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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Pre made jars giving off a bad smell?
#18956928 - 10/09/13 10:23 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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So its my first time growing and i ordered a kit, it came with 12 jars and they are all giving off a strange smell, doesnt smell like mold, its kind of an earthy smell, but i dont like it. Is that regular? Theyre site says the jars are made out of bee pollen, worm castings, vermiculite and organic rice flower. Thanks everyone
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Inspiration
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Why didn't you just make your own? An earthy smell? What ever you do, if you already have spores, dont inoculate.
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: Inspiration]
#18957025 - 10/09/13 10:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I guess its not a bad smell, it just smells like natural, thats by best way to describe it..i put them in the fridge and im looking at it now and it doesnt really smell
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Im still going to steam sterilize them before i inoculate, will it be safe to you think? after theyre sterilized?
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Fungi
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Yeah pressure cook for a good 75 mins, leave over night to cool then use a sterilized syringe to inoculate.
My jars with cubensis mycelium smells like fresh rock Mellon.
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: Fungi]
#18957193 - 10/09/13 11:15 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ok thank you! also in the jars its contents is ground up around the sides, but the center is one solid clump.is that regular?
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GimpCollector
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bad jars smell like rotted apples kinda.a good jar shouldn't give off any smell unless you try to snort verm up through the innoc hole.
*...so glad I got a PC. I can pretty much shit in my jar of grains and the mycelium keeps on truckin. BRF blows major ass!
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: GimpCollector]
#18957605 - 10/10/13 01:05 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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what if the substrate is in a clump?its solid pretty much
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twistedty
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the only reason you should buy a kit is if you dont have a pc.
and a kit probably cost as much if not less than a pc and you can do it yourself.
if something goes wrong with a kit, youre clueless with doing it yourself you will have a half ass idea of went wrong
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Zeparthian
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: twistedty]
#18957683 - 10/10/13 01:50 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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A picture would help a lot more than words. Toss a picture up here. If you have a pressure cooker, you should be buying the materials and making these jars your self. RR has a great video on BRF cakes in my signature, I promise those "pre-mades" will eventually fail you and drain your wallet.
, hope to see you making some jars soon. If you do have a cooker, i recommend buying a 25 pound bag of organic rye berry and make jars for a bulk substrate grow like a monotub for example. That specific one is a "one flush wonder".
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: Zeparthian]
#18957703 - 10/10/13 02:13 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Its like a solid clump. And is giving off a little bit of a smell but it isnt really bad now to think about it, its a really natural earthy smell
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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and no i do not have a pressure cooker. Or else i would make my own jars
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OgreLokon
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You don't need a PC for BRF jars. Just steam them for 90 min.
Edited by OgreLokon (10/10/13 02:30 AM)
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: OgreLokon]
#18957735 - 10/10/13 02:33 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah i think im going to buy materials tomorrow to make my own jars, and just steam sterilize them. thaat would work right?
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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i just thought about it and if you can steam sterilize substrate then ill deff make my own jars
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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is it ok if the substrate is in a solid clump? will it still inoculate?
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RogerRabbit
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First of all, the long-standing rule around here is don't bump your own thread for at least 24 hours. Please observe this in the future.
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Eveniftheskyfalls said:
Its like a solid clump. And is giving off a little bit of a smell but it isnt really bad now to think about it, its a really natural earthy smell
Toss that shit out.
You have to be very careful ordering supplies off the internet.
Those are the wrong size jars.
There should be no 'earthy' smell. A dirt smell indicates mold.
There should never be a clump, nor that empty space in the jar.
Bee Flower pollen has nothing fungi can use.
Worm castings are a bulk substrate ingredient which would only dilute a brf cake.
Bottom line; you got fucked. That crap better not have come from a shroomery sponsor. If so, PM me and I'll handle it. RR
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#18958218 - 10/10/13 07:41 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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alright, thanks for the input. Going to get materials to make my own jars today. and unfortunately i didnt order from a shroomery sponsor. or else i probably wouldnt have this problem..and ill honor that rule, thanks for informing me.
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RogerRabbit
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Good idea. Here's your short shopping list.
1/2 pint wide mouth jars with metal lids.
Vermiculite
A bag of brown rice to grind into a flour with your coffee grinder.
The link in my signature has a step by step video where you can see it all being done. RR
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Eveniftheskyfalls
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Re: Pre made jars giving off a bad smell? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#18958235 - 10/10/13 07:49 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Alright, Thanks again.
-------------------- Sanity and Happiness are an impossible combination. Even when the sky falls, Ill still be high Anything illegal or has to do with mushrooms that i talk about is completely 100% fictional and is not true. I dont even visit this site. ( I am a proud provider and receiver of positive vibes ) "Reading a trip report is funny. Its like reading a book. You get to visualize the words... Only the visualization is always of some dude starring at the ceiling for a few hours"- Eveniftheskyfalls Progress in life since I found this site (look below)
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