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OfflineKeel
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Dry jars
    #1053011 - 11/14/02 03:42 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

My first time cultivating, i think i screwed up on the measurements for water with the b.r.f./vermiculite/water formula. The jars look really dry. I've already inoculated them. Is there any way to get water into the jars now without contmainating them or should i just accept this and not make such a dumbass mistake next time.  :ooo: 


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053025 - 11/14/02 03:45 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

All of my jars "looked" dry... If you dont see growth in a lil while, you COULD if you HAVE to, squirt some sterilized water into them with a syringe. How much? I dont know. Will this work? I have no fukken clue. Good luck.


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053048 - 11/14/02 03:51 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Good idear Floyd, you can just resterlize a used syringe and squirt a few cc's of sterile water, or whatever seems just right, and it WILL work. Just take the same precaution as when you first innoculated.


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053067 - 11/14/02 03:55 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah, ok. I'll try it with half of them to see what happens...
thanx!!


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053076 - 11/14/02 03:57 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

What ratio did you use for verm/water/brf? And how can you tell that they look dry if its your first time, what do you have to compare it too? I remember the first time I grew i thought the substrate looked to dry, but it wasn't.


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053107 - 11/14/02 04:04 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I think you should wait and see if there are any signs of growth before you go and add a way to get contams in... I'd use the water injection as a last ditch effort. Like skikid said, if you havent had any before, how can you know its dry. Patience.


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053185 - 11/14/02 04:28 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

yeah yr right, I think they could be too dry b/c all the info i read about growing in jars said that mycelium ta kes 3-4 days to grow and it's already been 6 days...so ii guessed that the problem was a lack of moisture.



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Re: Dry jars [Re: Skikid16]
    #1053209 - 11/14/02 04:34 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

It was 1/4 cup verm to 1/8 cup brf to 4 tablespoons water. Except, when i added the water before i had used all that i was supposed to, according to the formula, i could see a small "barely visible puddle forming on the inside of the glass bowl . I guessed that i had used enough water at that point and did not use all that i was supposed to. It's very VERY possible that the formula was left too dry, but you're right, how would i know what that would look like. I'll just wait a while longer. Then try injecting the jars with water.


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053258 - 11/14/02 04:55 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

If you have spore prints or spore syringes etc you could just re-steralize the jars/substrate and re-inoculate them if things don't improve. It's worked for me in the past..


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Bi0TeK]
    #1053377 - 11/14/02 05:39 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

4 tbl spoons of water isnt enough. 1 cup brf 1 cup water 2 cups verm

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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1053463 - 11/14/02 06:15 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

This site has great ratio table.

http://www.mycotopia.net/teks/scgg.html

Next time, follow it, and you'll get it right.


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Skikid16]
    #1053849 - 11/14/02 08:20 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

If the cakes are a little too dry, couldn't you wait until it's at least partially colonised (assuming it isn't too dry for mycelia to grow) and dunk them? Or am I missing the point of dunking completely?

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Re: Dry jars [Re: Superficial]
    #1053941 - 11/14/02 08:47 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I don't think dunking a partially colonized cake would be the best idea, it would probably lead to contamination. I've heard of people injecting sterile water into their cakes, but to what success, I don't know.


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OfflineKeel
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Re: Dry jars [Re: Skikid16]
    #1063219 - 11/18/02 03:43 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

I tried sterilizing a syringe and injecting the jars with sterilized water, but it let contaminants in. Next time I'll use the right measurements.  :crazy: 


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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1063230 - 11/18/02 03:46 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

thats the best way to do it. learn from your mistakes.

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Re: Dry jars [Re: Keel]
    #1063235 - 11/18/02 03:47 PM (21 years, 4 months ago)

wait for it. My turtle thought some of his weren't working and ta da now they're kicking ass. WAit two weeks before trashing.


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