Blue Oyster
Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus
Lion's Mane
Hericium erinaceus
Shiitake
Lentinula edodes
Reishi
Ganoderma lucidum
King Oyster
Pleurotus eryngii
Pink Oyster
Pleurotus djamor
Contamination Reference
Identify and Respond to Contamination Fast
10 common contaminants with visual identification guides, severity ratings, and recommended actions. Know what you're looking at before it spreads.
Trichoderma
Green Mold
The most common and aggressive contaminant. Appears as white then bright green patches that spread rapidly.
Action
Isolate immediately. Usually not recoverable once sporulating.
Cobweb Mold
Dactylium mildew
Grey, wispy growth that spreads much faster than mycelium. Often mistaken for healthy growth by beginners.
Action
Spray with hydrogen peroxide (3%). Increase FAE.
Penicillium
Blue-Green Mold
Blue-green circular colonies with white edges. Common on improperly pasteurized substrates.
Action
Remove affected area. Improve sterilization technique.
Visual Identification
Descriptions and visual cues to quickly identify what you're dealing with.
Severity Ratings
Know instantly whether you can save the grow or need to isolate.
Recommended Actions
Step-by-step response for each contaminant type.
Linked from Grow Logs
Record contamination events directly in your grow timeline.
Community Forum
A Mushroom Forum Built for 2026, Not 2006
The cultivation forums you know are stuck in the past — BBCode, broken image links, no mobile support, and interfaces that haven't changed in decades. First Flush gives the mushroom growing community a forum that actually works.
What a Modern Mushroom Forum Looks Like
BBCode formatting
Rich text editor with live preview
Broken image links
Built-in image hosting that won't disappear
No mobile support
Fully responsive, works great on phones
Searching 20-year archives
Instant full-text search with filters
Light-only eye strain
Dark mode designed from the ground up
Separate accounts everywhere
One login for tracker + forum
Everything You'd Expect from a Modern Forum
Threaded Discussions
Rich text replies with formatting, code blocks, and inline images. No BBCode — just a modern editor.
Rich Text Editor
Proper formatting, embedded images, and links — no BBCode, no Markdown cheat sheets required.
Instant Search
Full-text search across all threads and replies. Find answers fast — no browsing through 50 pages.
Experience Levels
See who's answering — beginner, intermediate, advanced, or expert. Trust advice from the right people.
Real-Time Notifications
Get notified when someone replies to your thread or mentions you. No refreshing required.
Drag & Drop Photos
Upload grow photos directly into posts. No external image hosting or broken links years later.
Dark Mode Native
The entire forum is designed dark-first. Easy on the eyes at 2am when you're checking your tubs.
Mobile-First Design
Fully responsive — browse threads, post replies, and upload photos from your phone in the grow room.
Bookmarks & Likes
Save useful threads for later. Like helpful replies so the best advice rises to the top.
Community Moderation
Flag inappropriate content. Trusted members help keep discussions helpful and on-topic.
Pinned & Locked Threads
Important guides stay visible. Resolved threads can be locked to preserve good answers.
Single Sign-On
One account for everything — grow tracker, species database, and forum. No separate registration.
Substrate Recipes
Proven Recipes for Every Species
Browse substrate recipes with scalable ingredient lists, step-by-step methods, difficulty ratings, and species compatibility. Scale up or down for your batch size.
Batch Scaler
Scale ingredient quantities up or down with one click.
Step-by-Step Method
Numbered preparation steps with clear instructions.
Ingredient Lists
Precise measurements with both metric and imperial units.
Species Compatibility
See which species work best with each recipe.
How It Works
From Spore to Harvest in Three Steps
First Flush follows the natural mushroom cultivation pipeline — from mushroom spores all the way to harvest. No complicated setup — just start growing.
Create a Grow
Pick your species, select your spore source (syringe, print, or culture), choose a technique, and link a substrate recipe. Your grow is ready to track.
Track Every Stage
Add log entries with photos, environmental readings, and notes as you progress through inoculation, colonization, and fruiting.
Harvest & Learn
Record flush weights, calculate Biological Efficiency, review your timeline, and share results with the community.
Also Included
Built for Cultivators, Not Just Developers
Every feature designed around how mushroom growers actually work.
Mobile-Ready PWA
Install on your phone. Works like a native app with Add-to-Home-Screen.
Offline Support
Log grows offline. Entries sync automatically when you reconnect.
Dark Mode First
Designed for dark mode. Easy on the eyes during late-night tub checks.
Editable Log Entries
Made a mistake? Edit or delete any log entry, any time.
Photo Galleries
Chronological photo timeline for every grow. See your progress visually.
Metric & Imperial
Switch between grams and ounces, Celsius and Fahrenheit in settings.
Data Export
Export your grow data as JSON. Your data is always yours.
Secure & Private
Row-level security. Your grows are visible only to you.
QR & Barcode Labels
Generate printable QR or barcode labels for dishes and jars. Scan to jump straight to any grow or culture.
Days-in-Stage Tracking
See exactly how long each stage has been running at a glance.
On the Roadmap
Growing With You
First Flush is actively developed. Here's what's coming next.
Environmental Dashboards
Charts with species target ranges overlaid on your actual readings.
Visual Genealogy Trees
Interactive culture lineage trees with Biological Efficiency comparisons.
AI Contamination ID
Photo-based contamination identification with confidence scoring.
Premium Features
Unlimited grows, cost tracking, CSV export, and expanded photo storage.
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