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Roadkill
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Registered: 12/11/01
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Loc: Montana

horse poo tek pictorial

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#723303 - 07/04/02 07:17 PM (24 years, 2 months ago)

Its been awhile since I have posted anything.
So I thought I?d do a start to finnish pictorial of the horse poo tek so you could follow along.

First thing you want is dried out horse poo.
If you can only get fresh horse poo....dry it out yourself!
I dry mine out on a tarp like this....if its too wet.

Then you want to load what ever amount your gonna need into a pillow case.
I usually do 4 pans worth at a time.....fits in the large pot real nice....is why.

Hopefully you will have a large pot like this.

I use a divot in the bottom of the pot....you should get one or a towel for the bottom of the pot.....the pillow case might burn on the bottom of the pot.

Tie off the pillow case.....Put it in a big ass pot.

put purified or mineral water in the pot....tap water is fine if you have good quality tap water.
Get a weight to hold the pillow case down....I use a 25 pound weight lifting weight.
get a candy thermometer.....you?ll need one....most grocery stores have it.

turn the stove on and get it up to 160 to 175 degrees.
make sure by checking the candy thermometer.

this is called pasturizing. ....don?t go over 175 degrees.
do this for 30 to 40 minutes.
after you are done.....let it cool down.
then ring the pillow case out into the pot.
after some good ringing out.....throw the pillow case into the sink to drain.
If you wait just a few hours to continue....make sure that the poo is cool...after it is cool.....proceed.
I leave the pillow case in the sink over night now....seems to work better!
Now that the pillow case is done draining...open it up and check it.
It should be moist.....not runny.....hand squeeze it out if you have to.
you can wash your hands later if you don?t like icky stuff....doesn?t bother me.
Get some large alum Bread pans from the store.....they are like 2 for $1.79.
Fill the bread pan with 3" to 4" of the poo.

**note ***** I have switched to using large black plastic pans.....since the Alum pans don?t hold up well....they get holes in them from a chemical reaction. *****

Alum pan with horse poo.

Now get your BRF jars or other substrate.

Take a PF cake and put it in a food processor...and hit the start button a few times.
break the cake or cakes up into little peices....don?t over do it...or you will get putty.

I?m using 2 cakes per casing....spawn ratio can be 10 to1.....but more substrate = faster colonization.

Mini food processor....works great!

Broken up cake in food processor.

make sure you don?t make putty!!!

Dump the broken up cake or cakes into the horse poo.

*** You will get thousands of inoculation points to the poo by using a food processor....cause the substrate will be well broken up and spread out more ***

If you don't have a food processor.....
break the cake up by hand or use a cheese grater.

but if you break the cakes up by hand...make sure that they are broken up really small.

Then spawn the cake into the poo that is in the bread pan.....mix it up really good.

Mixed up BRF cake in poo!

If you want.....you can spawn with Grain, Birseed....etc.
Doesn?t have to be a BRF cake.

Here is some Rye Grain

I just take a long Ice Tea spoon and sterilize it and spoon the grain out onto the poo.

Then you mix it all up really good!!!

Grain mixed into the poo! I used 1 quart per casing.

Cover up the pan with Alum foil after you have mixed in the substrate with the poo.
Take a fork and punch little holes in several places.....like 9 places in the Alum foil though out the top.

Alum foil over pan with holes punched in from a fork.

Your gonna need an incubator.

Stick your casings in the incubator.

.....and you should see growth in a day or 2.
Now you sit back and wait for the horse poo to fully colonize.

***Update July 7th, 2002***
Casings are colonizing really nice.

Puerto Rican update 7-7-02.... some nice growth.

Keepers Creeper Casing #1 update 7-7-02....some nice growth.

Keepers Creeper Casing #2 update 7-7-02....some nice growth.

Keepers Creeper Casing #3 update 7-7-02....some nice growth.

Keepers Creeper Casing #4 update 7-7-02....this one seems to be slower.

***Update July 9th, 2002***
Casings are colonizing really nice.

Puerto Rican update 7-9-02....looking good!

Keepers Creeper Casing #1 update 7-9-02....looking good!

Keepers Creeper Casing #2 update 7-9-02....looking good!

Keepers Creeper Casing #3 update 7-9-02....looking good!

Keepers Creeper Casing #3 update 7-9-02.... Still behind the others!

***Update July 12th, 2002***
Casings are colonizing really nice.....will put them in the fruiting chamber tomorrow morning.

Puerto Rican update 7-12-02....Ready to fruit!

Keepers Creeper Casing #1 update 7-12-02....Ready to fruit!

Keepers Creeper Casing #2 update 7-12-02....Ready to fruit!

Keepers Creeper Casing #3 update 7-12-02....Ready to fruit!

Keepers Creeper Casing #4 update 7-12-02....Not ready yet....couple more days.

After you get the whole pan of poo colonized you can case it with a Coco Coir casing or any casing layer you want.....or you can let it fruit in the fruiting chamber without a casing layer..... a casing layer can be better!

You would leave the container in the incubator if you put a top casing layer on.
Be careful with PR, Keepers Creeper, South American, F+...aka Floriduh White and any fast colonizing strains....if you leave them in the incubator too long with a casing layer on they will overlay.

I?d like to thank Anno for allowing me to upload this all up in one giant swoop.....for your viewing pleasure.

The BRF cakes are Puerto Rican......that was spawned into the horse poo....2 cakes were used for the casing.
The Rye Grain is Keepers Creeper.....there are 4 casings of this.....1 quart of Rye grain was used for each casing.

I will be adding pictures here and there to make this a more visual experience.
I?ll add more pictures of the horse poo being pasturized and such.
So look up here as I will be editing and adding to this post.....not down below in another post.

I will also be adding pictures as the horse poo is colonizing....so look up above.

enjoy!

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Laterz, Road

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