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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* -UPDATE 12/10/12- [Re: rando1122] 1
#17195964 - 11/10/12 02:12 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Great Success 
post results
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17252726 - 11/20/12 01:51 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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This Tek sound great, I'm going to give it a try as Rye berries seem to be almost impossible to find in Toronto these days.
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Tosua] 1
#17252745 - 11/20/12 01:54 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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try the organic food market
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17259029 - 11/21/12 02:45 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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awesome .
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: NETHUNTER] 1
#17270224 - 11/23/12 06:03 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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I am working on this atm, and have just finished the boiling / hydrating of the kernels. This is probably stupidly obvious to most, but keep in mind that they will swell up considerably with water uptake. I started with 2 - 2 lbs bags to do 4 - 1.5 cup jars, and it seemed like "just enough".. After hydrating I could probably do 8 jars easily 
Just a note for those that don't think ahead like myself....
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: zenoshroom] 1
#17270250 - 11/23/12 06:07 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah and you want to hydrate the kernels more then what I show in the tek
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17340014 - 12/05/12 06:09 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm doing this tek right now, ive got two jars in the PC now and the weight just started to shake... I'll be using a Orissa India LC on these jars tomorrow. I'll post my progress. Thanks for the nice write up!!!
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17340740 - 12/05/12 08:17 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Butt-Head said: yeah and you want to hydrate the kernels more then what I show in the tek
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17340927 - 12/05/12 08:47 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Butt-Head said: yeah and you want to hydrate the kernels more then what I show in the tek
Should they look like the corn jar in your sig?
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: creekfreek] 1
#17341231 - 12/05/12 09:28 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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yep... plump and the husks cracked
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* -UPDATE 12/10/12- [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17381839 - 12/12/12 06:50 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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I am interested in trying this method, but I was wondering if it is possible using only a spore print with no syringe. I don't really want to get into using agar at this point, and the vendor I used only had prints and not syringes. I would be willing to risk some chance of contamination to avoid having to build a glove box and all that. The vendor mentioned something about using a Q-tip to transfer the spores directly to grain and I was just curious about exactly how I might go about that. Thanks!
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* -UPDATE 12/10/12- [Re: bifbaf] 1
#17383169 - 12/12/12 10:27 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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bifbaf said: I am interested in trying this method, but I was wondering if it is possible using only a spore print with no syringe. I don't really want to get into using agar at this point, and the vendor I used only had prints and not syringes. I would be willing to risk some chance of contamination to avoid having to build a glove box and all that. The vendor mentioned something about using a Q-tip to transfer the spores directly to grain and I was just curious about exactly how I might go about that. Thanks!
Dude, make yourself a Still Air Box (SAB) it will cost you less than $10.00 at walmart for a clear storage tote and then you cut holes for your arms, cheap and simple and it ups your odd of getting good results many times over. You could use a q-tip but you better make sure it is sterile or you are going to have problems. Go to tractor supply and get yourself a syringe and a needle and make a spore syringe and so it right. All this cutting corners is going to do is waste your time and money. Do it right or dont do it at all.
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* -UPDATE 12/10/12- [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17384097 - 12/13/12 03:04 AM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Bookmarked, easy to follow and nicely written up, also all the positive replies help. Hopefully I will be able to get my pressure cooker within the next couple of days so I can make a start on this.
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* -UPDATE 12/10/12- [Re: plainoldjake] 1
#17448376 - 12/25/12 09:09 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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After straining, how long should the grains sit and be consolidated for?
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Tmethyl] 1
#17589713 - 01/22/13 11:04 AM (11 years, 7 days ago) |
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Tmethyl said: Honestly great write up, really clean nice job. 
I've never even considered using Popcorn, I've had such success with WBS/Rye/Wheat that I didn't see it as necessary. The real advantage here is the short prep time, and how simple it is.You can literally have jars ready to inoculate in just a few hours, from start to finish. No soaking.
I'm impressed.

I decided to give it a try with two quart jars and they seemed to go a little slower than his and didnt really look like it was all that nice looking mycelium. One jar wouldnt finish colonizing so I decided to see how they smelled and they were fine. (I have to say that this was nocced up with the same LC that I had problems with on all of the WBS jars that I did in the same run) I spawned them to coir/verm/gypsum and my tub is looking amazing after only 6 days. I think I just over boiled some WBS so I may be doing popcorn today instead of WBS I am pleased with its results so far.
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: creekfreek] 1
#17627223 - 01/29/13 02:06 AM (11 years, 17 hours ago) |
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Rehydrate the popcorn MORE then what I show in the TEK
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Gotlib] 1
#17627618 - 01/29/13 06:54 AM (11 years, 12 hours ago) |
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I do like this tek and popcorn too. I did find that it does take much longer than 15 minutes of boiling to properly cook the corn but other than that, I am liking this. I do like the picture showing the cross section of the grains to show when its ready. That is very helpful. I just bought 26 pounds of popcorn last week. You should have seen the ladies face at wal mart when I went thru the line with all of that popcorn and a case of quart jars
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: creekfreek] 1
#17628156 - 01/29/13 10:26 AM (11 years, 8 hours ago) |
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Thanks for tut, will post result one day :P .
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: izotopia] 1
#17858097 - 02/24/13 02:03 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Is using only polyfil in the lid pretty contam resistant? Btw im a noobie
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Re: Best Popcorn Tek *w/pics* [Re: Killua] 1
#17858267 - 02/24/13 02:55 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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I tried rehydrating more and it worked better.
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