bobwastaken said:

Welcome mate! Advantages in favour of grain jars. Higher nutrition, lower cost, easy observation, the ability to shake for fast colonization, control over moisture content, possibility for further expansion (g2g) jars are reusable as are filters/lids. I'm yet to see a decent yield from an Uncle Ben's grow. If you don't want to buy a pressure cooker the PFTEK/BRF is still the go-to method for beginners

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Steam sterilise cakes, then spawn to bulk. You can do this indoors to a mini mono, or outdoors into the ground or a pot. Don't even have to sterilise manure or straw. Too easy

Brf to Bulk
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/24945782

Bluelou's 'Shit Piles'
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/4304709/fpart/1/vc/1

bongoman said:

Very curious about the earlier posts about the ph of Brunnings coco to be too acidic — has anyone else found this?

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spaztastic said:

never had any issue, the only time i do when it comes to the coco coir is if i use boiling hot water to expand the brick. I find it tends to increase contaminations as it cools and is ready to use.
I have recently done a cold/room temp v.s boil and the boiling one always contaminated.

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bongoman said:

OK, thanks, that's really interesting. I've lost several shoeboxes the last month due to trich and I've been pasteurising with boiling water straight off the stove in an esky and left overnight — it's surprising how hot the coir is the next day and I have to let it cool before spawning to it.

Maybe I'm over-pasteurising and making it susceptible to contamination?

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qwerty48 said:

I'll PM you a spot

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Bosco15 said:

After three days of rain in Hunter Valley, I embarked on my first serious hunt. Hoping that the mushroom Gods would look favorably upon a noob,I went in search of cow poo.
Plenty of poo, but not much fungi sprouting. Perhaps another day or two.
I did find these little girls, Deconica Coprophila. Identified by someone more skilled than I.

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