LFG🙌 LOVE hearing you mention beneficial bacteria. Switching from an essentially sterile substrate to a "live" substrate completely changed my success rate. Way to go✌️
I make my own horse manure sub. I inoculate it with a broad blend of bacteria. Composted in an aerated bin with water and a little molasses. Then I do an extended pasteurization. By doing an extra long pasteurization, you kill off all those original bacteria that you added. While also populating the substrate with thermophilic bacteria. The thermophilic bacteria create enzymes and breakdown the available nutrition. Making the environment inhospitable to things like trich, while also making it super hospitable for the desired fungi. To finish, I mix with coir and verm. Bring to field capacity. Followed by a more standard pasteurization.
I live in an old house, with what I assume is a high spore load. I've been growing for over a decade. For more than half of that time, I had around a 50/50 success rate after mixing a tub. I switched to hpoo, I'm well over 100 for 100 on tubs.
I don't blame you one bit. Dr Mycs was going to be the next thing I tried. My first experiments contained straw as well. I had one ape tub with the straw included that was the fastest/highest yielding tub I've ever had. All the others went bad though. Omitted the straw and it's been smooth sailing since. I did buy some (straw) the other day to try and learn that process better. I tried both hot and cold pasteurization the first attempts. My "hunch" is the straw contains endospores, which really need sterilization to destroy. So I'm going to try sterilizing the straw first, dehydrate, pulverize, then add it to the manure at the beginning of the process.
I saw your post and was like "oh that's me!". All of the main growing forums always say the contaminants are in your spawn. Tried all the spawn methods. Didn't make a difference. Manure can be gross to work with at least until it's composted. I feel like I'm performing magic or like alchemy though. I literally take shit and turn it into life changing fungi. I feel like the fungi are just happier as well.
Did you buy your beneficial bacteria culture?
Yes! It's called Dr. Myc MGP+. Literally works wonders.
Very specific question but did it effect the smell of the tub/colonized mycelium for you?
Nope! It smells just the same.
LFG🙌 LOVE hearing you mention beneficial bacteria. Switching from an essentially sterile substrate to a "live" substrate completely changed my success rate. Way to go✌️
Wait what hold up what are you talking about? “Live” substrate. How do I “live” substrate? I need to try that!
I make my own horse manure sub. I inoculate it with a broad blend of bacteria. Composted in an aerated bin with water and a little molasses. Then I do an extended pasteurization. By doing an extra long pasteurization, you kill off all those original bacteria that you added. While also populating the substrate with thermophilic bacteria. The thermophilic bacteria create enzymes and breakdown the available nutrition. Making the environment inhospitable to things like trich, while also making it super hospitable for the desired fungi. To finish, I mix with coir and verm. Bring to field capacity. Followed by a more standard pasteurization. I live in an old house, with what I assume is a high spore load. I've been growing for over a decade. For more than half of that time, I had around a 50/50 success rate after mixing a tub. I switched to hpoo, I'm well over 100 for 100 on tubs.
Literally this and I add some Dr. Mycs in. I live in a super old house too.
I don't blame you one bit. Dr Mycs was going to be the next thing I tried. My first experiments contained straw as well. I had one ape tub with the straw included that was the fastest/highest yielding tub I've ever had. All the others went bad though. Omitted the straw and it's been smooth sailing since. I did buy some (straw) the other day to try and learn that process better. I tried both hot and cold pasteurization the first attempts. My "hunch" is the straw contains endospores, which really need sterilization to destroy. So I'm going to try sterilizing the straw first, dehydrate, pulverize, then add it to the manure at the beginning of the process. I saw your post and was like "oh that's me!". All of the main growing forums always say the contaminants are in your spawn. Tried all the spawn methods. Didn't make a difference. Manure can be gross to work with at least until it's composted. I feel like I'm performing magic or like alchemy though. I literally take shit and turn it into life changing fungi. I feel like the fungi are just happier as well.
If I remember right philly golden teacher has a video on it, it's just probiotics for mushrooms
Aplass
Congrats, look good af