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AuoraBorealis
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Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth)
#22154225 - 08/27/15 10:41 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have never had shrooms grow in clusters like this before. one cake has almost a hundred clustered together. I know not all of them are going to grow but I am worried that only a small amount will. Is there any type of special care I should give them aside from normal? Please advise :p  
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154237 - 08/27/15 10:43 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Nah man those all look pretty healthy 
Since they are all concentrated at the bottom though I would find a way to get the cakes more out of the perlite.
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Nice!
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AuoraBorealis
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Is that to avoid them growing into the perlite?
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AuoraBorealis
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I'm extra excited since this is only the first flush too.
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154368 - 08/27/15 11:23 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah. It's a pain to clean off and perlite is volcanic glass so you don't want to be eating it.
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wowimflabbergasted said: Nah man those all look pretty healthy 
Since they are all concentrated at the bottom though I would find a way to get the cakes more out of the perlite.
otherwise looks like a good grow
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AuoraBorealis
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On a completely different note. I'm incubating a bunch more jars and I put tape over the holes like normal but my friend told me it's better to put the foil under the band to prevent contamination. There's virtually no growth and I'm wondering if it's because they are starved for oxygen. I havnt had a problem up until now with incubation.
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Edited by AuoraBorealis (08/28/15 12:07 AM)
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154506 - 08/28/15 12:12 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Use a dry verm layer. Everything else doesn't do shit. And having foil just increases condensation. It'll pool between the lid and foil, and drip through the inoc holes ruining your dry verm layer. Contaminating it. Foil is the worse thing to do.
Besides for spore germination you don't need GE. GE is for mycelium. Spores aren't mycelium.
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154510 - 08/28/15 12:14 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Foil is the worst thing to do? Where did that come from?
Edit: Thought you meant while steaming the jars, my bad.
Edited by wowimflabbergasted (08/28/15 12:16 AM)
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Great pinsets!
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: Mad Season]
#22154559 - 08/28/15 12:28 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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GE?
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154576 - 08/28/15 12:32 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154579 - 08/28/15 12:33 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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AuoraBorealis said: On a completely different note. I'm incubating a bunch more jars and I put tape over the holes like normal but my friend told me it's better to put the foil under the band to prevent contamination. There's virtually no growth and I'm wondering if it's because they are starved for oxygen. I havnt had a problem up until now with incubation.
Only use aluminum foil on the top of the jars when you PC. This is to prevent moisture from getting in your jars.
Remove the foil when you inoculate and keep it off. There is a small amount of air in the jars but they'll need more gas exchange as the myc colonizes.
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: ShroominMe]
#22154618 - 08/28/15 12:47 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well the foil was also so I could label what strain they are. I suppose ill have to do that a different way. Won't not having foil on top during incubation increase the chances of contamination?
Edited by AuoraBorealis (08/28/15 12:49 AM)
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154621 - 08/28/15 12:48 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Piece of masking tape on the lid is what I do but you can write on the jars with a sharpie and it wipes right off with alcohol.
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Alcohol eh? good to know. I'm done with tape!
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I use medical tape...is that enough? Because the incubation tubs are very humid too. Also..if the current jars have been starved for a week and a half with minimal growth...Will my fixing them now work or are they probably done for. Thank you all for the advice btw....it's really helpful right now
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154664 - 08/28/15 01:05 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Mad Season said: Alcohol eh? good to know. I'm done with tape! 
Yeah if that doesn't do the trick then nail polish remover will.
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AuoraBorealis said: I use medical tape...is that enough? Because the incubation tubs are very humid too. Also..if the current jars have been starved for a week and a half with minimal growth...Will my fixing them now work or are they probably done for. Thank you all for the advice btw....it's really helpful right now
You don't need an incubation tub unless you wear a jacket in your house. If you're comfy so are your jars.
Do you have the foil under the bands or on top? Can we get pics? Either way I would try and remove it. If it's under then cross your fingers opening it and hope the dry verm layer does its job.
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I already put the foil back on top loosely and they all have medical tape over the holes
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Re: Aborts? (How to esnure maximum growth) [Re: AuoraBorealis]
#22154691 - 08/28/15 01:21 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Do you have a dry verm layer?
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RogerRabbit said: You're supposed to peel the foil off immediately after removing the jars from the PC. Otherwise, it traps moisture which gets the verm damp, ruining it as a filter. The biggest cause of contamination in brf jars is leaving the foil in place. RR
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