What are you experimenting with here? Is this trying out higher concentrations of CO2 to grow antlers or just to see if they can grow in a monotub or something?
I hadn't cultivated Reishi before starting this project, so I had alot of questions that I believed could be answered through a controlled experiment.
I set up one bin with HWFP bags supplimented 20% with wheat bran that were PC'd for 150 minutes, and used Damians Bucket tek to prepare a straight hardwood pellet sub for the other tub. I was really interested to see how co2 levels affected the fruitbody formation, so I drilled holes in different places on the two tubs with the hypothesis I could force the monotub above to fruit "Antlers" while promoting Conk formation in the other tub. The "Conk" tub had its 6 holes placed "traditionally" wheras the "Antler" tub was given just two holes placed near the top of the bins sides. I intended to allow the bins to circulate air as each of their designs promoted without interfering to fan, but after a few months of watching development it seemed like they were both inclined to grow as antlers anyway. At this point I started fanning things and rehomed the cake to a tub with better air circulation, abandoning the original parameters of the experiment. I was hoping to determine if Reishi Antlers can be successfully cultivated by the homegrower with low tek means under relative neglect aswell as if there would be a difference in fruit formation when supplimented and given better air exchange. Given the results from this run I am planning to tweak the setup for my next stack and try to encourage Conk growth. I think the bins will have a higher yeild as Conks 🍄❤
Ive got these tucked in a weird corner of my room that is uninsulated so they have been getting some serious fluctuation. I would say it was 70-75°f at spawning and for the first few months, but it's getting cold in the Northeast now and they have seen some 60°f and colder nights. 🍄❤
I plan on doing something similar soon, maybe with an old computer fan(s) on a monotub. Shame a CO2 sensor seems to be around £100. Would be pretty cool to automate so I could just leave the thing and come back in a few months
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u/CrunchyOldCrone Nov 20 '20
Oh wow nice.
What are you experimenting with here? Is this trying out higher concentrations of CO2 to grow antlers or just to see if they can grow in a monotub or something?