how to grow mushrooms the easy way

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Kervork

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My method differs.

Step 1. Make liquid culture using spore syringe.
Step 2. Inject sterile grain jars.
Step 3. Dump grain jars into compost when colonized.
Step 4. Half fill smart pots with compost. Stack outdoors in shade or sun as needed by temps. Spray infrequently with hose.
Step 5. Dump compost on ground when rains come.
Step 6. Kill fucking mushroom eating Slugs.
Step 7. Harvest mushrooms.
 
canndo

canndo

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Kervork said:
My method differs.

Step 1. Make liquid culture using spore syringe.
Step 2. Inject sterile grain jars.
Step 3. Dump grain jars into compost when colonized.
Step 4. Half fill smart pots with compost. Stack outdoors in shade or sun as needed by temps. Spray infrequently with hose.
Step 5. Dump compost on ground when rains come.
Step 6. Kill fucking mushroom eating Slugs.
Step 7. Harvest mushrooms.
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Please note the second part of the header "...the EASY way". In certain environments your additions would work quite nicely.
 
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growyurown

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So far this method is working great. And its very easy. Just had 2 jars with the contam canndo talks about thats gray/dark gry that occurs alot w/ corn. Other than that the myc is growin fast.
 
socaljoe

socaljoe

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I'd love to try this out. Unfortunately I don't know of a way to get spores here in California...I don't know anyone out of state well enough where I'd feel comfortable asking them to reship.

Sounds like a solid method canndo. I never was too interested in the pf tek method, casing seemed more worthwhile.

Thanks for sharing your expertise.
 
socaljoe

socaljoe

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Canndo, I have a question for you.

What are your thoughts on using a fully colonized jar to innoculate fresh jars?

I had read about doing that with a rye substrate, and that you can essentially create a limitless amount of colonized jars from a single jar; one colonized jar into six fresh jars, for example, and repeat.
 
canndo

canndo

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If you are capable of managing a sterile environment then you can do this several times but eventually the mycelium will tire and grow anemic - that is, take from one jar, then take from the next and so forth.
 
socaljoe

socaljoe

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Gotcha. Thanks.

I definitely want to try this out, the popcorn method that is, but I need to get a handle on sterility first. I figure the better I prepare, the better my chances of success.
 
zamzia

zamzia

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Very interesting and informative. Thanks canndo. I've just ordered a 6 litre hi dome pressure cooker to try this out. It'll be the first time I've tried growing shrooms. Fingers crossed.
 
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BigNBushy

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Good read, overly complicated though. Some thoughts...

1) Popcorn is great, but ryeberries are my favorite.

2) Mix worm castings coco coir, and verm at equal ratios, get wet and bake in over covered in foil for 2-3 hours at 200F.

3) when your jar of grain (pcorn or rye) is ready, spawn at a 50/50 ratio of spawn to substrate. Growing in jars limits the size of fruit. I like using totes.

4) I started out as a clean freak, but soon realized a healthy colony of myc and a jar of h2o2 will win the vast majority of contam battles. I lose very few jars, grain is dirt cheap.

5) If you want to make this a serious hobby, drop $400 on a 42 qt All American pressure canner. If really serious, get their electric version for about $600. Worth it.
 
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BigNBushy

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canndo said:
Don't forget to shake the jars early and often, your oxygen must not run out before all the kernels are innoculated.
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Put a 1/4 inch hole in the jar lid and fill with polyfill. I shake once when there is about 10% colo. Within days after recovery its almost all the way colonized. Shaking often breaks up the myc, and IMO is not good for it.
 
dabumps

dabumps

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Lay your grain out on a towel (clean, but not the one you just put in the wasther) or simply let it sit in your colender overnight. The kernels should be dry or only slightly wet to the touch - Nothing dripping.
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so... do both of these methods involve laying it out all night? or just the colender option?

Could I also do this in a pint jar?

Is the casing supposed to go to the top of the jar?

How much light?
 
tylerrrrr

tylerrrrr

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dabumps said:
so... do both of these methods involve laying it out all night? or just the colender option?

Could I also do this in a pint jar?

Is the casing supposed to go to the top of the jar?


How much light?
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I have my grains dry within an hour by laying them on layers of newspaper as even as I can on my kitchen table. I then turn my ceiling fan on high and turn the grains every 20 mins or so.

Pint jars will work.

"casing layer" is not needed with cubensis as they benefit little from it.
But it does not go in the jar but on the bottom or on the top of your grains in the tray.

Also ambient lighting on your jars when colonizing has been proven to be beneficial to mycelium growth.
 
dabumps

dabumps

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Thank you very, very much. I was going off of what the sticky here said. He says the whole process can be done in the Jar. I guess I could build one of the chambers... (starts with a t and has Rs in it) But I wanted to do it this way due to the fact that I am leaving the state in a about 2 months so I don't want to invest in a decent setup (even though it would be WAY less than my cannabis growing equipment) until I'm at my new location...


My theory is that If I have a smaller substrate I will be able to Colonize faster and thus fruit faster. I'll be growing APE...

How long can I keep this syringe without inoculating some jars?
 
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