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bulk n00b wants reassurance
#10627328 - 07/05/09 10:29 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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bulk n00b wants reassurance Okay, so I'm currently doing a bunch of projects at the same time because I'm trying to learn a variety of skills. Right now I have 8x half-pint BRF jars fully colonized on 06-28 that I'd like to try in a monotub. I also have a larger number of quart wbs jars colonizing that I will use in the future if this works for me.
I obtained a huge amount of leached hpoo from a friend's dad. It smells earthy, is dry, and already 75% crumbled. It looks like dry, mudded straw. No additional straw, but I cut the hpoo with ~10-15% verm. I loaded it into a pillowcase and set in a big pot, and am pasturizing for 2 hours just below boiling. I don't have a meat thermometer, but I do a lot of cooking so I am pretty sure the temperature is acceptable. My kitchen smells akin to a watering hole.
I just want some reassurance that I'm doing it right, because this feels so much more.... casual... than doing brf cakes?
When my hpoo is done, I will drain overnight and mix with crumbled brf cakes into a tub (I have 72 and 90qt tubs, as well as larger ones) and cover with plastic until fully colonized, then lightly case and fruit, correct?
I've only had one failed project, and this was years ago. I'm just re-entering the hobby and have seen so many horror stories that I'm suddenly very anxious about trying bulk.
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nickelz34
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Re: bulk n00b wants reassurance [Re: eviscerated]
#10627601 - 07/05/09 11:27 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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idk i think from the sounds of it maybe you should use a tek for bulk and follow that unless you ve done this b4.
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eviscerated
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Re: bulk n00b wants reassurance [Re: nickelz34]
#10627632 - 07/05/09 11:33 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Well yeah, I'd like to follow MonsterMitch's tek... I will be drilling and stuffing my tub in the morning, when my hpoo is nice and drained.
I just *really* want to make sure I haven't royally screwed something up thus far because it seems way too easy to me compared to the big hullabaloo about being crazy sterile with cakes. Not that I'm worried about sterility, I just don't want puzzling contams.
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Re: bulk n00b wants reassurance [Re: eviscerated]
#10628208 - 07/06/09 02:01 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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bulk and nooob dont go together
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With BRF cakes, I would suggest fruiting them as cakes, or at the most straight casing them.
We use whole grains for bulk substrate. One major reason being is the small tiny bits of grain provide a shit ton of inoculation points for the substrate to colonize. With BRF, you are going to have a hard time managing that.
You have WBS jars going. Save those for your bulk experiment, with the BRF ones, attempt a casing.
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