Those were my best bags so far but I found it harder to deal with the bags then anything so far. I think I actually got to talk to the Cordyceps dude you have mentioned previously on here via the Cordy FB chat. He seems smart AF and if bags full of Oats gets you more Sq Ft of surface growth (side chunks are still wicked good -i get a whole harvest underneath my tubs) ..Then Oats is probably the best way.
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02 Jan 09:15
Benjamin Harder I am not sure as to why it happens but I know that from a 10ml master I can make up to 10- 250 ml LC and those are always good to expand ONCE more and after that they get strange looking. I also have found Peptone in general to create what I think is mutants but in wicked small amounts it is possibly helping my tub grows.
Khan Parks definitely got the length of expansion down AF and I just follow what I've seen him do. Alex Dorr is the man.
As for different substrates Jeff at Appalachian gold has been experimenting with the berries. OM uses like 6lb of Oats. I've heard Ryan Paul Gates uses Sorghum. Not sure. It's definitely possible to use probably whatever within the regular cereal grains just do tests on the grains. I always refer to RR's methods for no soak no simmer similar to his Rye Grass Seed cooks.
I do think that extra nutrition in the sub gives me waaaaay bigger perfect looking Cordyceps Militaris monsters