FOAF has used a spawn bag twice successfully. Be aware, FOAF uses the pre-sealable type, which obviously have slightly different filter patch material than “standard” bags. Re-using ‘em is a huge pain, though, and wholly not recommended.
The hope is that just like strain isolation gives better results in certain conditions on certain substrates, this generational isolation will do the same to later multi-spore offspring. The results have been good so far, and it has been a fun experiment to do.
Another cool thing is that there is always plenty of different well proven tissue around to expand and play with! FOAF has very anally stored samples of almost everything in distilled water in 10mL Vacutainer tubes.
The plates are very much better invitro performers when two strains are put on the same plate. Fruiting a plate and waiting for spores to drop takes a lot longer when only one strain is present. I think different strains on opposite sides of the same cake could be interesting, but my FOAF hasn’t had the time for that yet. I mention the phenomena for him in case somebody else wants to play with it…
The bags are
Buckaro Bulk Nuggets (Buckaroo Bulk Nugget Tek (invitro, spawn bags and/or ˝ gallon jars)), good sir Lost. Popcorn, castings, coir and poly – grain spawned and fruited in a single bag. My FOAF’s most functional idea so far (in this field).
The fruits are denser than normal. Hollow stems don’t show up, but you do get the “bread dough/willow bark” look on the stems. Looks almost exactly like vert, but they don’t crack/split. You get lots of pretty normal caps on top for printing, too.
The
BB Nug (Buckaroo Bulk Nugget Tek (invitro, spawn bags and/or ˝ gallon jars)) invitro is not more productive than classic bulk tub/tray scenarios. Pulling those nugs after they are fully colonized and doing a DEC makes for better harvests than fruiting them invitro.
But doing them invitro is infinitely cleaner and easier since no terrarium is required. The whole dream behind the experiment is to isolate/breed towards a strain that prefers invitro and worm poo. My FOAF wants easy bulk for the masses…