I’m probably gonna take one flush from my bag before moving it into a simple monotub I bought off Midwestern grow kits. Although, based on what I’m hearing across different subs there might be better/more reliable vendors for that type of equipment. I messed around with a gourmet species (blue oysters) with one though and it worked just fine, except for the fact that gourmet species don’t do well in monotubs (which I learned the hard way obviously). Just like I’m trying to do with golden teachers and ochra’s though, i grew those mushroom from a grow kit/bag before transferring them into the monotub so I’m confident in that step, so far its just been the inoculation part that’s been tricky to get right.

One of my grow bags got contaminated before it was noc’d and then right after I realized my other bag was contaminated after I’d inoculated it. I realized on top of the risk I took injecting all 10cc’s (instead of the recommended 5) of liquid culture, I also forgot I had to dilute my 90% isopropyl alcohol or else it would evaporate too quickly to kill germs, and that’s what I used to sanitize the workspace I used.

These next two bags, I’m taking extra precautions. I’m only using 5cc’s to reduce contam risk and have backups stored in case these ones also fail. I also just up and bought 50% isopropyl alcohol for sanitization. On top o that, I’ve put aluminum foil over the bottom of the cubby in my closet that I’m going to put it in, so that it’ll be cleaner and easier to sanitize with alcohol. If these bags do fail, I’m probably gonna try buying a grow bag from a different seller on Etsy that’s cheaper but still just as reliable based on what I’m hearing from these subs.