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IceKing
Chilly



Registered: 03/09/13
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Loc: UK
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My First Sclerotia Grow (Harvest pics inside!)
#18930246 - 10/04/13 09:08 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hi, I'm the IceKing. Over the years I have learned so much from this site, and its members, but never really posted (didn't even make an account till this year). This is my attempt at an introduction and a little show and tell of what I've been up to.
So earlier this year I decided to pick up an old hobby of mine, but wanted to try something different. I'd never grown sclerotia before so decided to try some Mexicana "A". I used one of the dutch sponsors and was very happy with there speedy delivery.
All times are estimates.
T-5 months Prepared two test jars (500ml) following RR's rye grain tek, plus some gypsum + coffee. Inoculated these straight from the ms syringe and waited. After a few weeks one had germinated(showing slow growth). The other jar I re-inoculated.
T-4 months Jars 1 and 2 growing slowly compared to cubes. Wanting to use up the rest of the syringe I inoculated 3 smaller jars (250ml) and 3 agar jars (same as small jars, originally for dip). These new jars were also rye grain, but had no coffee or gypsum.
T-3 months All jars doing well, been messing around with agar cultures practicing sterile technique and trying out some isolation.
T-2 months Smaller jars have overtaken the first ones. Agar cultures gathering dust while I wait to clean them out.
T-1 month Smaller jars fully colonized and small sclerotia appearing, also getting a bit of moisture forming. The two larger jars have not yet fully colonized and no stones appearing. Present Harvested two of the smaller jars as water was pooling in bottom, left the one dry one, until I'm ready to clone some of its contents. Larger jars showing small stones, gave jar to a friend as a present.
Future plans Clean old agar cultures still gathering dust, use jars for some more agar. Harvest last small jar and clone a nice big sclerotium. I then plan to prepare some bags with these clones.
Pics!
 Harvest from 2 250ml jars. 24.1g wet.
 From another angle.
 One of the larger jars, I think these didn't do so well because either the grain was too damp or the gypsum I got from plaster board had some kind of fungicide in it.
 My last 250ml jar.
All discussion/criticism is welcomed. Also some recommendation on dose would be useful,on one hand I haven't tripped in 2-3 years, but on the other I'm a big lad(5foot10, 16 stone). Just want mild visuals while I chill with my dogs.
Bonus Pic! 
Ps Sorry for any bad grammar, and if this needs moving please do.
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dark3st
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Re: My First Sclerotia Grow (Harvest pics inside!) [Re: IceKing]
#18930413 - 10/04/13 09:47 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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~5g wet = 10g wet P. Cubenesis
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Re: My First Sclerotia Grow (Harvest pics inside!) [Re: dark3st]
#18930495 - 10/04/13 10:06 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Stones dry out differently though so 10g wet stones should leave you with ~3.33dry. Where 10g wet cubes leaves you ~1g dry. But stones you need maybe half as much wet weight so if you want to do something similar to 3.5g of dry cubes(35g wet) then it's about 17.5wet stones or 5.8 dry thereabouts.
Edited by Trusted cuItivator (10/04/13 10:06 AM)
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