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REISHI BLOCK FRUITING,
    #15131741 - 09/25/11 11:31 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

I WILL UPDATE AS IT GROWS,








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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15133539 - 09/25/11 06:07 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Awesome, Prof! Reishi is incredibly beautiful. Any info on substrate, timing, etc?

Reishi is on my list of future grows, so I'll be keeping an eye on your thread.
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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: woodland_jewel]
    #15133654 - 09/25/11 06:33 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Nicely done... good thing you left it in the bag so it didn't dry out too much.

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: curry]
    #15134812 - 09/25/11 11:02 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Words can't say how nice your reishi look man! Congratulations on growing some fine quality mushrooms. Care to reveal the substrate they were grown on?

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: mikesethnobotany]
    #15135415 - 09/26/11 03:32 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks for the compliments. :wink:


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Any info on substrate, timing, etc?



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Care to reveal the substrate they were grown on?




I inoculated quart jars of rye grain with agar wedges and that took about 10 days to colonize 100%.

Then I spawned the jars of grain to a bags of supplemented sawdust which took about 2 weeks to colonize and consolidate.

From there I birthed them, dunking it for 24 hours before placing in fruiting conditions.


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good thing you left it in the bag so it didn't dry out too much.





As it formed/matured it's blobs/pins I gradually receded the bag to where it is in the pictures.

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    #15135422 - 09/26/11 03:36 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: flameclown]
    #15135566 - 09/26/11 05:35 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

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the first post with pics seems gone?



hmmmm. :confused2:
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How will you be preparing the Reishi?




I always dry the fruits in a dehydrator.

Then I weight out 5 grams for every 3 cups of beef/chicken/veg stock I use to steep it in.

I then simmer it on a very low simmer with the pot covered with a bag of baby carrots for 2 hours.

Once it is done steeping, I then top it off with tap water to replace anything that evaporated and bring it back up to 3 cups.

Then I take the broth carrots, mushrooms and all and put it into a pyrex baking pan with 1.5 cups of brown rice.

This will give you a 2:1 broth rice ratio which you will need to cook the rice in the oven.

Finally, I cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake it in the oven at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until the rice has absorbed all the broth.

Stir, remove the reishi from the rice and serve in any fashion.

I usually make chicken and broccoli stir fry and top the rice with it or something of that fashion.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15136501 - 09/26/11 11:31 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

:thumbup: I like the sound of that recipe! It may be just the thing that gets me to pick up where I left off with reishi... last time I tried, I forgot about the blocks and by the time I remembered they needed fruiting, they were all dried out and green.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: SKrink]
    #15138092 - 09/26/11 06:10 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Nice looking reishis so far man.  You just have the bags in a standard SGFC or what?  Also, how did you dunk them for 24 hours in the bag without cutting holes in the bottom or something for the water to drain out?  Do you have any special type of lighting setup for them or are they just getting what they get through the windows?

I'm highly curious about the best fruiting process for reishi.  I am currently partaking in my first grow of any kind (second technically, though the other was a joint project at a friends house a while ago and it wasn't done properly).  All is well so far, 6 jars inoculated from my first petri dishes, jars just about completely colonized.  Now's the time for me to really be sure of how I'm going to approach fruiting and start on my SGFC is that is the recommended technique.  Thank ya for any info!


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15138444 - 09/26/11 07:22 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Great grow!
Why is it necessary to dry before boiling? How does the rice taste?

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15141746 - 09/27/11 12:33 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Reishi is an excellent choice for a beginner.
It has very resilient mycelium and is virtually contam resistant for all intents and purposes.

I have seen a reishi block that was contaminated with both trichoderma and bacteria do a complete 180 in a 24 hours time period when removed from its spawn bag and placed out side.

The myc is literally fierce. It doesn't take bullying from anybody.


You just have the bags in a standard SGFC or what?
Yea, these blocks are fruiting in a shotgun.


Also, how did you dunk them for 24 hours in the bag without cutting holes in the bottom or something for the water to drain out?
 
I did cut a hole. In fact I cut the top completely off and place it
in a 5 gallon bucket with an olympic weight placed on top to hold it down. Then I filled it with cold water in my bathtub and let it sit on the bathroom floor overnight.

Do you have any special type of lighting setup for them or are they just getting what they get through the windows?

Tube floro's 6500k literally pressed up against the chamber on the side until the pinset comes in fully. Then I just take the lights off and let ambient lighting ride out the rest of the growth cycle.

This is only because I needed the lights for another project otherwise I would have left them on all the way.

It doesnt really make a difference though once the pinset is fully developed.

At that point it is more about moisture evaporation and fresh are exchange.

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15141771 - 09/27/11 12:42 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks man, helpful info for sure.  I'm going to have a bunch of bags so I don't know if SGFC is my best bet.  Not sure it makes a lot of sense for me to make like 6 SGFC...  Still not sure exactly how I'm going to approach fruiting a whole bunch of bags, the space factor is catching up with my over-ambition. 

I know what you mean about the myc being fierce though!



I've got a bunch of jars looking straight up ferocious.  I hope that mycelium can chill for a couple days until I get my bags without bursting free from the jar...  :dancer:

Edit:  Maybe I should refrigerate them to chill them out until I get a chance to spawn?  It's only going to be like 2 days I think, maybe I should just let them be?  I just don't want them to start pinning in there before I get to spawn them.

Also:  Not intended as a threadjack whatsoever, I just posted the pic to say I know what you mean, then a lightbulb went off about refrigerating them so I figured I'd ask quick.  No disrespect to your thread intended!


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15141794 - 09/27/11 12:49 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

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Maybe I should refrigerate them to chill them out until I get a chance to spawn?  It's only going to be like 2 days I think, maybe I should just let them be?  I just don't want them to start pinning in there before I get to spawn them.


I'm sure they will manage for 2 days but tossing them in the fridge won't hurt either. It isn't necessary though.

6 shotguns isn't all that hard to build if you don't know what your doing but a greenhouse set up would be better for that many.

I wouldn't go with more than 2 blocks per 70 qt tote bin.

It would require a lot less research to just get the totes though.

You can get six of them for 30 bucks or so and a greenhouse set up will run you a little bit more than that.

Then there is the perlite but that isn't very expensive.

You can always build the shotguns and then just look more into the greenhouse for your next grow.

Less likelyhood of fucking things up.

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15141818 - 09/27/11 12:55 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

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Maybe I should refrigerate them to chill them out until I get a chance to spawn?  It's only going to be like 2 days I think, maybe I should just let them be?  I just don't want them to start pinning in there before I get to spawn them.


I'm sure they will manage for 2 days but tossing them in the fridge won't hurt either. It isn't necessary though.

6 shotguns isn't all that hard to build if you don't know what your doing but a greenhouse set up would be better for that many.

I wouldn't go with more than 2 blocks per 70 qt tote bin.

It would require a lot less research to just get the totes though.

You can get six of them for 30 bucks or so and a greenhouse set up will run you a little bit more than that.

Then there is the perlite but that isn't very expensive.

You can always build the shotguns and then just look more into the greenhouse for your next grow.

Less likelyhood of fucking things up.




If a greenhouse is only going to cost a little more than the $30 or so for that many totes, I may do some research into the greenhouse method.  I thought that would run me much more, like closer to a hundred.

Thanks for the responses!  Lookin forward to some more pics then.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15141932 - 09/27/11 01:17 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

I went straight into GH, but now attempting monos and SGFC.
Prof is right about less chances of fucking up... my GH with humidibucket setup ran me about $80-$100 and was just as much maintenance as if I had fanned/misted a tote setup the whole time.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: SKrink]
    #15142492 - 09/27/11 03:20 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Great looking fruits, and very clever method of making reishi palatable!


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: fungus_tao]
    #15142950 - 09/27/11 05:00 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

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very clever method of making reishi palatable!




Thanks FT,

It is a good recipe. Lol, I developed it for my dog actually. I always just muscled it down and wanted him to start consuming reishi as he is aging.
I knew he wasn't going to be having that taste so I decided to try preparing it with the method.

I ended up tasting a bit and couldn't believe it.

It actually gives it a pleasant taste! :ugh:

I feed my 10 year old dog  9 grams of reishi a week!

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15149242 - 09/28/11 07:54 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Beautiful work Prof.

I grew Reishi and still have some dried fruits, but I have yet to work with them.

I may try your recipe out.

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    #15158672 - 09/30/11 03:23 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Damn it!  That's exactly what I want...  :drooling:

Instead I'm fucking around over here with my sawdust bags melted inside my PC...  Such a noob.

Thanks for the inspiration.  Today was a bad day but those pics got my blood flowing again.


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    #15158708 - 09/30/11 03:32 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

You'll get there dood. Just get back on the horse.

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15162833 - 10/01/11 02:53 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

excellent grow man. nice work. think im gonna give that shotgun fc a try. but its gonnna be a morph of a single tub with poly holes and some small 1/4" holes drilled all around. don't have any tubs without holes lol.


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    #15163639 - 10/01/11 06:06 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks man,

That should work exactly the same.

Reishi are a great mushroom to grow because they are so easy. You can really neglect them and they still do their thing.

The coolest thing ever is watching a contaminated reishi block kick the shit out of the invader.

It feels really good to watch it own the contam, it is some really intelligent myceliium. :minigun:

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15164099 - 10/01/11 07:45 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

I was reading your recipe ProfP, and it's making me wanna kick myself. I found a patch of 50+ Reishi growing on a local hiking trail along a mountain stream. I thought they looked so cool, and heard they have medicinal properties when making tea. I didn't realize they can actually be used to make Delicious dishes. Not to get off topic of your beautiful grow but how do they taste? Do they add a nice flavor to dishes? Plz tell me they taste like crap, so I don't feel so bad for not taking advantage of the supply I could have had this summer. hahahaha.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: FuckMeRunnin]
    #15164122 - 10/01/11 07:50 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

They taste very bitter. :lol:

That is actually why you prepare them in that manner. It hides the taste and reaps the benefit.

No worries, you didn't miss out.

They would probably have been quite chewy anyway.

That is why you steep it, to just release the medicine and leave the fruit behind.

If you did this with plain water and tried drinking it the taste would be pretty nasty. :frown:

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15164477 - 10/01/11 09:23 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Hey I was about to PM you a quick question but saw your disclaimer and figured rather than make a whole thread about it I'd just post it here.

I have a couple jars in the refrigerator right now since it took me a little while to get my bags, etc etc.  I have three jars out and the one that I can actually see into a little bit (the others are 100% covered with mycelium, I can't see anything) appears to be beginning to form some pins.  Looks like large white bumps all over the top, one or two of them actually have small dark orange dots in the middle.

The question now is, is it still ok to spawn that one?  I would happily take the lid of and use this one to just try fruiting straight from the jar, however, it's not a wide mouth jar and I can't see them having enough room to really grow out.

Should I just spawn it like the other jars or leave it alone?

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15164502 - 10/01/11 09:31 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

If it is beginning to fruit already you might just want to fruit it straight out of the jar.

If it was your only jar I'd say try and spawn it but if it is that colonized the myc it probably like leather by now anyway so you may actually have to cut through it to get it out of the jar at that point.

Do you have a pic of the pinning jar?

I try and never let my reishi grain jars over colonize. They are a pain in the ass if you do as you are finding out.

They will pretty much fruit off of anything.

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15164545 - 10/01/11 09:45 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

I just tried taking a picture but it wasn't turning out.  It's difficult to see in, kind of has to be angled right to really get a glimpse.  I think they may be overcolonized.  They do seem like they're going to be a pain to get out of the jar.

I guess I'll just try fruiting that one from the jar and spawn the others.  Not ideal in that regular mouth jar I'm sure but I guess I'll see how it goes.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15165480 - 10/02/11 06:07 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

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Not ideal in that regular mouth jar I'm sure but I guess I'll see how it goes.




It should be fine. If it has already started fruiting I would just let it fruit.

It will work it's way out of the jar. 

Here is a pix of one of RR's reishi jars. The medium isn't just grain but it is an idea of what you should expect from a fruiting jar.

This is the thread it came off of.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/6426376#6426376

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    #15190399 - 10/07/11 07:02 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Picture Update,

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    #15205111 - 10/10/11 12:10 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Wow, nice pictures!  :handth:
Ordered spores today, and gonna try to grow them too. Are they easy to cultivate from MS?


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    #15205199 - 10/10/11 12:29 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

That depends. Do you have any growing experience.

If not they would be easier to grow from a lc syringe.

I would think you would want to grow them from MS though if at all possible.

This is for a couple reasons,

1. the culture will be young.

2. you will learn how to germinate spores which will be useful to know how to do.


In respect to other mushrooms reishi pretty much grow themselves.

They are extremely contam resistant.

Reishi is about the most resilient/hardiest mushroom species I have ever grown. :thumbup:

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15205234 - 10/10/11 12:40 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Well, I was imagening it as I would do some LC from spores in the beginning and then do small scale bags and then clone the desired fruit type. What would the experienced cultivators recommend to look for in the shape or characteristics of the fruitbody? They all look like bizzarre alien antlers to me lol.


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    #15205478 - 10/10/11 01:45 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

You can grow them two ways in a bag.

1. the antlers, as you have seen in this grow, by cutting the top off of the bag,

2. Conks are your other option, by cutting a 1/4 incision along the side an inch or two up form bottom of the bag.

I would recommend putting the spores on agar rather than directly into the liquid culture.

Spores > Agar > Grain> Substrate,.

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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: ProfessorPinHead]
    #15205662 - 10/10/11 02:26 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Final update:



Harvest:


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    #15206472 - 10/10/11 05:25 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Awesome dude.  Nicely done! 

Is it normal for there to be some yellow staining on the mycelium?  I've seen it in my jars, my bags and my dishes are starting to get yellow around the edges as well.  I assume it's not a contam of any kind but I'd just like to know that's normal.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15206696 - 10/10/11 06:08 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

No, it isn't a contam. That is how reishi mycelium gets.

It gets to be mustard yellow/brown in color as it fruits.

This is completely normal.

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    #15206783 - 10/10/11 06:22 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks man.  :cheers:


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    #15249163 - 10/19/11 07:51 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

My bags have quite a bit of excess moisture on the top now.  It's creating little pools.  I am going to be beginning fruiting in about two days, should I just use a paper towel to soak up some of this moisture when I fruit them or is it urgent?  And is soaking it up with a paper towel the best way?  I really can't imagine whatsoever that my substrate was too wet.  I actually thought it might not be wet enough.  Maybe this is just a common occurrence...?

Did a search and didn't see it mentioned so I guess it is not that common.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15255719 - 10/21/11 06:50 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

You should dunk the blocks by submerging them in a bucket full of cold water for 24 hours before fruiting. This will help increase your yield.

A little moisture is normal. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You got a pic?

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    #15255879 - 10/21/11 08:32 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

Technically I fruited them yesterday and removed that little bit of water by turning the bags over to drain and then using a paper towel.  The fruiting process has begun, though not totally in earnest because I don't have the timer yet to automate the humidifier. I just woke up and I'm getting that immediately but I'm going to dunk these bags now.  I can't imagine that the little bit of time that I had them out of the dark and into the greenhouse will make for catastrophic results if I dunk them now.

Thank you for reminding me about dunking them.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15256191 - 10/21/11 10:11 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

No, it won't hurt. It will b more beneficial to dunk them now as opposed to not dunking at all.


Besides that sounds like your on the right track.

Reishi are  really easy going mushroom to grow but take a long time to fruit in most cases.

Th only exception to that rule is if the block is contaminated, then they sometimes fruit early due to the stress.


Good luck and post a link once you have some pix! :smile:

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    #15256398 - 10/21/11 11:13 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

Definitely will do!  Thanks for all the help.


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Re: YOUNG REISHI BLOCK FRUITING, [Re: Shpongle1]
    #15392877 - 11/19/11 11:08 AM (12 years, 3 months ago)

PPH, sorry for reviving a month old thread. 

I hope you could enlighten me about a few questions I've got:

1) What's the quantity of substrate you have in the bag?  (Weight)
2) Ratio of spawn to substrate?
3)After dunking the blocks in cold water for 24 hours, do you roll them in any other material?

Thank you.

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    #15396439 - 11/20/11 05:16 AM (12 years, 3 months ago)

1. ~6lbs. (hydrated and prepped,) here is a link to a really easy tek for sawdust blocks, http://myco-tek.org/content.php?149-Lipa-s-Pasteurized-Fuel-Pellet-Tek

2. I used 1 quart of rye per block, this is actually pretty high but I was running out of reishi so I      wanted it to colonize a little faster than usual. It worked, :smile:

3. No roll of any sort,.
  I just fruited them in a shotgun fruiting chamber and misted them ~3-4 times a day.

Hope that helps.... Just in case you have any other q's I will pop back in and check on the thread in a little bit,


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    #15396561 - 11/20/11 06:56 AM (12 years, 3 months ago)

Thanks for noticing this old thread and replying.  So, what's the optimum quantity of spawn for 6lb? 1/2 quart?

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    #15397028 - 11/20/11 09:53 AM (12 years, 3 months ago)

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Then I spawned the jars of grain to a bags of supplemented sawdust...




Very nice grow prof! 

Can you elaborate on your supplemented sawdust, as in what did you supplement with
and how much?  I appreciate any info!  :-)

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    #15397206 - 11/20/11 10:52 AM (12 years, 3 months ago)

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Thanks for noticing this old thread and replying.  So, what's the optimum quantity of spawn for 6lb? 1/2 quart?



No problem,

Yea, 1/2 jar is usually what I use on a 5-6 lb block, :smile:




I supplemented them with a 1/2 cup of wheat bran / block. ....

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