Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: OlympusMyco.com Olympus Myco Bulk Substrate   PhytoExtractum Kratom Powder for Sale   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Offlineonlyanatomy
Sunshine Recorder
Female
Registered: 09/06/12
Posts: 21
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
PF Tek First Timer Questions and Pictures
    #21569911 - 04/19/15 10:00 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Hello to you all!
I've been visiting this site on and off for over 12+ years, it's a really great community. It takes me back a bit to be posting on a BBS. It's been a while. :wink:

I decided to start with the PF Tek. I had nearly everything I needed, aside from the verm and perlite. It's funny as a Chef I don't own a PC, but I do own a very large canning pot that I use in the fall for canning vegetables. I followed the Tek to a T, and the jars were left to cool over night, then inoculated them in a glove box. Taking simple precautions such as a draft free room, a shower before, clean clothes, latex gloves, disinfectant, ect.

The jars began to show colonization 3/4 days after inoculation. They have been colonizing for 26 days. I don't have any signs of contamination, although I question their % of colonization.

They seem to be close to 100%.
All of the bottoms are covered.
16 jars total.
Kept between 73-77 F.
In a dark cabinet. 

I think I went a little thick on the dry verm layer.

There is a few spots where a few verm particles are stuck to the jar, is this an issue?

Some of the jars have cakes that have shrunk a bit, I have read that this is normal.

Yet, some of the jars express the spiderweb-like mycelium growth however lack the "cakiness" look of it? I don't believe it to be mold. Just not a full mycelium take.

It's hard to tell how the cakes actually look, because the jars are smooth on the inside, and decorated with diamond shapes on the outside, obscuring my view a bit.

What do you guys think?
This is just a sample of a few jars.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineRyeJar
StrangerDanger


Registered: 04/16/15
Posts: 523
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
Re: PF Tek First Timer Questions and Pictures [Re: onlyanatomy]
    #21569926 - 04/19/15 10:07 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Those 6 jars are ready to 'consolidate' or, depending how long they looked like that, birth.  Looks great!  Good job!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineonlyanatomy
Sunshine Recorder
Female
Registered: 09/06/12
Posts: 21
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
Re: PF Tek First Timer Questions and Pictures [Re: RyeJar]
    #21570002 - 04/19/15 10:31 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

They have looked like that for nearly a week.

Just to be safe I was going to give them a month.

25th of March to the 25th of April.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineDeadZeppelin92
Stranger


Registered: 03/07/15
Posts: 105
Loc: 'Merica Flag
Last seen: 8 years, 8 months
Re: PF Tek First Timer Questions and Pictures [Re: onlyanatomy]
    #21570074 - 04/19/15 10:51 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Sounds like you got a plan! Have you made a SGFC yet?


--------------------
I can't help you with your troubles, if you won't help with mine!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineonlyanatomy
Sunshine Recorder
Female
Registered: 09/06/12
Posts: 21
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
Re: PF Tek First Timer Questions and Pictures [Re: DeadZeppelin92]
    #21570095 - 04/19/15 10:58 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Yes sir!

I am planning on doing two, since I have two different varieties.

On another note, the perlite I have is a slightly smaller grade. Would it effect anything if I line the bottom part of my SGFC with plastic screen to prevent it from falling out, while letting in the gas exchange?

It's not sand like, just I don't want a mess of perlite on the tables where I'll be fruiting.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineRyeJar
StrangerDanger


Registered: 04/16/15
Posts: 523
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
Re: PF Tek First Timer Questions and Pictures [Re: onlyanatomy]
    #21570220 - 04/19/15 11:43 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

onlyanatomy said:
Yes sir!

I am planning on doing two, since I have two different varieties.

On another note, the perlite I have is a slightly smaller grade. Would it effect anything if I line the bottom part of my SGFC with plastic screen to prevent it from falling out, while letting in the gas exchange?

It's not sand like, just I don't want a mess of perlite on the tables where I'll be fruiting.



Won't hurt a bit sir.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: OlympusMyco.com Olympus Myco Bulk Substrate   PhytoExtractum Kratom Powder for Sale   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* PF Tek....casing Question The_Doc 1,338 2 05/11/02 06:48 AM
by StainBlue
* 1st timer questions on sterilization- PLEASE READ! philistine4life 2,137 9 10/11/01 09:12 AM
by fahque
* PF-Tek or Rye grain DrD525 11,113 17 06/03/16 01:57 PM
by openmindedcanvas
* first timer, myco bags or reg PF Tek method?? gonzosthompson 3,085 4 10/08/02 06:09 PM
by Audi0
* PF Tek question forevadazin 3,182 11 11/04/02 03:06 PM
by Knives_Out
* PF Tek Yield? AcidMan42069 26,730 7 05/06/09 09:45 PM
by Doc_T
* First PF Tek Dancing Iceman 2,146 4 10/16/02 10:39 AM
by Bilge
* First timer questions Alkaloid 858 3 04/06/02 03:36 AM
by AssHumper10K

Extra information
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
252 topic views. 10 members, 52 guests and 37 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.021 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 12 queries.