Every block starts as the same hardwood sawdust and bran mix, sterilized in a pressure vessel so nothing but our spawn gets a foothold. Colonization takes two to three weeks in the dark before a block is ready to fruit.
Fruiting is a shock on purpose - a drop in temperature and a jump in humidity that tells the mycelium conditions outside have changed. Each room runs its own recipe, because a lion’s mane wants different air than an oyster.
A single block flushes two or three times before it is spent, about ten days apart. Spent blocks go to a local compost operation rather than the trash.
