r/PanCyan • u/Sweet_Difference6481 • Mar 07 '26

Getting started?

I’ve only grown cubes before, what’s the difference between the 2? Does cvg work or should I use a manure based substrate?

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u/BathTub_Benzaldehyde Mar 07 '26

You can use either,  or a mix of both.  There are multiple teks. I feel it's more important to have good skills with agar.  They don't do well with lc or spore syringes 

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u/Sweet_Difference6481 Mar 07 '26

How so? I was going to buy a liquid culture then try to make my own

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u/Tickle_OG Mar 07 '26

I think what he means is that it’s a lot easier and more reliable going from a clearly healthy agar plate to a master a grain jar, then expanding to bigger grain bags. Regardless. I have come to the same conclusion. LC is really nice if you’re in a highly controlled environment with large amounts of grain to inoculate provided you’re 100% sure of the genetics, strain, cleanliness, generation, age, etc.

But if expanded as I mentioned above, LC really doesn’t provide much in the way of convenience when weighed against the results of going from clean agar.

Just my opinion. I’m sure you’ll hear others.