Yeah i might have fucked up by packing the pots to tightly but i really wanted to be able to get an accurate PH reading and i figured that the soil would loosen up as i watered it, the last time i transplanted i guess i must have packed the pots way to loose because the water wouldn't stay in for shit, the water seems to be staying in much better this time around, i will be checking the PH next time i water which will be in 2 days or so but i am pretty sure it is between 6.5-7.0.
As far as the cubes go i am still getting stuff together for them i just got my spores in the mail today I'm going with Thailand-Koh samui super strain from "the hawk eye" I'm probably going to be doing a poor mans pod with rye i was thinking about going with the BRF tech because i didn't have a pressure cooker but i just found a huge pressure cooker at a garage sale for $10 so i am thinking i am going to do some LC and then do some BRF cakes and rye, i went with Thailand-Koh samui super strain because i had some a few years ago and they were fucking mind blowing i have also read that the yield and colonization rate are both great. My friend is also growing Thailand-Koh samui super strain he is having some problems though, contams and his colonization is going slow as fuck he has 36 jars colonizing for his martha but they are going at a snails pace it has taken him months to get all of his jars to this point, i have not seen what he has been doing personally but i think he is doing something very wrong. He has spent well over $500 on his set up and once it gets going I'm sure it will be producing strong but I'm sick of waiting and not being able to advise him so I'm doing my own for as cheap as i can i believe i will be able to pull it off for under $100.
Have you checked out RR's videos, or the mushroom growing made easy videos? They are both great sources of information for beginners.
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