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Quick Casing Question
    #14406249 - 05/05/11 04:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

So for my casing mix I used 50/50 peat/verm and 4 colonized 1/2 pint jars. I crumbled the jars in bags and used a technique I found from roger rabbit; putting some mix down then a layer a verm and continuing untill full then wait 7-10 days. Its been 8 days and the casing is covered in mycellium balls about a half inch thick. Is this sufficient to put the top layer of mix or should I wait until the casing is snow white with mycellium?


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Re: Quick Casing Question [Re: Cshroom]
    #14406391 - 05/05/11 05:27 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)



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Re: Quick Casing Question [Re: Cshroom]
    #14406418 - 05/05/11 05:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Cshroom said:
So for my casing mix I used 50/50 peat/verm and 4 colonized 1/2 pint jars. I crumbled the jars in bags and used a technique I found from roger rabbit; putting some mix down then a layer a verm and continuing untill full then wait 7-10 days. Its been 8 days and the casing is covered in mycellium balls about a half inch thick. Is this sufficient to put the top layer of mix or should I wait until the casing is snow white with mycellium?




Wait! What? U did something wrong here...u mixed casing layer and bulk! Casing is non nutriant layer you put on top of your fully colonised sub to create perfect micro climate! If i understand...you used peat moss/verm mix as a bulk sub? WRONG! Back to a drawing board! Search is your best friend here!

You want to mix your "jars"(as u said) with some nutriant substrate(coir,h poo,straw...) not with a casing mix!


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Re: Quick Casing Question [Re: Perun]
    #14410235 - 05/06/11 01:13 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Cshroom said:
So for my casing mix I used 50/50 peat/verm and 4 colonized 1/2 pint jars. I crumbled the jars in bags and used a technique I found from roger rabbit; putting some mix down then a layer a verm and continuing untill full then wait 7-10 days. Its been 8 days and the casing is covered in mycellium balls about a half inch thick. Is this sufficient to put the top layer of mix or should I wait until the casing is snow white with mycellium?




Wait! What? U did something wrong here...u mixed casing layer and bulk! Casing is non nutriant layer you put on top of your fully colonised sub to create perfect micro climate! If i understand...you used peat moss/verm mix as a bulk sub? WRONG! Back to a drawing board! Search is your best friend here!

You want to mix your "jars"(as u said) with some nutriant substrate(coir,h poo,straw...) not with a casing mix!




Wow thanks for the correction, I was under the assumption from what I read it just meant sub, wasnt really aware it was talking about nutrient sub...:blush: should i just let it colonize completely and just put a light layer over the top? it still has a solid network it seems...


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Re: Quick Casing Question [Re: Cshroom]
    #14410286 - 05/06/11 01:24 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

yeah, you wanted to do what you already did w/a bulk substrate, then once it was colonized you add a 1/4" - 1/2" casing layer on top and put into fruiting conditions.:mushroomgrow:

substrate and casing are 2 different things.

1 (substrate) is food

casing is not.  its a non-nutritive layer that helps form a micro climate in order to aid in pinning on the surface of your colonized substrate. :super:

the easiest bulk tek around is Damion5050s coir tek.  for future referance. :grin:

but for what you have now, put it into fruiting conditions and you should get some fruits in a few days.  no need to case a casing. :grin:  cubensis dont need a casing layer to fruit like some other mushrooms do so you can skip the whole casing step once you get the bulk substrate down. :rockdude:

you did things right, just confused casing w/bulk substrate, and try mixing your grains w/your substrate instead of layering next time. :yesnod:
to me I have found mixing to be a day or 2 quicker in colonizing due to more inoculation points throughout the mix instead of just in the layers and the myc trying to move up/down through the substrate. :thumbup:


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