OK, I am going to document this here, in case anyone wants to check out an easy and relatively cheap way to grow your favorite mushrooms.
A little background... I grow green plants and have since the 80's. I few years ago I started going to Lockn' (music festival in VA) and got back into shrooms, unexpectedly, lol.
I decided to try my hand at growing and bought a "kit". It had all kinds of tubs, heaters lights, etc- all garbage I did not need. I read up on the BRF Tek and had some success and some total failures, hehe. But, I was learning along the way and don't regret a minute of it. Then came my interest in "bulk" growing.
I again bought a "kit", but not like the stupid one I initially used. This came with 2 rye berry bags, sterilized with self healing injection points in the bag. I knocked them up with some B+ and Teachers and followed the directions for then colonizing the mushroom compost. This was 5 pounds, also in sterilized bags and was shipped later, so it was fresh. The info for this can be found here:
Kit:
https://www.shroomsupply.com/mushroom-grow-kits/mushroom-cultivation-kits
Directions:
https://www.shroomsupply.com/easiest-mushroom-grow-kit-instructions
I also bought the casing material.
Once the bags of grain/compost mixture were ready for pinning, I took them carefully out of the bags and put them in a clear tote with 1 inch holes, filled with poly. I ended up with 6 holes, 2 in front and 2 in back, with one on each side.
Later I put down a some foam (actually, the leftover stuff from clone machine inserts, to lift it off the tub a little. Not sure if it needed this step, but it lifted the cakes so they don't sit in water.) Above is the first flush and it produced 1.75 dried ounces.
I'm in the middle of the second flush right now:
This the same bunch after harvesting:
So, I think I really like this technique. So far, no contams, easy to use and cheap. I just ordered 2 more rye berry bags at $5.99 each. I'll order the compost once the new bags are ready and go with the same setup.
I hope this helps someone out there. I also am a member at shroomery, but I don't post there very much, lol. I figured it might help here, but no some much over there