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Ghost0420
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Cultivator life hacks 1
#22115156 - 08/20/15 02:07 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you could go back in time and give yourself the most valuable information to your amateur self, what would you say to get your past self to accelerate to the level you are at now as fast as possible, then be able to progress even further and faster?
Money wasters? Money savers? Time savers? Priceless investments? Great knowledge? Writeups, teks, istructions, information? Tell me something I don't know? Anything? Everything?
I greatly appreciate knowledge more than ya'll can comprehend, if you fell me please share with me, please do post up, hit me up, get through to me, PM me things that should be passed down in silence if need be? I don't know what you know, so let me in on it
I take everything in, I crave knowledge.
Give someone who has done a little bit of research, even more research, set someone with no practical cultivation experience up to be able to accelerate in the hobby as furthest and fastest as possible.
Put time and effort into this post.
Share with me something that can not be learned easily.
Any aspect of anything that relates to the topic, even if you think it's "off topic" it's not off topic, this post knows not of "off topic" as long as it branches off cultivation, I suppose, but if it doesn't, and you get what i'm putting out and think I should know, then please share with me. Regardless of an exception for trolls. Trolls are not appreciated at all.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ghost0420]
#22115162 - 08/20/15 02:11 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hurry up and buy an all American.
Don't waste your time growing equador, They are weak.
Make sure you get credit for the whole dunking your cake thing
Oh and I would tell myself to load up on spore syringes from pf. No one has since been able to make them as good as pf.
Free Mycelium5150
-------------------- Stop experimenting half way through your first grow. Grow it to maturity, watch it, learn from it. Do this a few times then experiment with different ideas and figure out what works best for you.
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Edited by tahoe (08/20/15 02:27 AM)
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ghost0420]
#22115164 - 08/20/15 02:12 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tahoe]
#22115168 - 08/20/15 02:15 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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tahoe said: Don't waste your time growing equador, They are weak.
So you are saying all the possible infinite number of random and unique strains(that have yet to be created mind you) are all bunk just because of the name someone wrote on a certain group of spores?
Not buying it.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: PussyFart]
#22115181 - 08/20/15 02:29 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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PussyFart said:
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tahoe said: Don't waste your time growing equador, They are weak.
So you are saying all the possible infinite number of random and unique strains(that have yet to be created mind you) are all bunk just because of the name someone wrote on a certain group of spores?
Not buying it.
Not following you?
-------------------- Stop experimenting half way through your first grow. Grow it to maturity, watch it, learn from it. Do this a few times then experiment with different ideas and figure out what works best for you.
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blindingleaf
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tahoe] 1
#22115456 - 08/20/15 05:57 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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-watch RR videos http://www.mushroomvideos.com -Read Franks TEKs http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17897163#17897163 -Use SAB http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20048771#20048771 -work with agar (pasty whyte TEK for no pour) http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19208976/page/1 -post pictures with your questions, ur plates, jars and tubs, in case you are missing something obvious someone else might see -watch the mycelium -don't give up
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tetherface
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Get a pc Skip pftek grains are just as easy Dont waste time/money on a greenhouse and all the shit it entails Do monotubs bucket tek cvg FTW Dont do Lc from spores(shoulda been #1) Make pasty plates and learn agar Eat 1/4,s not 1/8,s(my future self loves going to da moon)lol Start on shroomery so you dont have to re-learn alot of bad info taken in elsewhere...
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bodhisatta 
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tahoe]
#22115583 - 08/20/15 07:04 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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tahoe said:
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PussyFart said:
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tahoe said: Don't waste your time growing equador, They are weak.
So you are saying all the possible infinite number of random and unique strains(that have yet to be created mind you) are all bunk just because of the name someone wrote on a certain group of spores?
Not buying it.
Not following you?
You can grow strong equador, you need to isolate strong strains of equador.
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paperbackwriter
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tetherface]
#22115669 - 08/20/15 07:54 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I figured he was trolling.
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tetherface said: Get a pc Skip pftek grains are just as easy Dont waste time/money on a greenhouse and all the shit it entails Do monotubs bucket tek cvg FTW Dont do Lc from spores(shoulda been #1) Make pasty plates and learn agar Eat 1/4,s not 1/8,s(my future self loves going to da moon)lol Start on shroomery so you dont have to re-learn alot of bad info taken in elsewhere...
Good advice here, especially pasty plates and avoiding other sites. The no fail WBS tek from another forum caused me lots of heartache.
-------------------- Why should we strive with cynic frown To knock their fairy castles down? ~ Eliza Cook It's rather embarrassing to have given one's entire life to pondering the human predicament and to find that in the end one has little more to say than, 'Try to be a little kinder.' ~Aldous Huxley
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#1-be patient #2-don't look at your jars every few hours #3-refer back to #1
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invitro

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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ghost0420]
#22117360 - 08/20/15 03:50 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Don't post anything as fact unless you have direct experience with the topic in question.
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bodhisatta 
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: invitro] 1
#22117365 - 08/20/15 03:51 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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invitro said: Don't post anything as fact unless you have direct experience with the topic in question.
source, evidence, proof?
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tahoe]
#22117386 - 08/20/15 04:00 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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My advice would be to start with sclerotia, if you buy from one particular vendor and mention you're a shroomery member they will usually throw in a few cube syringe too. So this way you have 2 grows at once, if the cube goes wrong at least you might have the sclerotia to fall back on.
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tahoe said: Make sure you get credit for the whole dunking your cake thing
Are you claiming to be the first to do this? was it under a different user name or site? I read about it before your reg date.
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tahoe said: Oh and I would tell myself to load up on spore syringes from pf. No one has since been able to make them as good as pf.
PF was said to have used agar in his syringes, think it was to make the spores suspend better in solution.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: bodhisatta]
#22117406 - 08/20/15 04:03 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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bodhisatta said:
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invitro said: Don't post anything as fact unless you have direct experience with the topic in question.
source, evidence, proof?
I took some mushrooms once and they told me they like FAE and water. This makes me an expert in all things mushroom related.
-------------------- Why should we strive with cynic frown To knock their fairy castles down? ~ Eliza Cook It's rather embarrassing to have given one's entire life to pondering the human predicament and to find that in the end one has little more to say than, 'Try to be a little kinder.' ~Aldous Huxley
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Agar is your friend, don't be afraid of it. Make your dry layers a bit thicker when working with vermiculite. Prints will last longer and produce better than syringes, depending on who makes.
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invitro

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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: YaMoonSun]
#22117473 - 08/20/15 04:23 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Don't post a reply that has nothing to do with the original topic. This includes if someone says something to you that is off topic and upsets you, don't reply in that thread, reply in a pm or duke it out in another forum.
Edited by invitro (08/20/15 04:26 PM)
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36fuckin5
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: invitro]
#22117503 - 08/20/15 04:30 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I would tell myself nothing. I'd let me fuck up in all the ways that I did so I know as much as I do now from experience. Cause now I can say "don't do this" because I tried it and it failed.
Well maybe I'd tell myself not to buy that first kit and to DIY. That's about it.
-------------------- Redd Foxx said: If you're offended I don't give a shit and don't come see me no more. Pat The Bunny said: A punk rock song won't ever change the world, but I can tell you about a couple that changed me. bodhisatta said: i recommend common sense and figuring it out. These are the TEKs I use. They're all as cheap and easy as possible, just like your mom.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: 36fuckin5]
#22117825 - 08/20/15 05:47 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Money wasters? buying lots of spores (probs spent like $150 on spores LOL)
Money savers? bulk orders from good sources (petris, tubs, ect.) craigslist (I found a aa941 for $250 (vs. $400 retail))
Time savers? following a proven tek & in quantity (making ten tubs at once is easier than making one tub ten times).
Priceless investments? aa941 + propane burner time reading shroomery
Great knowledge?

Writeups, teks, istructions, information? foomans wbs tek, stro's cleaning & isolation on agar, posts by people who show good (well documented) results
-------------------- But if you're in a hurry, and really got to go If you're in a hurry, might have to find out slow That it's one thing to try and another to fly You get there quicker just a step at a time It's one thing to bark, another to bite The show ain't over till you pack up at night
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taGyo
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: 36fuckin5]
#22118032 - 08/20/15 06:34 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: I would tell myself nothing. I'd let me fuck up in all the ways that I did so I know as much as I do now from experience. Cause now I can say "don't do this" because I tried it and it failed.
Well maybe I'd tell myself not to buy that first kit and to DIY. That's about it.
+1 to everything here. Especially the first kit. But then I wouldn't have awesome pictures like this to convince noobs to DIY:
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: blackout]
#22119727 - 08/21/15 01:02 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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blackout said: My advice would be to start with sclerotia, if you buy from one particular vendor and mention you're a shroomery member they will usually throw in a few cube syringe too. So this way you have 2 grows at once, if the cube goes wrong at least you might have the sclerotia to fall back on.
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tahoe said: Make sure you get credit for the whole dunking your cake thing
Are you claiming to be the first to do this? was it under a different user name or site? I read about it before your reg date.
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tahoe said: Oh and I would tell myself to load up on spore syringes from pf. No one has since been able to make them as good as pf.
PF was said to have used agar in his syringes, think it was to make the spores suspend better in solution.
I never noticed anything other than spores floating around pf syringes. Never Any chunks.
I was registered back in 95/96 maybe. As I recall the shroomery went through a reboot in 99. I started experimenting with dunking cakes after reading mmgg about soaking shiitake logs after a flush.
-------------------- Stop experimenting half way through your first grow. Grow it to maturity, watch it, learn from it. Do this a few times then experiment with different ideas and figure out what works best for you.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tahoe]
#22120025 - 08/21/15 01:52 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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My Cult Life Hacks:
Realize that drywall contains antifungals and is a poor source of gypsum.
Drink your coffee, and quit putting it in coir mixtures where it does more harm than good.
L2LC. There's still nothing that can beat a clean LC for speed and ease.
L2LI - because LI is damn close to LC for speed, and you can make one from a plate and use it that day.
Master proven methods before creating your own. Once you can do the accepted methods, you'll be in a position to assess the effects of changes you make... but not before.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Srirachi]
#22120960 - 08/21/15 07:29 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Srirachi said:
Master proven methods before creating your own. Once you can do the accepted methods, you'll be in a position to assess the effects of changes you make... but not before.
What he said. Do the teks exactly. Learn from those who came before, then mess around with it. You gotta learn the rules before you break them.
Patience. Patience, and more patience.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ajahn Don]
#22121490 - 08/21/15 09:30 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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If there's any 1 thing I could tell myself years ago.. it would be WTF you read about agar! Stop being a pussy and get it!
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tetherface
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Srirachi]
#22122008 - 08/21/15 11:29 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Srirachi said: My Cult Life Hacks:
Realize that drywall contains antifungals and is a poor source of gypsum.
Drink your coffee, and quit putting it in coir mixtures where it does more harm than good.
L2LC. There's still nothing that can beat a clean LC for speed and ease.
L2LI - because LI is damn close to LC for speed, and you can make one from a plate and use it that day.
Master proven methods before creating your own. Once you can do the accepted methods, you'll be in a position to assess the effects of changes you make... but not before.
i've had great success using drywall as a substitute for gypsum as long as its the plain white faced drywall the green stuff is made for bathrooms/damp places and does contain antifungals (at least from what I hear never used it) but IME drywall works great but is a pain to prep
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tetherface]
#22124091 - 08/21/15 07:38 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Good shit, keep it coming, greatly appreciated, I absorb everything.
    
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ghost0420]
#22125212 - 08/22/15 12:29 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I can't say I have any regrets or wasted any money. I lurked and took notes on Shroomery forever and have had minimal failures since day 1 because of it. The resources and members here are priceless.
The things I can recommend are:
- Take notes and make a plan.
- Learn the search function well.
- Ask questions if you're stuck.
- Always move forward. Mistakes are there to learn from.
- Start grains as soon as possible. PF tek is nice introduction of course. I started with both which put a lot in perspective.
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Mad Season said: If there's any 1 thing I could tell myself years ago.. it would be WTF you read about agar! Stop being a pussy and get it!
Ahh you got me. My one regret is that I didn't start working with agar immediately as well.
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i'v been out of the game for a long while. gonna start again soon. i am by no means an expert, however in my experience:
patience is #1!!! its very tempting to check your jars and tubs or just say "well its close enough.." but lots of mistakes are made this way. even if you dont get contam, early pins, or fully stall it, u could spoil the aggressive fruiting u could achieve.
#2 keep it simple.
#3 take your time when preparing to ensure you have everything, and plan ahead for using your sterile area to ensure speed and efficiency without fumbles.
#4 corn. corn corn corn. wbs is such a bitch. corn is so easy to simmer/boil hydrate (you can pc to hyd. but no more than 5psi or lots of starch gooo) and sterilize. just pc at 10psi for an hr an half.
#5 rtv silicone fron the automotive store/section is your best friend. makes the best injection ports and even sticks to the top of tyvek if your work it around to really get it in the grooves. all my grain jars have re-useable injection port lids. (its also fantastic for fixing your glass pipes and bongs. :P)
#6 a good glove box is not that expensive or hard to make and is deffinetly worth putting the effort into. ziplock brand has a weather proof seal on the tub. just 2 pvc toilet mounts, a large pair of dish gloves, zip ties and a lil glue away and voila. ur most valuable tool. besidess the pc of course.
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invitro

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aerow.thefox said:
#5 rtv silicone fron the automotive store/section is your best friend. makes the best injection ports and even sticks to the top of tyvek if your work it around to really get it in the grooves. all my grain jars have re-useable injection port lids. (its also fantastic for fixing your glass pipes and bongs. :P)
I use clear 10.1 ounce tubes of GE brand silicone II for this from the hardware store because it's much cheaper than the automotive rtv. I used to use the red high-temp rtv though, when it cures it's harder and I theorize that makes it more brittle and susceptible to tearing when the needle penetrates.
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Patience is key. Agar will be the best tool you have, and is kinda fun to watch.
There's a natural aesthetic beauty to mycelium colonizing.
When doing SAB work. Set everything out in order of what your going to work with. Work at a slow and steady pace. Be deliberate with your actions. Even do a mock run before starting to get a feel for the work your about to do.
Oats are cheap and easy to prep.
If your going to change a variable in a process. (Dialing in mono tub, tuning agar recipe, bulk ingredients, etc.) Only change one variable at a time so you know what cause the change in results.
Buy a notebook and keep notes of everything for each grow.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: invitro]
#22126199 - 08/22/15 10:01 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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invitro said:
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aerow.thefox said:
#5 rtv silicone fron the automotive store/section is your best friend. makes the best injection ports and even sticks to the top of tyvek if your work it around to really get it in the grooves. all my grain jars have re-useable injection port lids. (its also fantastic for fixing your glass pipes and bongs. :P)
I use clear 10.1 ounce tubes of GE brand silicone II for this from the hardware store because it's much cheaper than the automotive rtv. I used to use the red high-temp rtv though, when it cures it's harder and I theorize that makes it more brittle and susceptible to tearing when the needle penetrates.
i use the clear. its got the consistancy close to a bouncy ball after drying. a lil softer. u can even pc the silicone while its still freshly wet and itll speed dry that way. its just always been a favorite cuz i could re-use it so much. and i never found any other silicone that dried with the same resiliance. maybe i just never got the right one...
Edited by aerow.thefox (08/22/15 10:02 AM)
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I have all of my stuff to be done on the left side of my SAB, and all of the stuff to contribute on the right. Everything clean comes from the left, and all of the "dirty" stuff on the right. Work is done in the middle, with lids going to the reverse. This makes it a lot easier to keep my hands from crossing over the open plates, jars, etc which are being done. This goes back to my USAF days working in the Epidemiology lab training. It isn't foolproof. I'm too big a fool, but it works.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ajahn Don]
#22126687 - 08/22/15 12:35 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Build a hood, build a hood, build a hood, then build a hood.
Do agar, switch to bags, attention to detail
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: maddchef]
#22126790 - 08/22/15 01:05 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Why bags?
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36fuckin5
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ajahn Don]
#22127141 - 08/22/15 01:54 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ajahn Don said: I have all of my stuff to be done on the left side of my SAB, and all of the stuff to contribute on the right. Everything clean comes from the left, and all of the "dirty" stuff on the right. Work is done in the middle, with lids going to the reverse. This makes it a lot easier to keep my hands from crossing over the open plates, jars, etc which are being done. This goes back to my USAF days working in the Epidemiology lab training. It isn't foolproof. I'm too big a fool, but it works.
That's day 1 sterile procedure stuff.
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tahoe
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: 36fuckin5]
#22127305 - 08/22/15 02:31 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I like bags because they are disposable. If one contams, it gets tossed in the trash. No having to deal with a jar full of bad mold spores. I hated washing those things out.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tahoe]
#22129082 - 08/22/15 11:08 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I consider contam jars disposable. I never bother PCing them and saving them. They go right in the trash.
Really, when it comes down to it they're about a buck each. If you're that concerned, panhandling $10-20 in a day isn't really hard.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Ajahn Don] 1
#22129268 - 08/23/15 12:16 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Skip the PF-tek. Download the RR videos. Always start with agar. Post a pic get to an answer. Bucket tek is real magic. Spawn bags make more. Incubation is a lie. Propane burners save time. Flowhoods are worth it. Don't cut your filter discs. Plastic lids suck. Grow more & post less. Buy Stamets books. Make friends with burners. Build your own strainer. Use a fan to dry your grain. Black 5mil plastic rocks for liners. Clones work great. Don't waste your time in the journals. You can quit your day job. Marthas are toys. Tubs really are set & forget. Forstner bits make perfect lids. Extra fruit can chill in the fridge. Dose heavy & by yourself. Buy a nice scalpel. Electric sterilizers are mo betta. You can preseal .5 micron bags. Patience always pays. Blindingleaf knows more. Any liquid inoculation is always riskier. Don't dunk a bulk sub. Light isn't that big of a deal. Fine verm is preferable. Don't fuck with the coffee. Chocolates make great gifts. Bulk organic rye is at whole foods. Compost your subs if you can.
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PirateSwazey said:
Don't fuck with the coffee.
i always rock a timmy's before i get too work
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: cronicr]
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ShroominMe
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Buy a few syringes
Don't be cheap
Follow ONE tek
Instead of one mega grow try several over weeks. That quickly gives you experience in all the different essential steps involved in mycology
Don't be stubborn
Don't give up
Keep the faith
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: ShroominMe]
#22130178 - 08/23/15 09:47 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Buy ONE syringe, use drops at a time. 1cc contains on average 20 drops, you do the math.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: maddchef]
#22130315 - 08/23/15 10:32 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I wouldn't even try to bother Madd. ShroominMe doesn't listen. Honestly though. You need 1 syringe.. if even. A print and loop and scalpel is all I'd need to ensure success.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: maddchef]
#23754002 - 10/20/16 04:58 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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bump
Learn what bacteria looks like on agar. Stick with one or two maybe 3 different cultures. oats rule get flowhood
Never growing mushrooms before I was luckey I got all RR's vids by accident in a permaculture torrent. Shortly after watching going on shroomery, After trying PF tek succeding then, right to agar.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: Mad Season]
#23754037 - 10/20/16 05:46 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I wouldn't even try to bother Madd. ShroominMe doesn't listen. Honestly though. You need 1 syringe.. if even. A print and loop and scalpel is all I'd need to ensure success.
Yeah but more spores mean more win....right
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: mrmazdarx9]
#23754048 - 10/20/16 06:11 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Make more spore prints. Time saver would be never g2g any corn grain spawn. Never get married. Invest in real plates.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: tahoe]
#23754660 - 10/20/16 11:56 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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only seeing this post now
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tahoe said: Oh and I would tell myself to load up on spore syringes from pf. No one has since been able to make them as good as pf.
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blackout said:PF was said to have used agar in his syringes, think it was to make the spores suspend better in solution.
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tahoe said:I never noticed anything other than spores floating around pf syringes. Never Any chunks.
PF was said to have used a very dilute solution of agar to make the syringes, so it was ever so slightly thick and had no nutrients so spores did not germinate. I did not mean he was using chopped up colonised plates or anything like that.
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Re: Cultivator life hacks [Re: cronicr]
#26158253 - 08/29/19 12:00 AM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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You are amazing!
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mrmazdarx9
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Shit, holy thread revival man only 2 years dead. Random thing to post for your first post too. Wow look 2 posts above mine, who remembers Tump? That guy was fucking hilarious with his utter nonsense, was it Bod who he used to piss off all the time, it was someone.
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