Hey zmb187!
Thankx for saying nice work so far, cause I’m truly trying to do the damn thing n I’m always scared I’m gonna do something wrong. So, I’m not trying to scare you, cause I’m a huge ass noob myself, but how much spore solution did you put in each jar? I’m sure everyone has their own preference on how much should go into a jar, but I was told that a qt size jar gets 2-3 ccs, where as a pint jar gets 1- 1.5cc. I hope someone with more experience chimes in n corrects me or just give their opinion on the subject. I also think doing more may cause the mycelium to stall out. As far as the 6-7 weeks, I myself had brf jars that took about that long 2 fully colonize, so I personally wouldn’t worry 2 much. I would just leave it alone n not even look at it for another week or so. I have read where ppl have left their jars for months on end either colonizing or already fully colonized n still allowed it to go longer than it should. My guess is the longer ya leave it, the more aggressive the myc will be once birth’d, but once again, I could be wrong! Honestly, the best thing you can do is be patient. 4 a dude like myself, it’s definitely hell having to have patient n waiting, but I had 2 learn real quick, cause there’s nothing that can be done to push mycelium along or make it go faster. Not 4 nothing, you’ll realize the best thing for them is time n you’ll notice more activity happening in the jars when you do leave’em alone n this is coming from a dude who knows nothing about patience! Lol. Regardless, keep doing what your doing zmb187 n give your cakes more n pure, unadulterated time. Lol.. Trust me, in the end, you’ll be truly satisfied! I just received a new spore print in the mail 2 day n although I’m dying to start noc’n up jars, I haven’t mentally figured out all that I plan on doing. I also made some Petri dishes with agar so I can take n make some cultures to do g2g, LC, n 2 attempt to isolate good genetics. We’ll see what’s the future holds, but in the meantime, continue with your work n remember to take pics whenever possible, that way we can live n share your experience! Lol