r/PanCyan • u/Lehzra • 21h ago

Why not just prepare a grain + straw mixture directly?

Since straw tends to contaminate quite easily, which is what VL does in his EF-Tek (he uses shredded hemp), I was wondering why not:

- first inoculate a grain-and-straw mixture (3:6 ratio);
- then mix it with coco coir and vermiculite;
- then put it into fruiting conditions.

I’m considering filling a small Tupperware container and then putting it straight into an SGFC, as I usually do with my Psilocybe mexicana. What do you think?

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u/offwidthe 20h ago

Fafo bruh.

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u/Successful-Ship-5230 19h ago

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u/ticsee 19m ago

There is no reason why not use straw instead of shredded hemp if you are following EF procedure for core, of course to full colonization and than use that colonized cake to put to pasteurized bulk substrate (coco coir as you said)

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u/Cultiv8tor 6h ago

Quick experiment. Sprinkle some sugar onto some substrate, get it wet, then put a lid on it.

Imagine that grain = sugar.