after you try casing/bulk, you might never fruit a cake again.
there's a good grain write up on the web, can never find it, so save stuff to your computer when you find what you like. "grains for the simple minded", something like that. 50lb bags of rye (berries/seed, NOT RYE GRASS) and millet are available at animal feed stores and home brew stores which charge 3 times more for it.
use vermiculite and cococoir for casings. use perlite and aquarium air pumps with bubbler stones to maintain humidity and air exchange. use a clear plastic tub as the fruiting chamber. works well with a little cloning container and light bulb.
cococoir is a coconut husk byproduct. it's sold at pet stores for reptile bedding material. it's cheap. it's organic with nitrogen so the mycellium grows into it well and it holds a lot of air and water. cococoir is easier to work with than horse manure, but not as nutrious for the shrooms.
mix cococoir equal parts with vermiculite. pack it into pint canning jars and pressure cook for 45min. ready to go whenever need.
spray everything down with a hydrogen peroxide/water solution. mix 1 quart jar of mycellium/grains with 1/2 pint jar in aluminum baking tray. break it all up, mix well. spray a few times with peroxide/water solution. cover trays with plastic wrap (saran wrap stuff), store in DARK fruiting chamber. after 4-5 days, remove plastic wrap and start a 12 hours on/12 off lighting cycle. spray again with peroxide/water solution and wait.
sorry for the broken english, i'm drunk and high and my hands don't want to type.
i'll post some pictures.
