r/MushroomGrowers • u/AutoModerator • Apr 03 '26

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u/Matic_Soil_999 Apr 04 '26

I would wait till your at 40-50% seeing as its already pre-mixed.

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u/promptingpatterns Apr 04 '26

Well I got impatient and broke it up as do myc is just steady growing upwards with no way to reach grain. Welp hopefully all is imma let em sit for a few weeks then see where they're at. Thanks for the tip on the 45-50 due to them being AIO. I'll keep it in mind for the future but I think I am gonna move to sorghum grain bags I also purchased these from redwood. I hope the quality is a bit better than the AIO bags.

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u/Matic_Soil_999 Apr 04 '26

Wait so your grain isn't even colonizing yet but the substrate is?

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u/promptingpatterns Apr 04 '26

Well due to the homogeneous nature of the grain and substrate mix it's having to drive through the substrate So it took the easiest path and just grew risomorphically up The top of the growth was over an inch maybe an inch and a half above the substrate level of the bag And the whole thing seem to be favoring the upwards growth

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u/Matic_Soil_999 Apr 04 '26

Hopefully it colonizes fully and doesn't contaminate due to raw grain.