Mub said:

If I am doing poured agar. Do I need to put my Petri dishes back in the insta pot after I pour? After inoculation? Or just before I pour?

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Axman said:

Mub said:

If I am doing poured agar. Do I need to put my Petri dishes back in the insta pot after I pour? After inoculation? Or just before I pour?

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If you PC your agar before you pour it into presterilized Petri dishes, you do not need to re PC them. Definitely do not PC them after inoculation.

You need sterilized Petri dishes and sterilized agar, in whichever order works best for you.

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Axman said:

Trust me, I'm still working through two bags of perlite from when I was doing the same thing, put it in your planters and other house plants

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Hahaha. 


We've all been there and done that

3.A.M said:

Jrey16 said:

There is this guy that is pretty well known here in my country for growing pans. Looking at his pics and videos it looks like he is growing it outside in open air on the ground.  It looks like he just puts the substrate on the ground outside and mixes the grain spawn in. Is it possible to cultivate pans like that? If so, I'll go ahead and try cultivating pans outside because I'm kind of scared to grow pans for my first time in the same small room that might cause contaminants where I got a bunch of projects and cubes growing. Or maybe I'm just being a pussy lol. But I am running out of space though. We live in a hot and humid country where pans is easily found growing on the ground.

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It’s how I started growing pans full stop, find an area that doesn’t get more than an hr or 2 direct light a day, preferably under/inbetween bushes or in a garden bed with filtered light, you can spread the grain directly on the surface or mix it in a little and then spread about an inch or 2 of hpoo/cow poo (I mix about 50/50 straw) over the top and lightly water morning and night depending on how much it’s drying out till they pin, do not water the fruits after pinning as you’ll cause aborts but rain seems to be fine if not ideal, I set the hose dribbling and place it next to the areas fruiting for a few mins at a time to maintain hydration 👍

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Thank you. That seems like a fun thing to do but I live in an urban overpopulated area and if I try growing in bushes in the area people will for sure end up seeing it and finding it. All the street dogs eat everything they see also 😂 I was thinking of maybe growing in trays in my "open" garage? It is a garage but instead of the traditional garages in Western Countries where it fully closes it is just a barred gate where air and sunlight can go through. We keep the trash in the garage though on the corner. Idk if that can easily cause contaminants or what. Is it somehow possible to grow pans in a garage like this? i'd definitely need to clean the garage up lol

maplepine said:

I searched the forums but didn't find much ... maybe my search-fu is weak.

Are there alternatives to coir or straw for substrate? Coir just doesn't seem to be available where I am-- best source would be about $6/brick from China. Straw should be available but only after September.

What else could I use?

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suicideprevention said:

How does this shoebox look? Grain to coir 1:1.5. Lid has been snapped closed since spawn was mixed to grain except for when I took this pic. I have other box with better pin growth and another with less. Now that I have pins can I safely open the box to mist? Should I mist? Or so I just latch it closed and keep it as it was?

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tree frog said:

I considered something similar as a suggestion.



I went overboard on the plants here so the pin set wasn't great, but these were mostly open air-fruirted in our sunroom.

And this is a species of pans that a lot of folks struggle with even more than cyans.

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maplepine said:

Are there alternatives to coir or straw for substrate? Coir just doesn't seem to be available where I am-- best source would be about $6/brick from China. Straw should be available but only after September.

What else could I use?

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Quote:

Wheat straw and oat straw are commonly used for Agaricus mushroom cultivation, but alternatives include barley, rye, corn stover, or rice straw, which may require adjustments for optimal results. Additionally, using compost made from agricultural by-products can also serve as a suitable substrate.

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