bw86 said:

am i looking at a bic one use shaving blade?

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Gillette Sensor 2... they didn't have any Bics at the store

I'm not pulling my sub out of the tub so I need a way to easily work around the pins while harvesting. 

I don't know what you guys all use to harvest.... but if you are finding it is awkward or time consuming I highly recommend making something like this.

morbiddoctor said:

As far as reusing plates goes, regular petris are easily cleaned in a bleach soak before drying in a flowhood and using immediately.

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Fuck yes. I had read this can be done in h2o2 also.. gimme details gimme details!!! Pls pls lol

Higher contam rate at all? Do u have a microscope? Do u use vinegar to keep ph Hugh to keep bleach active when diluted in h2o??

Thedillestpickle said:

I'm been harvesting a multipore tub over the past couple of days and thought of this tool.  Knives are clumsy and too thick to easily glide through a stem. Twist and pull makes a mess that you have to clean up before dehydrating. 

Quick little DIY project here.  It took 5 minutes to make and it works so wonderfully.  The super thin blade glides through the stem and the angled handle lets you get into the tub and harvest around the still maturing fruits. 

I roughed the surface on the plastic and used 5 minute setting two part epoxy glue.  In case you can't already tell, the handle and blade are from a cheap disposable razor(Gillette Sensor 2)

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tommyg57 said:

Damnit I wish I could figure out how to upload pictures from a phone!

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TravelAgency said:

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Thedillestpickle said:

TravelAgency said:

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Nice one.  High-powered stir-plate, or flow hood?

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TravelAgency said:

Additions for my indoor greenhouse- going to duct one into a 5gal bucket with the pond fogger at the bottom then duct it up through the top of the GH then have the other fan as exhaust on the bottom. Found a pretty good old thread describing it- keeps rh and FAE high as well as expel spore loads.

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That's really cool.  Do you run any of that on a timer or does it just run 24/7.  I just looked up pond fogger 

I wonder if installing a cheap hepa filter(non-laminar) to the lid of the bucket would help in any way with contamination, although I also read that contams usually results from bad spawn or improper pasteurization so maybe it's not going to change contam rate.

I like the 5gallon reservoir idea because you won't have to top it off too often.  I may be wrong but it is probably a good idea to only use distilled or RO water to prevent the fogger from getting dirty.  I only use RO water in my humidifiers personally.

Thedillestpickle said:

TravelAgency said:

Additions for my indoor greenhouse- going to duct one into a 5gal bucket with the pond fogger at the bottom then duct it up through the top of the GH then have the other fan as exhaust on the bottom. Found a pretty good old thread describing it- keeps rh and FAE high as well as expel spore loads.

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That's really cool.  Do you run any of that on a timer or does it just run 24/7.  I just looked up pond fogger 

I wonder if installing a cheap hepa filter(non-laminar) to the lid of the bucket would help in any way with contamination, although I also read that contams usually results from bad spawn or improper pasteurization so maybe it's not going to change contam rate.

I like the 5gallon reservoir idea because you won't have to top it off too often.  I may be wrong but it is probably a good idea to only use distilled or RO water to prevent the fogger from getting dirty.  I only use RO water in my humidifiers personally.

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TravelAgency said:

Yeah don't really need the hepa due to them already being fully colonized when they go in.

And yeah I have the fogger on 15 on 15 off but the fans will be constant (but on dimmers to tweak) once installed.

Another cool thing about the 5 gal is it acts as a condensation chamber as well.

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Ah yea, that sounds perfect.  Thanks for the ideas! if I do decide to make a GH I have a rough idea of how to do it now.