SO my jars are all becoming more more colonized everyday, pretty awesome to watch. Im using wbs and i have read many times that shaking the jars make them colonize faster, and i did that and it seemed to make them colonize twice as fast. but i was wondering if shaking them all up could hurt the mycelium growth, cuz after shaking a few of them it looked like there was almost no mycelium there at all. I dunno if it was because there was not to much growth to begin with or what. Just wondering if i fucked up at all. And i also read waiting 3 or 4 days after they are fully colonized beore cazing is best for the mycelium. Anyone got any insight on this it would help a bunch. THANKS

nah dude I always shake my jars. No negative effects just helps to colonize the jars faster. When you do shake the jar it will look like all the growth disapeared but check back in 2 days and you will see that it has all come back 10 fold. dont be afraid to realy give it a good shake to break it up. your not gonna hurt it.

Shake it likea polaroid picture.

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Damn man I want to grow shrooms so bad..umm how long does the whole process take?

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Smoke bud.

okay thats sweet, thanks a bunch duders.....

i'd say around 35-40 days from knockin em up.

yep, first harvest normaly about a month and a week after you start.

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i have a question about colonized substrate. is there anyway of storing an already colonized jar for a period of time before casing and fruiting? and if so how long until it degrades or become unusable. im thinkin, from the knowledge of reading till my eyes bled, that if i kept them in a dark place and maybe colder than room temp, the mycelium would grow slowerer, which would be a method of making it last longer..but what if the jar is fully colonized, how long ya think the mycelium would keep in an environment like that. thanks!

stick it in the fridge to "arrest" its development till later... but the question is why and how long would you envisage doing that?

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basically i wasnt expey€cting havin zero contaims... i knocked up 12 yars and alll 12 are usable, but i dont have the room(fruitingchambers).. just wondering if storing them in a cold dark place for maybey 4 months max would do anything.

lol, man you can do like 2 pretty full kitty litter trays with 12 jars.

Normal buckets with lids also work nicely as fruiting chambers..

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