Please help me with casing directions guys......

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Please help me with casing directions guys......

#445676 - 11/03/01 02:26 PM (24 years, 11 months ago)

Pavlov's Dog gave me these incomplete instructions for casing. I would really like it if you guys could complete these directions. I'm FINALLY going to attempt casing!!! Any help is much appriciated.......ok here's what I have so far.

> 1 - when your cakes are FULLY colonized....... let them sit an extra 5 days so they will be strong and the mycelial network
will be established enough to fight off contams.

2 - get yourself a couple a 'bread loaf' pans.... the foil ones (grocery store)

4 - in your glovebox (since you have it) birth the jars, clean off the top layer off vermiculite in the jars.... (remember this, a
FULLY colonized cake is pretty resistant to contams, unless you REALLY REALLY try to infect it... you CAN lightly handle
these things... just try to keep your hands clean as a security measure )... remove the cakes from the jars.... and place
maybe 3 or 4 cakes in a NEW ziplock bag.

5 - zip the 'ziplock bag' and gently break up the cakes while they are in the bag, into 'marble' sized chunks... take your
time... just gently rip them apart... try not to 'squish' them... but tear them.... until they are all pretty much all broken down
evenly.

6 - leave them in the bag.... in a dark clean place overnight so the mycelium can recover from the shock a bit.

Your doing good!

7 - lay down a 1 inch layer of 'moist' vermiculite on the bottom of the loaf pans (this will act as a water resivoir)

8 - now pour out evenly a 1 to 2 inch layer of your broken cakes onto the top of the bottom verm layer in the loaf pan(s),
make sure it is level.... the depth you make this layer is up to you... but it is best to make this, and the BOTTOM layer
about the same thickness... keep it flat and uniform.

9 - Now lay another layer of 'moist' verm over the top of the substrate (broken cakes), just lay down enough verm to cover
every exposed area of the crumbled cakes... then, just a little bit more should do. DO NOT PACK IT ON, just loosely
sprinkle it on, it should be 'fluffy'

10 - cover the loaf pan with tin foil, poke a couple holes in the top, and store this in your 'incubator' for about 4 or five days.
what you want to accomplish at this point is:

#1 stay in the darkness - Mycel will still 'beleive' it is underground ;-)
#2 have very little air exchange - this will encourage further mycelia growth in the 'casing'
#3 stay at a warm temparature - about 85 is optimal

ok.... after 3 or 4 days, you may open it and check it... if the mycelium has poked up through on about 30% to 50% of the
total casing surface... then it is time to birth . you are trying to mimick 'nature' in this process. If it hasn't, then give it
another day or two. This is a KEY point of mastering 'mushroom cultivation', it is known as pinning strategy.... this part
determines how good of a 'flush' you get.
Ok, so the time is right, what you are going to do now is:

#1 - Introduce 'FRESH' air to the casing, the 'natural' equivelent of this would be mycelium popping up through the earth, as
catching a whiff of fresh air, and realizing its time to get a boner and blow a load of spores. but first it must grow a dick /
sporocarp / mushroom.

#2 - Introduce light, the natural equivelent is, of course, the sun. The combination of these 2 work together.

#3 - Drop the temp to about 75.... this is called a 'cold shock', this also helps to tell the mycelium 'its time'. The combination
of these 3 factors, if done correctly will determine the quality of your 'pinset' .... <

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