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What'd I do wrong?
    #19240742 - 12/07/13 12:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

So, this is my first run of birdseed; (in which I didn't accidentally over cook the crap out of the seed) and, it's been over a week and I still see no signs that my spores germinated. I even (carefully) tumbled one of the jars around to see if the mycelium was just all in the middle, and nothing :shrug: .

I followed Frank's WBS tek; and I'm pretty sure (with one minor exception) I followed it to the T. I soaked the WBS for 24 hours with 1 pint of fresh coffee, then brought the water to a good simmer, over low heat, stirring frequently. After that I drained my grains in the sink, and laid them out to dry for a couple hours. Finally I pressure cooked them at 15 psi for one hour. The only thing I left out was gypsum, as I had none on hand.

A couple days later I inoculated them on the 11/25 with a few drops of spore solution each I did shake the jars after inoculating (Should I have not done this?) as I swore I've read somewhere that it was ok. I've been letting the jars sit since them relatively undisturbed (I checked them a couple times) until today. I still haven't messed with most of them so who knows, I din't want to screw them up if they were fine.

Only thing I can think of is maybe my syringes are too old :strokebeard: but even that I doubt because they aren't even a year old, in my possession at least. I would take pictures to show you; but that's kind of the problem, there is nothing to take a picture of.

TL;DR My spores won't germinate after following FrankHorrigan's tek for WBS.

So what do you guys think the problem might be? Any suggestions or solutions? Should I try re-inoculating them?


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Re: What'd I do wrong? [Re: wire5]
    #19240921 - 12/07/13 01:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I've had this same issue before. I'd have some jars start up in 2-3 days while others take 2-3 weeks, or never germinate.

Personally, I think it's the quality of my spore syringes. Ones that I buy never work as good as the ones I make. I just inoculated 10 jars last night with spores from a new vendor. Supposedly, this is the most reputable vendor for this site. We'll see how they work out.

I gave up on WBS. Straight organic rye for me from now on.

I've read that even if you take perfect procedures, that the jar is never 100% sterile. So if you were to re-inoculate them, the contams that made their way in already have a week or two head start on the spores. So I'd advise against that.


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Re: What'd I do wrong? [Re: deadjesusrodeo]
    #19241124 - 12/07/13 02:12 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

you should not have shaken, that may not be your issue but it doesn't help. spores need to find eachother to germinate


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Re: What'd I do wrong? [Re: cronicr]
    #19241160 - 12/07/13 02:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

First off a week is nothing in this hobby. I have had plates take longer than that. Second IMO/IME grains are not the easiest thing for spores to germinate on. Many times while I when I  used ms solution used on grains I would also inoculate a plate. I regularly saw good growth on the plate, well before the grains. Sometimes I would have made my transfers to ensure clean inoculate and nocked up jars with wedges before the original grains would even show growth. So first off I say be patient, and second, start looking into agar. Its far more reliable and you see better results.


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