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Ryan8028
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First Grow
#12760143 - 06/17/10 08:22 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hi everyone,
First i'd like to say thanks to this website and all the useful information that it has.
Now the good stuff, I just inoculated 4 half pint jars with BHT spore solution. It's my first grow and i'm anxiously awaiting growth. I used the PF Tek for simple minds videos to make the substrate and jar lids, then i steamed the jars for an hour and a half, followed by a 3 hour cooling period or so. They were warm but by no means hot. I inoculated them by removing the top layer of tin foil (3 layers total), injecting the needle in four spots along the edge of the jar, and then putting the top layer of foil back on. They were inoculated in my bathroom which was dowsed in lysol a few minutes before they were knocked up. I now have them sitting in the bottom drawer of my dresser which is lined with a blanket to help keep warmth in as well as for darkness. I've been spraying lysol pretty much everywhere the jars go.
I also have two mad season bags coming and i'm planning to shoot 3 ccs of BHT into each.
If you guys have any suggestions or tips, please share, i'm eager to learn.
I'll post more updates as time goes on
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Ryan8028
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The substrate was brown rice flour and verm by the way, forgot to say that.
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EvilMushroom666
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My advice: Place the jars at a higher location. A VERY high percentage of mold and bacterial spores take refuge in carpets and on floors. As well take the foil off when you have a new home for your jars and from that point forward try to handle them as little as possible. Checking your jars often(moving them around, shaking/dropping lol) could result in the verm layer shifting, allowing contaminates to enter into your jar.
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i dunno about those bags. they are really meant to be inoculated with LC in my opinion.
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Good luck man. 3 ccs into each jar? That's a lot! You could always save your spores by shooting up 1cc into each jar (which is recommended here often) and then let the spores sit in the syringe for later if stored properly. I wish i had done that now.
also, it might not be best to let the jars incubate with the foil still on. it can hinder gas exchange.
hopefully you waited long enough after sterilizing (to let the jars cool). im a complete newbie, these are just my humble observations. take em lightly.
oh yeah also, incubating in complete darkness isn't really different from incubating on a shelf on your room, apparently that's a widely circulated and echoed myth that never dies. it wont hurt anything, but you didnt have to go that far is all :P
ill check back for updates, see how ya do. im on my second flush of my first grow now (BRF cakes) so just keep at it, make sure you dont slack, and read a lot, im sure youll be successful
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TacoHerder
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matter0ni said: Good luck man. 3 ccs into each jar? That's a lot! You could always save your spores by shooting up 1cc into each jar (which is recommended here often) and then let the spores sit in the syringe for later if stored properly. I wish i had done that now.
also, it might not be best to let the jars incubate with the foil still on. it can hinder gas exchange.
hopefully you waited long enough after sterilizing (to let the jars cool). im a complete newbie, these are just my humble observations. take em lightly.
oh yeah also, incubating in complete darkness isn't really different from incubating in light, apparently that's a widely circulated and echoed myth that never dies. it wont hurt anything, but you didnt have to go that far is all :P
ill check back for updates, see how ya do. im on my second flush of my first grow now (BRF cakes) so just keep at it, make sure you dont slack, and read a lot, im sure youll be successful
he meant the 3cc's for his bags.
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TacoHerder said: he meant the 3cc's for his bags.
youre right, my bad.
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Ryan8028
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EvilMushroom666 said: My advice: Place the jars at a higher location
so would placing them on a high shelf in a closet be better? And with taking the foil off, i'm assuming that i put the other lids back on?
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EvilMushroom666
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Ryan8028 said:
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EvilMushroom666 said: My advice: Place the jars at a higher location
so would placing them on a high shelf in a closet be better? And with taking the foil off, i'm assuming that i put the other lids back on?
.....Wait what?
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Ryan8028 said:
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EvilMushroom666 said: My advice: Place the jars at a higher location
so would placing them on a high shelf in a closet be better? And with taking the foil off, i'm assuming that i put the other lids back on?
wait.. you took the reg lids off and just put the foil on? the "other" lids werent suppose to be off. the foil is just to keep the water from getting in your jar.
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EvilMushroom666
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You may want to revisit some PF tek links, take a look at the link in my signature.
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Ryan8028
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i just followed fungifun's PF tek for simple minds. I don't have any items that can poke holes in the original lids easily without having awkwardly shaped holes, so i just followed what the tek said.
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No, you'll be fine with just foil on there. Just make sure there are a few holes (like the ones you used to innoc.) are there for gas exchange. The dry verm layer will filter contaminates.
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Ryan8028
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Re: First Grow [Re: YHWH]
#12760295 - 06/17/10 08:45 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Okay so should the two bottom layers (the ones with the holes) be the only thing covering the jar? Because as of now i still have that third layer with no holes covering it all
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wait one second, did you not put the mason jar lids on the mason jars?
contam city comin up :/
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Re: First Grow [Re: k00laid]
#12760457 - 06/17/10 09:10 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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he didnt have anything to poke the holes. as long as the foil is on tight with a rubber band and his verm layer is good he should be ok. people use drinking glasses all the time and just use foil as the lid.
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Ryan8028
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Yeah thats how they are, there sitting on a shelf high off the ground now and i took the third layer of tin foil off, leaving two layers which have four holes spaced out evenly along the side of the top. Is that going to allow enough gas exchange?
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EvilMushroom666
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yes.AS well a shelf above your waist should be fine.
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Ryan8028
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okay cool, thanks for the suggestions
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YHWH
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Ryan8028 said: Okay so should the two bottom layers (the ones with the holes) be the only thing covering the jar? Because as of now i still have that third layer with no holes covering it all
Yes, take off the third layer and expose the holes. First time I did the pf-tek I did it the same way with the foil. Worked just fine, no contam. You'll be fine.
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