This is the way i see growing mushrooms. Colonize the substrate, add humidity, wait......It's my understanding that once the myc is established, it just needs water and a lil air to express itself. The popcorn, coir, verm, and others are mainly used for their water retention attributes not as source of nutrients. (This is just my point of view and not to be confused with the facts.)
Drying fresh grown mushrooms first hand will give you a lot more insight of what i'm trying to say.
I personally rather colonize separate from the casings, an make my own casing rather than all in one. Other wise your gonna go through a fuck ton of syringes. I get 10 casings per syringe with a 10cc syringe Also you can also do .5 cc and wait a week longer to colonize then break down to 1/4's and make 4 casings per .5cc at the sacrifice of a about another weeks time . Ya that's 80 casings by waiting an extra 14 days to fruit, Now you have the potential to grow 80 oz at the price of 2 weeks, or you can put 5 cc in each casing and be 14 days faster but only have the potential for 2oz.
