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Looking for some veteran info for a great first grow
    #8043082 - 02/19/08 02:28 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Well everyone, I've spent many hours the last week or two reading threads and decided to finally post my own. Yesterday I purchased 3 strands (B+, Creeper, Hawaiian) from one of the leading online syringe sellers. I have been running around trying to locate the ingredients to make the BRF cakes and ran into a dilemma yesterday. The only Vermiculite I could find in town (at a large well-known hardware store) was very fine vermiculite. It seemed to be nearly the consistency of sand. Would this type of vermiculite work, or would I be better of looking around and finding a medium grade to use?

For my first inoculation I was planning on only doing two jars, to make sure I have things going correctly before I go to a larger scale. When it is time for the FC I was going to leave one on the cake and let it grow in the FC, and the other I was going to break up in a plastic bag, spread in a tray, and case with a 50/50 casing mix, probably adding some worm castings. I just wanted to see which would turn out better and fruit more.

Now a few questions. My FC is a large, clear, 95 quart rubber maid storage bin. Should I drill a few holes into the lid to allow for air exchange or should I just open it and wave in new air once or twice a day. I've also heard many people just let it be and it works fine... the humidity does have to stay pretty high.

With such a large FC would it be best to use 1 pint jars instead of 1/2 pint?

I had looked into putting worm castings into my cakes as well but wasn't sure what ratio or how much to use, if anyone could fill me in on that. I was wondering if it really makes that much of a difference.

I'm planning to do a fairly detailed log on the first try so if somethings goes wrong I can try to pinpoint it. I'll definitely be posting pictures as well. I know I had more questions and more info to give about my process but time is short so I'll have to add them later.

Like the thread suggests, I'm just looking for anyone to give me a little knowledge or insight to help this first time go smoothly and make some great little mushies! I've seen the help people have gotten from here and I know I came to the right place!


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