PuffM4gicDr4gon said:

My line of thinking is that the coir will act as a moisture retainer, and the soil will give some beneficial bacteria and act as a bit of a binder for it all.

This is a closeup of my patch last year:



The mycelium reached the surface, but never even attempted to fruit anywhere besides where the bed met dirt.



So I think my bed was too thick. Now I realize that a plastic barrier is different than wood on dirt, but I'm renting so I'd like it to be temporary.

Maybe a 100q tub cut down would be better? It would be about the same size, but I could customize the depth. Cheaper too. It would allow for a dirt layer. I'd have to drill some drainage, but that's easy enough.

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Nichrome said:

You can always mound it up in the middle.

Not woodies but these Caerulescens grew from about a 1.5 inch sub in a tray on my back porch...




I have also seen full flushes of cyans pop from about an inch of finely shredded wood. It was in contact with the ground though so lots of access to air and moisture wells.

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Gorgeous Caers, also, an absolute unit of a hand

Nichrome said:

You can always mound it up in the middle.

Not woodies but these Caerulescens grew from about a 1.5 inch sub in a tray on my back porch...




I have also seen full flushes of cyans pop from about an inch of finely shredded wood. It was in contact with the ground though so lots of access to air and moisture wells.

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Nichrome said:

You can always mound it up in the middle.

Not woodies but these Caerulescens grew from about a 1.5 inch sub in a tray on my back porch...




I have also seen full flushes of cyans pop from about an inch of finely shredded wood. It was in contact with the ground though so lots of access to air and moisture wells.

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Mr Piggy said:

PuffM4gicDr4gon said:

My line of thinking is that the coir will act as a moisture retainer, and the soil will give some beneficial bacteria and act as a bit of a binder for it all.

This is a closeup of my patch last year:



The mycelium reached the surface, but never even attempted to fruit anywhere besides where the bed met dirt.



So I think my bed was too thick. Now I realize that a plastic barrier is different than wood on dirt, but I'm renting so I'd like it to be temporary.

Maybe a 100q tub cut down would be better? It would be about the same size, but I could customize the depth. Cheaper too. It would allow for a dirt layer. I'd have to drill some drainage, but that's easy enough.

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That looks like mostly bark?  Which, would explain why they had a hard time if so.

What chips are you using here?

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