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OfflinePsychedelicJohn
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First Grow Log
    #20535738 - 09/07/14 10:01 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Hey Everyone, just want to start off saying I am happy to officially be apart of this great community. I have always referred to this website when it came to my mushies! :smile: I am about to embark on a grow for personal consumption.

I will be doing a simple PF tek w/ BRF & vermiculite as the substrate. I have ordered some spore syringes 2x P. Cubensis Cambodian and 1x P. Cubensis Amazon..I will probably just do Cambodian for my first grow.

My question is about my sterilization and my equipment. I read that steam sterilization is perfectly fine for cakes and I was wondering if this electric hot plate would be sufficient enough as a heat source. Aroma Single-Burner Portable Electric Range Hot Plate, AHP-303  ...for simple pot & water sterilization. My last question is if I really need to buy bottled water or will out of the tap be fine? Oh sorry and about my grow light, I have a little T5 2 footer its like 60 watts 6500k.. just 12/12 until harvest correct?

Thanks in advance I am probably just a victim of over-thinking as I get closer to starting this. This thread will become my grow log w/ pictures so be on the lookout within the next couple weeks. :smile:

Edited by PsychedelicJohn (09/16/14 10:23 PM)

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20535850 - 09/07/14 10:24 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Tap water is perfectly fine.  No one has ever scientifically proven any sort of superior water source (to my knowledge.)  So use the free shit!

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: gannondworf]
    #20535857 - 09/07/14 10:26 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

haha thats what im saying man. do you think that cheap hot plate will suffice for a few grows?

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20535877 - 09/07/14 10:30 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Water boils at 212F as long as it gets hot enough to boil water your all set because after your water starts boiling and steaming you turn your temp down but keep it high enough to keep producing steam. The light is fine and yes 12/12 when fruiting and no you don't need to buy distilled water to mix with your sub because you are sterilizing everything anyways and for fruiting no it's no required but if you have it use it


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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20535884 - 09/07/14 10:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

As long as you can bring your water to a boil, and then reduce the temperature so that you keep a boil without losing all your water you should be fine.


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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20535887 - 09/07/14 10:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Get a pressure cooker!!  Drop $50, and you'll get that 100% success rate you're looking for.  Steam sterilization is VERY unforgiving, especially for an amateur.

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20535890 - 09/07/14 10:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

The hot plate should be fine as long as it could simmer the water.

I use tap water for mine. I PC'd my jars tho. Paid $15 for a 8 quart PC at goodwill(something you should checkout). As long as you properly sterilize your jars tap water isn't an issue.

Unless your doing fruiting in a dark closet, I don't see a use for a grow light. I use ambient light. (Light is not a major player in fruiting as much as FAE is)

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: gannondworf]
    #20535933 - 09/07/14 10:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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The hot plate should be fine as long as it could simmer the water.

I use tap water for mine. I PC'd my jars tho. Paid $15 for a 8 quart PC at goodwill(something you should checkout). As long as you properly sterilize your jars tap water isn't an issue.

Unless your doing fruiting in a dark closet, I don't see a use for a grow light. I use ambient light. (Light is not a major player in fruiting as much as FAE is)





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Get a pressure cooker!!  Drop $50, and you'll get that 100% success rate you're looking for.  Steam sterilization is VERY unforgiving, especially for an amateur.




Ok thanks guys! I just have the grow light because I use it for my cannabis seedlings and figured why not. As for the pressure cooker I will look around at Goodwill and stuff, price is a factor atm but I might have seen one on local classifieds.

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20536268 - 09/08/14 12:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

good lucktechnique:cheers:


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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: cronicr]
    #20536275 - 09/08/14 12:34 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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good lucktechnique:cheers:




you rock man :smile: thanks for responding to my message so quickly..

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20536993 - 09/08/14 09:22 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Oh ya tons of PCs at goodwill are missing the pressure regulator weight on top. Every goodwill I went to had pressure cookers, i had to drive to three stores to find one with the weight on it. Kind of pain in the ass but the only way to get a PC for cheap



Edit... oh ya make sure it has a seal in the lid. lol

Edited by n1kon (09/08/14 09:55 AM)

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: n1kon]
    #20540968 - 09/08/14 11:11 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quick question and I think I'm good...after I sterilize my jars..prior to inoculation I'm worried that my room isn't the cleanest or most sterile...would a simple SAB be sufficient or how would you recommend I go about making sure my room is good to go. Thanks for all the help

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20541080 - 09/08/14 11:40 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Obviously the cleaner the better. Shower, clean clothes, lysol/alcohol spray area 15 mins before are all going to help. You have to watch out for anything infectious like dirty laundry or other bacteria sources. SABs are good from what I hear but it is still possible to get contams (nothing can replace a good sterile workflow). I never use SABs and have good results. Remember everything adds up. Just keep your contam possiblity as low as possible.

This hobby definitely taught me to be a cleaner person.

But otherwise I guess your good as long as your not inoculating next to moldy sandwiches.  :uhhnothanks:

Edited by n1kon (09/08/14 11:45 PM)

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: n1kon]
    #20541127 - 09/08/14 11:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

SAB, 70% isopropyl alcohol, and lysol spray will help. Just be as OCD about it as you can lol.

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: Flomasta100]
    #20541171 - 09/09/14 12:06 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

God I love this place.. Thanks for the quick replies guys. I'm so stoked for my spores to get here!

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20541347 - 09/09/14 01:21 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Hey I was wondering what the best way to store fresh mushies for a couple weeks would be should I dry with desiccant or just throw em in a baggie?:confused:

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: MagicalDelver]
    #20541350 - 09/09/14 01:25 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

dry them first with a dehydrator then a ziplock bag and in the freezer, perfect fruits in two weeks


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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: cronicr]
    #20541377 - 09/09/14 01:55 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Oh yes I need to get a dehydrator thanks for reminding me. I probably won't worry about it until I'm fruiting though...what are some things I could use as the spacer for my jars when I sterilize? I'll only have extra jar lids until I get to my last 5 or so.

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Re: Beginner Questions/Soon to be Grow Log [Re: PsychedelicJohn]
    #20541382 - 09/09/14 01:58 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

crumple up some foil into balls, or a cloth whatever it takes to get it off the bottom


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Spores! [Re: cronicr]
    #20547915 - 09/10/14 01:00 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

My spore syringes just arrived in the mail! Took 2 days just as they said it would. I got a buy 2 get 1 free deal and I mentioned I was from the shroomery and they threw in an extra one. An Argentina :wink: so that's pretty cool. Now I just have to wait for my other supplies to get here and I will be getting to work hopefully this weekend.



sorry for edits fucking my pictures up lol

Edited by PsychedelicJohn (09/10/14 01:20 PM)

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