Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

MushroomMan Mycology
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   Myyco.com Golden Teacher Liquid Culture For Sale   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy   North Spore Bulk Substrate

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
tips for a 1st time casing
    #428875 -

i know its not usually recomended but this is my first attempt and i'm using a casing method. can anyone give me any tips??? they'd be greatly appreciated.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: BridgetTheTiger]
    #428912 -

Use vermiculite only since there will be a less chance of contaminations.


--------------------
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not
outside, not on other people" - Aldous Huxley

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: BridgetTheTiger]
    #428945 -

This seems like a good post to ask this, so here goes:
I've used the cake method with success and I'd like to try the casing method but I don't have any idea what the casing method is, I've just heard it produces far greater yields. Does anyone know where I can get some info on this or can give me a brief summary. Thanks

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: Tryptamine]
    #428963 -

go here:
<br><a target="_blank" href=http://www.shroomery.org/findorgrowthem.php>http://www.shroomery.org/findorgrowthem.php</a>;
<br>
<br>click on Growing Mushrooms --> Casing --> then read as many casing tek's as you'd like 'til you find one that sounds appealing :cool:.  goodluck


--------------------

--------------------
┼ ··∙   long live the shroomery  ∙·· ┼
...╬π╥ ╥π╬...

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: geokills]
    #429092 -

my pet mongoose is in the process of casing for the first time as well, also using the shroom wizard's method... he's noticed that most teks recommend using verm or verm/soil to case with , but the wizards guide uses only soil for the top layer... do you have any idea why that is? is there any advantage to using all soil? especially if verm prevents contamination... ?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: Daydreamer]
    #429106 -

ok a casing is basicly a non nutritious (top) layer, used for water delivery.
So to make a casing break up some colinized substrate (either grain or some bulk substrate you have innoculated with grain, you can just use a couple of colinized BRF cakes if you wish)
crumble your substrate into small pieces and make a layer 1 1/2" -3" thick, the thicker it is the better your flushes will be, if it's more than 4" this rule quits applying.
I personally sterilize my casing soil (usually just verm)
First I get it soaking wet and drain it throw it in some jars/ spawn bag pressure cook it for 45 min let it cool and its ready to go.
some people use 50/50 peat&verm and a bit o lime.
anyways, just make about 1/2"- 1" layer of casing (the thicker it is the more time it will take take the mycel to grow through the casing layer and pin)
keep it humid about 80-90% and spray it when it looks dry, in about 1-3 weeks you should get pins, then quit spraying and let em go till you pick em, give it a good spraydown and wait for flush #2...


--------------------
It might be the early bird that gets the worm. But its the second mouse that gets the cheese

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: anima]
    #429171 -

Back when I started growing, I tried cakes and casing at the same time to figure out which was best for me. Let's just say I haven't done cakes since.

Casing is easy, as long as you keep it from getting too wet. Mix equal parts peat moss and vermiculite, make the mix wet, put in a jar or oven bag, place in pressure cooker, sterilize for 30 minutes to one hour, allow to cool, squeeze out excess moisture before you apply to a tray of crumbled cakes.

Peace.


--------------------
"If you believe in things you do not understand, you will suffer." ? Stevie Wonder

Edited by Insomnia (10/18/01 05:52 AM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: Insomnia]
    #429209 -

I find that casings are far less likely to fall to contaminants - just get yourself some peatmoss, verm and a bit of shell grit to improve the ph, add spring water until its moist but not soggy, then pressure cook it until sterile...Do like Anima says, keep it moist and you'll get rhizos in no time.. Some people like to leave the casing tray wrapped in foil for a couple of days to let the mycelium start to establish, before placing it in a terrarium with humidity and fanning...


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: Zen Peddler]
    #429269 -

Thanks for all the info, I'm going to buy some trays right now. I'll let you know how it goes. Do you guys use a humidifier or not? What is the best thing to use for a terraruim?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: tips for a 1st time casing [Re: Tryptamine]
    #429374 -

Perlite is cheap and almost idiot proof

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   Myyco.com Golden Teacher Liquid Culture For Sale   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy   North Spore Bulk Substrate

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* 1st casing/grow, few questions :) jaava 1,051 2 06/11/02 11:46 AM
by FanaTEK
* Recommendations for 1st Casing FreakShow 1,831 14 12/02/01 02:59 PM
by puscle
* 1st casing pinning---HELP ChromeCrow 1,282 1 04/07/02 05:59 PM
by repobob
* 1st casing pic shizifty 1,381 6 05/15/01 04:42 PM
by Todcasil
* Starting 1st casing and have ?'s about humidity church38 1,243 5 07/30/02 01:01 PM
by Addict
* 1st Casing Attempt TheDude1234 674 2 03/27/02 11:44 AM
by lildreadhead
* casing from "The mushroom Cultivator" upupup 19,338 9 10/13/25 10:12 AM
by yearofnolight
* Casing question Mattycelium 590 1 11/30/01 11:51 AM
by puscle

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, the_chosen_one, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
1,614 topic views. 15 members, 730 guests and 118 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.027 seconds spending 0.009 seconds on 14 queries.