tree frog said:

Yeah it will definitely work for those.

Which size depends on how much growth I have on my plates and how many jars I want to do from it.

But you can see from this 90 mm plate, I inoculated four different cultures into four separate jars, and used  large wedges.



You can use larger or smaller wedges, depending on your needs and how many jars you plan to do.

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tree frog said:

Yeah it will definitely work for those.

Which size depends on how much growth I have on my plates and how many jars I want to do from it.

But you can see from this 90 mm plate, I inoculated four different cultures into four separate jars, and used  large wedges.



You can use larger or smaller wedges, depending on your needs and how many jars you plan to do.

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tree frog said:

A couple of casing photos.

12 hours after casing.  Note that the substrate is barely visible under the chunky casing.



Casing this morning (48 hours after casing).


Those are a bit dry so I gave them a touch of water.  Now they look like this.



And these should knot today or tomorrow.  If they do, I won't water again until after the first flush.

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tree frog said:

2:1 peat:calcium carbonate by dry weight.  And a handful of worm castings per qt of dry peat.

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tree frog said:

2:1 peat:calcium carbonate by dry weight.  And a handful of worm castings per qt of dry peat.  The castings are optional but I think the mushrooms like it.

I mix that all together dry, and remove about a qt.  Add filtered water until the mix is saturated (dry peat can be hydrophobic), and then add the set aside qt of dry mix to bring things down to field capacity.

I load the mix into a unicorn bag, and put in my InstaPot on keep warm to pasteurize.  I don't check the temperature, but let it sit in there for four+ hours (overnight is fine even, but I generally do cult in the morning).

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