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TheApprentice
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changing polyfil
#19211550 - 12/01/13 08:43 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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How often is everyone changing their polyfil on their lids?
had 4 months of contams. Just being careful on this new grow.
changing my poly filters.
how often do u guys change?
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Chuckfinely
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I usually use my polyfil on my jars for 2-3 runs before I replace it. Sometimes I get ocd and replace it each time
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I'm OCD and replace it every time.
If there was any sign of contam on the previous grow I replace them.
It isn't economical to re-sterilize them.
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This question is one of the draw-backs of poly-fil. I would change it every time.
SFD's are a good investment. I'm glad I did.
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Chuckfinely
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Polyfil is cheap enough to replace each time
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TheApprentice
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Changed for this run
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I change if it's falling out or if it gets pulled out while I'm trying to scrape mycelium off the lid. It works out to once every 1-2 runs, but that's only the way it works out rather than any fear of contamination over here. Fungal spores die easily.
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Chuckfinely
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Re: changing polyfil [Re: Psilicon]
#19211994 - 12/01/13 10:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use polyfil for all my G2G jars. Easy having only one hole in the lid.
If you have to run a needle into the jar cause you're using lc or something, then going through polyfil is dangerous ime. Had more then a few jars where the needle made too big of a hole in the polyfil so they contam.
I like to use ez-felt for the jars that I put ports into. I replace my ez-felt discs every run though, since it costs about $.50 to make 12 of them.
I should probably get some filter discs, that way my g2g jars dont even have to bother with polyfil. For some reason I cant bring myself to splurge on them though . I've probably spent more replacing polyfil then I would have just buying 100 filter disks
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TheApprentice
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Wow. I've been using the same polyfil for almost a year now. 
always figured it would get sterilized in the PC every time.
speaking of. I blew another goddamn PC seal!!!!!!!
just got this one in the mail. So wtf to that
I hate gas ranges. Cant ever find the "sweet spot"
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Chuckfinely
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Quote:
TheApprentice said: Wow. I've been using the same polyfil for almost a year now. 
always figured it would get sterilized in the PC every time.
speaking of. I blew another goddamn PC seal!!!!!!!
just got this one in the mail. So wtf to that
I hate gas ranges. Cant ever find the "sweet spot"
Ive had 3 pc's over the past 3 years. Never blew a seal. When I do a spawn run its usually something like 200-300 jars over the course of two weeks
My stove can only fit 2 of them though, so I use the oldest one for boiling
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TheApprentice
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Idk wtf I am doing wrong then
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