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OK i had one casing get some trich when i was incubating them after topping them with sphagnum peat/verm. Is it because of the sphagnum peat cause it had alot of moisture on the sides and the foil i covered it with. But the when i pressure cooked my peat/verm it had the right amount of water, only a couple drops of water came out when i squeezed it. Plus i am very clean. i think i should try coco coir/verm or maybe even top soil?

Hell yeah grain rocks it's the fastest subtrate i have seen. Its so vigarous and i have a jar that has a slight bit of yellow tent, it could be from the grains when they bust open but i hope it's not anything harmful.

Moorhs i would really like to see the out come of those cakes your doing i have always wanted to do that with some cakes but i just moved on to grain and it is alot of funn and popcorn looks really sweet too....

Yeah i learned bigger the substrate bigger the fruits. Yes be clean all around, bleach has become my best friend and lysol lol lots and lots of lysol. And if you want to put it in a bag you can but i just crumbled them and put them in my trays. I am pretty sure i crumbled four cakes per casing tray, and topped it with 50/50 peat and verm. I came out with a little under four oz's.

Thats fucking hilarious cause i have them same draft problem i am putting king size flat sheets up and hanging them from the ceiling and it keeps the warmth in just fine. And you should get the ones that have a temp you can set. because the ones i have turn off once they reach the temp i set it at. To answer your last question your going to have to ask the more experienced friends, trust me i am i still new at this too haha..... but i am learning fast

Yes i would crumble them i crumbled my first cakes and they turned out really well, and yes they will be fine in the same FC if there is room for them. I like to have alot of surface area. And No they shouldnt need more FAE. Just make sure you are clean clean clean, you dont want the green meanie coming along with your friends.

Space heaters my friend they never let me down, and i live in the midwest so the temp is about the same for us. Outside it's thirty and my basement is in the low 50's. But walmart has cheap ones, and doubt you will need a aquarium heater i have never used one. As for the RH perlite will give off enough RH just may have to plug some holes in your FC, too many holes and you will not have a high enough RH to fruit your cakes....

Ok i figured it was just the same as any casing, thanks man you have been alot of help....

Had a really quick and easy question when my bulk sub is fully colonized, and its time to top it with my casing materail. Should i let let my casing 50/50 peat and verm colonise to or should i just put it straight in the fc as soon as i put the casing materail and introduce it to my light cycle?

well lets pray to the mushroom gods and hope i am sterile enough, which i am pretty sure i am. But still this will be my first bulk and things are looking very nice. It's been two full days since i spawned them and they are looking for nice. And also did my first g2g wasnt to hard haha. i am still a new guy but this is becoming a really great hobby for me and its just awesome to see everyones progression from step one. Life is truely great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If i go over 180 what  will happen?

Ok so i pasturized my straw/casting not to long ago and i used a big 22 qt stock pot and kept the temp at a solid 180 in the bag for two hours... just wondering if this was ok??

yes sir 12 off 12 on and yeah i can see printed letters on a piece of paper when its held against the lid but i lose vision on the printed letters about 10 inches away from the piece of paper.....

i am using fluorescent daylight that are for indoor plants and aquarium...

will this lid be transparent enough for light to get through to my babies??

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Thanks alot man, you've been great help i will make sure i show you my magic, when they are finished...

i got one more question you think when i pasteurize my straw/casting would it be OK to put it in my crock pot for two hours about 200 F? Just was checking on my research.

well i just moved into my new house so it was pretty clean and i bought a whole life time supply of lysol lol gotta love sam's club.. but i must of been a little dirty but other than that we are good. Pop corn just started to show progression. So it's time to play so video games to blow by some time.

and now three jars got the trich so toss those. I think there was to much moisture in the jars. But i could be wrong not really sure

i am not whining and i got the patience of a old man on a sunday drive lol.  and the only jars with no signs would be, b plus on pop corn.