Awesome info, thank you!

So if I were to lay my jars on their sides, this would increase the surface area and, in theory, increase yield?  That is pretty nifty!

So you let your jars sit for at least 6 months?  How long can they go for? Eventually they will run out of space and substrate otherwise they could go for quite a while I'd imagine.

I was thinking I'd leave mine for at least 4 months because my girlfriend's birthday is in November and she has never had the pleasure of having a potent psilocin/psilocybin journey. I mean she has had mushrooms before but never anything decent.  Once I tried my own homegrown, I never want to get them from anywhere else because it just isn't worth it.  :d

But I may just wait a full 6 months. It doesn't really matter, I'm a patient fellow! And the reward and sense of accomplishment at the end of a grow is well worth the wait!!!