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siko
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strain selection for beginners
#11722133 - 12/26/09 04:42 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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I am new to this and was wondering if anybody would have a recommendation for which strain a novice would start with.It seems my first attempt is still not colonizing. I inoculated 2 -3 lb myco bags of rye berries 1 with B+ the other P.E on 12/15 and still no sign of any mycilliam growth. There is no signs of any contamination either.The bags have no foul smell , they smell kind of malty . Would overheating them say to about 92'f slow germination or kill the spores?I left my heater on to long in the first 9-11 days.
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evildee125
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: siko]
#11722140 - 12/26/09 04:45 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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92 is too high buddy.. room temp 75-77 works just fine as far as strain goes.. its only a matter of time till people come chiming in with the a cube is a cube business.. if you purchase spores fom a sponsor and leave temps in the mid to high 70's youll be good with whatever strain you choose
Edited by evildee125 (12/26/09 04:48 PM)
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: evildee125]
#11722151 - 12/26/09 04:48 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah you probably killed a lot of what was going on
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: siko]
#11722166 - 12/26/09 04:52 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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92 is too high but not the 106 needed for thermal death of mycelium/spores ... keep it to what he said , room temp ... are you sure it didnt get that high at sub level ?
also 2+ weeks is when you want to really start fretting over it ..
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siko
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: cyantific]
#11722238 - 12/26/09 05:08 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks for the input guys , Right now they are sitting in the closet with no heater . Hey Cyantific what do you mean by sub level?
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evildee125
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: siko]
#11722381 - 12/26/09 05:41 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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id have to assume that hes askin if your sure the sub your growin in didnt reach 106
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: evildee125]
#11722471 - 12/26/09 06:03 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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i liked cambodian for my first grow. I even got a albino out of it.
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evildee125
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: dman080]
#11722561 - 12/26/09 06:20 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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ive really enjoyed growing PES Amazonian for some reason... more so than the others ive tried
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blackdust
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: evildee125]
#11722647 - 12/26/09 06:47 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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F+ and Dancing Tiger are fastest colonizers out of my 14 strains
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evildee125
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: blackdust]
#11722738 - 12/26/09 07:09 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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havent tried those.. ive wanted to check out f+ though
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blackdust
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: evildee125]
#11722753 - 12/26/09 07:12 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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evildee125 said: havent tried those.. ive wanted to check out f+ though
Dancing Tiger is just a little faster than F+ \. But I have yet to see which one fruits first. I will know in a few weeks.
Edited by blackdust (12/26/09 07:33 PM)
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evildee125
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: blackdust]
#11722841 - 12/26/09 07:30 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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well id love to see how it goes
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: cyantific]
#11724197 - 12/27/09 01:40 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
cyantific said: 92 is too high but not the 106 needed for thermal death of mycelium/spores ... keep it to what he said , room temp ... are you sure it didnt get that high at sub level ?
also 2+ weeks is when you want to really start fretting over it ..
Spores don't die until much higher temps than mycelium
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: sacredcow]
#11731522 - 12/28/09 12:59 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
sacredcow said:
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cyantific said: 92 is too high but not the 106 needed for thermal death of mycelium/spores ... keep it to what he said , room temp ... are you sure it didnt get that high at sub level ?
also 2+ weeks is when you want to really start fretting over it ..
Spores don't die until much higher temps than mycelium
they do when they are hydrated ... which pertains directly to the op's op's situation and what i was intending to convey ... trust me i know what im talking about ..."stranger"
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: cyantific]
#11731805 - 12/28/09 01:54 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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I would suggest Cambodians...they are colonizing hella fast for me.
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Optx
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cube is a cube is a cube is a cube is a cube... the certain genetics that you have and claim are "fast colonizers" are not necessarily found in every single specimen of the same strain.
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: Optx]
#11731921 - 12/28/09 02:15 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Optx said: cube is a cube is a cube is a cube is a cube... the certain genetics that you have and claim are "fast colonizers" are not necessarily found in every single specimen of the same strain.
Not so. Some have different appearances, some have different colored sp[ores, some bruise blue some bruise green. Have you ever heard of Penis Envy..it is quite different. But with all things considered, does this topic belong in the race thread?
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: mister]
#11731944 - 12/28/09 02:18 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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yes we all know PE is the exception. also, minor cosmetic differences mean absolutely nothing to me. sacred and powerful mushrooms only have 1 trait that i'm concerned with.
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blackdust
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: Optx]
#11731959 - 12/28/09 02:22 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Optx said: cube is a cube is a cube is a cube is a cube... the certain genetics that you have and claim are "fast colonizers" are not necessarily found in every single specimen of the same strain.
B+ is the slowest colonizer out of the 14 strains I have.
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Optx
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Re: strain selection for beginners [Re: blackdust]
#11731994 - 12/28/09 02:29 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah, and somebody could have b+ that colonizes faster than your "fast colonizing f+" so what? that has nothing to do with strain, that has to do with the specific genetics of that 1 strain in your possession. bah. i'm not gonna argue this with people that's can't even understand it. good luck with your grows.
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