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VYBE
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Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian)
#19490603 - 01/29/14 10:03 AM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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I changed my mind about making the LC this morning so I went ahead and moved forward on getting the popcorn ready and throwing it in my PC. I only did two jars because I'm down to the last of my last spore syringe but I should have just enough to get them both going! I used a bigger jar and a half pint jar but in the half pint jar I cut 4 small holes (like of tek) and filled them with polyfil. I want to see if four inoculation ports will get things going a little faster. Not sure if it will work better but I figured it's worth a shot. I'm going to Spawn these on straw and manure once they are ready and I'll be constructing an automated FC for them. I'll post pics along the way!! And as always, any feedback helps!!

I know it's going to be a little small of a scale but it's going to be my first bulk grow so the one after that will be full throttle
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: VYBE]
#19491040 - 01/29/14 11:50 AM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sweet! G2G is way more reliable than LC, good choice. You'll get plenty more spores later, too
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: VYBE]
#19491103 - 01/29/14 12:04 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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VYBE said: I changed my mind about making the LC this morning so I went ahead and moved forward on getting the popcorn ready and throwing it in my PC. I only did two jars because I'm down to the last of my last spore syringe but I should have just enough to get them both going! I used a bigger jar and a half pint jar but in the half pint jar I cut 4 small holes (like of tek) and filled them with polyfil. I want to see if four inoculation ports will get things going a little faster. Not sure if it will work better but I figured it's worth a shot. I'm going to Spawn these on straw and manure once they are ready and I'll be constructing an automated FC for them. I'll post pics along the way!! And as always, any feedback helps!!

I know it's going to be a little small of a scale but it's going to be my first bulk grow so the one after that will be full throttle
PopCorn is cheap and it works. All tubs in my signature pics are corn. You do the math...
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: GimpCollector]
#19491270 - 01/29/14 12:44 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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I just finished G2G on my popcorn, also using it for the first time myself. We're in sync! Awesome!
I took a lighter to my polyfill to kind of tidy up and shrink the fluff that's sticking out. You probably already sterilized, but maybe an idea for next time if you want to .. Though, that might make it hard inoculate through the poly.
It looks like you have clearance to just wiggle the needle around instead of having 4 holes. When you shake it up that might make it difficult to keep your grains from coming in contact with the fluff.
The porosity of popcorn makes it colonize pretty quickly. My 1-pint jars took like 12-14 days from a MS syringe. My G2G jars are still colonizing, but they're at about 10-15% after 4 days (they'll probably take off soon).
I'm going to try other grains afterwards, I'm just getting my feet wet too, but so far I like popcorn. It's so clean and easy to work with, and it smells fantastic!
If you use MS don't shake them up after you inject. I did this, and saw later that it's better to let the spores germinate close to one another. It won't be ruined, but good to know.
(watching) 
EDIT: The holes in your lids seem a bit on the large side to me (nice blade). I aimed for 1/4" made it easier to yank the poly through and get it nice and snug.
Edited by Quexl (01/29/14 12:50 PM)
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: Quexl]
#19492186 - 01/29/14 04:23 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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Here's everything I got going so far. I went ahead and inoculated my popcorn jars and I should be birthing a couple of my brf cakes here soon !
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: Quexl]
#19492236 - 01/29/14 04:30 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hahaha we are in sync! And I knew I was missing something, I forgot the grams couldn't come in direct contact with the polyfil... But thank you for all the advice! I'd love to see pics once you get your first flush! I'm waiting on more spores now so I can get more corn going!!
More pics to come!!
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: VYBE]
#19493070 - 01/29/14 06:45 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'll certainly post pics here once my test casing starts to go for me (testing a weird casing mix).
No need to order another syringe if you've got corn colonizing! Just carefully G2G in a still-air-box (worked for me, just have to be careful). G2G is actually faster than a spore syringe, from what I've seen on here.
I've got seven pints of corn and a half-full chamber, no idea what I'm going to do if they all get done colonizing before I'm ready.
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: Quexl]
#19493090 - 01/29/14 06:48 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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Love the Shot Glass torch, nice touch.
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: GimpCollector]
#19493186 - 01/29/14 07:02 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm for sure going to do g2g ! I really ordered spores because I wanted to have a nice variety but it's not necessary I guess haha. I just still need to do a little more research on g2g before I carry it out..... I'll do that now
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: VYBE]
#19497805 - 01/30/14 05:54 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hey vybe, here's some pictures of my first casings.
My test-casing started to poke through, so I patched and put it in my chamber. I made a test one just b/c my casing material is a little weird.

It seemed to go well! So I made another out of two jars instead of one and stuck it in my incubator.

So much more awesome than cakes.
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: Quexl]
#19497884 - 01/30/14 06:12 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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What are you use in as your casing layer?? Looks like it's going to work great! I'm glad I'm taking step away from cakes. Grains not even that much more difficult!
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: VYBE]
#19498096 - 01/30/14 07:06 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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VYBE said: What are you use in as your casing layer?? Looks like it's going to work great! I'm glad I'm taking step away from cakes. Grains not even that much more difficult!
I'll PM after this so the thread doesn't keep bumping. 
I'm using 33% potting soil, and 66% vermiculite that I moistened and PC'd for 50 minutes. It's not ideal, and I should probably be pasteurizing choir\verm but for this time, whatever 
And yeah, to me grains are far easier so far.
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: Quexl]
#19498240 - 01/30/14 07:35 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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y pm him...it's his thread if he has a q answer it
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Re: Said no to LC, trying popcorn for the first time! (Malaysian) [Re: cronicr]
#19498323 - 01/30/14 07:52 PM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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cronicr said: y pm him...it's his thread if he has a q answer it
Ok! Just didn't want to bumpbumpbump on a 1-1 conversation.
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