Since i had no sawdust i tried the reishi on pelletized horse food. This is no easy task, as I have tried this before with cubies and its very prone to contamination. I think its because of mollases they use to make the pellets. Anyway I had to rinse the sub with water really well to get most of it out.
I had no jars at the time so i made myself some myco bags from vegetable bags from the supermarket. I have a home made bag sealer, but still it was not easy cause i had to resize the bags and sometimes they dont end up very well sealed. This caused some bags to contaminate.
Ok so I loaded my PC and sterilized the sub for 2 hours at 15 PSI and let cool overnight. 1 Bag ripped from a bad seal. The rest seemed OK. So I spawned inside my glovebox. I used 3 bamboo sticks per bag.
The bags colonized in about 8 days average. I lost some to contamination from mold and some bacteria as some of the bags had small pores due to bad sealing. My bad. At 100% colonization I made a square cut on the side of each bag and put in the FC.
After a couple of days I could see the Reishi fruits starting to form on the openings. Its so fast at first. Then it slowed down a bit, but they are still growing.
Im gonna put some pics in the best possible order for you to see the development.
