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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: LiL_KuSsH]
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buy a box of latex gloves, disposable, cheap, and will save your skin from lysol and prevent many contam problems!!!


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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Here are the warnings and tips all compiled into one post. This thread is a good idea. Thank you to everyone who just helped life get a little easier.

Peace

~The List~

  • when you spray lysol in your glove box, don't light any flame until the alcohol evaporates.. you will burn yourself badly!
  • Know your pressure cooker.. and how to use it properly!
  • You canot be too clean in this hobby! just more clean.
  • Javex will ruin clothes and make red turn pink.. wear white clothes.
  • remember that no matter how easy the Tek says something is, realize that you're going to have to adapt to your specific conditions before things will work properly. This board can only point you in a direction, you need to tailor solutions to fit your own needs sometimes.
  • white plastic mason jar lids CAN be pressure cooked and re-used!
  • Even if you know what you need.. read the faq's anyway.. you will pick up some handy tips and lear alot of things that will help along the way!
  • When you cut hard plastic ie: bins, heat it up with a hair blower to prevent accidental knife cuts!!!
  • When you are ready to make a casing, crack the lids on your jars before you get going...this way you don't end up with all the materials ready to go and have to fight with a fucking lid and contam everything!!!!
  • if fruiting multiple strains in the same chamber, make out little nametags before hand and document
  • if lysol touches your mushrooms or your casings, you will have deformed fruits!
  • clean your humidifyer often ie: every week or so, depends on your conditions.. they will clog up and reduce vapour output!!!
  • Cover your incubator with a heavy blanket to keep in the heat,,,saves on power and easier to maintain consistent temps.
  • Use a soldering iron to cut plastic, it smokes and creates a little stench, but it's a lot more accurate than a knife. (if you don't have a jig saw)
  • Put a small nail in the tubetip in silicone or glue tubes to keep it open.
  • Lay out your tools and materials BEFORE doing anything.
  • read the grow logs to see different adaptations of the teks. Write down what u plan to do first, especially if you blaze often
  • Coco-coir is found at pet-stores as reptile bedding.. compressed brown bricks!
  • when nothing seems to be moving.. don't panic.. give it some time..no contams.. no problems.... wait!!!!
  • Respect your parents and/or the people you live with. No Illegal activity if this isn't something that all of you have agreed on.
  • Roll your cakes in Dry vermiculite then spray with sterlie water to create more pinning points.
  • Experiment!!!! But within reason!!!
  • buy a box of latex gloves, disposable, cheap, and will save your skin from lysol and prevent many contam problems!!!


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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious;
it is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of
true art and true science.
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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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ALWAYS POKE HOLES BEFORE BOILING. If you boil the jars and poke holes in the lid for the first time, your jar sucks in a nice lungfull of airnasties.

Also make sure to take some steps to stop the freaking jar from falling over durring boiling.

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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: HarveyWalbanger]
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I like that idea about rolling your cakes around in dry vermaculite and spraying with water....thats a good idea im gonna tell my friend... maybe his cakes will start to pin

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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: Yeti_009]
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the very first mushroom you get..make a print with it! this way you are self sufficient and no longer have to depend on vendors!


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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Always unplug the heater from your incubator before you remove it from water it will short out real fast!!!!!! and may explode!


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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were there are cows, there is straw.. any farmer will sell you a bale for real cheap and won't ask questions.. they don't care and think nothing of it!

ask for the golden stuff if asked if you want hay or straw! they will know!


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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look in your grocery store in the jar/lid/ section and find nylon jelly bags, they are great to rinse and drain wbs with. very small holes so the grain does not go thru them and they last forever...

you can fill 6 quart jars with 2 of them.


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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alright. i'm done for today.. i did my share..

someone take over please!!


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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Cut your filter discs into quarters and glue over 3/8" holes in your plastic lids. Using entire filter discs is expensive and a waste.

Get plastic canning jar lids here: http://www.doityourself.com/store/8431090x12.htm

96 for $30.

Wear a face mask when working with cultures. Breathing on them contams them easily.

Do not fill your quart jars too full of grain, as shaking them becomes difficult and you will drastically slow down colonization time. They should be NO MORE then 3/4" full AFTER shaking them (when the grain is loosened up.)

You can speed up drying time of mushrooms by slicing open the stalk exposing the fibrous tissue inside.

Follow the instructions. Do not experiment until you have succeeded in growing AT LEAST ONCE. Everybody feels like a mad scientist when beginning to grow mushrooms and feels this burning desire to somehow revolutionize the methods.

Buy a copy of The Mushroom Cultivator by Stamets.

Then read it.

BE PATIENT. Relax, and quit staring at your jars. A watched pot.....


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: PooPs]
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Vent your presssure cooker 5 minutes before shutting the valve...


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tiny_rabid_birds said:
"your avatar is dirty."

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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Keep a watchful eye on your pressure cooker as well. Dont just assume its going to plug along at the same pressure even though it seems stable. Check it every few minutes or so. An exploding pressure cooker is not fun.


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Utilize the 99 cent store...the often 'hard to find' or 'expensive' items
can be had in places like that.
for example: strainers at walmart are upwards of $10-$20...
99cent store: tape, lysol, h202, rubbing alcohol, candy thermometers, spray bottles, ziplock bags, envelopes, markers, baking tins, buckets, cooking utensils, measuring cups, etc...


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tiny_rabid_birds said:
"your avatar is dirty."

Edited by fortyounces2freedom (06/13/03 03:46 PM)

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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Also, Keep in mind that cubensis readily fruit on their own
without the need of more human interaction.
if your cakes are all white, and dont have any contams,
they WILL fruit...just spray/fan as usual and they WILL grow.
patience is key.


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tiny_rabid_birds said:
"your avatar is dirty."

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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Be aware that your trash/trashcan
IS NOT protected by the 'search & seizure' law...
once you throw it away, ANYONE can look through it,
that includes Law Enforcement Officers..
dispose of your trash wisely.


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tiny_rabid_birds said:
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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Dont buy a kit, its a waste of money.


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tiny_rabid_birds said:
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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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when in doubt, throw it out.


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tiny_rabid_birds said:
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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Dont smoke in your area, for 1. its a file hazard and 2. cigarette smoke can harbour astronimical amounts of contams...i think its 3x more per square foot.
(someone look this up for me, i have to get to work)


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tiny_rabid_birds said:
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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Partially remove all Tape, and fold over for easy removing before putting your gloves on.


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Re: Warnings and tips! [Re: 40oz]
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Great post.


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