MycCycle said:

Hey guys,
I'm just getting ready to make some blocks for Oysters and Reishi.
I've never done this before so I just wanted to ask whether I'm on point or whether I should order in something else for this to yield well.

I see that mycosispeon is mentioning similar ratios, but I have a feeling that I'm missing something.


78% Oak pellets
20% Wheat bran
2% Gypsum

Add the dry weight of that in water.
Mix well and ensure proper field capasity.
Bag.
Sterilise.

Spawn at 1:10.


I'm a bit lost on this side of the playground

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I"m not at all sure how the wheat bran impacts this but what I found from a lot of suggestions was that by weight, with the sawdust pellets, is 60% water and 40% pellets by weight. That's what I did on my first Oysters and Lions Mane grow and it came out great. Both are fruiting now.

The way I grew is I colonized a jar of grain and then transferred it to the sawdust pellets so I figured there was plenty of grain in there from my spawn and didn't add bran to the mix. It colonized the bag super fast. Oysters far more aggressive than Cubes from that standpoint. I think contams are much less of an issue, but again, I'm really new so I could be wrong.

Was pretty surprised by how much the sawdust pellets expanded in volume from the hydration. By comparison, they were nowhere near as hydrated as field capacity by comparison, but definitely moist and very fluffy.

Today's harvest from a relatively small bag with that formula.  260 grams wet.



1st Flush from same mix from a PP5 Jar about a week ago. This was my first flush ever growing non actives. They tasted GREAT in a shrimp scampi pasta dish.

ReverendMyc said:

Can confirm that it works for lions mane.

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