> My understanding is the benefit of uncle ben is its reliability for beginners, not so much yield or quality. This. - You get sterilized substrate, which req

> My understanding is the benefit of uncle ben is its reliability for beginners, not so much yield or quality. This. - You get sterilized substrate, which requires special equipment to produce on your own (large enough pressure cooker, mainly). - Sterilizing rye is a bit of an art. Not too mushy, not too hard, properly sterilized, get the moisture right. Might take a couple of attempts. - Financial investment is negligible either way. - You’re hedging your contamination bets with 200g packs, because creating lab conditions at home isn’t that easy. (Plenty of tutorials claim it is, and then show you their special mushroom tent, which you won’t recognize as a beginner, and then you wonder why you’ve got orange fluff a month later.)