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HypnotoadCroaked
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: blindingleaf]
#19373999 - 01/05/14 05:35 PM (10 years, 25 days ago) |
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blindingleaf said: chron, check out chinese take out places on trash night. they have a lot of 4-5 gal buckets for their tofu and soy sauce! just an idea. even if its not trash night, just go and ask, or some random deli with 5 gal pickle buckets.
The extra-special thing about that kind of "trash" which makes it slightly more valuable than plain old trash....Is that the containers that food is delivered in are "Food Grade". When I was able to keep a coral reef in my living room, I would go out of my way to find fast food buckets. IIRC I had gotten about a half a dozen green 5 gallon buckets from burger king. Food grade plastic buckets. Granted, any "Home depot" bucket is not likely to affect anything we do.
IMHO that hobby was exponentially harder than mycology. Something as simple as "I want to add a fish" required quite a bit of water tests for about 5 various chemicals....daily...Give it up for the ammonia cycle!
Not that it matters much when we go and toss it all into a plastic liner of unknown composition. I was kinda shocked the other day when looking at some of my smaller tubs to see the PP5 logo. Even though I have a 16qt pressure cooker, I cannot seem to fit the 14qt tub into it
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cronicr



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well i was gonna case tommorow with some 50/50 but i can't find my bag of verm anywhere i had it at my brothers house all year and now it's nowhere to be found but oh well i'll just give it a couple days and fruit them(couple trays of APE). i unforunately lost 2 of my JAS jars to bacteria so i just burried them with h-poo and covered with leaves for now so i'm gonna do another g2g with those and fruit one tray in the meantime, i also have a ksss jar done and another cambo jar done both will be g2g'd as soon as i get more wbs and mu crs mono tub is coming along great! as for my cultures i just put them away for now as i got no rel need to do any more work with them till i finish at least some of this up and many are only a tranfer or two away froom isolates(cubes/pans) and all my woodlovers are nice and clean but i won't be isolating anything any further as i got no way to test these so prefer ms with them. i'll have some pics to post as things progress
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19383229 - 01/07/14 03:43 PM (10 years, 23 days ago) |
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i went to the PA farm show today. and was talking to the guy at the mushroom stand from Penn State. he is a grad student studying mycology. he mentioned that they use only peat, and "to his knowledge" do not pasteurize it. maybe if u have an extra spawn jar or a half of one u could spare (like take half qt away from a mono) u could see if it works...? stamets in TMC casing (formula 1): 4 parts peat 1 part limestone flour 1/2 part limestone grit (???) 2-2.25 parts water
he also mentioned trich is their biggest problem tho... they r getting a new facility in 2015 and they have MUCHO stuff going on "discount" as the new supplies come in... i asked about flow hoods.....im crossing my fingers!
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: blindingleaf]
#19383322 - 01/07/14 03:59 PM (10 years, 23 days ago) |
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yep i've used strait peat a few times you just need to sift it first, i've seen a certain someone microwaving it but thats not a route i'm willing to take after all the work i put into this lol, but maybe i will pasteurize some peat and case one, i got more then enough spawn that i need lol
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19383410 - 01/07/14 04:12 PM (10 years, 23 days ago) |
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if somethings worth doing, its worth doing right
no microwave. haven't owned one in 6 years across 4 pats in major city, never came with one, never bought one. I'm not against them, but  stoves are where its at! shitty third shift+ramen+most of my $ going to this hobby-wicrowave= ehh.. dunno..but nothing an emoticon can handle haha
edit: I'm gonna leave those grammar/spelling errors and blame it on the beer
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Edited by blindingleaf (01/07/14 04:13 PM)
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Violet



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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19383498 - 01/07/14 04:22 PM (10 years, 23 days ago) |
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"Certain someone", chron? What gives? You know I posted in this thread right? 
I have microwave-treated casing layers for hundreds of containers. It works like a fukken charm. I PROMISE. Don't be afraid, just nuke twice, 8-10 minutes ('boil' for 1-2mins), 2nd time 24-28hrs after the 1st.
PS, I don't much like peat, use sifted potting soil!
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cronicr



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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: Violet]
#19383531 - 01/07/14 04:28 PM (10 years, 23 days ago) |
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BUSTED! lol i got potting soil, i'll give it a shot
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19400751 - 01/10/14 07:23 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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well the potting soil i have is shit, mostly dirt lol so i'm not casing anything right now but my APE trays are ready just giving them a couple days got more JAS for g2g tommorow and my rust spore tub is gonna be fruited tommorow night! got 40 more jas or so sterilized for some jas,ksss,and cambo (i may even drop a ksss/AA+ IN A COUPLE)
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19400787 - 01/10/14 07:32 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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cant wait
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Violet



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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19401037 - 01/10/14 08:33 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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cronicr said: well the potting soil i have is shit, mostly dirt lol so i'm not casing anything right now
What's so bad about that?
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: Violet]
#19401055 - 01/10/14 08:37 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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looked fine until i added water, then it just turned into mud and made me remember y it's just sitting in my cupboard lol, it just seems very heavy to me
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19401096 - 01/10/14 08:47 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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Well my casing preparation requires it becoming 'mud' anyway. Give it a nuke (then another 24-28hrs later) and have faith; crumble up a bit before laying on anything and see if it isn't nicely fluffy but clumpy and perfectly moist in a way that will retain that moistness.
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cronicr



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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: Violet]
#19401110 - 01/10/14 08:50 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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coolio! i wanted to give it an extra couple days anyway, rr had suggested not to fruit or case PE strains right away so i'm being patient
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19401212 - 01/10/14 09:11 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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went over your casing write up again, missed the PAST field capacity the first time but my stuff has been in there since yesterday, so i will add a wee bit and nuke it again and do some more for the day after
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19409138 - 01/12/14 04:49 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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well some bad news for the day, one of my APE trays has some green mold and my rust spore tub is showing metabs and i'm certain it has a bacteria contam, not a fucking happy guy right now, ijust did 35 or so jars via g2g and im not counting on a good ending anymore. go figure my steamed jars(ksss,cambo and jas)are doing fine, fuck it all the next update will be the last which is either fruits or a pile of mold,i'm expecting the latter right now as i am very pissy, i'll post some pics of the tub tonight, it look healthy besides the few drops of metabolites but like i said i'm sure it's not gonna end well
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19409623 - 01/12/14 06:43 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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cronicr said: well some bad news for the day, one of my APE trays has some green mold and my rust spore tub is showing metabs and i'm certain it has a bacteria contam, not a fucking happy guy right now, ijust did 35 or so jars via g2g and im not counting on a good ending anymore. go figure my steamed jars(ksss,cambo and jas)are doing fine, fuck it all the next update will be the last which is either fruits or a pile of mold,i'm expecting the latter right now as i am very pissy, i'll post some pics of the tub tonight, it look healthy besides the few drops of metabolites but like i said i'm sure it's not gonna end well
, Been there, at least we can keep our cultures on agar
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cronicr



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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: bodhisatta]
#19409662 - 01/12/14 06:56 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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i got a fuck ton of jars left, just pissed if i lose the rust spore cause i wanted prints , i still have one jar of the crs left and i will probably skip the bulk and just case the grains, same with the APE
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19409837 - 01/12/14 07:42 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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damn brother wish you luck with that.
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: Yuri.Pono]
#19409928 - 01/12/14 08:06 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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yes much luck brother! if anyone can pull it off, its you
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Pastywhyte
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Re: My fifty dollar adventure(not reccomended) [Re: cronicr]
#19410296 - 01/12/14 09:38 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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cronicr said: i got a fuck ton of jars left, just pissed if i lose the rust spore cause i wanted prints:(, i still have one jar of the crs left and i will probably skip the bulk and just case the grains, same with the APE
Hurts to lose a few at once, sending some good vibes. Will be sure to pop a rust spore in with yer fiji
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