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linguafranca
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First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation
#19057446 - 10/30/13 12:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I am using a PF Tek grow and I inoculated the jars on Monday, but I gravely misread instructions on inoculation and I injected the spores straight into the dry vermiculite. The thing is, I placed them all in about the same area (which I'm hoping dampened the area enough to allow for spores to start growing) and now I'm panicking and thinking I just screwed up my first grow. Is there A) any chance that they will grow, but the cake will be delayed or B) any way in hell that I can salvage this. I know it's still too early to tell, but it's eating me up inside. Thanks you guys.
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Edited by linguafranca (10/30/13 12:47 PM)
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cronicr



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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: linguafranca]
#19057454 - 10/30/13 12:44 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Only time will tell but you should get something out of it. Pm me if you don't have more spores I'll give you some
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linguafranca
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: cronicr]
#19057476 - 10/30/13 12:50 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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You, my friend, are a saint. I am gonna sit on these for a while, but I will definitely contact you if I don't see any growing. How long should I wait before calling this attempt a bust?
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cronicr



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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: linguafranca]
#19057492 - 10/30/13 12:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Give it a couple weeks
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linguafranca
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: cronicr]
#19057513 - 10/30/13 12:57 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Okay, if I see any sign of life in the weeks to come I'll make sure to post the updates here. Thank you, once again, for your generous offer and hopefully I won't need to accept it.
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cronicr



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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: linguafranca]
#19057535 - 10/30/13 01:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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U got this
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eLeSDenes
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: cronicr]
#19057705 - 10/30/13 01:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I guess if the spores find their way to the wet substrate leaking through the dry vermiculite then they will germinate but colonisation will be very slow because it starts from the very top and not the center.
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linguafranca
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: eLeSDenes]
#19058167 - 10/30/13 03:07 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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At this point I would be more than happy to wait a few more weeks just so long as they germinate. I don't know if this makes any difference, but I am working with Great White Monster spores
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cronicr



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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: linguafranca]
#19058206 - 10/30/13 03:14 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Stay clear of spores101
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linguafranca
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: cronicr]
#19058220 - 10/30/13 03:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Why avoid Spores101 and what would be a better site to buy spores from?
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cronicr



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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: linguafranca]
#19058241 - 10/30/13 03:19 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Type spores101 in the search bar then check the sponsors on here
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JMcDoogle
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: cronicr]
#19058264 - 10/30/13 03:23 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Lil Shop o Spores -
Not an issue yet.
I like their prices and they normally throw in a free one.
Shroomery Sponsor aswell.
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Skinty
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: JMcDoogle]
#19058292 - 10/30/13 03:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's not the spores germinating that you need to be most worried about. By wetting the dry verm layer you just gave contams a direct route into yr cake buddy
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TheGreenBox


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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: Skinty]
#19058634 - 10/30/13 04:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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All you can do is give it time and find out! Good luck.
Also spore sponsors are for spore viewing only, not cultivation. Please do not combine the two as if you're using their spores for illegal activities.
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JMcDoogle
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: TheGreenBox]
#19058648 - 10/30/13 04:40 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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TheGreenBox said: All you can do is give it time and find out! Good luck.
Also spore sponsors are for spore viewing only, not cultivation. Please do not combine the two as if you're using their spores for illegal activities.
Who said anything about cultivation, I believe you're the first one to combine the two.
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: JMcDoogle]
#19058653 - 10/30/13 04:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
JMcDoogle said:
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TheGreenBox said: All you can do is give it time and find out! Good luck.
Also spore sponsors are for spore viewing only, not cultivation. Please do not combine the two as if you're using their spores for illegal activities.
Who said anything about cultivation, I believe you're the first one to combine the two.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the mushroom cultivation forum?
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JMcDoogle
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: PussyFart]
#19058668 - 10/30/13 04:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Notahacker420 said:
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JMcDoogle said:
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TheGreenBox said: All you can do is give it time and find out! Good luck.
Also spore sponsors are for spore viewing only, not cultivation. Please do not combine the two as if you're using their spores for illegal activities.
Who said anything about cultivation, I believe you're the first one to combine the two.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the mushroom cultivation forum? 
You try hard.
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: JMcDoogle]
#19058881 - 10/30/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey OP,
I am on my first grow here and one of my jars has an extra thick layer of dry verm (due to running a little short on BRF/verm mix).
I did not realize that my syringe would then not reach past my dry verm layer. It was the last jar so I injected it any ways.

This is day 11 and first signs of life are starting to show. 1 jar at full colonization. 2 around 85% and others around 50 to 70%.
give it some time I'm sure something will pop up.
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cronicr



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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: Torgo2212]
#19059037 - 10/30/13 06:05 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Exactly, seen it a lot but maybe tape your holes
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Re: First timer and extremely nervous about inoculation [Re: cronicr]
#19059135 - 10/30/13 06:29 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Even if you did inject it into the verm, the spores will probably find their way down onto the BRF/Verm. Trich does if a sterilized jar is left long enough. Spores are tiny and light so they can keep moving until they find something to grow on.
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