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zintor
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mixing it up a bit.
#18741015 - 08/22/13 06:15 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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well this will be my second grow my first one for me went well I didn't end up with much mushrooms but that was not my goal. my goal was to produce viable spore prints. the only time I have done mushrooms was the 1/8 ish oz from my first grow just to test the waters... it was enjoyable to say the least.
so my new grow is going to be with 12 1/4 pint jars yes smaller then recommended... but I went and steamed all 12. did a small experiment to get a little experience and understanding of what mycelium enjoys. 6 I added extra water/ 6 I added extra brown rice. that was 3 days ago they love a little extra food. my extra water isn't showing any life so with them im going to redo them in a few with a little extra brown rice as well. the jars that have the extra brf in them are taking of like rockets. I also built a half assed incoubator out of a shoe box and heating pad.
im going to soak them for 24 hours in the fridge when they are 95-100 colonized then im going to break them up and add a layer of verm to the top and bottem as a kinda casing im going to put 6 jars in each casing. im going to do two. as a chance to break up the times so I always have a little something to do and seeing as how only half have shown life it will also give me a chance now to get a little break up in time between casing.
so this is my outline of my new grow. my new goal is to produce as many mushrooms as possible I will be upgrading my fruiting chamber as well. more on that later.
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: zintor]
#18748783 - 08/23/13 08:07 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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zintor said: well this will be my second grow my first one for me went well I didn't end up with much mushrooms but that was not my goal.
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my goal was to produce viable spore prints.
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the only time I have done mushrooms was the 1/8 ish oz from my first grow just to test the waters... it was enjoyable to say the least.
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so my new grow is going to be with 12 1/4 pint jars yes smaller then recommended...
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v but I went and steamed
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all 12. did a small experiment
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to get a little experience and understanding of what mycelium enjoys.
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6 I added extra water/
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6 I added extra brown rice.
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that was 3 days ago they love a little extra food.
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my extra water isn't showing any life
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so with them im going to redo them
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in a few with a little extra brown rice as well. the jars that have the extra brf in them are taking of like rockets.
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I also built a half assed
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incoubator out of a shoe box and heating pad.
im going to soak them for 24 hours in the fridge when they are 95-100 colonized
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jeez. that's really an overuse of film clips, but it made me lol.
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: Bilge]
#18748813 - 08/23/13 08:14 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Bilge said: jeez. that's really an overuse of film clips, but it made me lol. 
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Stromrider
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: zintor]
#18748942 - 08/23/13 08:43 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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zintor said: well this will be my second grow my first one for me went well I didn't end up with much mushrooms but that was not my goal. my goal was to produce viable spore prints. the only time I have done mushrooms was the 1/8 ish oz from my first grow just to test the waters... it was enjoyable to say the least.
so my new grow is going to be with 12 1/4 pint jars yes smaller then recommended... but I went and steamed all 12. did a small experiment to get a little experience and understanding of what mycelium enjoys. 6 I added extra water/ 6 I added extra brown rice. that was 3 days ago they love a little extra food. my extra water isn't showing any life so with them im going to redo them in a few with a little extra brown rice as well. the jars that have the extra brf in them are taking of like rockets. I also built a half assed incoubator out of a shoe box and heating pad.
im going to soak them for 24 hours in the fridge when they are 95-100 colonized then im going to break them up and add a layer of verm to the top and bottem as a kinda casing im going to put 6 jars in each casing. im going to do two. as a chance to break up the times so I always have a little something to do and seeing as how only half have shown life it will also give me a chance now to get a little break up in time between casing.
so this is my outline of my new grow. my new goal is to produce as many mushrooms as possible I will be upgrading my fruiting chamber as well. more on that later.
Seriously man! If you want to have success watch the lets grow mushrooms video series and stick to the tek exactly. They don't need extra brf. They definitely don't need extra water.
Also throw your incubator away. A heating pad is a terrible idea. You'll end up cooking the bottoms of the jars. Room temp will be fine.
These teks you are attempting to improve upon were developed by people with years of experience and actually specialize in the mycology field. Do you really think you know better than them? Think about it
Edited by Stromrider (08/23/13 08:44 PM)
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: Stromrider]
#18752029 - 08/24/13 03:26 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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and Bruh... don't take it personal...we're not trying to put you down; or be-little you at all its just I can see so much of myself in you that it just HURTS ME soo bad to see you going down the SAME PATH I did... Heres some links to some of my old threads... look at the dates... I've been there bro, IVE BEEN THERE!!!
Nigga I've even Bought the T shirt!!
...and then? Wore the tshirt out!
Okay? I KNOW what you're going thru... WE ALL LIKE OUR IDEAS BETTER!!! Its part of the human condition but heres another
Thread to check out
TRUST ME BRO... save yourself a MAJOR headache and HOURS of work lost and just STICK TO THE SCRIPT!!! theres no room for "Adjustments" everything in this hobby is fucking EXACT. Tempatures; Times, Ammounts, its ALL part of the great RECIPE!
CHeck those threads out I'll hollar at you later...

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Stromrider
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FellowGrower said: and Bruh... don't take it personal...we're not trying to put you down; or be-little you at all its just I can see so much of myself in you that it just HURTS ME soo bad to see you going down the SAME PATH I did... Heres some links to some of my old threads... look at the dates... I've been there bro, IVE BEEN THERE!!!
Nigga I've even Bought the T shirt!!
...and then? Wore the tshirt out!
Okay? I KNOW what you're going thru... WE ALL LIKE OUR IDEAS BETTER!!! Its part of the human condition but heres another
Thread to check out
TRUST ME BRO... save yourself a MAJOR headache and HOURS of work lost and just STICK TO THE SCRIPT!!! theres no room for "Adjustments" everything in this hobby is fucking EXACT. Tempatures; Times, Ammounts, its ALL part of the great RECIPE!
CHeck those threads out I'll hollar at you later...

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Epic post man! Wow you were really determined to reinvent that wheel weren't ya! I especially like this post you made
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Its just that you all are so smart, that it just makes it appear stupid. Does that make sense? lol
Thanks for the laugh!
Op do yourself a favor and learn from this guys mistakes. Actually you can learn from all of our mistakes by spending some time on this wonderful website
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zintor
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: Stromrider]
#18755361 - 08/25/13 02:25 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I was just trying to find a good mixture to know what im looking for the words on a tek are only so good when you see what it is saying. you know what I mean? I put the incubator a way its running 75 now with out it I didn't realize it was that warm I tried a lc in a baby bottle I don't know if its turning out there is small white balls starting to develop so im hoping its turning out. I also had some failures with my jars idk if it was from bad spore print or the heating pad inviting the contam in but 6 got mean green. so took them out side dumped them. I don't own a pressure cooker so I have just been steam cooking at a mild boil to strong boil for 90-100 minutes I heard it works and it work with my first grow not that I had 100% success rate lol. I've been doing the reading 2-4 hour a day. but I think one step at a time im not trying to reinvent the wheel just understand it down to the science of it. any way thx for the links im going to check them out right now. update soon.
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zintor
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: zintor]
#18755443 - 08/25/13 02:42 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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lmao like the cup gizmo.
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Stromrider
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: zintor]
#18758233 - 08/26/13 01:39 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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zintor said: lmao like the cup gizmo.
Yeah that was pretty good. You got to give him props for being creative
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zintor
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: Stromrider]
#18758552 - 08/26/13 05:10 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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so I have been doing some reading on lc and I found some posts by someone named agar he has a whole shit load of kinda older posts but a lot of knowledge. im going to be testing my lc here soon and do a lc2lc to try a raw sugar lc.
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zintor
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: zintor]
#18762546 - 08/27/13 04:35 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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woo white life showing in my jars my liquid culture is starting to thickin up as well so ill try using it on 3 test jars in a few days and that's all I got for an update
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: zintor]
#18762585 - 08/27/13 05:25 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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try using agar-agar. I've read poo-poo things about LC... and all my agar adventures have been great!
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Stromrider
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: zintor]
#18762595 - 08/27/13 05:30 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Someone named agar lol. I believe everyone knows that name.
When agar speaks you
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: Stromrider]
#18762610 - 08/27/13 05:38 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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> mixing it up a bit.
Stop.
Until you know what you're doing, the only thing you should be mixing is BRF&verm or coir&verm.
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Stromrider
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Mush4Brains said: > mixing it up a bit.
Stop.
Until you know what you're doing, the only thing you should be mixing is BRF&verm or coir&verm.
Why? What is the worst that can happen? A contam or 2? So what! As long as he is enjoying his new found hobby what does it matter. He wants to experiment I say good. That is how you learn
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: Stromrider]
#18762725 - 08/27/13 07:08 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said:
Why? What is the worst that can happen? A contam or 2? So what! As long as he is enjoying his new found hobby what does it matter. He wants to experiment I say good. That is how you learn
You don't learn by doing things wrong right off the bat.
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nhmi
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your going to get some great mushrooms
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zintor
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Re: mixing it up a bit. [Re: nhmi]
#18764666 - 08/27/13 04:04 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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yea im not to adventures im just play with the cakes and verm and peatmoss casings nothing to extreme yet. it wasn't agar-agar just agar he was a boss I really like the raw sugar thread he has I found his main threads an just started reading them one buy one. I think I have learned a lot from the way he puts its its so easy to understand. so I have this old stump out back that has been there for at least 7 years that I know of it has a hole in the middle of it about 4-5 feet deep I just been throwing my old casing in it and bad jars I had in it and everything else I don't use is it going to be okay in there I also soak it down with the hose everyday. anyway thx for the posts guys im trying experiment with new ideas I get just to see what happens this shit is so much fun and I really have come to enjoy it thx for this web site.
Edited by zintor (08/27/13 04:05 PM)
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