the sterilization risks is what bugs me.
once i have the cake i should be fine and i'll know what to do from then but it's just getting to that point.
So when my spores arrive, i'm going to make my glove box, i have to wash it with alcohol, then spray it with oust. Scrape the spores into a shot glass then suck them up with a syringe. I kinda get that.
But the shroomery is telling me to make a liquid culture and i think that will just complicate the process especially as i don't want to make a lot, just a bit for me and my friends for now and i'll sell later in the year
how long will spores last suspended in a solution in a syringe?
without the liquid culture, i have to make a vermiculite and brown rice mix and put that into a jar and then pressure cook it for an hour. then syringe my spores into that then i'm play the waiting game. once the glasses are white i dunk them, roll them with vermiculite and watch the shrooms grow.
I think i'm just scared to fuck up because if i don't do anything right then i'll have to wait for more spores to arrive in the mail