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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: DarkLotusInc]
    #5536133 - 04/20/06 12:06 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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Q: If a jar has a contam in it, should I just throw the ENTIRE jar away and buy a new one, or is there a way to empty it, and 100% sterilize it for re-use?




If you have alot of money and don't mind throwing jars away...go for it.

If you don't...use my method.

Take the jars outside..so that your not opening a contaminated jar inside your place.
Opening a contaminated jar indoors can cause alot of contam problems.

Outdoors...
Get a garbage can or bag and scoop the substrate into the garbage without breathing any of it in...
try and keep the jar in towards the bottom of the garbage can or bag if you can.
Then take the nasty jar and put it into a bucket or large container with bleachy water...and let it soak for a couple days.

After soaking for a few days...
Clean the inside of the jar out with a bottle brush.
Then wash the jar or jars out with fresh water.

Then you can take it back into the house, apt. or dwelling type unit...etc.
Put them in the dishwasher...or wash them really good by hand if you don't have a dishwasher.

Then they will be good enough to use again.


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: Roadkill]
    #5536561 - 04/20/06 05:33 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Hello all
I happen to be a newbie and in the process of pinning my first two cakes. I have a question that seems to fit with the general discussion.
When i birthed my cakes i put them directley on the perlite, the mycellium is starting to grow in the perlite but im getting a lot of pins.
Q:Will birthing cakes directley onto perlite affect them in any way
A:?

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: ColorfulDee]
    #5540529 - 04/21/06 10:06 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Q: Approximately how much water/moisture should your BRF/verm cakes have?


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: agar]
    #5541597 - 04/21/06 04:42 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

is it better if BRF is organic, can i still use regular BRF?

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: FluShu]
    #5554735 - 04/25/06 12:11 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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Q: Help! Some of my cakes get really really stuck in their PF jars, and no matter how much I bang them, the only way I can get them out is by actually tugging them out.... which sometimes pulls the cakes apart. Some are even so bad I can only get them out by cutting the cake in half... they still fruit but not as much as the intact cakes. What do I do!??!!
A: Being a noob, I'm rather curious about that myself... any takers on this one?




You need to get new jars. Make sure you use tapered mason jars ( jars that have a larger opening at the top, and get narrower towards the bottom). This will allow your cakes to slide out easier.

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: Redsmurf]
    #5569715 - 04/29/06 07:27 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

please help me!
I have bough a myco farm bag and injected with 2-3ml of cambodian cubensis culture. It has been at least 15 days and its showing no sign of mycelium. It is in an incubator i have made with a cool box and my ps2. I keeps a steady 24-28 * but once i had it at about 32* because i put the lid on too tightly. I have inh=jected with another ml today to see what will happen.
Q. What the hell could be wrong?? could 32* have killed my spores?

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: zeegos]
    #5570379 - 04/29/06 01:51 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

ive got a question also, can liquid cultures themselves become contaminated and if so how would you notice?


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: KidgardFromSRQ]
    #5570413 - 04/29/06 01:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Yes. They are very prone to contamination.

That is why you want a good filter on one, if you allow for gas exchange.

Mold will most often grow as a blue/gray cover - on the surface.

The way to tell, is Not to agitate an LC for several days.

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: agar]
    #5570443 - 04/29/06 02:04 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

my filter is pretty much one small hole in the lid the diameter of a syringe. so far im seeing no contams after about 5 days although i've shaken it a little if that's what you mean by agitating. anyways, if it were to get contaminated would that be to complete waste or could i start an outdoor grow by making a bed outside and pouring in a few inches deep you think?


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: KidgardFromSRQ]
    #5578222 - 05/01/06 05:42 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Q: As to when substrate is fully colonized, is it alright to take the PF tek styled 1/2 pint jar out of the incubator and introduce it to light before taking it out of the jar?
To initiate pinning inside the jar, and than take it out to fruit after pins are seen.

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: agar]
    #5595165 - 05/05/06 06:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

<---- n00b over here


I've been rading alot of grow guides but I'm still confused on harvesting. How much dry yield can be obtained from a typical rice cake from a 1/2 pint container? I heard 1 dry gram per week after its been colonized is that true? And how many weeks can a rice cake produce for?

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: Rikku69]
    #5595193 - 05/05/06 06:26 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Hey, you might want to post your question in the forum, it might not get noticed over here.



And hello n00b :grin:


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: agar]
    #5595378 - 05/05/06 07:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Iam a new grower and I just receved somenew shroom spores.I don't exactly what to do.need help please!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: Snaggletooth]
    #5595675 - 05/05/06 08:51 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

The forum?? I thought people used this message board to answer all questions. Well ok then.  :wink:

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: Rikku69]
    #5623479 - 05/13/06 12:45 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

bump.

here's lots of answers to lots of questions.


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: monstermitch]
    #5668820 - 05/24/06 01:26 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

bump again.

lots of answers to lots of questions.

FAQ and Search don't seem to get used often.


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: monstermitch]
    #5713950 - 06/05/06 04:48 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I found a number of errors in this FAQ post... If you feel qualified to write FAQs at least make sure your answers are correct. I do think a short FAQ with the MOST asked questions should be stickied to the top of this forum.

> Q, "does VERMICULITE, contains ASBESTOS?".
> (NO).

Not all vermiculite contains asbestos, but vermiculite mined from some locations has been found to contain it. Avoid breathing the dust.

> Q, " Does a food dehydrator cause potency loss?"
> (No. Anything under 400 ?F does not cause potency loss.)

Actually any amount of heat will increase decomposition of actives. This is a simple fact of chemistry. As a general rule the rate of reaction doubles for every 10C. If you dried at 400F I highly doubt you would have any actives left by the time they dried.

> 25.)How long will PC'ed jars keep?
> "A properly sterlized jar will remain clean for months"

A sterilized jar will keep a lot longer than "months". Probably 6 months to a year before it becomes "less than optimal".

> 30.)Can i obtain spores from dried mushrooms?
> "Not really, you're much better off buying your own"

Yes you can. Isolate on agar first, then use as you see fit.

> Q. Do black lights help cakes and casings pin?
> A. Black lights cause mutations.

Black lights do emit UV radiation, but it is long wave UV (UV-A) not short wave UV (UV-B&C). Short wave UV causes DNA damage and mutations while long wave is harmless. That's why you can look at blacklights and they can put them up in clubs and bars without risk. Black lights don't cause mutations, but they probably aren't very good for initiating pinning either.


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: fastfred]
    #5715373 - 06/05/06 02:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

> Q. How many milimiters are in one inch?
> A. look at the scale :smile:

1 inch = 25,4mm


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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: agar]
    #21015229 - 12/23/14 01:02 AM (9 years, 2 months ago)

great job.

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Re: Common newbie Q & A [Re: pseeker]
    #21016098 - 12/23/14 09:36 AM (9 years, 2 months ago)

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