Grow Kit Colonization Guide (2024)

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Grow Kit Colonization Guide? ›

If your grow kit isn't fully colonized, please store it between 65 and 75°F (18-24°C) and check on the mycelium every few days until at least 80% of the bag is covered. It's a good idea to place the most colonized size towards the circular cutout in the box before following the rest of the directions.

You will store you bag until it is 20-40% colonized (20-40% covered in white mycelium). If Using Liquid Culture: Store your bag for about 1-3 weeks. If Using Spores: Store your bag for about 2-4 weeks.

After inoculation, the spawn needs time to grow through the substrate. This process is called incubation. Incubation starts with leap off, which is the moment when the mycelium initially leaps off the spawn onto the new substrate. This typically occurs around four days after inoculation.

Colonization occurs after inoculation. This is when the mycelium will start to take over the grain that was inoculated with spores. This period usually lasts between 3 to 6 weeks depending on strain and environmental conditions. Ideal conditions for this phase are in a dark place and temperature between 72 F – 80 F.

When we say "fully colonized", it doesn't necessarily mean that every single inch of the grow bag is full of mycelium. It's fine to fruit the bag when it's 80-90% covered in white. It's common for the bottom of the bag colonize last.

Signs of healthy mycelial growth include a robust, white, web-like structure covering the substrate. It's essential to regularly check for full colonization; the substrate should appear fully white and consolidated, indicating that it's ready for the next stage of the cultivation process.

Radial growth of the mycelium was faster under dark incubation rather than under light incubation.

Keep your spawn bags in a warm, dark spot (75-77 degrees optimally) and try to leave it alone! Spawn bags colonize from the inside out so you will most likely won't see any mycelium growth for 7-14 days.

The first stage of mushroom pinning looks like tiny little bumps starting to form on the surface of the mycelium covering your mushroom substrate.

What makes mycelium grow faster? ›

Here are some key factors: 1. Temperature: The optimal temperature for mycelium growth is usually between 24-27°C. 2. Humidity: High humidity levels (around 95-100%) are ideal for mycelium growth.

7-10 days later your monotub should be well colonized with a layer of white mycelium and barely any soil visible. It is ready to fruit.

Infection means that germs are in or on the body and make you sick, which results in signs and symptoms such as fever, pus from a wound, a high white blood cell count, diarrhea, or pneumonia. Colonization means germs are on the body but do not make you sick. People who are colonized will have no signs or symptoms.

7-10 days later your monotub should be well colonized with a layer of white mycelium and barely any soil visible. It is ready to fruit.

While mycelium is typically white and filamentous, contamination generally takes the form of green, blue, gray, or black patches or discolorations in your substrate.