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The very first time i ever grew mush was in a DISGUSTING and moldy old house.

The thing that needs to be clean is the substrate.

I actually do NOT advice buying an entire grow kit because its usually just dollar store quality shit u dont really need… trust me.

Like heating mats and aquarium pumps from china that will break in two seconds. Totally unnecessary. Grow kits will include stuff like a little LED light from china they are upselling u on. This is unnecessary and will probably break.

ALL OF THAT BEING SAID

I 100% advice buying the substrate pre sterilized. I buy sterilized jars from Midwest Grow Kits (again i dont suggest buying a whole kit tons of cheep china shit u dont need). I will say that some of the jars arrive broken but it works good enough for me and If I complained theyd probably send me a few more.

The hardest part is sterilizing the substrate, 100%.

Another opinion I have formed through my own experience is that for inoculating the jars all you need is an oven. If someone is interested ill explain the oven method for creating laminar flow.

I have NEVER had contamination issues using this method and like i said before the first time I did this in an absolutely filthy apartment infested with mold and i had no contamination issues with my jars.

People who try to build their own ‘still air’ chambers or sterile environments have such an outrageously high fail rate and it looks like so much effort for a really bad success rate.

I swear by the oven method but rarely hear people mention it….