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Belts
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My First Grow - Burma
#20219241 - 07/03/14 12:06 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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So this will be my first grow journal. Here is my SAB:

The edges are a little rough, but I think it will do? I taped a sheet of shower curtain over the holes to help keep out drafts. And of course that window will be shut once I get started.
Once the jars are ready, inoculation shall begin!
EDIT: Thanks, Mazz!
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20219425 - 07/03/14 12:54 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Top left of your screen where it says Welcome Belts, there is a pics link just under your name. Upload one there first then copy the URL it gives you.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Mazz]
#20219430 - 07/03/14 12:56 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh, and yes that SAB will do just fine. Close the window and turn off the AC and you'll be ok. Good luck!
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20219451 - 07/03/14 01:01 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Looks a lot like my set up
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Quote:
SpitballJedi said: Looks a lot like my set up 
Mhmmm.   
I even bought the soap you recommended!
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20219799 - 07/03/14 02:51 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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The deed is done.
Here are the 6 inoculated jars. Used a whole 10ml syringe. Is it true that it is unnecessary to tape down the holes because the dry vermiculite will keep out contaminants, or should I tape for safe measure?
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20219823 - 07/03/14 02:58 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Equilibrium - highly underrated. Correct, tape is not needed because of dry verm layer.
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The lids and the needle had alcohol on them. I may have went a little overboard sterilizing things. They weren't drenched, but they also weren't dry. Would the alcohol be enough to "ruin" the dry verm?
EDIT: Yeah, it's totally underrated!!!
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20219872 - 07/03/14 03:11 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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alcohol does not sterilize. Flame sterilize your needle. The first couple of drops will cool it. Using alcohol after flame sterilizing makes the needle no longer sterile.
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Fuuuuu.... I read that you "can use the alcohol wipes that come with the needle between jars". >.<
I did flame sterilize but then I used alcohol.
Does this mean my chances of contam are super high now?
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20219937 - 07/03/14 03:28 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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not super high but lower then when ya flamed it lol
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: cronicr]
#20219942 - 07/03/14 03:29 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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At best, wiping a flame sterilized needle with alcohol is pointless.
At worst, you recontaminate the needle
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Well all I can do is wait and see. If worse comes to worst I'll know how to do it correctly next time. XD
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You can wipe your needle in between holes of the SAME jar but if you flame sterilize and are careful then iso is not even necessary. Otherwise, if your first jar is contaminated then all your jars will be unless you flame it again.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Mazz]
#20220044 - 07/03/14 03:55 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
SpitballJedi said: At best, wiping a flame sterilized needle with alcohol is pointless.
At worst, you recontaminate the needle
This also applies to "in between holes of the same jar". If you fear you've picked up a contam after taking the needle out of a hole, then flame sterilize again. wiping the needle with anything may just add a contam to it
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It's so painful waiting to see what my jars will do. XD
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20248007 - 07/09/14 02:13 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's been 6 days and still not a sign of anything at all on all 6 jars...
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20248213 - 07/09/14 02:49 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Be patient my friend. It took me literally three weeks to get any growth at all in my jars, and here's how they look now...
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Squandary]
#20248277 - 07/09/14 03:04 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nice!!! I just worked myself into a worry reading through grow journals here and seeing people spot mycelium like 3 or 4 days after inoc.
I've been monitoring the temperature in my room and during the day it averages from 78ish-85ish and drops down to around 70 at night.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20248389 - 07/09/14 03:22 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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start worrying around the 2 week mark. fresher spores germinate faster, 6 days is normal. anywhere btw 3days to 3 weeks for me to see germination. 85 is a bit high actually but can be hard to avoid now in the summer..
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It actually shot up to 90 twice that I know of, but it was really hot on those days.
I could put an AC in my room.
What temperature should I aim for?
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20248420 - 07/09/14 03:26 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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80F. I wouldnt have anything blowing directly on or over the jars though.
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85 for part of the day is fine. I wouldn't leave them in those temps for the whole 24 hour cycle though. Warming upi during the day and cooling off at night is natural.
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Hey man, wishing ya good vibes for your first grow! Just got done with my first myself and it was definately a learning experience. Mine was a wild ms from some fungi found locally. Nothing like harvesting your first fruits you nurtured yourself! Im eager to see your results. And btw, I think it took a little less than a week for me to see myc forming
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: cowsRmeat]
#20253366 - 07/10/14 02:03 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks for the good vibes! My first jar out of 6 blew up over night (which is surprising as my room temp dropped to 60 last night... oops!)
Here are the pics:


It IS mycelium, right? XD
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20253372 - 07/10/14 02:05 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sure looks like it. Good luck
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Squandary]
#20253391 - 07/10/14 02:10 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Squandary said: Sure looks like it. Good luck
So I can let my boner rage? I was holding back until confirmation.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20254945 - 07/10/14 07:55 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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I marked the jar after I took the pictures and it's grown a couple millimeters past the markings already... Oh man, this is sooooo cool. 
Oh yeah, and it's definitely mycelium.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20256125 - 07/11/14 12:24 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Squandary]
#20256562 - 07/11/14 05:15 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Squandary said: Be patient my friend. It took me literally three weeks to get any growth at all in my jars, and here's how they look now...

Not that this is the OP's picture, but why are your cakes on a bed of vermiculite instead of perlite?
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Sockadin]
#20256606 - 07/11/14 05:36 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Old pic. That was actually a smaller tub within a larger one, there is perlite in the larger tub. The verm was there as a sort of bottom casing layer/water reservoir. After advice from cronic I got rid of it and the cakes are now on foil on the perlite. Oddly, I seem to have had better FAE when I had the tub there, which makes no sense to me.

Taken yesterday
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Squandary]
#20257010 - 07/11/14 08:34 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Damn. I was hoping to find more growth today, but it hasn't done much and still nothing else on the other jars.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Squandary]
#20257019 - 07/11/14 08:38 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Squandary said: Oddly, I seem to have had better FAE when I had the tub there
How do you know that?
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: PussyFart]
#20263338 - 07/12/14 03:08 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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The one from the other day seems to be doing great, and two other jars have areas on them that look like more mycelium growth! The dark spots are from a marker I used to mark the spots and they didn't fully wipe off.
   
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20263679 - 07/12/14 05:02 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Looks good. My only advice would be to leave them alone.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: PussyFart]
#20263824 - 07/12/14 05:45 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
PussyFart said:
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Squandary said: Oddly, I seem to have had better FAE when I had the tub there
How do you know that?
None of the fruits had fuzzy feet before, but now they do
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Squandary]
#20264023 - 07/12/14 06:39 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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None of the fruits had fuzzy feet before, but now they do
I believe that can also be caused by humidity being very high, which may or may not correspond with decreased fae.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: norml56]
#20270510 - 07/14/14 10:37 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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norml56 said: Looks good. My only advice would be to leave them alone.
Will do.
I peaked at them without disturbing them this morning and one is almost completely snow white on one side.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20270606 - 07/14/14 10:57 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Does that growth seem to be spreading away from the inoculation point? I ask because I'm pretty sure cube mycelia grow directionally and I can't tell from your pictures if growth is directional.
Maybe someone else can confirm this?
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Bluephase]
#20270661 - 07/14/14 11:10 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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It most definitely is spreading away from the inoculation point. I've looked at it closely and I can see the little white "hairs".
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20270962 - 07/14/14 12:13 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Couldn't help myself...
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20271511 - 07/14/14 02:32 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Bluephase]
#20280435 - 07/16/14 09:57 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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So it's been about 2 weeks and it looks like 2 jars aren't doing anything at all, one has moisture all over it but nothing else, one has what looks to be contamination, and the last 2 seem ok.
The jar that showed the first signs of growth now has little bumps forming on it.

And this is the one that I think is contaminated, due to the odd line of... something that has formed.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20280604 - 07/16/14 10:48 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Anyone wanna direct me on what to do next? Birth? Dunk? Begin fruiting?
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Belts]
#20280626 - 07/16/14 10:56 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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If they've been fully colonized for a week, then go ahead and dunk, roll, etc. Not sure what those little bead-like bumps are, could be baby pins about to form. It just looks like moisture in your jar in the last pic, make sure it smells ok before proceeding.
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Re: My First Grow - Burma [Re: Ilyana]
#20280791 - 07/16/14 11:41 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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The one with the strange line doesn't smell any differently than the other jars.
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