|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
psylosis
Seer



Registered: 08/08/13
Posts: 163
Loc: Chicago
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
|
PE Bulk Grow Plan
#21221264 - 02/03/15 02:01 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
I am planning on doing a PE bulk grow very soon and am trying to put together all the info I have gathered thus far.
I would like to see what everyone thinks of this plan and if necessary, point out any flaws and/or suggest better alternatives.
1.) So I'm going to use Pastywhyte's Agar Tek to get everything going. I feel like this way I can spot the contams early and even speed up the colonization process. Also, I only have one syringe, and I was planning on making 7 quarts of spawn. In the above mentioned tek he only uses like 1 drop of the syringe to inoculate the agar, so my theory is I can spread out my syringe very easily.
Q: Will it actually speed up the process? I seem to remember reading that agar colonizes quickly, but please correct me if I am wrong.
2.) Then, I'll use his tiger drop technique to inoculate my jars.
Q: Should I use quart jars, pints, or half pints? I feel like quart jars will take up less space in my incubation chamber, but don't half pint jars colonize more quickly?
Q: Any recommendations on how many colonized agar plates should be dropped in each jar?
3.) Once jars are fully colonized, I am using Frank Horrigan's bulk tek. Looks very simple. I will also be using Frank's Bulk Substrate Tek, as it makes exactly the right amount of substrate I'll need 
4.) Since I'm doing PE, I'm going to case when the tub is colonized with Frank's 50/50+ Casing Tek. This looks awesome! 
After this, it should be all down hill from there. Harvesting and drying should not be difficult. I will still need to figure out how to print these guys when they get here but I'm not worried about that this very moment.
What does everyone think of my plan? or ? I'm pretty excited about this one as it will be my first big project thus far! 
Shoutout to Mr. Horrigan for these thorough, illustrated guides. He really does provide everything I've needed to know so far and I'm quite grateful for the time it has saved me. Thanks for taking the time to write these teks Frank!
-------------------- Ride the spiral to the end, You may just go where no one's been. Spiral out, Keep going.
|
cronicr



Registered: 08/07/11
Posts: 61,436
Loc: Van Isle
Last seen: 2 years, 3 months
|
Re: PE Bulk Grow Plan [Re: psylosis]
#21221307 - 02/03/15 02:15 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
1)not right away but in the long run,if you isolate the fastest growth
2)quarts, one per qt
3)good luck and it is a solid plan,post along the journey
--------------------
  It doesn't matter what i think of you...all that matters is clean spawn I'm tired do me a favor
|
psylosis
Seer



Registered: 08/08/13
Posts: 163
Loc: Chicago
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
|
Re: PE Bulk Grow Plan [Re: cronicr]
#21221773 - 02/03/15 03:45 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
cronicr said: 1)not right away but in the long run,if you isolate the fastest growth
2)quarts, one per qt
3)good luck and it is a solid plan,post along the journey
Cool man thanks for the input. Good to hear from a trusted cultivator! I do need to look into isolation though, for sure
-------------------- Ride the spiral to the end, You may just go where no one's been. Spiral out, Keep going.
|
cronicr



Registered: 08/07/11
Posts: 61,436
Loc: Van Isle
Last seen: 2 years, 3 months
|
Re: PE Bulk Grow Plan [Re: psylosis]
#21221790 - 02/03/15 03:48 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
anytime!
--------------------
  It doesn't matter what i think of you...all that matters is clean spawn I'm tired do me a favor
|
Fuzz-nutter


Registered: 04/06/13
Posts: 1,740
Loc: Canada
|
Re: PE Bulk Grow Plan [Re: cronicr]
#21224313 - 02/04/15 02:50 AM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
I don't recommend starting with tiger dropping. When you start off agar it's easy to get some contams along the edge, especially from condensation. I also like to exclude the middle where I originally placed my sample, in case there was a contam that was taken over quickly. I usually make a half pear shapped cut, half a petri like that is still plenty of agar to get your jar moving quickly.
|
psylosis
Seer



Registered: 08/08/13
Posts: 163
Loc: Chicago
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
|
|
Quote:
Fuzz-nutter said: I don't recommend starting with tiger dropping. When you start off agar it's easy to get some contams along the edge, especially from condensation. I also like to exclude the middle where I originally placed my sample, in case there was a contam that was taken over quickly. I usually make a half pear shapped cut, half a petri like that is still plenty of agar to get your jar moving quickly.
Thanks for the tip! Won't the contams be easy to see though?
-------------------- Ride the spiral to the end, You may just go where no one's been. Spiral out, Keep going.
|
|
|
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a 629 topic views. 9 members, 78 guests and 37 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ] |
|