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cubenpete
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Detergent Ph Spiking first attempt
#19065063 - 10/31/13 06:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I 24hr soaked a mix of torn cardboard and junk mail in a solution of Arm and Hammer clothing detergent and water. About one full load worth of detergent to 3gals of water. Seems I could have gotten by with less soap so I added a squeeze of Palmolive dish soap...lol
After a couple hour drip dry in a colander I layered the paper and a half court of spawn like you would lasagna, nothing else was added to the substrate.
2 weeks later.

This was my first attempt at a non-active. There is another nice cluster on the opposite side of the tub. These fruits grew out in a day.
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OICU812
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Re: Detergent Ph Spiking first attempt [Re: cubenpete]
#19065532 - 10/31/13 07:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Outstanding color! The technique was pretty cool too.
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cubenpete
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Re: Detergent Ph Spiking first attempt [Re: OICU812]
#19065645 - 10/31/13 07:54 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, even the mycelium has a nice color. I used a small clear tub so I could watch the process and check for contams that may have survived the pH bath. I recently started a few 5gal buckets with the same spawn run.
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Forrester
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Re: Detergent Ph Spiking first attempt [Re: cubenpete]
#19066955 - 10/31/13 11:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Junk mail, I love it. At least it's good for something.
I agree, nice color on those too!
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CAP_TURTLE
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Re: Detergent Ph Spiking first attempt [Re: Forrester]
#19069561 - 11/01/13 11:57 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think its cool to recycle the phone books no one uses yet get delivered to my door a couple times a year. Just soak with hot water and layer some grains between the pages and a week or two later you have oysters.
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cubenpete
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Re: Detergent Ph Spiking first attempt [Re: CAP_TURTLE]
#19070578 - 11/01/13 03:57 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Forrester said: Junk mail, I love it. At least it's good for something.
I agree, nice color on those too!
The only junk mail I use are for pizza cupons, guess what topping..lol
I love the color but cannot take credit, EvilMushroom666 provided the culture, along with other goodies, during a sweet trade with me.
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CAP_TURTLE said: I think its cool to recycle the phone books no one uses yet get delivered to my door a couple times a year. Just soak with hot water and layer some grains between the pages and a week or two later you have oysters.
Phone books are a great idea Cap. I work part time at locally owned office supply company and have been collecting printer paper boxs. They hold as much as a 5gal bucket, plus they are free and mycodegradable.
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