RogerRabbit said:

using wax paper or bubble wrap, etc., creates a mini-fruiting chamber just above the substrate.  It's not a casing. 

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My only thought for it being detrimental would be if it's creating a better environment for mold than the cubes.  It has been spawned for 2 days and i see myc poking out of the top.
Right now its high 80s- 90s'
After creating grain spawn everything else is done outside. i spawned directly into the ground and large planters. I am using unpasteurized bagged poo/verm with a 1" coir/verm "pseudo" cassing.

basically it looks like this, but outdoors.

13shrooms said:

mushrooms dont uptake nutrients like plants, they digest their food...  unless the fungi is a mycorrhizal species it doesnt do much with companion plants.  if you ground them up as a soil additive for them to digest it might be beneficial. 

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bw86 said:

The patches are 100% open air outside . i am asking if the micro climate above my cassing is a good thing or dont bother.
I already know what I am going to do. Water it during the dayif needed, bubble wrap at night. I was just curious as to what the communities decision would have been.

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If you want to experiment with the bubble wrap then I would use it during the day, not the night. My day temps have been 90-100°F and so the microclimate would be beneficial for water retention. At night this is unnecessary and so I would think more air is better. In addition you want the morning dew.


These, harvested today, came from the same barrel I showed an earlier flush in this thread 1 month ago. There are still more pinning meow. I keep the whole thing under my porch for shade.