Hi @Joe! Could you please clarify? Do you mean you cut BRF (brown rice flour) cakes for slices and then cover with bulk substrate (coco coir mix). If so, yes it works great and much better for fruiting than PF-tek cakes.
After full colonization wait a few days more to make sure grain totally covered with mycelium from all the sides.
1:2 or 1:3 ratio is up to you.
You can use "substrate-layering", no problem. I prefer to break up grains to separate sticked grains and MIX with bulk substrate (coco coir mix). In this way we create more points of growth. Therefore, the speed of bulk substrate colonization is faster. Also I highly recommend to add 1/2-1/3 inch (~1-1.5cm) of bulk substrate (coco coir mix) on top of your cake after mixing.
Hi, I am just switching from cakes to bags. I had quite success with cutting the cakes (2-3 cm slices) and placing them on coco bulk and cover the slices also with coco (40 x 60 x 7 cm). Looks great and smells great so far, 0 contamination etc.
So my bags are ready in a couple of weeks and I was asking myself if I should "mix" the bags 1:2, 1:3 with substrate or if I should try to cut the bag-blocks similar to the way I proceed with the cakes.
Does anyone have experience or recommendations with "substrate-layer" instead of "substrate-mix" ?
Делаю Spawn to Bulk в монотуб. В период колонизации (когда все отверстия закрыты и нет воздуха) нужно монотуб држать в темноте? И какую температуру держать и влажность в этот момент?
I’m right where you are, with the jack Frost strain. The colonization gets thicker and wider and bigger, and I am almost 3 weeks in. Lots of hyphae and no primordia. Yet.
Hey @Dude we have 2 main periods in mushroom cultivation: colonization and fruiting.
We use styrofoam box as an incubator for COLONIZATION period (to boost and speed up mycelium growth on grain substrate in jars/bags). We don't need FAE here. We need FAE for FRUITING period in fruiting chamber (i.g. growbox or monotub).
You can learn the difference between an incubator and a fruiting chamber on this page at the very beginning ;)
I couldn't find any hydrated lime for the casing layer so I got calcium carbonate instead. My question is, how much of it should I use going by your recipe? Should I use the same quantity as with hydrated lime or should I double?
Hi @Joe! Could you please clarify? Do you mean you cut BRF (brown rice flour) cakes for slices and then cover with bulk substrate (coco coir mix). If so, yes it works great and much better for fruiting than PF-tek cakes.
After full colonization wait a few days more to make sure grain totally covered with mycelium from all the sides.
1:2 or 1:3 ratio is up to you.
You can use "substrate-layering", no problem. I prefer to break up grains to separate sticked grains and MIX with bulk substrate (coco coir mix). In this way we create more points of growth. Therefore, the speed of bulk substrate colonization is faster. Also I highly recommend to add 1/2-1/3 inch (~1-1.5cm) of bulk substrate (coco coir mix) on top of your cake after mixing.
Let me know if you have any additional questions.
P.S. Hope I've got you right :)
What is the best ratio of spawn to bulk for mushroom growing
Hi, I am just switching from cakes to bags. I had quite success with cutting the cakes (2-3 cm slices) and placing them on coco bulk and cover the slices also with coco (40 x 60 x 7 cm). Looks great and smells great so far, 0 contamination etc.
So my bags are ready in a couple of weeks and I was asking myself if I should "mix" the bags 1:2, 1:3 with substrate or if I should try to cut the bag-blocks similar to the way I proceed with the cakes.
Does anyone have experience or recommendations with "substrate-layer" instead of "substrate-mix" ?
What is the best ratio of spawn to bulk for mushroom growing
Делаю Spawn to Bulk в монотуб. В период колонизации (когда все отверстия закрыты и нет воздуха) нужно монотуб држать в темноте? И какую температуру держать и влажность в этот момент?
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I’m right where you are, with the jack Frost strain. The colonization gets thicker and wider and bigger, and I am almost 3 weeks in. Lots of hyphae and no primordia. Yet.
Patience, grasshopper.
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Hey @Dude we have 2 main periods in mushroom cultivation: colonization and fruiting.
We use styrofoam box as an incubator for COLONIZATION period (to boost and speed up mycelium growth on grain substrate in jars/bags). We don't need FAE here. We need FAE for FRUITING period in fruiting chamber (i.g. growbox or monotub).
You can learn the difference between an incubator and a fruiting chamber on this page at the very beginning ;)
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I couldn't find any hydrated lime for the casing layer so I got calcium carbonate instead. My question is, how much of it should I use going by your recipe? Should I use the same quantity as with hydrated lime or should I double?
Namaste 🙏🏻
Making mushroom cake, spawn to bulk, and casing