hello everyone! ive made the switch over to gourmet but i had a TON of experience in the fun ones too
the biggest thing that helped us out was switching from jars to bags with the filter patches on them. the .5 micron you can seal before you PC. no need for a sealer, you can just use duct tape before you PC but sealers are nice(and cheap on ebay). another big thing was building a flowhood. built a 12x24 out of MDF and a nice nuclear grade HEPA. used one of my old 6" inline fans to power it. for us, birdseed was king. cheap, readily available and easy to work with. just soak overnight, drain for a few hours and then bag/sterilize. im running a 20# bag right now for oysters and lions mane. made 4 big ass bags that i had to PC 2 at a time they were so big. those will get hit with liquid cultures and then spawned to straw/coffee grounds or cottonseed hulls if i can get them. the bags in the pics are popcorn with mesquite chips added.
for you cube guys any of the above will work. if you are going for yield get away from the pf cakes. use grain to spawn a mix of coir/verm/manure and place into mono tubs with several 1" holes with felt filters. fan/mist regularly and they will reward you.
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