Midwest's Black Cow Manure Substrate & Casing Mix - 5 lbs
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Midwest's Black Cow Manure Substrate & Casing Mix - 5 lbs
Description
Description
Midwest’s Black Cow Manure Based Bulk Substrate & Casing Mix – 5 lbs
Ready-to-Use • Fully Hydrated • Ultra-Composted • Ideal for Bulk Grows & Monotubs
Take your bulk grows to the next level with Midwest’s Black Cow Manure Based Bulk Substrate, a premium 5 lb blend made with ultra-composted dairy cow manure and carefully balanced ingredients for strong, consistent performance. This ready-to-use manure substrate arrives fully hydrated and properly balanced, making it an excellent choice for monotubs, trays, and other bulk growing methods.
Designed for growers looking for a rich, high-performance bulk substrate, this blend combines moisture retention, structure, and balanced pH support in one convenient bag. Simply mix with fully colonized grain spawn and you’re ready to go—no extra prep, no messy mixing, and no guesswork.
Why Growers Choose Black Cow
- Manure-Based Bulk Substrate – Made with ultra-composted dairy cow manure for growers who prefer a traditional manure-based bulk mix.
- Ready to Use – Fully hydrated and sealed for convenience, so you can go straight from colonized grain spawn to bulk mixing.
- Balanced for Performance – Formulated to provide the moisture, texture, and pH support needed for strong colonization and reliable bulk growing.
- Built for Monotubs & Trays – Ideal for monotubs, grow trays, and other bulk fruiting containers.
- Consistent Texture & Moisture – Carefully blended for even mixing and dependable results from bag to bag.
Premium Formula
Our Black Cow substrate blend is built for consistency and ease of use, combining moisture-retaining materials with pH-balancing minerals for a dependable bulk substrate you can trust.
- Ultra-composted dairy cow manure
- Coco coir
- Vermiculite
- Spring water
- Gypsum & hydrated lime
- Mineral buffer blend including calcium, magnesium, and sodium bicarbonate
How to Use It
For best results, mix your fully colonized grain spawn evenly into the substrate and place it into your monotub, tray, or bulk grow container. Allow the mixture to colonize before introducing fruiting conditions.
This 5 lb bag is a convenient size for smaller bulk grows and works especially well with grain spawn bags and colonized jars.
Recommended Usage
- 1 to 1.5 grain spawn bags per 5 lb bag
- About 3 quick-colonizing 24 oz jars per bag
- About 6 half-pint jars per bag
Real Results Using Black Cow
See what growers can achieve using Midwest’s Black Cow Manure Based Bulk Substrate in monotub and bulk grow setups.
Storage & Shelf Life
- Store sealed in a cool, dry place
- Best used within 45 days when stored at room temperature
- Do not freeze
Ideal For
- Monotub grows
- Bulk trays and fruiting chambers
- Growers using rye, 5-grain, or grain jars
- Anyone looking for a ready-to-use manure-based substrate
Let customers speak for us
I ordered 7 altogether so far, and every single one worked faster than expected. As you can see from the pics I got crazy growth in just 5 days from all of them!
I absolutely love the 28 quart monotubs. It lets me have 2 different grows going and since I'm a beginner, that helps in case one tub get contaminated or something goes wrong with one. I will still have a backup! Happy Growing! I know I am!
So far, I have no complaints. Everything was delivered on time packaged with care. I got everything set up now, i'm just crossing my fingers and hoping everything crosses the finish line.
10 pounds black cow casing, 3-32oz 5 grain jars fully colonized in mono-tub. Completely covered with mycelium and started fruiting condition on day 7.
Very happy with my purchase of Milo. Would recommend to anyone who is interested in making their own grain spawn.
The coco husk is perfect and it's a good price
Thanks for the amazing products and Great Service! Always my go to vendor for grain and substrate
Last week I got the brick to test drive for my microgreens, after using Fox Farm for over 3.5 years. As the rising costs of soil, the weight, the shipping cost and the covering per bag, we needed to find something else. After a couple of days searching I found the bricks from Midwest. I send an email to be sure that I can use it for my greens, signed up for subscription as it saved me 10 bucks and ordered a pack of 4. If it doesn't work well so it be, for 66 bucks, 120 bucks cheaper than the soil, there's not much to loose.
I was anxious, as I never used anything else than soil, your always be careful when changing to a different product.
Used 1 brick with water and was blown away immidiatly as I actually was getting almost 28 gallons of soil from 1 brick, astonishing. Okay now we plant and see if it's working and dam, I'm impressed!!! Greens came up 2 days faster than expected, the soil is the best i've got in years, they water intake is amazing as it holds it much longer than soil. The greens looked great and taste perfectly.
I counted that a pallet of 220 bricks for $1724 incl. shipping, could give me roughly estimated 26 gallon per brick, 5720 gallons which is 764cu.ft, I would need to buy 382 bags of soil to get the same amount of soil comparing to the bricks, I would need to order 8 pallets of soil which ends up incl. shipping at $17236,80 (shipping per pallet at $861). Considering that I get an awesome product that works 10 times better than soil, I also safe $15512,80 that I can invest in my company. I'm sold. The future looks brighter than ever as i stick with the bricks!!
I order everything here first so needless to say… but well deserved…
This company hands down is for mycology and the people!! I bet you bottom dollar I’ll order something or rather from Midwest within the week or 2🤑
WORKS WELL IM IMPRESSED THANK YOU MIDWEST YOIR THE BEST !!!!!☝️
Works great 👍
If contamination is a concern for you, this FFU is definitely worth the investment. With the Bonsai Laser Particulate/Contaminate Meter PM 2.5, I consistently got all 0's up to 5 feet away (only tested up to 5 feet), as long as I stayed within the 23" × 23" area in front of the filter. Outside that zone, particle counts are still very low.
Every thing went well !!! Beautiful mushrooms!!!!
