First time growing CVG (Natalensis) 68eb529a91784 by Shroomok

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• First time growing CVG (Natalensis)

  No rush, buddy! Your cakes have proper fruiting conditions (FC) and they do their job in a grow tent.It's ~11 days since FC (Oct 1), so quite possible some of the cakes may start fruiting through dense fluffy mycelium.Would be great if you attach photos (each cake separately), so I can check them out once again in order to track the progress.Amazon links I've shared were just to get an idea on what you need, since there are proper descriptions. But yeah, let's start with the ingredients that are already available to you in your location:If you already have vermiculite from making CVG, don't buy it — we only need 2-4 cups for nowPeat moss - don't buy expensive or big pack — we need 1-2 cups for nowCalcium hydroxide — food grade or not it doesn't matter — we'll need 1-2 tbsp. of ANY Ca(OH)₂. If you have cheap option for soil, that would be great!We don't need a coco coir yet, but it's always good to have it. Maybe we'll use it later...Regarding "Lonzony Succulent Cactus Soil Potting Mix" here is what concerns me about the ingredients listing. They stated "peat moss free" (huge letters on the front side of the pack), but in the description I see:"Contains 75% Peat Moss, 25% Perlite, And Low Nutrient Components". Idk, possibly it's a copy-paste from the another product description and Idk what "Low Nutrient Components" exactly in there :DYou have to check the label by your own! Here are ingredients in the mix are good to have: peat moss, sand, compost, limestone, gypsum, vermiculite, perlite, different types of rocks and clay (like gravel, red/black lava rock, white rocks, black sand, green zeolite).What to avoid? Fertiizers, mycorrhizal and bacterial additives. Just an example of one mix (see the pic below).Remember! Casing is a LOW nutrient substrate. And what is good for plants (fertilizers, mycorrhiza, bacteria) can be bad or useless for mushrooms

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