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TFpek
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First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS
#15571306 - 12/25/11 05:46 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Doing my first grow! I've done home brewing and distilled moonshine, grown green leafy things and wild sourdough starters... it seemed mushroom farming was the next logical step.
I got a Presto 23 qt PC, a 20lb bag of WBS, a box of quart jars, and a PE spore syringe.
Soaked the WBS for 12 hours, got rid of the floating sunflower seeds, simmered it for 10 minutes, strained again til it was clear (put it in the PC and let it overflow in the sink).
I prepared lids by drilling four 1/4" holes in each lid.
Filled each jar 3/4s full with prepared WBS, placed the lid topper, then a square of tyvek, then a lid ring.
PCed 10 qt jars for 90 minutes, let them cool in the unopened PC for 24 hours while I attended to other matters.
For inoculation I turned a big shipping box upside down and propped one end up, then sprayed the hell out of it (and the whole room) with lysol.
I flame sterilized my syringe, then injected 1/4 ML in each of the holes, aiming the liquid so that it dripped down the side of the jar. Then covered the lid with another lager square of Tyvek, and used (sterilized) hair ties to hold the tyvek over the tops of the jars.
Today ( merry christmas!) is 7 days in, and I think they're starting to look pretty good 



I figure I'll be ready to spawn to bulk in another week or so. I'm planning on doing a monotub or two, haven't made my mind up on which sort of substrate. Any opinions about that would be welcome!
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: TFpek]
#15571314 - 12/25/11 05:50 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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with wbs you don't want to aim so the spore solution drips down the glass. thats needlessly wasting spores. not a big deal though. looking good man! GL!
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: TFpek]
#15571326 - 12/25/11 05:55 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Looking good man an easy and preferred tek for WBS and spawning to bulk, with very simple steps is here http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11917410
In the next few days you should give it a good swirl/shake so you can get the spores a little better distributed, it will help it colonize faster. 
Personally I dont like tyvek, I think poly fill and a coffee filter will work better. Just my comfort level with it, obviously tyvek is working for you.
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razzleman
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: iSmkGrnBud]
#15571337 - 12/25/11 05:57 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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the coffee filter does nothing to prevent contams... it can act as a dust cover but mold spores and bacteria fall straight through. you already have the polyfill though so it doesn't matter.
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: razzleman]
#15571345 - 12/25/11 06:00 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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razzleman said: the coffee filter does nothing to prevent contams... it can act as a dust cover but mold spores and bacteria fall straight through. you already have the polyfill though so it doesn't matter.
Thats pretty much the only reason I'd use one is for after inoculation to go over the poly fill and cover up the 1 mm inoculation site.
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TFpek
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: iSmkGrnBud]
#15571509 - 12/25/11 06:51 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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iSmkGrnBud said: an easy and preferred tek for WBS and spawning to bulk, with very simple steps is here http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11917410
Awesome! That's the one I've had bookmarked, glad to know it's a good choice.
Thanks for the well-wishes everyone.
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: TFpek]
#15571926 - 12/25/11 08:56 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Looking good
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: FunguSphere]
#15571974 - 12/25/11 09:14 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Gogogogogo!
The first jars take the longest. After that you can G2G every jar after and cycle grows for pennies on the dollar. I really only posted so I could see your fruits in like a month though.
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Re: First Grow Log: PE on 10 qts of WBS [Re: Inocuole]
#15691002 - 01/20/12 12:53 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just put these lovelies into fruiting.
Sunrise at 20,000 feet?

Heres a little video of the progress:
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