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 Sitar
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Hi, I used to be a regular here years ago with a different name.
Anyway, after a few years of not growing mushrooms, I decided to get back into it and chose to get some of these substrate bags as an easy, quick way to get some crops going again.
Sporeworks did a great job at getting out my order quickly. However, the bags look awfully dry.
On March 24, I inoculated one bag with 7cc spore solution. Today, there's only a tiny bit of germination. Again, I think the whole thing looks way too dry, but hopefully these will work.
I'll keep everyone updated on how these bags work.
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Carlito
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 Re: felix [Re: Sitar]
#8214235 - 03/30/08 12:13 PM (8 months, 1 day ago) |
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The substrate is not as dry as it looks. I guarantee you that if you took a handful and squeezed it you'd get some water from it. The best substrates have moisture contained within the ingredients, not sitting at the bottom of the bag or showing signs of excessive condensation.
As far as the amount of germination is concerned, if you inoculated the bag into the rye patch, not on the surface, but into the rye patch, you will have a lot more growth than you can see. This is the reason why liquid cultures are the recommended source for inoculation. You have to allow the rye patch to colonize prior to mixing or you may end up slowing things down.
In the future, I highly recommend preparing a liquid culture and using it to inoculate your substrate.
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Sitar
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Re: felix [Re: Carlito]
#8221133 - 03/31/08 06:55 PM (8 months, 10 hours ago) |
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OK, that first bag is looking great today. There's a significant amount of germination now. A second bag inoculated on the 28th already has some good germination as well, so it looks as though these bags may be a success.
I'm taking some pictures as things go along, so I may post those as I see fit and things progress.
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acommunistspy
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Re: felix [Re: Sitar]
#8221423 - 03/31/08 08:08 PM (8 months, 9 hours ago) |
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i inoculated on the 26th and i think it's starting to have tiny bits of germination.. why does everyone's always go faster than mine lol.
also, i inoculated everywhere with ~5cc.. as in little squirts around the edges, on top, and into the rye patch. it is okay right?
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Sitar
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Well... It looks like these bags are all germinating and colonizing wonderfully. It appears as though some spores have actually germinated on the manure itself, so that's cool.
I'm disappointed that no one else has posted any real stories about using these so far, and certainly no pictures yet, so I guess I'll have to be the one to really tell the story of how well these bags work.
I will keep you all updated with how things turn out, and I'll provide more details about everything once there's something to really show.
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Re: felix [Re: Sitar]
#8231582 - 04/02/08 11:52 PM (7 months, 29 days ago) |
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The only story I have with these bags is that I got contam after two weeks.
I will order a few more in the future though, it is really a great idea
and I think they will work out great if you do it right (which i thought I did.)
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ApeBaboon
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Re: felix [Re: bmiles]
#8233031 - 04/03/08 11:31 AM (7 months, 28 days ago) |
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what sort of contams did you get?
what temp are you all keeping your bags at?
what spores did you decide to go with?
are you introducing any sort of light?
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acommunistspy
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lol. so far, all my spores have germinated everywhere except for on rye haha. it seems to be doing very well just on the manure?
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ApeBaboon
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have you mixed yet? how far along are you? how many bags?
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ApeBaboon
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does anyone keep their bags between 75 and 78 degrees?
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acommunistspy
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mine's ~75 if that helps.
it's been 10 days, 2 bags, will mix in a couple o days i think.
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dill705
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I'm ordering mine tomorrow.
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bmiles
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I got some green mold.
I used equador.
Temperature was room temp, you are NOT
supposed to incubate these bags.
Yes there was some indirect light from
a window.
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Re: felix [Re: bmiles]
#8240208 - 04/04/08 09:52 PM (7 months, 27 days ago) |
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I mixed the first bag last night, as it had at least 60% of the rye colonized already and it's already showing signs of recovery, so that's great.
A second bag inoculated on the 28th is ready to be mixed as well, although I will wait until tomorrow to do it.
Mine have been kept at around 72 to 75 degrees F. Everything seems to be coming along fine.
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Re: Sporeworks: New manure based Signature Substrate bags from Cultivating Concepts [Re: oysterguy63]
#8249311 - 04/07/08 01:43 AM (7 months, 25 days ago) |
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do shroomery members get a sporeworks discount?
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Re: Sporeworks: New manure based Signature Substrate bags from Cultivating Concepts [Re: thedudenj]
#8249761 - 04/07/08 08:33 AM (7 months, 24 days ago) |
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good question
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Re: Sporeworks: New manure based Signature Substrate bags from Cultivating Concepts [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8250125 - 04/07/08 10:41 AM (7 months, 24 days ago) |
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We should. All the positive talk we generate about that place, granted they deserve it, but I think there should be a discount if there isn't already.
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Incarceration - $30 billion/yr
Police protection - $9.1 billion/yr
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Re: Sporeworks: New manure based Signature Substrate bags from Cultivating Concepts [Re: dill705]
#8250137 - 04/07/08 10:43 AM (7 months, 24 days ago) |
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like............. 75% off
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Re: Sporeworks: New manure based Signature Substrate bags from Cultivating Concepts [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8250154 - 04/07/08 10:48 AM (7 months, 24 days ago) |
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i think we do have one still no reply eh
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Re: Sporeworks: New manure based Signature Substrate bags from Cultivating Concepts [Re: thedudenj]
#8250162 - 04/07/08 10:50 AM (7 months, 24 days ago) |
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they are a busy co.
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