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 mycelicious
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 my second grow, B+ and wollongong
#8370918 - 05/06/08 09:21 PM (6 months, 22 days ago) |
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Hi everyone! New to the boards, but not new to the shroomery so much. I have done one grow before, verm/brf tek of some B+. I now have a batch of 6 B+ jars and 6 Wollongong. Jars are about 30% colonized at this point, with a few weaker and a few stronger.
Everyone already knows a lot about B+, so I want to try and shed some light on the Wollies. I can definitely say that the Wollongong are a quick-growing strain, with more strand-like mycelium than the fuzzy crap. It seems that the Wolly jars are colonizing a bit faster than the B+. Temperature is around 85-90 and in relative darkness. I say relative because I have let them have the smallest bit of indirect light.
I plan on casing both strains and keeping them under the same conditions for easy comparison. Im also keeping a log of activity and how each is coming along.
I made prints from my first grow, and I definitely plan on doing it again this time around. So if anyone wants a print afterward, let me know. Last time I just made the prints on construction paper. Any input on a better medium or whatever would be appreciated, as there seem to be a lot of experienced mycologists around here.
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8370935 - 05/06/08 09:24 PM (6 months, 22 days ago) |
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I would like to get a print of those Wollongong and even B+. Just let me know when you have prints and Ill trade you.
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: TheShroomJew23]
#8370955 - 05/06/08 09:28 PM (6 months, 22 days ago) |
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Print them to aluminum foil.
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: creekfreek]
#8371088 - 05/06/08 09:58 PM (6 months, 22 days ago) |
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thanks creekfreek, will do!
shroomjew23, I'll make prints from the first flush and let you know when I do.
I'll keep updating this thread too, and I plan on buying a macro lens for my camera soon, so I should have some real up-close pics 
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8371351 - 05/06/08 10:59 PM (6 months, 22 days ago) |
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wollys are great! with proper conditions they grow very fat and heavy.
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: aerofanbig]
#8374379 - 05/07/08 06:50 PM (6 months, 22 days ago) |
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Alright, got some unexpected news today... I have to travel for work and don't know how long I'll be gone. It could be anywhere from a week to two weeks.
What I am planning on doing is putting the jars in the fridge while I'm gone to slow things down. What I would like to know is if anyone knows if it will have a negative effect on yield. I don't see it being bad, as long as the fridge isn't too cold.
Any input on this?
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8374455 - 05/07/08 07:11 PM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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well first you should lower your temps since the mycelium makes some heat on its own so lower the temp to 75 in your tub. it should take about 2 weeks to finish colonizing so i would just leave them in the incubator.
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mycelicious
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8374939 - 05/07/08 08:57 PM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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thanks, I'll do that!
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8375014 - 05/07/08 09:16 PM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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damb where did you get the wollongong. I was owed one from someone and i never got it, dose a vendor have one ?
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8375031 - 05/07/08 09:19 PM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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Wollongong, huh? 
There are way too many cube strains out there these days. With the exception of a few(PE, PF, KSSS, albinos), they all look the same to me. Maybe they are 
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: FooMan]
#8375051 - 05/07/08 09:25 PM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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Quote:
FooMan said:
Wollongong, huh?
There are way too many cube strains out there these days. With the exception of a few(PE, PF, KSSS, albinos), they all look the same to me. Maybe they are
its the truth, they are the same- but i want a print from the shrooms in farmer joes field and a print from the shrooms in farmer johns feild.
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Back the tape up. I need it again!
Let it roll! Just as high as the
fucker can go! And when it comes
to that fantastic note where the
rabbit bites its own head off, I
want you to THROW THAT FUCKING
RADIO INTO THE TUB WITH ME!
Not me. It would blast you through
the wall stone dead in ten
seconds and they'd make me explain
VVVVV Free Myco Thread
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Re: my second grow, B+ and Wollongong [Re: grod31]
#8375055 - 05/07/08 09:26 PM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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oh yeah BTW Wollongong is the name of a town in Australia were it was found originally
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Back the tape up. I need it again!
Let it roll! Just as high as the
fucker can go! And when it comes
to that fantastic note where the
rabbit bites its own head off, I
want you to THROW THAT FUCKING
RADIO INTO THE TUB WITH ME!
Not me. It would blast you through
the wall stone dead in ten
seconds and they'd make me explain
VVVVV Free Myco Thread
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: grod31]
#8375636 - 05/07/08 11:44 PM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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Quote:
grod31 said:
damb where did you get the wollongong. I was owed one from someone and i never got it, dose a vendor have one ?
I got it from sporelab.com
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8376445 - 05/08/08 03:49 AM (6 months, 21 days ago) |
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heh i live not far from the gong. didn't realise that cubes would grow that far south, but i guess they grow in tassie so why not?
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8589017 - 07/02/08 07:55 PM (4 months, 27 days ago) |
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Well, it's been a while, as I had to put the operation on hold while I was away on a business trip for 3 weeks. But things are coming along now.
At this point I have 2 tupperware casings of dimensions 12"x6". One of them has about ten fully-grown mushrooms on it, as tall as 5 inches. Now I don't believe these to be as big as they could be. I think I patched the casing too soon. The second one, however, I let grow out for a few extra days, and it is almost completely covered in nice looking knots. I expect only a day or two and I will see some pins poking through.
I also had a third casing that got contams somehow 
I tossed the part that had contams and anything around it for a couple inches. So I have half of a casing left that I transplanted to another container. The jury's still out on that one, we'll see if it recovers or not.
I also have 8 cakes that are in various stages of progress right now. Some of these, I dunked and rolled, and some I did not, so I could compare yields. They were all dunked, but only some were rolled.
Now onto the pics!
The somewhat so-far successful casing (it's my first, don't hate on the overlay, if it is in fact overlay!)
Look at this guy, the cap is turning purple! Haven't seen that before!
One of the good cakes, so far
Another one
And, my really good casing that I have high hopes for (no pun intended) 
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8589028 - 07/02/08 07:58 PM (4 months, 27 days ago) |
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One more thing...
This is one of my Wollongong cakes, and it appears to have stalled or something... the mushrooms just stopped growing and have taken on a greyish color...
any advice or input?
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: mycelicious]
#8589197 - 07/02/08 08:51 PM (4 months, 27 days ago) |
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That cap is turning purple because the mushroom that grew next to it a bit taller had dropped spores and they landed on the cap.
Nothing to worry about, just a bunch of spores.
Other than that, you got a nice grow goin on.
Peace.
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: creekfreek]
#8589475 - 07/02/08 09:59 PM (4 months, 27 days ago) |
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I'm not positive, but maybe that Wollongong cake's fruits are turning that color because they are starting to rot.
Not positive tho.
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: Metatron21]
#8589609 - 07/02/08 10:38 PM (4 months, 27 days ago) |
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For some reason I cant get the pic to expand, but it looks like they might have gotten wet and stalled.
I just pic them and throw them in the compost bin when they look like this.
Maybe RR would have a better answer to this question.
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Re: my second grow, B+ and wollongong [Re: creekfreek]
#8593290 - 07/03/08 10:32 PM (4 months, 26 days ago) |
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Quote:
creekfreek said:
That cap is turning purple because the mushroom that grew next to it a bit taller had dropped spores and they landed on the cap.
Nothing to worry about, just a bunch of spores.
Other than that, you got a nice grow goin on.
Peace.
Thanks man!
The thing is, they're so far away from each other... There's no way they just 'drop' spores, they've gotta be shooting them! To have gone that far, when both mushrooms are really almost about the same size! I'm baffled!
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