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one bag18 quarts .
Inoculating it with 2 full quarts .
Making the bags entirety 20 quarts of grains.
four hours as the sterilization duration this time at 20-22 psi.

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Who goes REAL BIG?
Can you load above the filter patch? If you go big can you please share how many quarts/(weight) and how much time you pc for.

RogerRabbit said:

I use 2 hours at 20 psi for spawn bags holding only 5 quarts. 
RR

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I am new at this and will be interested to see how this thread progresses.

For my first foray into bags they got a little bigger than I had planned (almost 8 pounds).

As I have seen some trusted resources recommend 5-6 lbs I've leveled off at 6 lb bags. If for no other reason than because this size bag fits four like a glove (albeit a tight one) in my 23 quart presto. 5 lb bags would be even easier as at 6 lbs I have to struggle a bit with the jar rings used for spacing. May do that next run.

So I will be interested to see what others say about this.

Just spawned a dozen of those bags today. By the day after tomorrow, I will have a "28-tubber" up and running from this first run of bags.

I am looking forward to seeing how it goes, and what I can learn in the process!

-Funky Monkey

EDIT: P.S. Filthy thanks for the stone growing resource, bookmarked it!

filthyknees said:

I don't know how much was in there but more than 4qts.

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Those look bigger than mine that almost came to 8 pounds!

RogerRabbit said:

The blobs on cubensis are caused by a too-nutritious substrate at fruiting time.  BRF cakes are always too nutritious unless allowed to consolidate for a sufficient time.  Cased manure or coir trays are generally much less nutritious, thus the problem of mutants is reduced.  I don't think I've ever seen them on straw.

One blob-inducing mistake I see a lot of growers make is using a too-high spawn rate.  It really doesn't make a substrate colonize much faster because once the mycelium starts growing in high gear, it's usually fully colonized in a few days.  It's that first week to ten days that's slow, and using a high spawn rate doesn't really change those dynamics much, but it does lead to mutants due to the extra nutrition of all the grains or brf, ect., which was in the spawn.

RR

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bw86 said:

Is 4 quarts enough? At least in the case of stones.I was under the impression the bigger the substrate the bigger the stones. I use to pull monsters out of 4 quart bags but will they be bigger with 8 quarts or more? I assume so since i pull even bigger stones out of spawned substrates.

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filthyknees said:

Created a resource for stone growing in my journal, it's more than likely addressed there. It's been years but if I'm remembering correctly it was devilstone who compared stone bags being flattened, bigger, every which way, could be mistaken. Hope this helps. https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22818693

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RogerRabbit said:

Mexicana sclerotia is my long time favorite as well.  It's like a Cadillac compared to cubes being a geo. The trip is cleaner, and they don't make you want to puke while you eat them.
RR

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FractalXplora said:

I love Mex A, agree with the first post its so nooB friendly and the most stealth your gonna get.( a jar in a cupboard,)

Cant wait to try and fruit these things as well!

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