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Just so you are aware. Your grow is a keeper. One rarely sees such rhizomorphic growth in substrate. I highly recommend you isolate and preserve that, not the spores but the actual genetic expression of what ever you have there. Odds are it will yield spectacularly. Buy some pre-made:peach...

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You can easily get three times your yield and likely accelerate fruiting by casing. Try 3 parts sifted peat, .5 parts gypsum 10 parts med or coarse vermiculite. Adjust your pH to 7 to 8, field saturation and then pasturize at 160 to 180 for several hours. Looks like you have stroma on the top.

Free water is NOT fine. It can weaken the mycelium calling on trich The yellow metabolites are also fine fare for contamination that will quickly spread You are also prone to bacterial contamination. The standing puddles are from excess spraying, high temperatures or condensate. Consider...

That is steam pasteurization. Most farms do that, it's the only way to treat large scale compost operations.

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I bought a used cooker somewhere. I never really inspected it or refurbished it. Six months or so after I had been using it, my wife was on her way into the kitchen when it blew up. Specifically, the emergency release plug gave way. It could have seriously scalded her There was a layer...

Pressure is key. Steam by itself is not enough for sterilization. 15 lbs or more. That's 250 degrees f.

Sure, but not so much that it puddles anywhere. Watch for cracking, that will tell you if it is too dry but you can use a hygrometer suspended over the bed.

Well, smaller jars work but...you dont get much colonized substrate with one half to two thirds full half pints. If you intend to keep this as a hobby, especially edibles, a $90 canning pressure cooker is a sound investment. And, if you look at testimonials from my tek you find that people are...

Consider a larger unit if you want to do this in bulk. Remember, you save money in all the niggling things you need for other teks. You could use pints but you won't get a much of a yield. But I suggested this for the air conservation and inoculation method. No holes, no glove box.

I suggest you read the sticky growing .ushrooms the easy way. It has a section on innoculation.

I have taken plugs of colonized substrate that have yielded one flush, weighed them, "dunked" them for a number of hours and weighed them again. There was little difference. There may well be an effect ffrom soaking in water but moisture is likely not a part of that.

Your substrate is fully colonized, it won't absorb much moisture

Gotta shake it up, losen the kernals.

That is a meadow, or horse mushroom. Agaricus arvensis It on not psychoactive. It is edible, don't take my word on that.

Start with the top thread. Asking someone to "walk you through it" indicates that you think it is a simple process. Though relatively easy, it isn't simple. BTW, you dont seem to have any spores in those pictures. The jar needs only fresh air and possibly a casing.

Good enough. Next time try rye. It is more forgiving. You are, of course going to sterilize the grain before you use it, right?

It might work, no harm trying. Watch for contams.

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