MJG420
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yay.....nice n white...thats a good sign...
as far as shaking them i would wait till you have a nice sized patch maybe 2" around before you shake...this will allow the mycelium to be nice and strong before damaging it. (shaking does damage it, but not to the point of no return)
as far as the casing goes you may want to wait till the day before you case to get your casing ready. pasturizing only gives you a certain window of time and its not sterilizing so your not really killing off any contams in the casing just "stunting" them for XYZ days. preparing it at the last possible minute will alow you to utilize the amount of days the contams are held at bay by the pasturization prozess and give your mycelium time to colonize the casing layer and get a solid foothold.
at least this is what i have gathered...feel free to wait for a more experienced grower to chime in with thier 2¢
Thanks Matt i was thinking the same thing but was thinking it was worth asking, what are your thoughts JD? I like that name BTW, same name as of one of my brothers long past brothers whom he sent along with me(in a spiritual kind of way) when I left Iowa to watch over me. Coincidence or destiny? Lol