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Using Mushbox Compost GrowbagsAfter receiving your compost growbags check that they have arrived safely and the bags are intact with no material leaking from tears or holes. *It is important to NEVER touch the white filter patch, ever. Do not inoculate into the patch, or mess with it in any way, just leave it alone and let it do its job. Inoculation Procedure You can use a spore syringe but its recommended to use a Liquid Culture, minimum 30cc maximum 120cc, if you do use a spore syringe the growth might take longer and the spores will have a harder chance to get started but it is possible. You can also simply drop a chunk of colonized substrate or rye grain into the bag to start growth. After inoculation the mycelium will colonize the substrateAn interesting fact about these bags is that they do NOT need to be put in an incubator, they can produce there own heat so its important to just leave them in a dark place with the temperature set between 75 - 80 degrees. Anymore heat and you can stunt growth, leading to possible contamination, to little heat will also cause slower growth. During colonization the myceilum will grow showing white patches in the bag. When you get to about 1/4 or 25% of the area covered in white its time to break up the mycelium and massge the bag gently to mix up the contents, BE CAREFUL the bags can rip. Also be watchful of the filter during this process, do not touch or tear the bag or filter. You want to mix up the inside so the mycelium chunks are no longer showing and it will appear as if the growth is all gone, be assured it will come back twice as fast and cover more area in approximately 1-4 weeks later ( depending your growing environment and how much LC / spores you used ) you should see explosive mycelium growth covering the entire bag.
Fruiting the Mushbox Compost GrowbagsAfter you have acheived 100% colonization of the substrate, you can determine how to setup your environment based on the specifications of your particular species of mushroom. Some factors to consider are F.A.E. ( fresh air exchange ) or even adding casing layers to get fruit.
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