Bulk Grow?

its pretty simple but reading about the mushroom life cycle will help a ton learning about what innoculaion spawning and casing the differences and different approachs will also help.

there really arent too many links that just lay all it out and explain why and how this and that is done, some time it can seem overly complicated but it does not have to be.

the list of this for the most basic appoach to a bulk mono tub is

pressure cooker
spores
popcorn
distilled water
x3 totes(one for glove box/incubation x2 for monotubs)
coco coir
vermiculite(50/50 coco/verm for casing and for bulk substrate, to different processes, uses the same media)
spray bottle
warm place in house
CFL light 26 w for each tub
canning jars
RTV silicone sealant
Tyvek
1)make you jars(1 day)
http://www.shroomery.org/9413/Low-Do...oculation-Lids
2)basically prepare incubation substrate in pressure cooker.(1 week so you can be sure your jars are sterile)
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/show...0/fpart/1/vc/1
3)inoculate/incubate(2-4 weeks)
4) prepare bulk media via pasteurization(1 day)
5)spawn colonized jars into pasteurized bulk substrate and inoculate(2-3 weeks)
6)case colonized bulk substrate with pasteurized media(1 minute)
7) expose to light, spray lightly with water, increase fresh air and wait for mushrooms.(2-3 weeks)

in number 3 you mixing your popcorn to substrate inside of tote then you can basically put the tote in a trash bag for a couple weeks to incubate it. check it occasionally for contam and hydration but other than that its like a big jar.

What is a "bulk" grow?

Originally Posted by canndo

What is a "bulk" grow?

mono-tub same thing

unless he trying to set up a room than....
"you out out of you element Donnie!"

Dude poly, thank you so much for such a quick and precise reply. It means a lot, plus rep. Ive been growing for a while, but ive been doing the BRF tec with 1pint jars using a clear tote with holes drilled in it on all sides, about 1inch of perlite on the bottom, and i hear that bulk grow you can get much more and much faster, is this correct?

Is there a way to get "flushes" out of a bulk grow?


I just inoculated about 25 1pint jars [Edit: maybe they are 1/2 pint jars, i cant remember atm], and it'll be a month or so until the colonize im sure, but i have them all in the incubation chamber at the moment, its day two. Is this the first step to doing a bulk grow anyways?

yes bulk is somewhat faster but you definitely get more for the space doing bulk and its more natural to he way a cubensis mushroom grows just making for an all around easier grow. im glad your upgrading i did PF when first started with good result. my first attempt at a mono-tub or bucket (hav not quite decided what i will make my fruiting chambers out of) will be started in the next week or 2 after i get my spores and germinate them.

you get flushes just like on PF cake you pick all the mushrooms then they grow back, how many flushes and how big depends on the saturation of you substrate.


if you inoculated 25 PF tek jars you can use them for a bulk grow but you will have to use more jars of mycelium to your bulk substrate because BRF cakes dont spread thier mycelium very fast you will want to break them up some what and mix with you bulk substrate and incubate for a week or 2 with the PF cakes if you use enough it should inoculate very fast, but because the amount of mycelium you will have to use its pretty inefficient. this is why people use grain the mycelium grows differently and has more point to spread from so it takes less jars of grain mycelium than it would BRF cakes.

im am honored to get a rep from you zahet, you openmindedness and understanding of philosophy are rare

Just watch out for overlay. Popcorn can surprise you by being alot faster than you would expect it to be. Check out Choempi's thread on bulk monotub. Also check shroomery's on "how I do coir". Check around. Ask canndo. And check out Batcave and his stuff on RIU. Damn. Poly went all out. Nice one.