Favorite / fastest substrate
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monkeybones
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everywhere i read says that grain jars colonize faster than PF tek. my popcorn didn't colonize very fast but that's not necessarily top quality grain now is it
i made a substrate of 5 parts cour, 5 parts verm, and 1 part gypsum. it colonized fully in about 6 days i think
i made a substrate of 5 parts cour, 5 parts verm, and 1 part gypsum. it colonized fully in about 6 days i think
Balzac89
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I don't think i'm gonnas user whoel grain unrefined any more. I had a bunch of the rice sprout and then ferment killing the mycellium idk how to spell and no spell check on this bitch.
I used refined brown rice, like instant brown rice for two jars and they are fully colonized and beautiful.
I used refined brown rice, like instant brown rice for two jars and they are fully colonized and beautiful.
canndo
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did you shake your grain? If you did not, then it will take longer than even most mixes. I don't see much in the way of nutrients in your mix, looks more like a casing than a substrate. The mushrooms can't eat the vermiculite or the gypsum so they are left with only a small amount (less than half) of a low nutrient material.
canndo
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NiggaDuke72
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1st time here using spawn bags. 1st attempt had green mold along with myc. Threw that out. Next i am going to try spawn and fruit bag kit. Any suggestions? Using Burma and Ecuador strains if that helps.
monkeybones
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I inoculated a bulk substrate of 6 parts coir, 4 parts vermiculite (i may have that backwards), and 1 part granulated gypsum with colonized popcorn
it was fully colonized in 7 days and ready for fruiting
but that's the full extent of my experience so far so I can't say if that's any good
it was fully colonized in 7 days and ready for fruiting
but that's the full extent of my experience so far so I can't say if that's any good
PuffinChronic
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I've always had good luck with bird seed..
sonar
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What exactly are you doing with the rice? Just curious.
Balzac89
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Well basically i'm just messing around. I took instant brown rice put it in a pyrex pan. I put four cups of rice and three cups of water and covered it with foil. I baked it four an hour at 250 then took it out and used a mason jar to indent the center oif the mass.
Then covered it back up cooked it at 270 for half hour. Let it cool over night. Then took a rice cake I had that was fully colonized and placed it in the center. In a sterile box this was all done. Then covered it again and let it sit until its fully colonized. Working pretty good so far. Just worried about contaninants
Then covered it back up cooked it at 270 for half hour. Let it cool over night. Then took a rice cake I had that was fully colonized and placed it in the center. In a sterile box this was all done. Then covered it again and let it sit until its fully colonized. Working pretty good so far. Just worried about contaninants
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