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proudabu
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: AlexP]
#10610971 - 07/02/09 05:07 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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there should be four holes when making cakes to inject in four different spots and i usually put cloth band aids over mine. dont quote me but what would somebody else recommend covering it with a coffee filter and rubber banding it after your done? just an idea i really never did cakes so its not my expertise
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AlexP



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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: proudabu]
#10610991 - 07/02/09 05:10 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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A coffee filter is quite useless for keeping contams out. The verm layer is for keeping contams out.
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: AlexP]
#10611027 - 07/02/09 05:16 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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If you guys want to learn something, this is the link to follow.
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"When one creates phantoms for oneself, one puts vampires into the world, and one must nourish these children of a voluntary nightmare with one's blood, one's life, one's intelligence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them." Eliphas Levi
"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal." Aleister Crowley
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hyphae
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: AlexP]
#10611058 - 07/02/09 05:20 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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AlexP said:
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you can turn them upside down and what happens is when you do that the mass of everything comes down and creates a vacuum effect and brings more oxygen inside the jar to finish up.

"Don't flip jars. As prisoner said, it screws up the vermiculite filter. CO2 doesn't need to 'drain' out by flipping the jar upside down. That's a bit of disinformation that once typed refuses to die. The reason is the heat produced by the mycelium causes circulation that takes care of the gas exchange." RR
Bullshit! This is a tried and true method to renew growth to stalled jars! Also it's not for CO2 drainage as you said it simply allows the cake to settle this give a brief exchange in gas. I don't give a shit what someone thinks they know if it works and has worked thousands of times you can't dis it!!! It don't do shit to the verm layer that is pure crap!!!! Unless someone doesn't have a clue and tries to shake the damn jar then they deserve what they get. Myc generates heat regardless if the cake is right side up or upside down and that doesn't always take care of gas exchange it simply pushes out gas from the top of the culture.
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: AlexP]
#10611061 - 07/02/09 05:20 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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yea dont cover it. Just take the foil off and losen the lid to provide g/e. was the one whole in the center? Oh and your left over spores should still be good. Just be sure to flame sterilize. Are you gonna watch the vids?
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: DWreck]
#10611120 - 07/02/09 05:33 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah I'll watch the vids for next time I grow 
The hole is in the center, I've removed the foil, loosened the lids, and put them back.
I see myc in 2 of them at the bottom (although one of them has some wet bits...)
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: DWreck]
#10611158 - 07/02/09 05:41 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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If your syringe has clumps in it, go ahead and dilute it. You want to be inoculating with fairly "light" syringes anyway. A syringe with clumps of spores can make a handful of syringes.
If you're really low, you just use less inoculant. I inoculated a quart of grain with less than 1/4cc; just colonizes a little slower. ~Pixie~
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: Psuper]
#10611210 - 07/02/09 05:50 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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give it 5 weeks. I have seen spores take 5 weeks to show first signs. People are too anxious and after a few minutes or days after inoculation, they panic and think it is a failure. just sit back, as long as there are no contams, let it go.
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AlexP



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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: guest1]
#10611237 - 07/02/09 05:54 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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give it 5 weeks. I have seen spores take 5 weeks to show first signs.
Huummm? Taking too much space for me! I dump them out if they don't show growth for a week in the right conditions.
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"When one creates phantoms for oneself, one puts vampires into the world, and one must nourish these children of a voluntary nightmare with one's blood, one's life, one's intelligence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them." Eliphas Levi
"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal." Aleister Crowley
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Lostkeys
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: guest1]
#10611471 - 07/02/09 06:35 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah five weeks is a bit excessive considering my jars showed myc growth on the third day...
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hyphae
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: Lostkeys]
#10611500 - 07/02/09 06:41 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Longest I've waited was three weeks and that was two weeks of hell! I've got patience but not that much!!!
-------------------- Getting the most out of your casings!, A pinning strategy.
Oyster Shell "Flour" $2 for 1lb. a hell of a deal
Not what is overlay but rather what overlay is
Gas Exchange vs. FAE
"We all have priorities. I used a closet once setup a nice little lab trouble was all the shit that was in there ended up in the bedroom that pissed off the GF then I ended up dumping her as she was getting in the way of my sterile culture technique! Ya I got priorities too!!!"
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: Leadwing]
#10611519 - 07/02/09 06:46 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Also will the same syringe be good to use again? Its like 2/3 full
Yes, just be sure to flame sterilize the needle before inoculation.
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Leadwing
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I flame sterilized the needle when I did it the first time, I heard popping - the sound of spores dying??? :'(
Also the needle turned kinda black so I cleaned it off / cooled it with a Dettol wipe, is that ok?
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Leadwing
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: Leadwing]
#10614198 - 07/03/09 06:13 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sorry the stickers are in the way lol

Not the ideal shape of jar I guess
Hole in the top
My jars 
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Lostkeys
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: Leadwing]
#10614558 - 07/03/09 08:11 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Seriously man, watch RogerRabbit's BRF Tek Videos. You won't be sorry, I promise...
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Leadwing
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: Lostkeys]
#10614621 - 07/03/09 08:36 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Watching now
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JMath
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: Leadwing]
#10614781 - 07/03/09 09:15 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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My syringe made popping noises too when I first inoculated, I think it's just from verm that gets stuck up in the needle and heats up and shoots out.
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hyphae
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: JMath]
#10614934 - 07/03/09 09:50 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's the solution (spore water) in the needle most of the time.
-------------------- Getting the most out of your casings!, A pinning strategy.
Oyster Shell "Flour" $2 for 1lb. a hell of a deal
Not what is overlay but rather what overlay is
Gas Exchange vs. FAE
"We all have priorities. I used a closet once setup a nice little lab trouble was all the shit that was in there ended up in the bedroom that pissed off the GF then I ended up dumping her as she was getting in the way of my sterile culture technique! Ya I got priorities too!!!"
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: hyphae]
#10615187 - 07/03/09 10:40 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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When the spore water at room temperature hits the metal flame sterilized syringe it makes popping noises!
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"When one creates phantoms for oneself, one puts vampires into the world, and one must nourish these children of a voluntary nightmare with one's blood, one's life, one's intelligence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them." Eliphas Levi
"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal." Aleister Crowley
"The Universe is an artistic catharsis." Artifex Infinitum
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Leadwing
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Re: Jars not colonising :( [Re: AlexP]
#10619092 - 07/04/09 03:45 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Also, I put the syringe back in its plastic bag, in a tube, and in a room temp drawer, that's ok yesh?
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