Fantastic Mr. Fox said:

Meant no disrespect...
Im not saying people shouldn't swipe or zig-zag.

Im just simply answering the question that was asked..

I dont swipe, and dont care to fix whats not broken OME

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All good. It's just that I've worked with lots of dirty syringes and a few wild prints (how lucky am i ). Swiping is the best way to salvage a dirty print. And we really never know if the print is dirty or clean.

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21365919 here's a good link showing what's in a speck of spores. And most syringes have a bunch of tiny specks. 1 drop should contain a million spores, at least. You can zigzag the whole plate with that. There'll definitely be no problems for 2 spores to meet up. That's all I'm saying.

Sara, those photo's are truly breath taking!

I agree wholeheartedly..
Just look at that spore deposit, it is so ink-like!

I really need to get myself a new camera..

&& nice "Chun-li" edit. LOL

(was hoping you'd drop by)

eatyualive said:

beautiful mr. fox. I hope to join in very soon. Although I am going to attempt my pans on pelleted wheat grass. unless somehow i can find some decent dung at home depot. which im doubtful of.

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eatyualive said:

yeah the mix is going to be coir/verm/gypsum/strawnet. my usual lol. im definitely going to try chicken poo if i can find any locally.

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saralove said:

@Psilosoulful @Fantastic Mr. Fox

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saintburger said:

Non active pans in a horse pasture

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grownright said:

I'm lucky to be in an area where I can find all sorts of poo locally (chicken, cow, horse, alpaca, even camel). Do you just replace what you would put in in horse manure with chicken? or is there a specific ratio you use?

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Psilosoulful said:

MacMerdin said:

Nice grow.

For extra info on an easy way to do pans see the link in my signature.

Also I just got around to innoculating some cinctulus today.  With a variation to my regular pan cake mix.  I'll update the process in this thread.

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With your "pan-cakes" I assume you used an MS syringe to inoculate through the holes in the dish. What are your contam rates with doing this method, considering that you're using sterilized manure in the mix and an MS syringe that is never 100% sterile..

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saintburger said:

Non active pans in a horse pasture

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Mad Season said:

My money's on panaeolus semiovatus

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I thought about that at first too but then I didn't notice any annuli on them.