Plans for first grow - any changes?

[eternalfrost]

first post here, such a great site

Things i have so far:
-12 1/2 pint jars
-verm.
-perlite
-peat moss
-brown rice flour
-foam cooler w/ clear window
-ecuador syringe coming in the mail

so heres the plan so far.

boil(dont have pressure cooker) verm+BRF, innoculate 12 jars. fill cooler with cakes (holds about 6) perlite for humidity. put any left over survivors in 1 pint jars invitro.



now my questios are, the cooler is 1 X 1.5 ft. inner dimensions. shold i just go with a casing? if so, how many 1/2 pint jars would be needed to properly fill a 1X1.5 ft pan? if cased, should perlite still be used outside the pan in the chamber? casing layer of 50/50 verm and peat moss should work right?


is there any better way to fruit the left overs besides invitro in a larger jar(besides another FC of course, i live in very small room lol)

sample pics:

EDIT: Pics re-hosted

[reverend trips]

Well you could always stack your cakes on top of eachother with some moist vermiculite between them.
You'll also need to make a window in the cooler for light to get in, but other than that it sounds good.

[eternalfrost]

"-foam cooler w/ clear window"

haha

thanks tho

with the staked cakes + vermiculite, would the end yield be fully twice as much? seems like the one on the bottom wouldnt make as much as normal? deffinatly a good alternative though

[Hippie3]

your shroomery-based pictures are missing

[reverend trips]

No reason why the bottom one wouldn't do just as well as the top.
Check this out
http://forums.mycotopia.net/showthread.php?t=5360 (double stacked cambo cakes)

[reverend trips]

[eternalfrost]

lol pics work now?

[Hippie3]

yep.
you can host them here you know,
it's easy to upload here

[eternalfrost]

ok so i guess the question now is, should i do the whole space (1 X 1.5 ft) a mini case using 50/50 verm/peat, or go with plain cakes?

haha will host them here next time hippy

[MLBjammer]

I would advise you to go with cakes on your first try. Obviously you could get a much larger yield with a casing, but casings take experience and are more easily contaminated than cakes and really easy to screw up. Cakes will give you a general understanding of the conditions mushies need to prosper; then move on to casings or bulk substrates. GL.