All-In-One Bag Instructions - Booming Acres (2024)

Choose and clean your work area. If you’re using a still air box, clean the inside thoroughly, wiping the inside surface and lid with 70% isopropyl alcohol or bleach wipes. If you are not working in a still air box, choose a room with little to no air movement. Clean the surface you’re working on, then clean the outside of the bag including the black injection port.

Allow your syringe tip to cool from red hot. DO NOT WIPE OR TOUCH THE NEEDLE WITH ANYTHING. After the syringe is no longer red, wait about 3 seconds, then insert into the rubber injection port.

Once inside the port, inject 2-4cc of genetic material into your bag moving your needle around as you inject. If you inject more than 2-4cc that is fine, but it is unnecessary. If using only 1 bag for your syringe, you can inject up to 10cc of genetic material, though this is unnecessary.

Once your grain is between 50-80% colonized (white) break up the colonized grain thoroughly, and begin mixing into the substrate layer. It may help to lay the bag flat on its side and roll the material to mix. Once thoroughly mixed, hold your bag by the top portion and shake to get the material stuck in the top loose, pat the bottom of the bag to help dislodge anything remaining.

Some material will remain which is alright as long as there’s no grains lingering above. Once all your material is back at the bottom of the bag, place on a surface and slightly press on the top and sides to slightly compact your substrate block.

Patience is key here. If you inject your genetic material and don’t see any growth after 2 weeks, wait 2 more weeks! Don’t fiddle with your bag every other day. Mycelium grows in extremely small fiberous strands, by picking up and moving the bag you risk damaging the strands of growth, repeatedly damaging the growth will cause it to stall and stop growing. After injecting leave the bag alone for a minimum of 2 weeks before looking at it.

We do not warranty other vendor’s genetics except for fullcanopygentics.com If genetics that you added to the bag do not grow or grow poorly, you would want to contact the vendor you purchased the genetic material from.

Allow your substrate to colonize. This can again take anywhere from 2-4 weeks. You want to keep your bag in the same conditions as before, 70-75°F in darkness. Once fully colonized, you can do a few different things.

Between all the methods of fruiting, you want to set your project in an area between 68-70 degrees, with a light on a 12 on 12 off cycle nearby. This will help to initiate fruiting.

The easiest and first recommended way to fruit your bag is to leave it be. Lower the temperature, get a light on a 12/12 cycle nearby, and leave the bag to fruit on its own. No need to modify the bag or handle it, just let the bag fruit. Each subsequent method of fruiting we list can be attempted if fruits are not seen after 2 weeks.

The next method is to cut the top seal of your bag, allowing fresh air to get into your bag. This will signal to your bag where fresh air is coming from, allow CO2 to leave the bag, and give your mycelium fresh air which will initiate fruiting. If you do this, you will need to mist the top portion of the bag at least once a day, and you may want to keep the bag inside of a plastic tote to ensure the mycelium in the bag does not dry out or get too much fresh air.
If growing oyster or lions mane mushrooms, the best option is to cut 2 1-2 inch crossing lines forming an X into the short sides of your bag (avoid cutting in too deep, you’re just cutting the plastic, not the substrate itself), then fold the top of your bag over, pushing the air inside out. This will allow your mushrooms to fruit from the holes you cut instead of from the top of the block, resulting in better looking fruits. Doing this method you will want to spray the holes you cut 2-3 times a day with a misting of water to ensure nothing dries out. This method you can do in an area with medium to low air movement, or inside of a tote box.

The next method you can try is removing the bag entirely and fruiting your bag as a cake. Remove the bag, and place your block inside of a tub lined with moist perlite to maintain humidity in the tub. Give your block fresh air at least 2 times a day now by fanning the top of the tote pushing fresh air into it. You don’t want a lot of air movement because this will dry your fruits out, but you want them to be able to breath.

If top fruiting (the top seal of the bag has been cut) you want to have humidity on the sides of the bag above your substrate. If you do not see this humidity, mist the inside of your bag once a day with a spray bottle, but don’t spray the surface directly. If side fruiting, once you see your fruits beginning to form, mist them once or twice daily depending on how much airflow you have. You do not want your fruits to become dry, but you do not want them to be overly wet. For the cake method, make sure humidity is on the sides of the tote, if there’s not mist the sides, but don’t directly spray the block.

Typically mushrooms can be harvested by grabbing the base of the fruit, twisting and pulling in one motion. This can cause a bit of the substrate to come detached with your fruits, so some people prefer to use scissors to cut the base of the mushroom. Either method is fine. Once you have harvested, you can dispose of your block in your garbage or (preferably) in a compost pile/container.

Another option is to dunk your substrate. If you top fruited your bag, you can fill your bag with cold water until the top of the substrate is covered, let sit for 1 hour, then drain and repeat step 8. If you side fruited your bag, you can place your bag in a bowl or pan, fill that with water, then let sit for 1 hour, remove the block, then drain through the side hole you previously cut, then repeat step 8. Second flushes are typically much smaller (50% or less) than the first flush.