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ShroomerInTheRye
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Re: TC Colonization Time? [Re: aqh]
#16000169 - 03/26/12 06:15 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Well...we appear to have shrooms...I'm sorry the pics suck. I don't have a great camera yet. The one I had wasn't that great and died on me this week.
Here's what happened.
I was keeping a close eye on the jars, and then I went out of town on a retreat this weekend. I wasn't home from Thursday to Sunday. When I got home, I noticed growth in the jars.
I also tried the WBR suggestion and I can't believe the difference it made. Night and day. The funny thing is with the WBR method that the shallow, half pint jars don't seem to be colonizing as well as the jars you're not supposed to use. I'll try to get pics of those. I tried, but I'm working with a crappy cell phone and I can't upgrade it until July.
The first 2 pics are of the growth and the second 2 pics are right jar / wrong jar thing. What's even more amazing is that in the wrong jars, the bottoms are colonizing just fine.
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The reason people say that you are not supposed to use pint jars is that they are prone to contaminate before the substrate can fully colonize, or the jars stall. Quite a few people still use them anyways they are just not recommended.
Do those jars have mushroom pins in them?
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ShroomerInTheRye
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I think there are actual shrooms in there, man! This weekend, I'm going to take them out of the jars, sniff the cakes, and determine what to do next. I think I'm gonna toss the cakes outside and see what happens.
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Free Sheeks



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If they are pinning in the jars you should birth them. Unless the substrate is not fully colonized. Good job
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ShroomerInTheRye
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I wanted to open the jars outside, just in case. Everything looks fine, but since I'm still new at this, I want to examine the cakes safely and not let my n00biness destroy my house or health. Is it safe to dunk the cakes? I'm going to put them outside and use Moe's Outdoor Tek, but I want to use coir instead of straw.
What's amazing is that, at the same time these cakes are ready, I've got some WBR jars almost ready too. Those colonized very quickly, so maybe in the future, I'll stick with WBR instead of BRF. I added a touch of honey to the rice while it was cooking. At first, nothing seemed to be happening, then a few days later...*poof* White Jars.
Thanks Shroomy people for your help! I couldn't have gotten this far without your advice!
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mister
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Once TC gets rolling, it is a very fast strain to work with. Also the ones from THE have the albino substrain in them. I grew that strain for better than 4 years. Strong one too.
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ShroomerInTheRye
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Okay...again...sorry for the crappy pics, but I went to a pawn shop today to look for a better camera. I'll get better, I promise. I birthed 5 of the cakes since they were ready. I expect the other ones will be ready in about a week or so (*fingers crossed*). So, here's some birthday pics.
While they were being birthed, a shroom fell off, and I kept it, but I noticed that the stem looked bruised. I didn't wanna trash it, so I rinsed it and snapped a pic. The part that looks bruised was pushed up against the lid of the jar, so I think it's just a bruise, but I am a n00b and I don't wanna get sick.
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rgsamson1989
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Rinsing is bad you want to let it dry and then clean it off with a toothbrush or something similar. A lot of water will bruise it more.
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mister
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rgsamson1989 said: Rinsing is bad you want to let it dry and then clean it off with a toothbrush or something similar. A lot of water will bruise it more.
do what? rinsing it wil be fine. you do not want to ruff the mycelium up. Using a tooth brush will tear the mycelium up, further bruising the cake. You can even do a dunk on the cakes.
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ShroomerInTheRye
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Re: TC Colonization Time? [Re: mister]
#16024197 - 03/31/12 01:02 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've got the cakes dunking now, but is that little one that fell off okay to eat? After the cakes have been sitting in the water overnight, I'm going to crumble them on a bed of coir and throw some earthworm castings on it mixed with coir. Then, I'm going to give it all a good drink and see what happens. At least...that's the gist of Moe's Outdoor Tek from what I can see.
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ShroomerInTheRye said: I've got the cakes dunking now, but is that little one that fell off okay to eat? After the cakes have been sitting in the water overnight, I'm going to crumble them on a bed of coir and throw some earthworm castings on it mixed with coir. Then, I'm going to give it all a good drink and see what happens. At least...that's the gist of Moe's Outdoor Tek from what I can see.
Yes you can eat bruised fruits. If a mushroom goes bad it will turn black and mushy. You look like you got things down, good job
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ShroomerInTheRye
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Thanks! I noticed that there's a lot of flies on my patch outside. Really small ones. Is that normal?
edit: When I got home from work, I checked the patch. What's nice is there's a constant flow of, what I believe to be, tamarind berries that fall onto the patch. Not too much...just like a few here and there. Anyways, I scratched a little part of the surface to try to get and idea of what was going on underneath, and there was some nice, healthy white growth in the poo/coir mix. I didn't scratch a lot...just like a small paper clip size. I stopped because it felt like tearing, sort of.
I was really afraid I didn't mix the poo and coir together well. Looks like everything is going like it should.
I love you guys!
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Edited by ShroomerInTheRye (04/06/12 03:18 PM)
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Glad things are working out for you. I have never done an outside patch as I live in WI and it wouldn't be worth the time ( well for cubes anyways) Are you keeping the patch watered? What are the temps like right now?
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ShroomerInTheRye
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It's 73 right now with the humidity at 55%. I water the patch everyday, paying special attention to dry spots. Usually in the morning. It's been over a week now and nothing's really happening, but I have a feeling I'll be pleasantly surprised. I tried Moe's Outdoor Tek, and it said that I should get a shady spot, but if the patch gets some sunlight everyday, that's okay too. The patch seems to get some sun from 9:00 am to 10:30 am.
My God...it just hit me...I hope I'm not steaming the patch with the sun and the heat and the early morning watering. It was kind of hot last week. I'll switch to watering in the evening.
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ShroomerInTheRye
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Re: TC Colonization Time? [Re: mister]
#16074099 - 04/11/12 05:02 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hmm...Nothing seems to be happening yet in the patch, but interestingly enough, the mycelium has started to come through the worm poo and is starting to colonize those little berries that fall on the patch.
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I bet it will fruit soon now that the mycelium is exposed to fresh air. Make sure you post pics if it fruits
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aqh
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kdmmontana said: Quote from Family guy..
Stewie.: You poor damn fool...
Peter: You see this is why we have TEKS, so that things like these dont happen...
Peter: I may be an idiot, but theres ONE thing I am not, and that sir, is an idiot.
Choose which one suits you best and go with it...
Mycology ends with -ology because it was made by and for people with a brain.
And besides..where the fuck in the PF TEK does it say "put tinfoil under your jar lids"?
Either youre dumb enough not to be able to read, or you were so high that you completely missed the following parts of the PF TEK for dummies (which is a dumbass TEK description anyway..)
1. The guy never uses lids, he uses regular drinking glasses, with tinfoil instead of lids..
2. Youre using way too large jars, no one in any PF TEK suggests using half litre jars..
3. Heating mats belong in incubators, but those are usually only needed if you live in antarctica or feel like being special. I dont use a heating mat and 25 degrees celcius will do just fine for any PF TEK.
4. You obviously havent got a clue about whats going on here, but youre skilled enough to take photor, make an account here only to make a complete dumbass of yourself..are you a savant or just irregurarly stupid?
5. You qualify as number one on my "the dumbest idiots to enter their post on shroomery" list...so far..
/KD
Jesus, what a great guy!
Anyway, any updates on this grow?
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ShroomerInTheRye
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Re: TC Colonization Time? [Re: aqh]
#16127296 - 04/23/12 05:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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We definitely have shroomies! It took a long time to get it done tho. I followed Moe's tek (but subbed coir for straw) and watered 1-2 x's a day. Nothing happened for a real long time, so I took a small shovel and kind of mixed the soil in with the natural sandy dirt. I kept watering it and still nothing until this weekend when we had a big rainstorm. Overnight...SHROOMIES!!! In the third pic, there's a little one starting next to the big one!
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aqh
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Re: TC Colonization Time? [Re: aqh]
#16128956 - 04/23/12 03:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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ShroomerInTheRye said: We definitely have shroomies! It took a long time to get it done tho. I followed Moe's tek (but subbed coir for straw) and watered 1-2 x's a day. Nothing happened for a real long time, so I took a small shovel and kind of mixed the soil in with the natural sandy dirt. I kept watering it and still nothing until this weekend when we had a big rainstorm. Overnight...SHROOMIES!!! In the third pic, there's a little one starting next to the big one!

Thats Awesome Glad it worked out for you, have you tried any yet?Quote:
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Glad to see your back man
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