It’s been a few days since I put the buckets in and I’m feeling the hit with degree change. I had the tent all dialed in prior to adding the buckets, but it’s a different ballgame with them in. I touched one bucket and can feel the warmth coming off of it, nuts!! I’m trying to increase the AFE but then, of course, the humidity drops. I also seem to be leaking too much humidity.. argh!
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Bucket Day!
Finally, all the math done, buckets prepped, today was the day to move my grain spawn into buckets (and a few shoeboxes)! In buckets, I put: Shittake, Lion’s Mane, Chestnut and Turkey Tail. In shoeboxes, I put: Golden Enoki, White Enoki and Turtle Shell Beech (not sure about this in a shoebox, might be better for a bucket, but we’ll see!). Overall, the recipe went well though i did seem to have more sawdust than needed. I think the baking of the bran (if there is no contamination) might be a new fave of mine and I’ve found a new source for bran.
Mushroom Baby Bucket Recipe (Ver 1 – FAILED)
Edit (2024-08-19): Experienced heavy contamination. Likely the bran, hwp combo.
It’s bucket day! And it’s time to get down and dirty with bucket prep, planning the substrate mix quantities, prepping it and seeing what it yields. I have a 16qt pressure cooker and so 12 half pint jars fit perfect in it. This is my first go at this small setup, so I’m documenting to see what happens!
(more…)Planning First Bucket Grow
I was inspired by a video by GrowVeg on growing mushrooms in buckets and I’m really starting to break down what I want to do with the current jars. I’ve updated my Inventory and am planning to divide my current jars into shoe boxes and buckets. I have always wanted to stick to a smaller setup, so being conscious of this, I bought four 2.5 quart buckets and plan to drill 1/2 inch holes in them per the advice in a Northspore video I watched. The buckets do fit on the shoe rack shelves I put on there, albeit tight, but I plan to use those mostly for shoe boxes, and maybe the top shelf for some buckets as well as the foot or so on side of empty space.