|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
shane4050
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/08
Posts: 33
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
Popcorn jar cobweb or myc?
#21947033 - 07/15/15 12:07 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Hey guys I had afew of my jars inoculated with Burma ms start to show fast, this is at day 7. What do you guys think I've never used grains before.. It doesn't seem to be growing rapidly fast.
|
TravelAgency
The ongoing "wow"


Registered: 12/25/10
Posts: 4,431
Last seen: 11 months, 22 days
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: shane4050]
#21947075 - 07/15/15 12:15 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Looks like healthy mycelium to me! Good job!
|
shane4050
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/08
Posts: 33
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
|
Thanks for the reassurance gonna keep my eye on them. Either popcorn colonizes real fast or I got some good ms from the spore depot.
|
spacechildo
proletarians rise up



Registered: 01/24/13
Posts: 19,243
Loc: Babylon
Last seen: 6 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: shane4050]
#21947191 - 07/15/15 12:43 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
your grains look real wet. you should dry them better before pc'ing next time, you have some bacteria going on there.
popcorn seems to colonize faster because its such few grains and short lengths formyc totravel.
edit out the vendor from your post, they sell spores for microscopy only dont misuse them for cultivation.
|
shane4050
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/08
Posts: 33
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: spacechildo]
#21947258 - 07/15/15 12:56 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Thank you for the info and sorry about that, I wasn't sure if they were too wet or not I dried them in a strainer for an hour, moving around periodically, then when I couldn't feel any moisture I strained again. After they came out of the pressure cooker they did look a little moist. But I read that was normal after pressure cooking grain and to roll and shake the jars. I haven't had any pooling or anything but afew kernels seem to have retained abit of water that are pressed against the jar.
|
Kizzle
Misanthrope


Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,855
Last seen: 15 hours, 7 minutes
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: shane4050]
#21948275 - 07/15/15 04:38 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
popcorn seems to colonize faster because its such few grains and short lengths formyc totravel.
Which line is shorter?
--------------------
|
spacechildo
proletarians rise up



Registered: 01/24/13
Posts: 19,243
Loc: Babylon
Last seen: 6 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Kizzle]
#21948295 - 07/15/15 04:44 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
the blue line didn't colonize all the grains tho. neither did the red. smaller grains means more total surface to colonize right?
|
Kizzle
Misanthrope


Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,855
Last seen: 15 hours, 7 minutes
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: spacechildo]
#21948322 - 07/15/15 04:53 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Surface areas doesn't seem to affect colonization. I mean if I place some mycelium in the center of an agar plate and place some on the side of a different plate the mycelium seems to colonize the same distance from the inoculation point in each direction even though the one where it was placed in the center will have more area colonized in the same period of time.
--------------------
|
d0urd3n
Just call me "D"

Registered: 09/15/10
Posts: 5,237
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Kizzle]
#21948328 - 07/15/15 04:54 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Well the mycelium doesn't seem to swim along the grains, it just stretches across at the same speed. At least that is what I have noticed, granted I have never used popcorn. But no different with WBS and oats, except oats being faster. I will blame that on prep though.
|
tryptkaloids
Learner



Registered: 02/08/15
Posts: 12,641
Loc: Exact Center
Last seen: 3 days, 2 hours
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Kizzle]
#21948342 - 07/15/15 04:57 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
it finds a path through the smaller grains faster.
-------------------- "Remember, kids, the difference between science and screwing around is writing it down" -adam savage Flowchart for Recommended plan of action. Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms Use the Damn search engine After you know what you're doing, take a break Pick a book, Make some chips! Josex said:Don't take the site seriously bro, ain't worth it.
|
spacechildo
proletarians rise up



Registered: 01/24/13
Posts: 19,243
Loc: Babylon
Last seen: 6 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Kizzle]
#21948350 - 07/15/15 04:59 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Kizzle said: I mean if I place some mycelium in the center of an agar plate and place some on the side of a different plate the mycelium seems to colonize the same distance from the inoculation point in each direction even though the one where it was placed in the center will have more area colonized in the same period of time.
isn't that only normal tho? they grow the same but one of them doesnt get the chance to colonize the same amount? or is your point that the myc doesnt care about the grains it just uses them to grow off of and just goes straight through "holes" in between grains without following the grains surface?
|
Kizzle
Misanthrope


Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,855
Last seen: 15 hours, 7 minutes
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: spacechildo] 1
#21948563 - 07/15/15 05:41 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
My point is I don't know for sure why popcorn seems to colonize quicker but I don't think it's related to surface area. Popcorn has the highest water content of any of the common used grains, it has the largest pore size between kernels which might allow for better GE, it also has an usually dense hull. Any of those factor could be involved.
--------------------
|
ZeroBoyWD
Zombie



Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 460
Last seen: 2 years, 5 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Kizzle]
#21948581 - 07/15/15 05:45 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I'm inclined to agree with Kizzle, but I'm not speaking from experience. I think its the same reason you don't pack cakes down, give them some air to stretch and travel. Lot of time lapse videos out there of fruiting, anybody seen any good colonization ones? I think that would be the more interesting viewing
-------------------- I'm done trying to be "right." I want the exchange of ideas to be the currency of my economy. If you have something I can use, great. I'll try it out. If you think my methods are shit, great. Don't use it. We all want yields.
|
Kizzle
Misanthrope


Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,855
Last seen: 15 hours, 7 minutes
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: ZeroBoyWD] 1
#21948913 - 07/15/15 06:57 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
--------------------
|
spacechildo
proletarians rise up



Registered: 01/24/13
Posts: 19,243
Loc: Babylon
Last seen: 6 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Kizzle]
#21949038 - 07/15/15 07:32 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
that was fuckin awesome! I was just out for a walk and thought about drawing on/editing your pic to make it more like 3d, but this is way better!
And I like how they showed the bottom at the end, lots of people mistake that look for clean myc!
|
ZeroBoyWD
Zombie



Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 460
Last seen: 2 years, 5 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: spacechildo]
#21949444 - 07/15/15 09:27 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Epic, dude. So is the mycelium overcoming or assimilating the trichoderma
-------------------- I'm done trying to be "right." I want the exchange of ideas to be the currency of my economy. If you have something I can use, great. I'll try it out. If you think my methods are shit, great. Don't use it. We all want yields.
|
TravelAgency
The ongoing "wow"


Registered: 12/25/10
Posts: 4,431
Last seen: 11 months, 22 days
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
#21949455 - 07/15/15 09:31 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
ZeroBoyWD said: Epic, dude. So is the mycelium overcoming or assimilating the trichoderma
That doesn't happen. Trich is a parasitic mold that cube sis mycelium is the host for. It feeds on the mycelium and intertwined its own, white mycelium (green is the spores). The trich wins. Everytime.
|
shroomyaxn



Registered: 11/13/11
Posts: 276
Last seen: 2 years, 2 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: shane4050]
#21949517 - 07/15/15 09:47 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
shane4050 said:

These look suspect to me, maybe its just the picture quality and jars. Either way, if you want fast colonization, drop a fat healthy agar wedge into a jar and create a master. If the grains are prepared properly then your okay. Focus on what you are inoculating your grains with as well as the technique.
|
ZeroBoyWD
Zombie



Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 460
Last seen: 2 years, 5 months
|
|
Quote:
TravelAgency said:
Quote:
ZeroBoyWD said: Epic, dude. So is the mycelium overcoming or assimilating the trichoderma
That doesn't happen. Trich is a parasitic mold that cube sis mycelium is the host for. It feeds on the mycelium and intertwined its own, white mycelium (green is the spores). The trich wins. Everytime.
Assimilated then. Becomes one with the mold
-------------------- I'm done trying to be "right." I want the exchange of ideas to be the currency of my economy. If you have something I can use, great. I'll try it out. If you think my methods are shit, great. Don't use it. We all want yields.
|
shane4050
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/08
Posts: 33
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
#21952601 - 07/16/15 03:54 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Thanks for the input guys, I'm gonna keep my eye on them and they could look wet because I'm using decorative mason jars.
|
shane4050
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/08
Posts: 33
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: shane4050]
#21963833 - 07/19/15 08:38 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quick update everything seems to be moving along steady.
|
tryptkaloids
Learner



Registered: 02/08/15
Posts: 12,641
Loc: Exact Center
Last seen: 3 days, 2 hours
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: shane4050]
#21964017 - 07/19/15 09:43 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
what I still don't get is why it's at the bottom
-------------------- "Remember, kids, the difference between science and screwing around is writing it down" -adam savage Flowchart for Recommended plan of action. Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms Use the Damn search engine After you know what you're doing, take a break Pick a book, Make some chips! Josex said:Don't take the site seriously bro, ain't worth it.
|
lbot1983
Doctor Ganja


Registered: 06/19/15
Posts: 115
Last seen: 8 years, 3 months
|
|
When i made jars on the dry side the spore solution ran staight to the bottom of the jar. When grain is not to dry the solution seems to merge with the moisture and u get a nice row of myc from top to bottom. Ehen a bit dry the solution has minimal moisture to merge with and mainly ends up on bottom. This is just in my limitied experiance and i could be wrong.
-------------------- Order me some fucking golf shoes!!!!
|
tryptkaloids
Learner



Registered: 02/08/15
Posts: 12,641
Loc: Exact Center
Last seen: 3 days, 2 hours
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: lbot1983]
#21964546 - 07/19/15 11:30 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I've never done grain but my hericium is getting the column of myc down the jar
-------------------- "Remember, kids, the difference between science and screwing around is writing it down" -adam savage Flowchart for Recommended plan of action. Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms Use the Damn search engine After you know what you're doing, take a break Pick a book, Make some chips! Josex said:Don't take the site seriously bro, ain't worth it.
|
lbot1983
Doctor Ganja


Registered: 06/19/15
Posts: 115
Last seen: 8 years, 3 months
|
|
Quote:
tryptkaloids said: I've never done grain but my hericium is getting the column of myc down the jar
I am far from an expert, just what i have seen. For all i know i could be way off but i made a batch of wbs that was not soaked nearly long enough and all they mycelium started at the bottom, once i shook them things returned to an even spread.
-------------------- Order me some fucking golf shoes!!!!
|
shane4050
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/08
Posts: 33
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: lbot1983]
#21964591 - 07/19/15 11:42 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I did a 24 hr presoak simmered on low for a hour, strained dried and pc'd 12 jars all of them 500 ml with a self healing port to the side and polyfill fae port in the middle. My theory is that because the popcorn is so loosely packed in the jar and because my ports are to the side that the spore soloition collected together at the bottom. Just a theory because popcorn is so big and provides a lot of air between each grain.
|
Pastywhyte
Say hello to my little friend



Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada
|
|
Quote:
tryptkaloids said: I've never done grain but my hericium is getting the column of myc down the jar
Popcorn is terrible for catching spores and culture so it slides right to the bottom. However no matter what grain is used culture is going to grab on better. With popcorn my growth always started at the bottom.
|
tryptkaloids
Learner



Registered: 02/08/15
Posts: 12,641
Loc: Exact Center
Last seen: 3 days, 2 hours
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Pastywhyte]
#21964770 - 07/19/15 12:41 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
thanks pasty!
-------------------- "Remember, kids, the difference between science and screwing around is writing it down" -adam savage Flowchart for Recommended plan of action. Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms Use the Damn search engine After you know what you're doing, take a break Pick a book, Make some chips! Josex said:Don't take the site seriously bro, ain't worth it.
|
Kizzle
Misanthrope


Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,855
Last seen: 15 hours, 7 minutes
|
|
You don't need to soak popcorn. Just boil it until it's soft enough that you can crush a kernel with your fingers which shouldn't be any more than 40 minutes.
--------------------
|
shane4050
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/08
Posts: 33
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
Re: Popcorn jar cobweb or myc? [Re: Kizzle]
#21966637 - 07/19/15 06:52 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Oh I didn't know that, just figured I would be cautious. Will keep that in mind for next time.
|
|