Ban Lipa Yai shrooms first timer popcorn tek

Your corn is a bit on the dry side, you can tell by the lack of density of your mycelium, next time soak or boil your corn just a bit more. Other than that, shake those suckers the day after you see evidence of growth, then do it again when you see evidence again, at about the third or fourth time you will find that your corn is fully colonized.

So when the mycelium is thicker the moisture in the substrate is good

Originally Posted by Blackhash

Very nice dude. Definitely looks like mycelium to me. When are you going to shake your jars? (that is if you shake them with popcorn tek, never done it) Also, what are your thoughts on your spawn run?

thanks Blackhash! nice to hear someone say that it looks like mycelium. i swear it happened on accident

i was thinking of shaking the jars tonight or tomorrow sometime, since they look about 25% colonized now

thoughts on the spawn run? do you mean like, inoculating the jars? the whole process?

it was scary and i thought i was messing up the whole time i was doing it!

first time... but i already feel more confident for my next one

Originally Posted by canndo

Your corn is a bit on the dry side, you can tell by the lack of density of your mycelium, next time soak or boil your corn just a bit more. Other than that, shake those suckers the day after you see evidence of growth, then do it again when you see evidence again, at about the third or fourth time you will find that your corn is fully colonized.

thank you very much canndo. i never would have been able to tell that the corn was too dry.

besides the thin mycelium, is the moisture level going to cause problems for the fruiting process? i planned on putting them on a bed of soaked perlite in a slightly vented tote

when you say evidence of growth are you talking like as a rule of thumb, as in i should shake now?

Spawn run - The vegetative growth period of the mycelium after spawning the substrate to bulk.

Are you planning on spawning to bulk? If so, what substrate will you be using?

Originally Posted by Blackhash

Spawn run - The vegetative growth period of the mycelium after spawning the substrate to bulk.

Are you planning on spawning to bulk? If so, what substrate will you be using?

thanks for clearing that up for me

i bought some cooking trays with plastic lids from the dollar store, but i was going to go grab some different sized totes to try

i was thinking of doing the bed of perlite thing, and going with a closed lid

but then i thought, will the corn stay together? i always see people break the birthed corn apart and put on a casing

if i should do a casing, i was gonna just PC some coir and vermiculite

any additives i should be considering?

This is a really good casing here https://www.shroomology.com/topic/65...ing-technique/
But it needs extra materials and stuff etc etc.

This is also a nice casing, just using jiffy starter mix which you can get at a variety of places. http://www.shroomtalk.com/forum/inde...-casing-layer/
I'm sure the coir casing would work too, just never used it. As long as you follow a tek you should be OK.

Edit: Forgot, you need a ST account to view their threads

Originally Posted by Blackhash

This is a really good casing here https://www.shroomology.com/topic/65...ing-technique/
But it needs extra materials and stuff etc etc.

This is also a nice casing, just using jiffy starter mix which you can get at a variety of places. http://www.shroomtalk.com/forum/inde...-casing-layer/
I'm sure the coir casing would work too, just never used it. As long as you follow a tek you should be OK.

Edit: Forgot, you need a ST account to view their threads

i like the idea of a nice blend of coco/peat/verm/lime

not sure where i would find oyster shells.

Originally Posted by monkeybones

i like the idea of a nice blend of coco/peat/verm/lime

not sure where i would find oyster shells.

I believe the oysters are just there for a pH buffer. I'm sure you could use lime instead. As MZ said in that thread, that it would work probably work fine with just regular cubes, but some differnet psilocybe species require a more alkaline casing layer, hence the oyster shells. He did also say that the oyster shells will add structure to the casing, allowing for better G/E.

I'm sure you could find some online with relative ease. If you do go this route, remember to get the chunky kind, and not the finely ground kind!