Skip to content
Search Research & Safety EN · UA

Free tool · used 48,210 times

Substrate & spawn calculator

Exact spawn, substrate and water amounts for any container — plus expected yield and a day-by-day timeline.

Your grow

Buckets are filled to the depth you set, capped at the container volume.

1 : 4

Your recipe

66 L monotub · 10 cm
Grain spawn
–kg
Coco coir
–g
Vermiculite
–L
Water
–L
Expected yield (3 flushes)–
Biological efficiency–

Timeline · – days

    Methodology: ratios from 212 logged grows in our community + published BE data. Always follow sterile technique.

    Preview values. The coefficients in this calculator (densities, water ratios, biological efficiency, colonisation days) are placeholders that must be validated against our grow logs before launch.

    Matched to your inputs

    Everything you need for a 66 L monotub grow

    Reader-supported: as an Amazon Associate Psilobase earns from qualifying purchases. It never affects our scores. How we test →

    Best overall

    Lion's Mane Grow Kit — organic, ready to fruit

    Testing in progress

    Full test notes land once we've finished testing this one.

    Draft · no Amazon link
    Best overall

    Blue Oyster Grain Spawn, 1 kg

    Testing in progress

    Full test notes land once we've finished testing this one.

    Draft · no Amazon link
    Best overall

    Blue Oyster Bucket Kit, 5 L

    Testing in progress

    Full test notes land once we've finished testing this one.

    Draft · no Amazon link
    Editor's choice

    Digital hygrometer & thermometer

    Testing in progress

    Full test notes land once we've finished testing this one.

    Draft · no Amazon link

    How it works

    The maths behind the recipe

    Container footprint × depth gives the bed volume (capped at the container size). The spawn ratio splits that volume into grain spawn and substrate; coir expands about 7× per brick; the ratio also sets colonisation speed (1 : 2 fastest, 1 : 10 cheapest). Yield = dry substrate mass × the species' biological efficiency.

    Embed this calculator

    Free for blogs & forums with a credit link — our best backlink engine.