tryptkaloids said:

Proposition 122 said:

tryptkaloids said:

This is a big reason im not a fan of no prep grains. Only time i tried i ended up with wet grains on bottom and dry grains on top. Then someone told me it works better for smaller jars... so nah, ill stick to a boil so i dont have to fill my pc with pints

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As Yoshi noted in his tek the grains on the bottom will be wetter. He says "it doesn't matter." My experience agrees with this. It has never been a problem. If you want you can shake the jars after PC-ing and have a more uniform consistency. But it doesn't matter.
My 2-cents

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Wasnt a fan of this

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Yeah, looks like mine right out of the PC. Never been a problem.

catnip40 said:

DukeHooligan said:

Haha thanks guys. Spawn ratio is 1:1 with .5 pseudo casing. I was thinking of using more coco coir for my next shoeboxes.

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I run 1:1 and 1:2 a lot and my shrooms are usually similar size depending on genetics and other factors

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sloug said:

Lotkid,

yea and still some ass would probably snatch it up before it was even done maturing! bastards

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Huh?



Edit:
Oh... wait... i gotcha

LotKid said:

Proposition 122 said:

Hi LotKid
Just read your PE tips. Are you still going with the same recipe for your casing layer?
Great tips BTW

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Thanks.

If i'm going that route then i make that casing the same.

That write up is for when you have troubles with blobs. Just some things to try in hopes to beat the blobs.

But these days i really like supplemented substrate bags. And i seem to get good non-blob results from swpe on those without casing.

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LotKid said:

Do you honestly think i would buy pre-made supplemented substrate bags?

I'm almost a bit offended

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OK,OK, sorry
Can you share or recommend a tek?

tryptkaloids said:

Proposition 122 said:

tryptkaloids said:

This is a big reason im not a fan of no prep grains. Only time i tried i ended up with wet grains on bottom and dry grains on top. Then someone told me it works better for smaller jars... so nah, ill stick to a boil so i dont have to fill my pc with pints

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As Yoshi noted in his tek the grains on the bottom will be wetter. He says "it doesn't matter." My experience agrees with this. It has never been a problem. If you want you can shake the jars after PC-ing and have a more uniform consistency. But it doesn't matter.
My 2-cents

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Wasnt a fan of this

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Proposition 122 said:

LotKid said:

Do you honestly think i would buy pre-made supplemented substrate bags?

I'm almost a bit offended

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OK,OK, sorry
Can you share or recommend a tek?

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Nothing that i'm able to link you to

I'm not following anyone else's tek and i haven't written one or even shared a whole lot of how i do things these days.

But i guess it goes a lil something like this.... mix together any food sources the mushrooms you're growing like to eat along with any additional water retaining substrate you may need and of course, water. Load into bags of your choice and sterilze. Knock up bags with grain spawn and wait. Harvest fruits.


I've also been playing with adding nutrients to the water i use to hydrate the substrate with.

1NFIN8 said:

Low and slow is slow to go fast. Really, it’s so easy.

Beef’s Wheat Tek

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sloug said:

cybork said:

sloug said:

why hulled barley? no prep teks can be a little less forgiving on the structure of the grain as it is. sounds like a mushy mess. u have access to millet? fairs decently well with no prep and even better with a 24 hour soak and simple strain. jus my two cents

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It appears I meant unhulled barley, so WITH the stuff around them still. I made, once again, a translation error.

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ahh gotcha. that sounds better. if it still sucks and youre dead set on a no prep or minimal prep, id again highly recommend white proso millet. no need to boil. just a soak and quick strain then load in bags/jars. makes life super duper easy

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Yeah, maybe next time I'll try millet. Yet only 10kg in stock of the barley,

For now the 1:0.75 and 1:1 worked out quite well. I also wanted to try 1:0.5, but that already looked like it would be too dry, so I skipped that. The 1:0.75 had some clumbs. The 1:1 was nicely loose. So next time I'll go further with the 1:1.



PS: I added a little bit of coir to the jars. So that is the coir-looking stuff on the glass if you noticed it.

Gilmour Hendrix said:

tryptkaloids said:

Proposition 122 said:

tryptkaloids said:

This is a big reason im not a fan of no prep grains. Only time i tried i ended up with wet grains on bottom and dry grains on top. Then someone told me it works better for smaller jars... so nah, ill stick to a boil so i dont have to fill my pc with pints

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As Yoshi noted in his tek the grains on the bottom will be wetter. He says "it doesn't matter." My experience agrees with this. It has never been a problem. If you want you can shake the jars after PC-ing and have a more uniform consistency. But it doesn't matter.
My 2-cents

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Wasnt a fan of this

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I dont like how is smears all over the inside of the jar when I shake it. Talking about the mushy grain, of course.

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It doesn't matter.

catnip40 said:

Clean mycelium really enjoys bursted grains

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I'm confused. I thought we were supposed to stop the boiling once burst grains appeared.