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Dr. Greenthumb said:
I'd give it about 2 more days just to be safe on the last jars and the birth them all at once.  You don't want them pinning in the jars if you're gonna be casing them anyway.

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I probably will, I'm in no hurry, however I should mention that only four of the eight jars will be cased. The other four are going to be fruited as cakes.  Originally the idea was to see if a 40% dulited coffee solution added to the water used to hydrate the jars would effect growth, so I did that to half the jars with the other half distilled water as a control.

Then I realized that none of makes any difference since the ultimate control (not using a multispore inoculation) was skipped... but I still think it would be fun to let the experiment run it's course. 

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RogerRabbit said:
I prefer to leave them for a week after colonization, especially the ones you plant to fruit as cakes. This gives them time to consolidate their hold on the substrate while still in the clean confines of the jar where they're also not drying out. If you birth right at full colonization, they won't fruit for a week to ten days anyway. If you leave them for an extra week, then birth, dunk and roll, you'll probably see pins within 48 to 72 hours.
RR

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